The first superhero movie ever was based on a DC character, who years later caused huge legal issues with Marvel, and was ...

That's because someone else took his place. Captain Marvel was another hero that made his debut in "Whiz Comics #2" in the late 1939 published by Fawcett Comics. It featured a 12-year-old orphaned ...

Freddy’s new magic word and power source playfully pokes fun at another aspect of Shazam’s lore. When the character was published by Fawcett Comics, he changed by yelling, “Captain Marvel” ...

Years before her Marvel role, Weisz starred as twins named ... Levi has far more screentime in the DCEU thanks to his part as Shazam, and will return as the character for a sequel called "Shazam!

and if it hadn't been for Shazam, we would not have had Captain Marvel. Ironically enough, Superman, as we know, might not have existed without Shazam as well. During the first few years ...

This is similar to how a group of goddesses agreed to sponsor Mary Bromfield as Mary Marvel after she also lost her Shazam powers. In terms of classical mythology, it makes sense that Hephaestus ...

the "Shazam!" star, 60, shared that he is struggling financially despite decades of work in the entertainment industry, including performances in major Hollywood franchises such as the Marvel ...

Comic book characters from Philadelphia are nothing new. DC Comics' Billy Batson (alter ego of Shazam) and Marvel Comics' Jim Rhodes, who becomes War Machine, are both Philadelphia natives who ...