The Jacked Kirby Podcast: Episode #49 - Shazammin' It Up!

It’s the original Captain Marvel! Ed O’Hare from THE DC TV REPORT podcast talks to Mike D. & TL about the Captain and Jack Kirby and Joe Simon’s singular work on the character in 1941’s Whiz Comics, as well a whole bunch more comic book and DC TV show fun leading up to the release of the Shazam! movie!

Shout outs and good clean laughs are also included in our 49th episode!

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Alter Egos by Coran 'Kizer' Stone

It is always interesting to see another artists take on a character, specifically when they make it their business to redo a bunch of characters that are really well known and loved. Deviant Artist Coran 'Kizer' Stone has done just that, and he is doing God's work. His Alter Ego series takes on not only the hero version that we all know and love, yet also feature their regular everyday personas as well. It is nice to see and artist's take on the cool details of a hero, but that is done over and over. Very rarely do you see an artists show us the regular side of the larger than life characters we all know and love. Thanks to my main man Cal for putting me on to this guy. Check out more at his Deviant Art page and my personal faves after the jump...

Past Campy Versions Of Superheroes We Should Want To Forget...

... But for some reason we love 'em anyway. Great compilation from Fonjil's Youtube page. Thanks to Nick for sending us these via Facebook. There are some really good ones in here... check it out!!!



Some thoughts:

• God, most of these look much worse then they were AT THE TIME. Yea, they ain't as good as the recent stuff, but look what they were working with back then.
• The Flash's costume was freaking awesome for a early 90's TV show. Unreal how good it was.
• Dr. Strange... I have to own that TV show on DVD. Maybe at the next comic convention I will pick up a copy of this one on bootleg.
• The Shazam show was very underrated.... just saying.
• Lynda Carter could get it... for sure! 

Captain Zorikh On Captain Marvel... Pay Attention!

Meet Zorikh Lequidre... we did at The 2010 Big Apple Comic Con. He is an interesting character to say the least. I was drawn to his table because he had a huge sign with what many would mistake as The Flash logo... but I knew it was the symbol of one of my favorite superheroes, The Big Red Cheese himself, Captain Marvel. You might also know him by the name of Shazam, even though that is the name of the wizard who gave him his powers and what he says to transform and not his actual moniker. Either way, Captain Marvel is often looked at to be a rip off of Superman, which is pretty silly since the Captain was much more poupular than Supes for the first few decades of their existence. He was one of the first characters to get his own "family" of related characters to appear in his books, and his female counterpart Mary Marvel was on the scene at least 15 years before Supergirl. The legendary battles that Capt. has had against the likes of Dr. Sivana, Captain Nazi, and Black Adam are the stuff of legends. The dude deserves some respect.

Now, there is no way a story as old and steeped in tradition as this is cut and dry. Due to rights changing hands between rival publishing companies, there have been many incarnations of Captain Marvel. Quite a few actually... no fewer then 12, according to Capt. Zorikh. That is why he and his co-author Evan Azriliant are writing the definitive history of the character, entitled "Captain Marvel Culture". They are currently raising money to have the project published, and they are doing this by selling pamphlets of the first two chapters for 5 dollars each, or two for 8 bucks. Thats a bargain, so we picked up the pamphlets to support the cause. We also chatted with the batty Capt. Zorikh on tape, and we have that here for you now:

  

Make sure you check out the two websites associated with the Captain Marvel Culture book project by clicking here and here. Make sure you show these guys support. Great jacket Capt. Zorikh... keep up the good work!!! Oh, and is that Mary Marvel actress you had with you available for corporate events??? She was lovely... Long Live The Big Red Cheese!!!