There would be no new Captain Marvel comics until 1971, when DC Comics acquired the rights to the character.
The upcoming Shazam! movie has inspired fresh artwork by DC Comics’ Jerry Ordway, as a means of kicking 2018 off right.
This may have prompted a 1953 lawsuit by DC Comics, who alleged that Captain Marvel was a clear rip-off of Superman.
The Power of Shazam! proved popular enough to inspire a monthly comic book, for which Ordway provided the painted covers and scripts.
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