SHAZAM The Golden Age Of The Worlds Mightiest Mortal HC

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Sazma made his debut in Whiz Comics no. 2 in 1940, and before long outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by fourteen million copies a month. Shazam was so popular, he became the first super heroe to be adapted for the screen - a live action ywelve-chapter movie serial released by Republic Pictures in 1941, starring Tom Tyler and Frank Coghlan Jr.

It wasn't long before Fawcett Publications licensed a variety of merchandise - secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets and dolls, tin toys, collectible cards - and a fan club was created to keep up with demand. Despite the popularity of Shazam and his family. the Big Red Cheesewas finally felled by a lawsuit for copyright infringement and the last issueof the comic book was published in 1953. As quickly as it started, the craze ended - until two decades later, when the charater was revived by DC Comics in 1972, introducing Shazam to a new generation of fans and firmly establishing him in the pantheon alongside DC's greatest heroes."">"When Billy Batson says the magic word ""Shazam!"" he is transformed into the world's mightest mortal, tapping into the adolescent dreams of readers everywhere.

Sazma made his debut in Whiz Comics no. 2 in 1940, and before long outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by fourteen million copies a month. Shazam was so popular, he became the first super heroe to be adapted for the screen - a live action ywelve-chapter movie serial released by Republic Pictures in 1941, starring Tom Tyler and Frank Coghlan Jr.

It wasn't long before Fawcett Publications licensed a variety of merchandise - secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets and dolls, tin toys, collectible cards - and a fan club was created to keep up with demand. Despite the popularity of Shazam and his family. the Big Red Cheesewas finally felled by a lawsuit for copyright infringement and the last issueof the comic book was published in 1953. As quickly as it started, the craze ended - until two decades later, when the charater was revived by DC Comics in 1972, introducing Shazam to a new generation of fans and firmly establishing him in the pantheon alongside DC's greatest heroes."