Question

Read this section from DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World’s Favorite Comic Book Heroes to analyze the interaction of events. The toughest competitor of all was Captain Marvel, who got his start in Whiz Comics (February 1940). The product of a large, established firm called Fawcett Publications, Captain Marvel in his heyday was the biggest seller in the business, but in some ways he seemed suspiciously close to Superman. DC decided to sue. “It took a long time,” says Jack Liebowitz. The legal battle dragged on for years as the two corporations duked it out like super heroes, and the dust didn’t settle until 1953. DC editor Jack Schiff compiled a scrapbook documenting similarities, but the district court dismissed DC’s complaint. DC appealed, and the case was heard by no less a jurist than Judge Learned Hand, who reversed the dismissal and remanded the case back to the lower court. At this point Fawcett finally decided to settle, and agreed to stop publishing Captain Marvel. For all of that, Captain Marvel is a great character. Created by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the scripts developed a humorous slant in scripts provided by Otto Binder. The often obtuse hero was a “Big Red Cheese” to his brilliant enemy Dr. Sivana, and was nearly defeated by an intellectually advanced earthworm called Mr. Mind. Beck’s simple artwork had real appeal, and kids loved the idea that young Billy Batson could turn into the “World’s Mightiest Mortal” simply by uttering the magic word “Shazam!” In 1973, events came full circle when DC acquired the rights from Fawcett to revive the character with a comic book called Shazam!, and a successful TV series followed in 1974. Which of the following describes the relationship between the publication of Whiz Comics and Shazam! in the passage above? Question 9 options: a) Whiz Comics was the TV series based on Shazam! b) Whiz Comics replaced Shazam! after DC Comics sued. c) Shazam! revived Captain Marvel, who was introduced in Whiz Comics. d) Whiz Comics was sued over similarities between Shazam! and Superman.

Answer 1

Answer:

C is the answer

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is indeed letter c) Shazam! revived Captain Marvel, who was introduced in Whiz Comics.

Explanation:

After reading this excerpt, we are able to create a timeline that shows the relationship between the publication of Whiz Comics and Shazam!

1. In 1940, Whiz Comics began to publish stories about Captain Marvel, a kid called Billy Batson who gained powers when he screamed the word Shazam.

2. Whiz Comics was sued by DC Comics due to similarities between Captain Marvel and Superman.

3. In 1953 the complaint is dismissed, only to be reopened by a superior judge. Whiz Comics gives up and decides to stop publishing the stories.

4. Around 20 years later, DC Comics buys the rights to the story against which it had fought before. The story had stopped being published, but it is revived by DC under a different name - no longer Captain Marvel, but Shazam!

Therefore, letter c is the best option when it comes to stating the relationship between the two publications:

c) Shazam! revived Captain Marvel, who was introduced in Whiz Comics.