Original and traditional are synonymous in this case; the hero as established, and throughout the height of his popularity, is as I described. Changes made after the character had faded into obscurity are not part of his tradition. Superman is traditionally featured in red trunks over a blue unitard; the current…

I’m very much looking forward to this, but then I remember that I was very much looking forward to Nobody’s Fool, too.

80's horror movies?! We all know what that means: Gus Kenworthy in tighty-whities. God bless you, Ryan Murphy.

Nice. I prefer this one, though.

He was just poured into that t-shirt.

I wish I was on mushrooms when I read this post.

Captain Marvel being an actual child instead of an adult mystical being that a child turns into is a recent comics development.

“I ain’t kissin’ you!”

No, I think that’s exactly how we’re supposed to read it.

Frank Miller uses Captain Marvel in The Dark Knight Strikes Again, if you want to check it out. I would not recommend checking it out.

I had no idea Elizabeth Moss was a Scientologist. Guess I can cross her off my “Girls I would date if I weren’t gay” list.

Nothing. He’d literally be a different person, as he traditionally has been in previous comics lore.

Yes, that is, in fact, the way the world should work.

If you order your tickets through Facebook, the fees are waived.

It is asinine. This is just the result of a bunch of ad men sitting in a conference room at Warner Bros going, “Everyone’s going to be SUPER CONFUSED if we keep calling him Captain Marvel when Marvel already has a female Captain Marvel!”

Good to know, thanks!

You’re doing a better job of justifying it than the movie did, but it’s still a cop-out: they just found the concept of Superman meets Big too juicy to pass up, which is understandable, and I’d certainly allow it IF it didn’t violate the spirit of a pre-existing character. But comics are nothing if not constantly…

If there’s one thing I hate, it’s getting called a “cursed Yankee” by a Nazi.

I believe the Comics Code Authority mandated that superheroes don’t kill (and possibly don’t use guns).

The problem with the movie (and, apparently, the current comic series) version of Captain Marvel (sorry, I refuse to call him Shazam. Come at me, Marvel!), is that, even if you accept the premise that he’s still Billy Batson, which is kind of counter to traditional comics canon, he’s supposed to have the wisdom of…