MARY MARVEL appreciation thread

[The Odd Man]

Single best panel from COUNTDOWN:

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SUPERGIRL and ISIS are super heroines inspired from a little known GOLDEN AGE super heroine MARY MARVEL. She was the sister of CAPTAIN MARVEL who was one of the most popular super heroes for the 1940s. She was created by SCIENCE FICTION writer OTTO BINDER.

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I didn't see one! And to me, "Mary Shazam" is far worse than giving Billy the wizard's name.

Anyway, Bombshells Mary Marvel appeared in my Tumblr feed:

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Miri Marvel! She has an entirely Old Testament-based pantheon in the Bombshellsverse. I love the magical girl-esque costume here, she even has a wand. Come to think of it Mary was the original magical girl...

It's worse alright

[warzon]

I also love Mary marvel and she would be a great addition to the justice league of America.

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Great thread!!

Right you are!!

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Captain Marvel & Mary Marvel from proposed SHAZAM! reboot by John Byrne.



From Back Issue #12, as quoted by Brian Cronin at Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #99, John Byrne on why it did not happen.

The reason this [project] didn’t happen was that going in, I said I want this to be a separate universe. I want this to be not connected with the DC Universe in any way. And DC said, yep, fine, that’ll be great, that’ll be good. And then I had actually done the cover and the first two pages of the first issue and they said, “Oh, by the way, Cap has to be in the Justice League [Here, Byrne most likely just means that “Cap has to be in the DC Universe, as Cap’s Justice League days were past by this point].” And I said no, we agreed. And they said he has to be, it’s absolutely necessary. I said, well, bye then. It was another one of those cases where I made my unreasonable demands loud and clear, up front, they agreed to them, and then said, “Oh, no, we’re changing our minds.”

Below the character drawings are the two pages John did. The first image was used for the first page of OMAC #2.
John explained on his website:
"The first page, as some of you may already know, was salvaged from my aborted SHAZAM! project. When DC double-crossed me (this time before the contracts were signed!) I pulled out of that project and took back the work I had done on good faith. When I needed a splash for the second issue of OMAC, I did some cosmetic surgery, removing characters and altering the vintage of the automobiles, and what had begun as Fawcett City became the setting for Buddy Blank’s adventures in the Past."
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....ay_john_byrne/

[dswynne]

Interestingly, DC wanted to put Captain Marvel into the Giffen Justice League, which is why they over-ruled Byrne's wishes. The irony is that Cap was booted from the League a year later, and wouldn't be seen for a long time until POWER OF SHAZAM! Such a missed opportunity. Go jump in a lake, DC. YOU SUCK!

[Darkseid Is]

Interestingly, DC wanted to put Captain Marvel into the Giffen Justice League, which is why they over-ruled Byrne's wishes. The irony is that Cap was booted from the League a year later, and wouldn't be seen for a long time until POWER OF SHAZAM! Such a missed opportunity. Go jump in a lake, DC. YOU SUCK!

Do you know why they had him leave the team? I thought he was a lot of fun. Didn't he introduce J'onn to Oreos?

[dswynne]

Color version of JB Mary Marvel drawing (with modifications)...

[dswynne]

Do you know why they had him leave the team? I thought he was a lot of fun. Didn't he introduce J'onn to Oreos?

To be honest, I don't know why Cap left the team, other than to let Captain Atom get on board. It could be that since Cap and Billy Batson were the same person, it may have been difficult to write Cap beyond the "Captain Whitebread" label. Go figure.

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I did a DC Women appreciation thread and was surprised when I found out Mary didn't have her own individual thread like some of the other ladies do. Glad you started one!!

My reaction was the same.

[Phoenixx9]

I always loved Mary Marvel. Yay to this thread.

[Assam]

I always loved Mary Marvel. Yay to this thread.

She's easily my favorite member of the Marvel Family.

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[Güicho]

Filmation...

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Yeah glad u did I like Mary marvel as well and would either buy an ongoing or a team book with her in it if it was done right

Well stated!