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    Character » Billy Batson appears in 2499 issues.

    The original Captain Marvel, deemed worthy of becoming the champion of the ancient Wizard Mamaragan, whenever he utters the word "Shazam", young Billy Batson is struck by a magical thunderbolt and gains vast divine powers and abilities, transforming him into Magic's Champion, the World's Mightiest Mortal, Shazam!

    What if DC hadn't Sued Fawcett Publications?

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    #2  Edited By defaultdefaultdefault

    no. because DC became a big publisher. Fawcett was dealing with alot more, and Captain Marvel would have just sunk with them
    due to them not being able to promote him enough, and would have been sutter absorbed either way.

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    #3  Edited By Marshal Victory

    thats to me part of the sticking point over the super man rights case. as a judge back then even pointed out to dc they didnt have a good foot hold on rights for superman .look at the two characters ton of difrence yet dc won eventualy. 
     
    now could be the new right holders sue dc over captian marvel now? wouldnt that be the ironic iceing on the copy right holder cake.but fawcett back then was makeing good coin off captian marvel .one could argue super man woudnt have got as popular as captian marvel was out saleing sups back then.thus dc sueing to hinder /discredit. 
     
    heres the wiki entry for the whole fight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Comics_Publications_v._Fawcett_Publications     intresting reading .specialy like the part how some of captian marvels villans an side kicks sorta showed up in superman. 
     
    dont forget dc is only as big as it is now because of warner brothers buy out to.but fawcett back then was not a light weight an captian marvel was more popular than superman.1st super hero in motion pictures an all.
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    #4  Edited By Ownerz

    the first cover appearance of Cap Marvel kinda looks like a rip off, today people wouldn't even blink because no one cares about originality anymore

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    #5  Edited By NightFang3
    @CATMANEXE said:
    "no. because DC became a big publisher. Fawcett was dealing with alot more, and Captain Marvel would have just sunk with them due to them not being able to promote him enough, and would have been sutter absorbed either way. "
                 I was gonna say something like that.
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    #6  Edited By PowerHerc

    Interesting question. 
     
    Maybe Captain Marvel retains enough popularity to keep Fawcett afloat and viable with Captain Marvel remaining one of the most recognizable superheroes in the world on par with contemporaries like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Captain America and later being joined by Spider-Man, Hulk and Wolverine from Marvel. 
                                                                                                                                  OR 
    Maybe Fawcett succumbs to financial woes anyway, but sells the rights to Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family to Timely/Marvel Comics and he (and they) goes on to become a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe.  I mean he would've come with the perfect name for this move.
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    #7  Edited By jec777

    fawcett would't have made it as big because cap was really the only big character they had.  the marvel family was added to increase the number of titles cap could be written into.
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