Shazam used to be EXTREMELY popular (thought he was called Captain Marvel at the time, which ended up being a lawsuit since Marvel had their own Captain Marvel which they won) because his core premise of 'kid who turns into a superhero' was extremely appealing to the target demographic of comics: actual children.
You may have noticed that comics are not being written for, or marketed to, kids anymore. Kids don't have the money to afford an endless stream of collectors editions and tie-in events, and the ever more 'mature' content for comics makes them a poor fit for younger audiences. As this shift in the industry happened, Shazam naturally fell off in popularity because his concept is less engaging to adults than it is for children.
tldr: Shazam is a hero meant for kids, and he's good at that, but the industry is made for boomers and manchildren now.
Because you are suggesting that someone go into a room full of suits and suggest that they spend a lot of money to make a show based on one of their less successful properties as opposed to one of their more successful ones. Why should they take what they see as a longshot to approve a Shazam show when they can make more Teen Titans Go instead?
DC and WB doesn't know what the frick to do with characters that aren't Batman. The fact that DC took a succesful character and managed to kill anything that people liked about him just because he threatened Superman goes to show how incompetent they are.
They're already fricking making movies, a cartoon would be cheaper.
>They're already fricking making movies, a cartoon would be cheaper.
No, Warner Brothers is paying DC to make a movie based on their properties. DC gets their paycheck even if the movie fails, and doesn't have to pony up a boatload of cash to make the film. They are much more invested in their animated projects than their live action stuff due to the way their business is organized.
The MCU's strongest names besides Spiderman and Thor after they've killed half the avengers are Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange, they even made it a joke on the first Guardians movie about no one knowing who Starlord was
Well, DC hates Cap for having been more popular than Supes in the 40s-50s, so it's never gonna happen regardless. DC always treats the in-house characters leagues better than the ones they obtain.
...Or, at least, they used to. Now they just treat ALL their characters like shit.
Basically what this anon said, but to add DC was hella scared of Captain Marvel’s success so they sued Fawcett into oblivion at the height of The Big Red Cheese’s popularity. Between that and DC bringing the character back Marvel made up their own Captain Marvel so DC couldn’t make any sort of merchandise that had the character’s name on it. Eventually they just said ‘frick it his name’s Shazam’ which is really fricking stupid.
tl;dr DC buttfricked the character and Marvel pissed on his corpse and he never recovered.
A kid that transform into an adult with superpowers work best in it's own self-contained setting that is also light-hearted and fun instead of a shared universe like DC that is dark and edgy.
>Why is Shazam less popular than other superheroes?
He was actually really popular but then they kept expanding and DC tried to kill him since he mogged Superman
Also your pic is why nobody gives a frick about the superhero anymore
Shazam used to be EXTREMELY popular (thought he was called Captain Marvel at the time, which ended up being a lawsuit since Marvel had their own Captain Marvel which they won) because his core premise of 'kid who turns into a superhero' was extremely appealing to the target demographic of comics: actual children.
You may have noticed that comics are not being written for, or marketed to, kids anymore. Kids don't have the money to afford an endless stream of collectors editions and tie-in events, and the ever more 'mature' content for comics makes them a poor fit for younger audiences. As this shift in the industry happened, Shazam naturally fell off in popularity because his concept is less engaging to adults than it is for children.
tldr: Shazam is a hero meant for kids, and he's good at that, but the industry is made for boomers and manchildren now.
Why not just make a cartoon now, that might do well
Because you are suggesting that someone go into a room full of suits and suggest that they spend a lot of money to make a show based on one of their less successful properties as opposed to one of their more successful ones. Why should they take what they see as a longshot to approve a Shazam show when they can make more Teen Titans Go instead?
Because I'm hopeful dammit
Hope has no value under capitalism. If you can't put a dollar amount on it, it doesn't exist in their world.
>mfw we'll never get a Sen spinoff series
DC and WB doesn't know what the frick to do with characters that aren't Batman. The fact that DC took a succesful character and managed to kill anything that people liked about him just because he threatened Superman goes to show how incompetent they are.
They're already fricking making movies, a cartoon would be cheaper.
>They're already fricking making movies, a cartoon would be cheaper.
No, Warner Brothers is paying DC to make a movie based on their properties. DC gets their paycheck even if the movie fails, and doesn't have to pony up a boatload of cash to make the film. They are much more invested in their animated projects than their live action stuff due to the way their business is organized.
The MCU's strongest names besides Spiderman and Thor after they've killed half the avengers are Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange, they even made it a joke on the first Guardians movie about no one knowing who Starlord was
Well, DC hates Cap for having been more popular than Supes in the 40s-50s, so it's never gonna happen regardless. DC always treats the in-house characters leagues better than the ones they obtain.
...Or, at least, they used to. Now they just treat ALL their characters like shit.
Basically what this anon said, but to add DC was hella scared of Captain Marvel’s success so they sued Fawcett into oblivion at the height of The Big Red Cheese’s popularity. Between that and DC bringing the character back Marvel made up their own Captain Marvel so DC couldn’t make any sort of merchandise that had the character’s name on it. Eventually they just said ‘frick it his name’s Shazam’ which is really fricking stupid.
tl;dr DC buttfricked the character and Marvel pissed on his corpse and he never recovered.
Just karma for what DC did to Fawcett.
What's this image from, what comic is it?
I know it's something an anon from the BillyCarol threads commissioned.
Correctemundo, here's a WIP
Damn, those threads are still making GOLD.
Yeah, even if the threads themselves haven't been around for a while.
W-what are they doing?
where can I see more
It's a WIP, will post update when it comes
That weird fetish anon is still at it huh
The Mary & Dudley with nega-bands anon was the least fetishy part of the Amalgam CM threads.
I don't actually get what fetish it could be?
girls wearing bracelets?
No anon, that's the Zeo person
What's that?
The guy who has girls in Power Ranger Zeo morphing poses
A kid that transform into an adult with superpowers work best in it's own self-contained setting that is also light-hearted and fun instead of a shared universe like DC that is dark and edgy.
At this rate Shazam will be the only releasable DC movie all others will be mired in controversy hell for ever.
Nah, my boy's gonna shine as the Blue Beetle... so long as they CG his helmet-face a proper mouth.
>Why is Shazam less popular than other superheroes?
He was actually really popular but then they kept expanding and DC tried to kill him since he mogged Superman
Also your pic is why nobody gives a frick about the superhero anymore
what's wrong with the pic?
Where does this picture come from?