Who owns the rights to shazam the superhero?
Other attempts at reviving "Shazam!" were initiated over the next three years, including a reboot project by John Byrne, illustrator of "Legends" and writer/artist on the Superman reboot miniseries "The Man of Steel" (1986). None of these versions saw print, though Captain Marvel, the Wizard Shazam, and Black Adam did appear in DC's "War of the Gods" miniseries in 1991. By this time, DC had finally ceased the fee-per-use licensing agreement with CBS Publications and purchased the full rights to Captain Marvel and the other Fawcett Comics characters.
Who originally owned the rights to Shazam the superhero?
Fawcett Comics
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel–related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, Fawcett licensed the character rights to DC, which by 1991 acquired all rights to the entire family of characters. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times, with mixed success. Due to trademark conflicts over other characters named "Captain Marvel" owned by Marvel Comics, DC has branded and marketed the character using the trademark "Shazam!" since his 1972 reintroduction. This led many to assume that "Shazam!" was the character's name. DC renamed the mainline version of the character as "Shazam!" when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011, and his associates became the "Shazam Family".
Who owned the rights to Shazam the superhero after Fawcett Comics?
DC Comics
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
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Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam (/ʃəˈzæm/), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comics originally published by Fawcett Comics, and currently published by DC Comics.
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
The fictional superhero character Shazam is also known as Captain Marvel. Originally, Fawcett Comics owned the rights to Captain Marvel. But, Fawcett Comics stopped publishing Marvel related comics in 1953 partly because of a copyright infringement suite from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of a DC character called Superman. By 1991, DC Comics acquired all the rights to the family of Marvel characters and integrated Captain Marvel, aka Shazam, into their DC Universe.