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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 13, 2022 10:28:30 GMT -5
Orson Welles on Horror Comics, he's very much for them
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2022 7:43:00 GMT -5
There’s a character in the 80s Eagle incarnation called Detective Zed, a robot detective working for Scotland Yard, circa 2150 AD. I had to head to some old pages for the 12 Days of Christmas topic, and I was reminded of this panel:  Those robot Guardsmen do look good. |
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Post by kirby101 on Dec 14, 2022 8:41:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2022 14:33:08 GMT -5
I was born 8 years after the publication of Shazam #1, which went on sale 50 years ago today:  He’ll always be Captain Marvel to me. You see, in the 80s and 90s, I came across articles and the like which mentioned his name. I had a book which covered superheroes, and he was referred to as Captain Marvel. It was only later on that I came to learn the whole story behind the name change, Fawcett vs DC, etc. Besides, even though I bought some Shazam comics at a jumble sale (when I was about 11), the wizard was referred to as Shazam, and the guy in the red suit/cape was called Captain Marvel. I’m a stubborn fool, you see. I still prefer to think of a Snickers bar as a Marathon, and it took me years to refer to WWE as the WWF (it’ll always be the WWF for me). That wonderful superhero will always be Captain Marvel to me. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 14, 2022 17:51:12 GMT -5
I was born 8 years after the publication of Shazam #1, which went on sale 50 years ago today: He’ll always be Captain Marvel to me. You see, in the 80s and 90s, I came across articles and the like which mentioned his name. I had a book which covered superheroes, and he was referred to as Captain Marvel. It was only later on that I came to learn the whole story behind the name change, Fawcett vs DC, etc. Besides, even though I bought some Shazam comics at a jumble sale (when I was about 11), the wizard was referred to as Shazam, and the guy in the red suit/cape was called Captain Marvel. I’m a stubborn fool, you see. I still prefer to think of a Snickers bar as a Marathon, and it took me years to refer to WWE as the WWF (it’ll always be the WWF for me). That wonderful superhero will always be Captain Marvel to me. As I've mentioned in the "Classic Comics Purchases" thread, one of my first comics was Adventures In The DC Universe #7, which featured the Marvel Family Pretty fun little book! It was written by Steve Vance, who also worked on a lot of Matt Groening's Bongo Comics titles, namely Radioactive Man
My mom also had the giant sized collectors editions of Shazam! that DC released in the 70's. I read and re-read those constantly
I really do hope that DC at some point does an omni or even tpb collection of the Fawcett era Shazam! stuff, you'd think with how decently the first movie did, they'd be all for it. But all they did was re-release the Geoff Johns New 52 stories
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Post by tonebone on Dec 14, 2022 19:47:51 GMT -5
I was born 8 years after the publication of Shazam #1, which went on sale 50 years ago today: He’ll always be Captain Marvel to me. You see, in the 80s and 90s, I came across articles and the like which mentioned his name. I had a book which covered superheroes, and he was referred to as Captain Marvel. It was only later on that I came to learn the whole story behind the name change, Fawcett vs DC, etc. Besides, even though I bought some Shazam comics at a jumble sale (when I was about 11), the wizard was referred to as Shazam, and the guy in the red suit/cape was called Captain Marvel. I really do hope that DC at some point does an omni or even tpb collection of the Fawcett era Shazam! stuff, you'd think with how decently the first movie did, they'd be all for it. But all they did was re-release the Geoff Johns New 52 stories
I love Geoff Johns, but what he did to CM/Shazam should be punishable by law. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 14, 2022 19:59:15 GMT -5
I was born 8 years after the publication of Shazam #1, which went on sale 50 years ago today: I remember buying this and wanting to like this book. It was so bad, I wondered why anyone liked this character. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 14, 2022 20:53:06 GMT -5
I love Geoff Johns, but what he did to CM/Shazam should be punishable by law. After seeing and loving the movie, I didn't mind the changes so much. Yeah, Billy is kind of a little brat with next to no redeeming qualities, but I think a modern day orphan would kind of be like that to a certain extent The big problem I had was that Johns didn't want anyone else touching Shazam! and basically had a stranglehold on the property for years until he wrote the Seven Magic Lands |
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 15, 2022 19:05:26 GMT -5
I was born 8 years after the publication of Shazam #1, which went on sale 50 years ago today: I remember buying this and wanting to like this book. It was so bad, I wondered why anyone liked this character. I hate to say it but...yeah, this wasn't a very good series. I still love the character (and the costume!) though. His run in Adventure Comics when that was a Dollar Comic was excellent! |
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Post by mikelmidnight on Dec 16, 2022 12:20:28 GMT -5
I have fond memories of the original Shazam! series, but the fact of the matter is that by far the best stories are the 40s and 50s reprints. They're some of the best adventure comics for kids ever done. The modern stuff was meh … and CC Beck agreed!
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 16, 2022 13:10:49 GMT -5
I have fond memories of the original Shazam! series, but the fact of the matter is that by far the best stories are the 40s and 50s reprints. They're some of the best adventure comics for kids ever done. The modern stuff was meh … and CC Beck agreed! Yeah, that's why he stopped working on the 70's series - he thought that the scripts sucked. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 16, 2022 13:50:22 GMT -5
I have fond memories of the original Shazam! series, but the fact of the matter is that by far the best stories are the 40s and 50s reprints. They're some of the best adventure comics for kids ever done. The modern stuff was meh … and CC Beck agreed! The reprints were the only reason to read them until the Don Newton era. The 100-pagers were pretty sweet though for reprints. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2022 15:19:40 GMT -5
I like this:
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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 17, 2022 20:21:06 GMT -5
They're some of the best adventure comics for kids ever done. The modern stuff was meh … and CC Beck agreed! Yeah, that's why he stopped working on the 70's series - he thought that the scripts sucked. I felt like Power Of Shazam! was a step in the right direction in the sense of "modernizing" Captain Marvel, but it felt more like an adventure book for adults and not necessarily one for kids |
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 18, 2022 15:05:59 GMT -5
Sometimes an explanation raises more questions than it answers. Consider this scene from CAPTAIN MARVEL PRESENTS THE TERRIBLE 5 issue 1:  This guy's main superpower is to split his body at any joint to transform himself into flying, independently functioning body parts. So what happens to that invisible business suit when his legs and arms and torso are all flying off in different directions? And how comfortable can it be to wear those blue boots underneath the brown dress shoes? |
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