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[Amoebas]

Also I'd just like to add that the Marvel family legacy has been heavily damaged due to Johns and Didio.Hab

It started a looooong time before Johns & Didio. Anyone remember this complete and utter dud?


And I absoultely loved what Johns did with Captain Marvel in JSA. Billy's relationship with Courtney (however brief) was great (especially Jay's reaction to the older Marvel falling for the tween Stargirl). I wish they explored this more but the (not really) taboo nature of it had to end I suppose.

[GLX]

“By that logic I should change my name to Eric Larson. Geoff Johns should change his name to Jeff Johns since everybody spells it that way anyway.”

– Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen, responding to the news that, after 40 years of dancing around Marvel’s trademark by using titles like Shazam and The Power of Shazam, DC Comics is officially changing Captain Marvel’s name to … Shazam. Geoff Johns explained the decision was made, in part, because “everybody thinks he’s called Shazam already, outside of comics.”

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/20 ... of-shazam/

[Doc Jon]

DC's mismanagement of this property borders on the completely inept.

Captain Marvel should be one of their biggest cross-promoted characters in media. The character is simply made to hit every target demographic there is.

In a day and age where people try to create movies and media that span different demographics, and fail miserably, why not just use a character you already have?

There's Billy to appeal to kids, the superhero aspect to appeal to everyone, the family to appeal well... to the family, Mary to bring in the girls and the pedos.

Sadly, Captain Marvel is yet another character that DC doesn't "get".

[Zechs]

DC's mismanagement of this property borders on the completely inept.

Captain Marvel should be one of their biggest cross-promoted characters in media. The character is simply made to hit every target demographic there is.

In a day and age where people try to create movies and media that span different demographics, and fail miserably, why not just use a character you already have?

There's Billy to appeal to kids, the superhero aspect to appeal to everyone, the family to appeal well... to the family, Mary to bring in the girls and the pedos.

Sadly, Captain Marvel is yet another character that DC doesn't "get".

It amazes me on that fact too. It's sad his freaking Rogues Gallery (Black Adam, Mr. Mind, Sivana, and Captain Nazi) gets better characterization than Billy.