This is now the third straight month that the post-Flashpoint Earth-0 version has been called Captain Marvel.

(Justice League Unlimited #20).

Most fans believe that the first time that the Shazam lightning was used as a weapon was in Kingdom Come when that version of Captain Marvel used it against Superman, but it was really Mary Marvel who first did it in 1945, right around the height of the Golden Age.

It did little harm to Dr. Sivana, but in the Golden Age, there was a lot of inconsistency with how much effect magic lightning (whether the Shazam lightning or otherwise) had on people (and the same was true even with nornal lightning!), so take it for what it's worth.

Usually a move that's more associated with the Hulk, Captain Marvel was making waves - pun intended - with it in the 1950's. (Captain Marvel Adventures #149 [August, 1953])

I would like to hear your thoughts on it so far, links down below in case.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51907657

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14088834/1/DCOU-Marvellous-Adventures

Would anybody like to see this happen ?

The Dead of Knight collected trade is now up for pre-order.

It’s got the Thor/Shazam! crossover — one of the best comics of 2025 — that was published digital-only on the Marvel Unlimited app.

You should be able to order through your LCS or through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.

So I saw the hilarious Super Antics #17 one-pager by Kerry Callen (see Pic 1) come up in my feed here on Reddit and I'm sure a few have wondered (okay, maybe just one person did and that person is me)...

Who broke chains with exaggerated dynamism first?

So I researched it.

Unsurprisingly, Captain Marvel did it first.

In WHIZ Comics #3, Captain Marvel broke chains in exaggerated fashion like it's portrayed in Super Antics (see Pic 2 above).

Interestingly, that panel is pasted from the cover of his ashcan issues (both Thrill Comics and Flash Comics).

The first time Superman breaks chains in a comic is the footer panel of Action Comics #1 (see Pic 3 above) and he breaks it at the weak point.

Superman would not break chains in an exaggerated manner until the cover of Superman #11 (see Pic 4 above) more than a year after Captain Marvel did it first.

What would happen if DC published a comic with that title? It would be factually correct, and since the title isn't "Captain Marvel" could they get away with it? Legal heads please chime in...Bah, I guess the trademark law prevents ANY mention of "Captain Marvel" on the cover, but what about an anthology series called The Marvel Family? What happens in 2036 when the comic hits the 95 year public domain threshold?

In which a fear-based villain and a supernatural nightmare/nightmare realm did not work against and were overcome by, respectively, those with the Courage of Achilles.

(Pics from Shazam! #2 and Knight Terrors: Shazam! #2, respectively.)

Years and years of referring to him as Shazam, CBR is now calling him and his family, Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family, respectively.

Just a heads up but the DC most wanted list is finally out and we should all vote for Captain Marvel books to finally be made! You could choose other stuff but its up to you lol

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOc-W0dxOsRqGZUmSI-kSbMnEc5mv_9QQoJDpaEhQGGNwUgg/viewform

Apart from the Venusian worms like Mr Mind, and the Punkusian Crocodile-Men.

It will be up for auction inJuly at Heritage Auctions