Captain Marvel, aka Shazam, first appeared in 1939 in Whiz Comics #2 (fun fact: there is no #1) from Fawcett Comics, a year after Superman exploded onto the scene. He was popular, and in fact was the ...

C.C. Beck stepped onto the stage of Greenwich’s Pickwick Theatre in 1944 and sketched his most famous creation for 2,000 people there to raise money for the war effort. At the end of the bidding, Beck ...

ZUMBROTA — Does Zumbrota have a secret alter ego as a comic book landmark? When it comes to the history of superheroes and comics, Zumbrota has its own little-known claim to fame as the hometown of ...

With Shazam! in theaters now, fans are starting to wonder what elements of the movie have deep roots in the comics and which things were created for the screen. One of the elements of the story with ...