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Superman Through the Ages! Forum > Superman's Pals > Captain Marvel > Who is this guy?
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« on: March 18, 2007, 05:15:54 PM »
From Superman issue 276,june 1974.It seems Captain Marvel,but the chest logo is different.An alternate version of Earth-1?                                                                                                               

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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2007, 05:37:42 PM »
https://www.supermanthroughtheages.com/wiki/index.php/Captain_Thunder
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2007, 10:39:52 AM »
thats Captain Thunder... a sort of copy of captain marvel that DC had him fight...
 
which is weird cuz im pretty sure they owned Captain Marvel at the time
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2007, 01:27:15 PM »
I think it was a trial for a meeting betwen Supes and Cap. 
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2007, 02:36:44 PM »
I've never read a definitive explanation for Captain Thunder (maybe there is one out there), I assume it was a matter of DC going slowly with crossovers and using this story as a "test" of a newly licensed Captan Marvel (a name which in itself was tricky and secondary to the Shazam title).
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2007, 11:20:45 PM »
Here is the story behind the story:

http://members.tripod.com/originalvigilante/captainthunder.htm
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2007, 04:10:13 AM »
It still doesn't explain why DC bothered to create Captain Thunder, instead of just using Captain Marvel.


I think he's a neat character though.  I'd like to see him return.  Just as there was an Earth-2 Superman and an Earth-1 Superman; there could be a Captain Marvel and a Captain Thunder.  Great team-up possibilities.
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2007, 10:56:54 AM »
Hmm.

Captain Thunder was one of Captain Marvel's original names. 

Then there is the bit where DC was trying to lock down all superhero names.
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