With one magic word--SHAZAM!--young Billy Batson is transformed into the World's Mightiest Mortal: CAPTAIN MARVEL!
Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is a wish for what I'd like to see in comic book (and other) stories starring the original Captain Marvel: "Captain Marvel Adventures?"
As a comic book fan and a would-be writer, I've often imagined how I might like to see new heroic adventures play out. Some of the notions involved existing characters like Captain Marvel, Batman, Spider-Man, The Green Hornet, The Justice Society of America, and others featured my own creations. Here are a few notions (and one complete Batman story) that made their way to my blog:
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| Aquaman and Batman by DC Comics great Jim Aparo |
BATMAN AND AQUAMAN: The Undersea World Of Mr. Freeze [complete]
BATMAN AND WONDER WOMAN: Paradise Does Not Believe In Tears [introductory scene only, without the heroes]
SPIDER-MAN: Marvel Comics Try-Out
THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: The Movie
THE GREEN HORNET '66: The Beat And The Sting teaser and introductory pages
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: A 12-issue series of Batman team-ups [teaser and blueprint]
MY FAILED ATTEMPTS TO WRITE FOR DC COMICS
THE TELEPHONE PITCHES: Harvey Comics and The Mighty Crusaders, and The Monkees
And my own people:
ETERNITY MAN! chapters 1 through 5
The Last Ride Of The Copperhead Kid
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| My pulp hero The Copperhead, depicted by artist Shane White |
(There's also my secret agent story "The Copperhead Affair," discussed here when it hit comic book stores in 2020. The introductory paragraphs of a follow-up story "Chaos At The Copperhead Club" were posted here.)
And what the hell, some attempts to write and draw:
ADVENTURE!! And my idea of the Captain Marvel adventures I'd like to see provides the subject for the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.
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| CAPTAIN MARVEL SAVES THE DAY! Art by Alex Ross |
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