I'd just read the Shazam Showcase book last month or so. Glad you didn't ask which Earth-S char showed up on Earth-1 first, I totally forget.


I'll need to think up a new question.

issue number 1

That is correct. The thread is now yours.

I honestly thought that'd throw even you, at least for awhile longer.

I'm not sure either. I think it'd be Ibis the Invincible, in JLofA #137, but I could be wrong.

well even though its not the question, Cap Marvel did, but they called him captain thunder.
But anyways... who was captain marvel origially patterned after, looks wise?

yup it was him. maybe you were having a my 3 sons dream

Nah, just as a kid, my old neighbor use to give me these large boxes full of comics, and many of them dated back to the 40's (her hubby was a WW2 vet). And her sons also collected, then tossed them in boxes and she had to get rid of them. Anyways, Capt M was my fave of the old comics. Now, if only my Mother hadn't tossed out a bunch of them every time I got them and left them home while I was in school. Some I hadn't even read yet. Ah, well.

Give me a bit to think up a new question.

I'll avoid the obvious sophomoric jokes here and give the true answer: newspapers.

No, Captain Thunder was a completely different character. Obviously an analogue of Captain Marvel, as Marvel's Hyperion was of Superman, etc; but not the same guy at all. Different real name, different origin, different source of powers.

I've sometimes wondered why DC did that "Captain Thunder" story when Captain Marvel was already a DC property at that time (or at least being leased by DC from Fawcett); DC's Shazam! title was already being published when Superman #276 came out. Does anyone know?