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2. Captain Marvel (DC Comics) - Wikipedia

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   Whiz Comics #22 (Oct. 1941), featuring Captain Marvel and his young alter-ego, Billy Batson. Art by C. C. Beck. Inspiration for Captain Marvel came from a number of sources. His visual appearance was modeled after that of Fred MacMurray, a popular American actor of the period, [13] though comparisons with both Cary Grant and Jack Oakie were made as well. [1

3. William Burnside (character) - Wikipedia

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   William Burnside, PhD, [1] also known as the Captain America of the 1950s, Commie Smasher or Bad Cap, [2]: 50–51, 226–227 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

4. Adventures of Captain Marvel - Wikipedia

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   Adventures of Captain Marvel, Chapter 1: Curse of the Scorpion. Adventures of Captain Marvel is a 1941 American 12-chapter black-and-white movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr., directed by John English and William Witney, that stars Tom Tyler in the title role of Captain Marvel and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as his alter ego, Billy Batson.

5. Golden Age of Comic Books - Wikipedia

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   Timely Comics' The Human Torch was canceled with issue #35 (March 1949) [26] and Marvel Mystery Comics, featuring the Human Torch, with issue #93 (Aug. 1949) became the horror comic Marvel Tales. [27] Sub-Mariner Comics was canceled with issue #42 (June 1949) and Captain America Comics, by then Captain America's Weird Tales, with #75 (Feb. 1950).

6. Fawcett Comics - Wikipedia

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   Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word "Shazam!".

7. Atlas Comics (1950s) - Wikipedia

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   Atlas Comics was the 1950s comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. [1] Magazine and paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a multitude of corporate entities, used Atlas as the umbrella name for his comic-book division during this time.

8. National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.

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   L. Miller and Son, a small British publisher of black-and-white Captain Marvel reprints, adapted Captain Marvel into a derivative superhero, Marvelman, instead of folding their comic book business. This character enjoyed similar popularity in the 1950s and was revived in the 1980s, and itself became the subject of a copyright and trademark ...

9. List of superhero debuts - Wikipedia

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   1950 (December) DC Bill Finger, Dick Sprang: Batman #62 Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson) 1950 (December) Marvel Stan Lee, Russ Heath: Marvel Boy #1 Captain Comet: 1951 (June) DC John Broome, Carmine Infantino: Strange Adventures #9 Doll Girl: 1951 (December) Quality Comics: Will Eisner: Doll Man #37 Phantom Stranger: 1952 (August) DC