Fawcett comics survives

[THeaven]

With DC and Atlas doing well with their Superhero Teams in the 60's
{DC- Justice League of America, Teen Titans,Doom Challengers & MetalMen} {Atlas- Fantastic four, Avengers, & unsuccessfully X-men}
Fawcett comics having premiered the Legion of Superheroes & THUNDER agents in the early 60s had no reason to bring back the Crime Crusaders club as MinuteMan was in Time Traveling adventures and Captain Marvel jr. Was working with the ever growing Marvel family. However with the company being dropped by CBS and new alliance with Archie comics it was time to bring in a new collective group of American heroes Fawcett brought in Larry Hama (W) and David Michelle (A) Dubbed The Squadron of Champions.
The team Premiered in Whiz comics Presents # 3 with
Ibis the invincible,
Bulletman 2 (Rich Ryder)
BulletWoman (Helen Taylor)
Commando Yank 2 ( Hank Henshaw)
Golden Arrow 2 (Mark Eaglewing)
Scarlet Avenger (Matt Murdock)*
The Question (Vic Sage)**
Ms Avenger (Claire Darrow)
With more members coming soon
*When Fawcett merged with Magazine Enterprise in 1960s they had the problem that Mr. Scarlet and the Avenger were too similar in appearance and when CBS bought the company to make CBS comics they were told one had to go. When CBS dropped Fawcett it was suggested that the new Mister Scarlet use the Avenger's Technology and basically merged the names.
** The Question is slumming it in the team books as Fawcett Publication doesn't know how to work him in the 70s however by the end of the Decade a hungry writer/Artist named Frank Miller will be put on the dying title.
[Edited thanks to @nick_crenshaw82 ]

 

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[nick_crenshaw82]

Have you considered aging Captain Marvel, Jr. and call Captain Shad an?

Captain Shazam

"Captain Shazam" was a title promised by Lightning Comics, however the company folded before it ever saw print. Given that Lightning Comics was founded by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder, the creators of Captain Marvel (who famously shouts "Shazam!" as a battle cry), the comparisons between the two can...

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[THeaven]

Have you considered aging Captain Marvel, Jr. and call Captain Shad an?

Captain Shazam

"Captain Shazam" was a title promised by Lightning Comics, however the company folded before it ever saw print. Given that Lightning Comics was founded by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder, the creators of Captain Marvel (who famously shouts "Shazam!" as a battle cry), the comparisons between the two can...

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No but I was considering having Freddy turn into Captain Paragon though

 

[THeaven]

Marvel family 1977-1985
Captain Marvel/Billy Batson
Mary Marvel/Mary Bromfield
Commander Paragon/ Freddy Freeman (formerly Captain Marvel jr.)
Tawky Tawny
Uncle Wendell Dudley
Lieutenant Marvels:
Miss Marvel/ Mary Dudley (formerly Freckles Marvel)
Black Tempest/Billy S. Boat
Fat-Man the Human Flying Saucer/Big Bill Batson (formerly Fat Marvel)
Sheriff Thunder / Billy Joe Batson (formerly Hillbilly Marvel)
Skylight/William Batson (formerly Tall Marvel)
Teth-2 (Black Adam's heir from the Legion of superheroes)
Marvel girl/Betty Cooper (from the Captain Marvel meets Archie special)
[Not Pictured] Shazam the Wizard, Marvel-bot(an Android from with the power of flying & detachable body parts), Rocky the Marvel dog, Streaky the Marvel cat, Professor Marvel (Earth Golds Billy), Titano the Marvel ape, Skipper S. Boat (Black Tempest Dad),Comet the Marvel Horse & the Marvel Bunny family (Hoppy, Flopsy and Lucky)

 

[Ogrebear]

That's a lot of Marvel's to spread the power around....

Some cool costumes though.

 

[THeaven]

That's a lot of Marvel's to spread the power around....

Some cool costumes though.

Well Fawcett's Silverage got alitte crazy.
But the Black Tempest & the Lieutenant Marvels have Different powers
Black Tempest has Water and Wind powers,
Fat-Marvel/Human Flying Saucer has flight and shapeshifting
Hillbilly Marvel/Sheriff Thunder has sonic screaming and Strength (new look given after the Elvis Presley tribute special)
Tall Marvel/Skylight has size changing and light projection (both got new powers in Fatman Human flying Saucer #7)

 

[nick_crenshaw82]

Do to the fact that Jack Kirby did work for Fawcett at one point in his career the following is being posted under the idea that he wrote his Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth stories for Fawcett:

Captain Marvel (Tawky Tawny)
The idea is that during the Great Disaster the Wizard Shazamand/or Billy Batson passes his powers over to Tawky Tawny.

 

[THeaven]

Do to the fact that Jack Kirby did work for Fawcett at one point in his career the following is being posted under the idea that he wrote his Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth stories for Fawcett:

Captain Marvel (Tawky Tawny)
The idea is that during the Great Disaster the Wizard Shazamand/or Billy Batson passes his powers over to Tawky Tawny.

I don't know from What I know The only reason DC Greenlit Kamandi was because DC lost the licensing of Planet of the apes to Marvel I would rather see Kamandi go independent if anything

 

[THeaven]

In 1974 the discussion between C.C Beck and Marian Binder about Captain Marvel jr. Though having a loyal following he was still felt trapped in the early 50s young artist/ Billl Black was appointed from the Marvel family comics to bring Freddy Freeman into the 70s.
Bill first allowed Freddy to change by saying SHAZAM (with initials standing in for different deities to Billy, Mary, and Black Adam) he then brushed off his sketch from 1972 to give him a new design for Captain Marvel.
For months in the pages of various Fawcett comics ads were posted asking WHO IS COMMANDER PARAGON? and in December of 1975 Commander Paragon #1 hit the newsstand as Freddy Freeman revealed his new look and took on a team up of Captain Nazi and Comrade Nuclear.

 

[THeaven]

With the success of the Spy genre thanks to the likes of James Bond C.C Beck approached Wally Wood to revive Spy Smasher in the way Jim Sterango revived Sgt Fury.
Wood introduced Alan Armstrong Jr. To The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserve or THUNDER teaming up with the mysterious Nomad, the psychic Menthor, the Speedster Lightning, & Twilight an espy of Captain Midnight. Together they fought the the terrorist organization of SPYDER. By the time of the seventies the Spy genre was wearing thin and with Vietnam & Watergate causing mistrust in authoritie figures Spy-Smaher &co found themselves fighting Aliens instead of political adversaries.

in 1974 Wally Wood Wood returned to the title introducing new members to the roster

The beautiful android Mystria
The Monstorous muscle Glomb
And the shape changing alien Shag.
Wood kept the scifi element as the genre was popular thanks to the success of Star Trek: New Voyages, * Alien, & Star Wars.
While in the UK Miller comics ** ( a subsidiary of Fawcett Productions) was having success releasing reprints of the American stories as well as issuing original content which lead to difficulties with Ion Productions. The end of The Spy who Loved me Stated that Bond's follow up would be For your eyes only but thanks to the Scifi boom Moonraker was pitched instead for the 1979 release. However early into the production Cubbie Brocklii discovered on the the newsstand Spy-Smasher & the Agents of THUNDER was using the exact same story beats (as the British original stories kept the Spy elements)
Ion Productions decided to go back and bring For Your Eyes only to theaters however sets had been designed, and costumes were made and in 1979 United Artists called up Fawcett with intrest for a Spy-Smaher movie.

 

[THeaven]

Come on guys don't make me recast For your eyes only as well as casting a THUNDER Agents movie (1980) all by myself

 

[THeaven]

In 1975 National Lampoon would get the rights to publish the French magazine Metal Harmont in the United States & Canada as Heavy Metal to great success allowing the company to consider expanding to mainstream comics. Warren Publications was also seeing success thanks to Hammers Vamprella, and with their involvement produced Panthra, Hammer Horror Monthly, and G-fan.
the Need for Adultish stories reverberated across the industry, the Atlas comics would be the first to start getting into the magazine market bay launching Magazines featuring the stars of their Heroes from Prime time TV along with their Conan the Barbarian magazine

• Rampaging Hulk
• Spider-Man News stories
• Dr. Stranges Mystic Mysteries

Fawcett would decide to revive their their classic Horror comic This Magazine is Haunted in 1978 as a Horror magazine that would showcase unrated stories based on their more Monstorous Heroes as well as original short stories by writers such as Steven King, George R.R. Martin & Robert Blach

The Anti-Heroes that appeared in this magazine would be known as the Haunted Heroes

a team up would be inevitable

 

[Ogrebear]

Heavy Metal has had some great stuff published in it, hope that stays true ITTL.

By being magazines fo these publications step round the comic code?

 

[Goldwind2]

Hear heard of a cult classic comic series called Bucky Ohare. e. It delt with a multi speice Athro space crew led by a rabbit called bucky ohare Who fought the evil toad empire .Follow this link to the bucky ohara wiki page or more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_O'Har .Bucky ohara has appered on many top tmnt ripoff list allow though I find them distict enough to not be call ripoffs. Also Bucky Ohara was actuelly in development before the ninja turtles. If I rember correclty you were thinking of buttering the ninja turtules. Perhaps with out the Ninja turtles Bucky har will become a big sensetion instead of mearly a cult classic. Buck change of succes may be increased if he was published by a mjor company like Charlton or fawecett instead of the small time connuintium commics

 

[Goldwind2]

Hear heard of a cult classic comic series called Bucky Ohare. e. It delt with a multi speice Athro space crew led by a rabbit called bucky ohare Who fought the evil toad empire .Follow this link to the bucky ohara wiki page or more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_O'Har .Bucky ohara has appered on many top tmnt ripoff list allow though I find them distict enough to not be call ripoffs. Also Bucky Ohara was actuelly in development before the ninja turtles. If I rember correclty you were thinking of buttering the ninja turtules. Perhaps with out the Ninja turtles Bucky har will become a big sensetion instead of mearly a cult classic. Buck change of succes may be increased if he was published by a mjor company like Charlton or fawecett instead of the small time connuintium commics

Thanks for the like. Does this mean that Bucky Ohare may fill the void left by the Butterflying of the Ninja Turtles. If so do think Bucky ohare would provide inspiration Biker mice from mars street sharks and the Battle Toads among other ninja turtle competitors

 

[THeaven]

Thanks for the like. Does this mean that Bucky Ohare may fill the void left by the Butterflying of the Ninja Turtles. If so do think Bucky ohare would provide inspiration Biker mice from mars street sharks and the Battle Toads among other ninja turtle competitors

It's possible considering Neal Adams involvement however I see if successful would promote funny animal/space opera or if Usaki Yojimbo comes out around the same time an era of bunny Heroes could take hold in the ninja turtles place

 

[Goldwind2]

It's possible considering Neal Adams involvement however I see if successful would promote funny animal/space opera or if Usaki Yojimbo comes out around the same time an era of bunny Heroes could take hold in the ninja turtles place

Usaki Yojimbo came out in 1984

 

[THeaven]

Usaki Yojimbo came out in 1984

Both Bucky and Usagi came out in 84

 

[Goldwind2]

Both Bucky and Usagi came out in 84

Yes.