the film company turned to Captain Marvel, instead, and in 1941, Captain Marvel became the first comic book superhero to star in a film serial. National was NOT happy, and finally, after first ...

They believed "Captain Marvel" was just another imitation as well. In June 1941, National Comics finally sued Fawcett for copyright infringement. This began National Comics Publications versus ...

“Not because anybody at Marvel was on the wrong side ... hands over his 80 years of existence.” Captain America was originally introduced in March 1941 as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white ...