DCEU Movie Title: Shazam or Captain Marvel?

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Did they change the title because of the MCU Captain Marvel or was it done to make the name sound better as Shazam?. In 1941 there was the movie serial called Adventures of Captain Marvel.

What was the reason for the change of the title?.

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Copyright Issues.

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@hyperfinn: Marvel Comics decided to trademark the term " Captain Marvel" back in the 1960s with another superhero of their own so DC had to change the name to Shazam.

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Yeah, it was during the whole lawsuit war between Fawcett and DC. Marvel took advantage of this and got the trademark. I think they need to publish a CM book every few years or they will lose it if I'm not mistaken.

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@hyperfinn: Marvel Comics decided to trademark the term " Captain Marvel" back in the 1960s with another superhero of their own so DC had to change the name to Shazam.

So that happened very long ago. odd it was a race against time for Marvel during back then.

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kinda serves DC right for blackballing the character in the first place.
Plus Captain Marvel/Supes are equals but DC has made it seem like Shazam cause second fiddle to him... nahhhh
So I hope Captain Marvel (the real one) does really well and outsells Superman MOS. Poetic justice.

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@phisigmatau: You Shazam fans should get over your self's lol

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kinda serves DC right for blackballing the character in the first place.

Plus Captain Marvel/Supes are equals but DC has made it seem like Shazam cause second fiddle to him... nahhhh

So I hope Captain Marvel (the real one) does really well and outsells Superman MOS. Poetic justice.

Exactly. For my part, I prefer the Shazam acronym, which is already classic. And, anyway, the former moniker was stupid in his case - Captain of what? Did he have to pass throught "Private" first? Just drop it anyway and give this great character a regular title.

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@stormshadow_x: haha we're fans, soo what do you expect

@nucleon said:
@phisigmatau said:

kinda serves DC right for blackballing the character in the first place.

Plus Captain Marvel/Supes are equals but DC has made it seem like Shazam cause second fiddle to him... nahhhh

So I hope Captain Marvel (the real one) does really well and outsells Superman MOS. Poetic justice.

Exactly. For my part, I prefer the Shazam acronym, which is already classic. And, anyway, the former moniker was stupid in his case - Captain of what? Did he have to pass throught "Private" first? Just drop it anyway and give this great character a regular title.

I dont really disagree with you.
I just want ppl to put respek on his name