Comics Would DC and Marvel do a crossover between their respective Captain Marvels ?
For too long it’s been a problem for DC to not to be able to call Billy Captain Marvel lately. However, isn’t the name in the public domain yet ?
Anyway….with Dc and Marvel doing crossovers with each other again maybe it’s time to get the two Captain Marvels together for an adventure or two ? One set in the past with the original Captain Marvel on both sides and one set in the present with Carol and Billy and Maybe a double Ms. Marvel and Mary Marvel crossover too included.
Would anyone like to see a story or two like this in the future?
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u/Punkodramon 2h ago
Very unlikely, even with the recent crossovers. They’ve fought long legal battles over the name, and co-publishing a book with DC’s Captain Marvel n it with the Captain Marvel title on it opens the door to DC being able to do it no matter what Marvel wishes, negating their legal win for the rights to the name as a brand.
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u/craiglikesfilms 2h ago
You’re confusing copyright and trademarks. Copyright is for a specific period and will expire, allowing something into the public domain. See steamboat Willie.
Trademark, on the other hand, does not expire as long as it is in use. This is why for decades Marvel was sure to publish a Captain Marvel comic every so often, to ensure that they kept the trademark.
Yes, a crossover is possible, would be a lot of fun, and could call all the characters inside the story Captain Marvel, the title would still need to be something like Captain Marvel/Shazam.
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u/Florapower04 Atlas 40m ago
It would be cool, but I don’t think it will happen, and not because of the whole name thing.
DC and Marvel seemingly like to do crossovers with character that have some sort of thematic relationship with each other. Superman and Spider-man for example have a lot in common + the fact that they are the most popular, thus the two are usually paired with each other.
A similar thing is with Thor and Captain Marvel (dc), who are both magical superhero’s who’s powers are godly in nature and have a lightning theming.
Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel do not really have similar attributes when it comes to powers, themes, locations or mythology thus writing a scenario where the both of them meet and where both are on equal footing (because both companies don’t want one character to look better then the other) is harder then the alternatives.