Talk:Captain Marvel (Fawcett)

"Marvel Comics owns the trademark for the name Captain Marvel. DC comics owns trademarks for the names Shazam and Billy Batson. In order to use Captain Marvel's name it must be used in the interior of the story, the same way DC does to avoid Marvel's trademark on the name.

Only the golden age Captain Marvel (as depicted in the comics that fell into public domain) is public domain. Non-public domain Golden Age appearances are under copyright of DC Comics, which owns the version of the character based on those comics and all subsequent versions published under DC comics banner

So if I - only using the golden age public domain material, and nothing that DC later contributed to the mythos - created a captain marvel story - while not having his name on the cover nor that of billy batson or shazam - would I be free of DC's legal fire?

Perhaps even free to redesign his costume?