Let's travel back to 1967, five years before DC licenced the Fawcett characters, to Action Comics #353. Zeus and the other Greek gods are enraged when the Oracle of Delphi reveals that, in the future, everyone will forget the Greeks deities as Superman eclipses their legend.
Their solution? Create a warrior who has all their powers combined to kick Superman's ass! Behold the power of SHAZAM!:
The whole concept is pretty amusing. First DC sues Fawcett into the ground over Captain Marvel being too close a copy of Superman, and then DC turns around and creates their own unauthorized
Oh, but that's not enough for Otto Binder and Wayne Boring. Nope, we've got to give ZHA-VAM even more powers:
What ensures is the goofiest super-battle in history. Enjoy!
3 comments:
Shows to go: socks with sandals never works.
I read this issue while I was at a funeral back when it first came out. That is how I remember it, because I was at a funeral.
This is of course, completely insane. Which is why I love it so much.
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