| rdfs:comment | - Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel (not to be confused with Marvel Comics' character of the same name), the alter ego of boy radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he spoke the magic word "SHAZAM!".
- Fawcett Comics is the comic book publisher that originally produced Captain Marvel comics. Captain Marvel was seen as a rip-off of Superman in the eyes of the publishers at DC Comics, and so a long lasting legal dispute ensued between the two companies. Eventually Fawcett stopped publishing Captain Marvel comics, and the legal dispute came to an end. However, eventually the company folded, and DC ended up acquiring the characters anyway.
- Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank and Golden Arrow.
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| abstract | - Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank and Golden Arrow. Aside from the better known superhero books, Fawcett also published a short-lived line of horror comics during the early 1950s, a string of titles which included This Magazine Is Haunted, Beware! Terror Tales, Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Unknown World. Other genres included teenage humor (Otis and Babs), funny animal (Hoppy the Marvel Bunny), romance (Sweethearts), war (Soldier Comics) and Western (Lash LaRue, Six Gun Heroes). Fawcett also produced comics based on contemporary movie stars (Tom Mix, Monte Hale) and matinee serials (Nyoka the Jungle Girl). The entire line was dropped in 1953, when Fawcett closed down their comics publishing wing (though many titles were picked up by Charlton Comics [see below]).
- Fawcett Comics is the comic book publisher that originally produced Captain Marvel comics. Captain Marvel was seen as a rip-off of Superman in the eyes of the publishers at DC Comics, and so a long lasting legal dispute ensued between the two companies. Eventually Fawcett stopped publishing Captain Marvel comics, and the legal dispute came to an end. However, eventually the company folded, and DC ended up acquiring the characters anyway. Once DC Comics started publishing Captain Marvel stories, the comic book's name was changed to "Shazam!", which is the magic word Billy Batson says to transform into the well-known superhero. The word "Shazam" is the name of the wizard that gave Billy his powers. The reason for the name change was that Marvel Comics had the copyright to use the name. During the DC years of comic books featuring the character of Captain Marvel, it was revealed that the Fawcett Comics universe was Earth-S. It was not part of the mainstream DC Universe, which was referred to as Earth-One. In other words, Captain Marvel and Superman were from two completely different earths, unaware of each others existence until they met during an inter-dimensional crossover adventure. Despite the fact that the JLA and the Marvel Family were from completely separate realities in the comic books, in the Superfriends universe, both the Fawcett characters and DC characters were all from the same earth, as seen in Legends of the Superheroes. While in the comics, the Fawcett characters and the DC characters weren't part of the same reality until after Crisis On Infinite Earths, in which several earths within the multiverse were merged together, creating a single reality. Although Fawcett Comics is long gone, the characters that came from that never-to-be-forgotten comic book company are still being published in comics from DC to this day.
- Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel (not to be confused with Marvel Comics' character of the same name), the alter ego of boy radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he spoke the magic word "SHAZAM!". Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank, and Golden Arrow. Aside from the better known superhero books, Fawcett also published a short-lived line of horror comics during the early 50s, a string of titles which included This Magazine Is Haunted, Beware! Terror Tales, Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Unknown World. Other genres included Teenaged Humor (Otis and Babs), Funny Animal (Hoppy the Marvel Bunny), Romance (Sweethearts), War (Soldier Comics) and Western (Lash larue, Six Gun Heroes). Fawcett also produced comics based on contemporary movie stars (Tom Mix, Rocky Hale) and matinee serials (Nyoka the Jungle Girl). The entire line was dropped in 1953, when Fawcett closed down their comics publishing wing.
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