Posted by vincent harper on July 25, 2006, 10:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Superman vs Captain Marvel - the Facts." --Previous Message--
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: Superman may have inspired the creation of
: Captain Marvel, but the same can be said for
: all the other super-heroes because Superman
: was the first super-hero, but inspiration
: isn't copying.
: OUTSTANDING! SHAZAM!.
: Captain Marvel is a kid who mystically
: transforms into a super-powered adult that
: gets powers from greek gods and enhanced
: humans, not solar energy because of an alien
: psyology. He's an orphan, but he still has
: blood relatives like his sister and his
: uncle, he does have an uncle right?
:
: Also, he's human and born on earth and
: didn't have the powers until the wizard
: Shazam gave them to him, but he wasn't
: superhuman all the time because the wizard's
: name also took away the powers.
: Clark/Superman was kind of superhuman all
: his life and being Clark the reporter didn't
: change his abilities. He was still
: superhuman but not really human.
:
: There's a big "BIG!" difference
: between the two but DC back then wanted
: people to see Cap as a copy so to win the
: copyright case because Captain Marvel was
: selling better with kids because he was a
: kid like them who was living out their
: dreams of being a super-hero.
:
: When DC got the Big Red Cheese, they kept
: the Superman clone bit going and overdid the
: comparing of the two ever since. They didn't
: show that Captain Marvel was an icon that
: could stand on his own two feet.
:
: I'm happy to say that some writers today
: seem to be exploring on what Cap's own
: powers are like, for example, he can
: generate eletricity and his mystical
: invulnerability is perhaps more then just
: durabilty like maybe he can survive in space
: and underwater without needing to breath,
: while I think Superman has learned how to
: uses his store of solar energy to compensate
: for the lack of air which is more like a
: mental skill, instead of a superpower.
:
: Cap is different, but is one of those people
: who is in the same catergory with Superman
: when it comes to power. Alot of those
: Superman fanatics edit events to make people
: believe that post-crisis Superman is the
: most powerful by a million and say that he
: becoming more powerful each year as he
: absorbs solar energy, but it was shown what
: would happen if he absorbed too much when he
: became hulk-size and alot of writers are
: still using the "Byrnes" power
: levels, but one who is now more skilled and
: confident since what he got in Our World at
: War was training and the sun dip seems to
: temporarly overload him which is why he only
: did it twice so far, although the second
: time was erased from the timeline, but he
: did it when he was irrational. There does
: seem to be a great risk to himself even
: though the Superman fanatics say he can do
: it all the time. In fact, it seems that the
: power of Zeus is no longer a performance
: enhancer of the other powers since that came
: into being to make him a match for
: pre-crisis Superman who was able to move
: planets but now that's hopefully gone
: forever. Saying that each of the gods and
: god-gifted humans' special talents rival
: with each of Superman's powers without the
: cheap gimmicks.
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