DC Comics, Supermans publisher, sued Fawcett, Captain Marvels publisher, over spurious claims of copyright infringement for years. Eventually, as sales continued to flag, Fawcett agreed to stop publishing Captain Marvel stories. It just wasn't worth the legal bills any more. Losing a straight-up fight is one thing, but giving up? A greater blow to the innocent worldview of the Captain is hard to imagine. Respectful of its fallen foe, DC hired Captain Marvels scriptwriter for Superman. Superman learned to fly, and his stories got wilder, imitating some of the Captain's old imaginative flair. Finally, twenty years after Fawcett gave up, DC itself licensed and then outright purchased the Captain Marvel character. However, those intervening years had seen the rise of another, even mightier Marvel in comics. Perhaps youve heard of it?
T Campbell has written quite a few online comics series and selected work for Marvel, Archie and Tokyopop. His longest-running works are Fans, Penny and Aggie-- and his current project with co-writer Phil Kahn, Guilded Age.
