On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Bob Schroeck wrote:

(n.b. Captain Marvel=Shazam (afaik)  I just refuse to let comic-book
companied rename their characters.  As far as I'm concerned, that Valor
guy is *still* Mon-el)

Captain Marvel still *is* Captain Marvel.  It's just that when DC bought
the Fawcett characters, back in the middle 70's, they couldn't call a book
"Captain Marvel" because Marvel had the trademark on that due to
Mar-Vell's title.  So they named it after the old Wizard, and apparently,
in all that time, Marvel's maintained the trademark, so DC *still* can't
name the book after the hero.

And, just to make a note, Mon-El is Valor no longer.  The Powers that Be
in charge of Superman still won't let them use the Mon-El name, though, so
now he's taken the ancient Martian word for 'He who Wanders' - M'Onel!
Okay, it's not a perfect solution, but a lot of fans seem happy.

ObFanficStuff: Conflicts that would be interesting to see: Legion of
Super-Heroes vs. the Ranma cast, or the Z Fighters from Dragonball Z
versus Darkseid and all the hordes of Apokalips.  Don't think either of
them would be hugely one-sided fights...

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