Whiz Comics Volume 1 (1940 - 1953)

Whiz Comics was an anthology comic book series published by former American comic book publishing company, Fawcett Publications between February 1940 until June 1953. It is widely known for being the comic run in which hugely popular superhero character Captain Marvel (Shazam) made his debut.

Throughout its run, Captain Marvel continued to be the star attraction of Whiz Comics, with his sales surpassing that of DC stars like Batman (Detective Comics  and Batman) and Superman (Action Comics and Superman). With half a dozen spin-offs, the honor of being the first superhero to appear on film in addition to Captain Marvel and Whiz Comics were outselling Superman by a huge margin it was clear Fawcett had the edge. DC was not pleased at having these sales losses and loss of the title of first superhero motion picture. Thus in 1941 DC sued Fawcett Publications over the allegations that Captain Marvel was a rip-off of Superman and a copyright violation. The lawsuit lasted 12 years and finally got settled with DC Comics winning and Fawcett having to pay $400,000 in repercussions and immediately cease Whiz Comics to stop publishing anything about Captain Marvel. With this ended the 13-year run of Whiz Comics. The name 'Captain Marvel' was shortly trademarked by then up and coming company Marvel Comics and in 1972 DC bought all the creative rights of Fawcett publication's superheroes. Fawcett's and DC's Captain Marvel has since been renamed SHAZAM to avoid trademark infringement. Some Whiz Comicsissues are now in the public domain and can be freely accessed through the internet.

Subject ID: 141663

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Whiz Comics was an anthology comic book series published by former American comic book publishing company, Fawcett Publications between February 1940 until June 1953. It is widely known for being the comic run in which hugely popular superhero character Captain Marvel (Shazam) made his debut.

Throughout its run, Captain Marvel continued to be the star attraction of Whiz Comics, with his sales surpassing that of DC stars like Batman (Detective Comics  and Batman) and Superman (Action Comics and Superman). With half a dozen spin-offs, the honor of being the first superhero to appear on film in addition to Captain Marvel and Whiz Comics were outselling Superman by a huge margin it was clear Fawcett had the edge. DC was not pleased at having these sales losses and loss of the title of first superhero motion picture. Thus in 1941 DC sued Fawcett Publications over the allegations that Captain Marvel was a rip-off of Superman and a copyright violation. The lawsuit lasted 12 years and finally got settled with DC Comics winning and Fawcett having to pay $400,000 in repercussions and immediately cease Whiz Comics to stop publishing anything about Captain Marvel. With this ended the 13-year run of Whiz Comics. The name 'Captain Marvel' was shortly trademarked by then up and coming company Marvel Comics and in 1972 DC bought all the creative rights of Fawcett publication's superheroes. Fawcett's and DC's Captain Marvel has since been renamed SHAZAM to avoid trademark infringement. Some Whiz Comicsissues are now in the public domain and can be freely accessed through the internet.

Subject ID: 141663

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