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I'm curious who DC Direct perceives as DC's #4 guy is. It's basically between Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) or The Flash (Barry Allen) and after them it gets blurry.
I want a Shazam. Hopefully he'll be sculpted to look like hes 21, and cheerful, and not some middle aged angry, or "edgy" guy. Shazam is a kid who is magically transformed into a full grown man who is super strong. That doesn't mean he should look OLD, just full grown. I'm really annoyed with the renditions of Shazam that look like he's 40 years old.
Personally, I want a CAPTAIN MARVEL figure, not a statue of the wizard who gave him his powers (Shazam), regardless of what age they choose to make him. A 21- or even 40-year-old wizard is gonna look awfully strange; most renditions of Shazam that I've seen make him look ancient.
Ahh, very well. The names are interchangeable. The Mego figure was called Shazam, as have been many others, including the DC 13" figure. I think part of the problem is the Marvel Comics character Captain marvel.
Yeah, I knew you were goofin. lol, however, it WOULD be nice to have a "the wizard Shazam" figure, with a throne, since it hasn't been done, yet.Yeah, I was just goofin'. It has pissed me off for 35 years that DC couldn't use the character's name (Captain Marvel) as the title of his comic or Saturday morning TV show because Marvel "squatted" on the name in the late-60's. While I liked Marvel's Kree Captain Marvel, there really has been nothing of merit done with the name since Jim Starlin killed off Mar-Vell in the early 80's. As Nocturne mentions, there have been 3 or 4 lame characters who have used the name in the last 30+ years, solely to keep the copyright away from DC. The worst of that bunch was the female character who now goes by the name Photon.
It won't happen, but I think it's time Marvel relinquished the name to DC, so that it can be used again as the title for the Golden Age great.
It just seems ironic that DC now have a character called Captain Marvel doesn't it
I've never read any of the solo stuff only when he's been integrated with the rest of the DCU, but you have to love the way the character was depicted in Kingdom Come.
Plus the Alex Ross way of drawing him is awesome.
Does anyone have pics of these? Don't know that I've seen them...
So maybe I missed the pictures too, but can anyone post pictures of these 1/4 scale pieces in their collection? I've never seen them in person.
I'm really partial to the Power Of Shazam graphic novel. That was great. I really liked how the character was portrayed in that.
I'll have to have a look at that, is the Alex Ross oversized Graphic Novel any good. I enjoyed the Superman one.
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