![]() ![]() Young orphan Billy Batson is empowered by an ancient Wizard with the ability to become the world’s Mightiest Mortal by uttering the wizard’s name, “Shazam!” Billy is replaced by an impressive adult gifted with all of the abilities of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury (FYI if you take the first letter of each name you get Shazam) and becomes earth’s mightiest mortal. Captain Marvel was intended to be a rival to the popular Superman. Originally created by Fawcett Comics as their foray into the growing super hero trend taking over comics. For a Time Captain Marvel eclipsed Superman as the most popular comic in publicationĬaptain Marvel has a long and sad beginnings in comics. Sadly Miracleman quickly became mired in publishing hell and other heroes attracted me but that concept of a young boy becoming an adult super hero stayed with me and it was that concept that eventually led me to Captain Marvel. My super heroic daydreams revolved around this concept for some time and my fanboy homemade heroes often used this gimmick. As a chubby and awkward preteen, it would have been a dream come true to utter the phrase “Kimota” and become the most powerful being in the world. ![]() As I’ve written before I picked up my first issue of Miracleman when I was 12 years old and to me at the time it became a character I dreamed of. Then for decades no one was sure who owned the comic, the character, and how it could be republished. Marvelman returned in 1984 with Moore and company in Warrior and then came stateside as Miracleman so as not to draw litigation from Marvel comic. Miraclman’s roots are in comic creator Mick Anglo continuing the licensed Captain Marvel comics in 1953 when there were no more Captain Marvel comics to reprint, he simply changed the title character to Marvelman and continued telling the tale. The tale goes from their and while great it has one of the most convoluted and confusing publishing histories in all of comics. Yet after being caught in an atomic blast he forgot his past, his friends, and his abilities until years later as an adult he needed to become Miracleman to save himself and several others from terrorists. Miracleman told the tale of Michael Moran, who as a young man was gifted with the ability to turn into one of the most powerful beings in the world by uttering the phrase ‘Kimota’. I came to Captain Marvel through Alan Moore’s classic Miracleman. My pathway to becoming a Captain Marvel AKA Shazam fan is probably the opposite of most fans of the Big Red Cheese. ![]()
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