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Shazamgrrl said:
Nope. Mary & Junior came years before Superboy and Girl. Junior was created in 1941 and Mary in 1942. Superboy first saw publication in 1945, and Supergirl in 1954.
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And it's really weird that DC didn't go after Fawcett over Captain Marvel 'til Cap started out-selling Supes. DC started amping Supes' powers up because of Cap's popularity.:p


This is true. DC sued Fawcett and drove Fawcett out of business with litigation after several years in 1953.

And then, ironically, DC bought the rights to the Marvel Family characters, and brought them back in DC's new SHAZAM series in 1973, and added the Shazam universe to DC's continuity as "Earth S".



I've always thought of MIRACLEMAN as a WTF/through-a-mirror-darkly version of the Shazam characters.

Kid Miracleman is a darker version of Black Adam, who slaughters whole cities for his sadistic pleasure (MIRACLEMAN issues 2, 3, and 14-15).




Emil Gargunza is a darker retread of Dr Sivana, who (in the Miracleman version) was sexually raped as a child, then killed his rapist and took over the rapist's crime operation (MIRACLEMAN 5).




Miraclewoman is a darker version of Mary Marvel, who was molested by her creator Emil Gargunza (by another name Dr Sivana), and as I recall Gargunza sexually molested Miracleman and Kid Miracleman too.

And then the crowning achievement of Moore's MIRACLEMAN run, incest between Miracleman and Miraclewoman in issue 16, because in their superhuman utopia, they deem themselves above being human, and thus above human laws of morality.
Which basically equates to Captain Marvel shacking Mary Marvel.




I enjoyed the first 7 issues by Moore immensely, some of the best written stories in comics history. Before Moore went off the deep end with increasing moroseness and shock value.

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