Actually, there is a chaotic copyright dispute.
Here, I'd like to give some advice to my unfamiliar friends. (Under the Baidu Encyclopedia entry, one of the meanings of Captain Surprise is Captain Surprise of DC, and those who are interested can go to Baidu by themselves.) In fact, Captain Surprise of DC is
Shazam.
Someone may know about this mention.
Shazam,
In the 194s, the trademark of Captain Surprise, a cartoon character, belonged neither to DC nor to Marvel Comics, but to a publishing house called fawcett (Forsyte). Captain Surprise was the most popular superhero in the 194s, because his comic book series Adventures of Captain Surprise sold more copies in the mid-194s than Superman and other rival superhero comics.
Because Captain Surprise's image has many similarities with Superman's image (ability and modeling), DC sued fawcett for this and won the case. As a result of the judgment, Forsyte Company was required to stop the publication of Captain Surprise. So fawcett stopped publishing the cartoons of Captain Surprise in 1953! DC Comics Company obtained the publishing rights of the amazing family characters in 1972 and republished them, and DC Comics obtained all their rights in 1991. Since then, DC Comics has merged Captain Amazing and Amazing Family into their DC universe, and has tried many times to revive these properties.
after losing the publishing right of Captain Surprise, fawcett decided to sell the trademark resolutely. Knowing that fawcett intends to sell the trademark of Captain Surprise, Marvel Comics won the trademark of Captain Surprise during this period, just to get the word "Marvel" in
Captain Marvel
.
until 1972, DC acquired all the copyrights of fawcett company. At this point, Marvel Comics and DC have to face an embarrassing situation, that is, they also own the copyright of Captain Surprise.
Captain Marvel
Until 1972, DC acquired all the copyrights of fawcett Company. At this point, Marvel Comics and DC have to face an embarrassing situation, that is, they also own the copyright of Captain Surprise.
Marvel Comics owns the name copyright and DC owns the role copyright.
Marvel Comics owns the name copyright and DC owns the role copyright.
That's why the name Captain Surprise of DC is not well known until now, but Shazam is really remembered.
That's why the name Captain Surprise of DC is not well known until now, but Shazam is really remembered.
As for whether there is plagiarism in the setting of Captain Surprise's role ability, it depends on the interpretation of fans.
As for whether there is plagiarism in the setting of Captain Surprise's role ability, it depends on the interpretation of fans.
digression, Marvel Comics's Captain Surprise will be released on March 8th, 219, while DC's Shazam is scheduled for April 5th, 219, in which Dwayne Douglas Johnson plays the villain Black Adam.