
{"id":22403,"date":"2010-04-27T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=22403"},"modified":"2010-04-27T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T12:30:23","slug":"french-collection-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/","title":{"rendered":"French Collection #47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/fawcetta-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FawcettA.jpg?fit=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"70,70\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"French Collection #47\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FawcettA.jpg?fit=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22404\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"French Collection #47\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FawcettA.jpg?resize=70%2C70\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>[FRENCH] Premier article d\u2019une s\u00e9rie consacr\u00e9e au plus populaire des super-h\u00e9ros du golden age aux \u00c9tats-Unis comme en France, The Big Red Cheese. Devant le succ\u00e8s de Superman, nombreux furent les \u00e9diteurs qui se lanc\u00e8rent sur le cr\u00e9neau<!--more--> quasi vierge du super-h\u00e9ros&#8230; avec des fortunes diverses. Il faut dire que rares furent ceux qui mobilis\u00e8rent des ressources \u00e9ditoriales et financi\u00e8re importantes. En effet, les nombreux postulants partaient le plus souvent de rien comme Victor Fox (dont la l\u00e9gende veuille qu\u2019il soit un ancien comptable de National Periodical Publications) qui cr\u00e9a le Fox Feature Syndicate, William Cook et John Mahon (anciens employ\u00e9s de National Periodical Publications alors propri\u00e9t\u00e9 du Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson) qui lanc\u00e8rent les fondations de Centaur Publications ou bien Lloyd Jacquet (l\u2019ancien directeur artistique de Centaur Publications) qui fut l\u2019instigateur du sweatshop Funnies Inc qui posa les bases de l\u2019\u00e9diteur Timely. Tous ces pr\u00e9curseurs furent des jeunes gens, souvent juifs (comme Jerry Siegel &amp; Joe Shuster qui invent\u00e8rent Superman) souvent sans le sou qui gravitaient autour des pionniers du genre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/capitaine-marvel-n%c2%b0-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Capitaine-Marvel-n%C3%82%C2%B0-1.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"Capitaine Marvel n\u00b0 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Capitaine-Marvel-n%C3%82%C2%B0-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22405\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"Capitaine Marvel n\u00b0 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Capitaine-Marvel-n%C2%B0-1.jpg?resize=350%2C489\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"489\" \/>Une seule soci\u00e9t\u00e9 importante s\u2019int\u00e9ressa \u00e0 ce cr\u00e9neau, qu\u2019elle pr\u00e9sentait extr\u00eamement porteur, et mis en \u0153uvre une politique de cr\u00e9ation raisonn\u00e9e. Il s\u2019agit de Fawcett Publication (cf. French Collection #31). La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Wilford Hamilton \u00ab\u00a0Captain Billy\u00a0\u00bb Fawcett est d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien implant\u00e9e sur son march\u00e9 et tente une diversification en puisant dans ses ressources financi\u00e8res et \u00e9ditoriale. Lorsqu\u2019elle d\u00e9cide de se lancer dans le comic field elle confie \u00e0 deux des piliers de son \u00e9quipe de prendre d\u00e9finir la ligne sc\u00e9naristique et visuelle de la nouvelle ligne de comics. Il s\u2019agit de William Parker et Charles Clarence Beck. Tous les deux sont dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s et exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s, contrairement \u00e0 de nombreux autres cr\u00e9ateurs de personnages de l\u2019\u00e9poque. Apr\u00e8s bien des d\u00e9boires de titres et deux ashcans successifs para\u00eet officiellement Whiz Comics #2 o\u00f9 le personnage de Captain Marvel a d\u00e9j\u00e0 les honneurs de la couverture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Captain Marvel est le plus puissant des mortels et empruntent bien entendu quelques caract\u00e9ristiques \u00e0 Superman, son illustre pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur. Mais il s\u2019en diff\u00e9rencie \u00e9galement par de nombreuses id\u00e9es originales. Premi\u00e8rement, son origine n\u2019est pas li\u00e9e \u00e0 la science mais \u00e0 la magie. En effet c\u2019est le sorcier Shazam qui donne ses pouvoirs \u00e0 Billy Batson qu\u2019il a choisit comme successeur. Billy est orphelin comme Kal-L, mais n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9 et a d\u00fb se d\u00e9brouiller seul en vendant des journaux alors qu\u2019il n\u2019est encore qu\u2019un adolescent. Contrairement \u00e0 Superman \u00e0 qui ses valeurs morales ont \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u00e9gu\u00e9es par ses parents, Billy a acquis les siennes seul, dans l\u2019adversit\u00e9. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 spoli\u00e9 de son h\u00e9ritage par un oncle malveillant tandis que sa s\u0153ur jumelle et lui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9par\u00e9s. Malgr\u00e9 ses \u00e9preuves, Billy a toujours fait face en pensant toujours aux autres. Et c\u2019est pour cette raison que le magicien Shazam le remarque et le choisi pour prendre sa succession.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/scan0002-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0002.jpg?fit=700%2C1034&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,1034\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scan0002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0002.jpg?fit=693%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22406\" title=\"Scan0002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0002.jpg?resize=700%2C1034\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0002.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0002.jpg?resize=101%2C150&amp;ssl=1 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0002.jpg?resize=693%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A l\u2019inverse de Superman, Billy et Captain Marvel sont deux personnes distinctes qui ne partagent pas les m\u00eames connaissances (m\u00eame s\u2019ils semblent toujours conna\u00eetre les actions de l\u2019autre). Ainsi dans Captain Marvel Adventures #73, Zeus se trompe de cible avec son \u00e9clair et c\u2019est un autre gar\u00e7on qui est chang\u00e9 en Captain Marvel. Les jeunes lecteurs de l\u2019\u00e9poque auront plus de facilit\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019identifier avec ce jeune gar\u00e7on qui devient un adulte invincible simplement en pronon\u00e7ant un mot magique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/scan0003-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0003.jpg?fit=700%2C949&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,949\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scan0003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0003.jpg?fit=700%2C949&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22407\" title=\"Scan0003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0003.jpg?resize=700%2C949\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0003.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0003.jpg?resize=110%2C150&amp;ssl=1 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les pouvoirs de Captain Marvel sont comme nous l\u2019avons dit d\u2019origine magique. Ils ne sont pas inn\u00e9s mais l\u2019h\u00e9ritage de l\u2019antiquit\u00e9 repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par le sorcier Shazam dont chacune des initiales fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 un dieu antique et \u00e0 une qualit\u00e9\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>Salomon\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0la sagesse<br \/>\nHercule\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0la force<br \/>\nAtlas\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0la r\u00e9sistance<br \/>\nZeus\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0la puissance<br \/>\nAchille\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0le courage<br \/>\nMercure\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0la rapidit\u00e9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/scan0004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0004.jpg?fit=700%2C1039&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,1039\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scan0004\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0004.jpg?fit=689%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22408\" title=\"Scan0004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0004.jpg?resize=700%2C1039\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0004.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0004.jpg?resize=101%2C150&amp;ssl=1 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0004.jpg?resize=689%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un m\u00e9lange de qualit\u00e9s physiques et intellectuelles. Certains des pouvoirs de Superman sont repris voir m\u00eame plus d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s. C\u2019est ainsi que Captain Marvel est tellement rapide qu\u2019il vole (caract\u00e9ristique d\u00e9riv\u00e9e du dieu Mercure qui vole au moyen de ses sandales ail\u00e9es). Il est int\u00e9ressant de remarquer que Superman ne d\u00e9veloppera ce pouvoir qu\u2019ult\u00e9rieurement (au d\u00e9but il bondit comme Hulk). Mais surtout Captain Marvel poss\u00e8de comme pouvoirs des qualit\u00e9s morales et intellectuelles et notamment la sagesse de Salomon, alors que ce n\u2019est que bien apr\u00e8s que Superman d\u00e9veloppera une super-intelligence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/scan0005\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0005.jpg?fit=700%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scan0005\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0005.jpg?fit=700%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22409\" title=\"Scan0005\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0005.jpg?resize=700%2C505\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0005.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0005.jpg?resize=150%2C108&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concernant l\u2019apparence de Captain Marvel elle appara\u00eet assez similaire \u00e0 celle de Superman, mais comme quantit\u00e9 d\u2019autres super-h\u00e9ros. Mais, ce qu\u2019il faut savoir c\u2019est que le costume de Captain Marvel est la copie du costume du r\u00f4le titre de l\u2019op\u00e9rette de 1924 de Sigmund Romberg\u2019s\u00a0: The student prince. En effet, C. C. Beck avaient refus\u00e9 la demande pressante des \u00e9diteurs de Fawcett pour avoir un personnage ressemblant \u00e0 Superman mais avait d\u00fb c\u00e9der sur la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019une cape. Par contre, C. C. Beck consid\u00e9rait que l\u2019allure militaire du costume allait bien avec le nom du personnage, mais les \u00e9diteurs souhaitant limiter cet aspect du personnage le rabat de l\u2019uniforme fut supprim\u00e9 (il sera ensuite repris dans la version de Jerry Ordway chez DC Comics).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il faudra attendre deux ans avant que Bill Parker n\u2019abandonne le personnage apr\u00e8s avoir mis en place la majorit\u00e9 des personnages de fonds du titre et que le sc\u00e9nariste embl\u00e9matique de la s\u00e9rie vienne sur le titre. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019Otto Binder, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre \u00e9crivain de science-fiction qui trouvera sans doute dans les aventures de Captain Marvel un d\u00e9rivatif humoristique \u00e0 son activit\u00e9 plus acad\u00e9mique d\u2019\u00e9crivain. Car, et nous en arrivons l\u00e0 \u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence fondamentale entre les s\u00e9ries de Superman et de Captain Marvel, le ton qu\u2019insufflera Otto Binder sera r\u00e9solument celui de la fantaisie (mais aussi de la science-fiction d\u00e9j\u00e0 amorc\u00e9e sous la plume de son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur). En effet, si les premiers sc\u00e9narios de Bill Parker sont assez en prise avec la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 (proche en cela des premiers sc\u00e9narios de Superman) l\u2019arriv\u00e9 d\u2019Otto Binder va changer radicalement le ton de la s\u00e9rie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-47\/attachment\/scan0006\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0006.jpg?fit=700%2C1031&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,1031\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scan0006\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0006.jpg?fit=695%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22410\" title=\"Scan0006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0006.jpg?resize=700%2C1031\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0006.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0006.jpg?resize=101%2C150&amp;ssl=1 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scan0006.jpg?resize=695%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00c9norm\u00e9ment de choses sont \u00e0 dire sur les adversaires de Captain Marvel, son entourage et la mani\u00e8re dont Fawcett d\u00e9veloppera son personnage. Nous y reviendrons dans de prochaines chroniques. Mais le plus notable est que le r\u00e9sultat du professionnalisme de d\u00e9part de Fawcett et des cr\u00e9ateurs du personnage va aboutir \u00e0 un succ\u00e8s sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant. Captain Marvel sera le personnage le plus populaire du golden age et fera les meilleurs ventes. Certains de ses magazines seront tir\u00e9s \u00e0 plus d\u2019un million d\u2019exemplaire et il appara\u00eetra, avec sa \u00ab\u00a0famille\u00a0\u00bb, dans plusieurs magazines simultan\u00e9ment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ce succ\u00e8s conduisit DC Comics a port\u00e9 plainte pour plagiat contre Fawcett. Plusieurs jugements contradictoires furent rendus. Et pour finir, Fawcett abandonna son personnage en 1953 devant le montant important des frais d\u2019avocats dans un contexte de baisse des ventes de tous les comics de super-h\u00e9ros. Plus assez rentable \u00e0 cause de la vindicte de son concurrent, Captain Marvel rendit les armes. \u00c9trangement, c\u2019est le m\u00eame DC comics qui lancera le revival du silver age de la s\u00e9rie, dont nous reparlerons dans un lointain French Collection. Il est n\u00e9anmoins important d\u2019indiquer que le ton si particulier de la s\u00e9rie originale sera conserv\u00e9. Il est fort \u00e0 parier que c\u2019est justement ce qui causera sa perte. En effet, en pleine complexit\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e2ge Marvel les aventures gentillettes de Captain Marvel et ses adversaires loufoques ne pouvaient pas int\u00e9resser les adolescents qui se reconnaissaient dans les probl\u00e8mes existentiels de Spider-Man. Le lectorat des comics avait compl\u00e8tement chang\u00e9 et ce qui faisait vendre la s\u00e9rie \u00e0 plus d\u2019un million d\u2019exemplaire aupr\u00e8s des enfants de huit ans dans les ann\u00e9es quarante n\u2019int\u00e9ressera aucunement les jeunes adolescents d\u2019une quinzaine d\u2019ann\u00e9e des ann\u00e9es post-soixante-huitardes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En France aussi, Captain Marvel fut sans doute le super-h\u00e9ros le plus vendeur du golden age. Il appara\u00eet apr\u00e8s-guerre dans un magazine \u00e0 son propre nom, une premi\u00e8re\u00a0!. Exemple assum\u00e9 que la foudre peut frapper deux fois au m\u00eame endroit, les \u00c9ditions Populaires Modernes (EPM) puis P\u00e9riodiques et \u00c9ditions Illustr\u00e9es (PEI) qui n\u2019\u00e9taient autres que deux filiales de fa\u00e7ades de la S.A.G.E. (sans doute utilis\u00e9es pour des probl\u00e8mes de rationnement de papier). La m\u00eame soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qui avait introduit le genre des super-h\u00e9ros en France en publiant Superman dans Aventures. Les fascicules sont de grandes tailles (quasiment du 21 x 29,7 cm) pour les vint cinq premiers num\u00e9ros avec couverture en couleur. Ils comportent un \u00e0 deux \u00e9pisodes pour un total de 118 \u00e9pisodes r\u00e9partis sur 69 num\u00e9ros qui furent \u00e9dit\u00e9s de fin 1947 \u00e0 novembre 1950. La quasi continuit\u00e9 de format et de p\u00e9riodicit\u00e9 sur une telle p\u00e9riode a sans doute contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la reconnaissance du personnage ainsi que bien sur les qualit\u00e9s intrins\u00e8ques que nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9voqu\u00e9es. Par ailleurs, le fait que Captain Marvel Jr (cf. French Collection #33) et Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (cf. French Collection #37) aient \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9s a peut \u00eatre augment\u00e9 son audience. Les traductions seront de bonne qualit\u00e9 m\u00eame si pour cause d\u2019orthographe Captain Marvel devient \u00ab\u00a0Capitaine Marvel\u00a0\u00bb. A signaler que le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre juron de Captain Marvel \u00ab\u00a0Holy Moly\u00a0\u00bb devient \u00ab\u00a0Boudiou\u00a0\u00bb en fran\u00e7ais. Les traducteurs de la S.A.G.E. ont visiblement fait beaucoup de progr\u00e8s depuis \u00ab\u00a0Yordi\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quoi qu\u2019il en soit, le personnage est le dernier des super-h\u00e9ros publi\u00e9 en France apr\u00e8s l\u2019adoption de la loi n\u00b0 49-956 du 16 juillet 1949 sur les publications destin\u00e9es \u00e0 la jeunesse (cf. French Collection #4) et il faudra attendre plus de six ans pour voir timidement un personnage d\u2019une continuit\u00e9 super-h\u00e9ro\u00efque repara\u00eetre (discr\u00e8tement) en France et pr\u00e9figur\u00e9, comme nous le verrons dans le prochain num\u00e9ro de notre chronique, les pr\u00e9mices du silver age en France.<\/p>\n[<em>Jean-Michel Ferragatti<\/em>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[FRENCH] Premier article d\u2019une s\u00e9rie consacr\u00e9e au plus populaire des super-h\u00e9ros du golden age aux \u00c9tats-Unis comme en France, The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1727,1895],"tags":[125,21,1808,5193,280,54],"class_list":["post-22403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-diapo","category-french-collection","tag-captain-marvel","tag-comics","tag-fawcett","tag-french-collection","tag-golden-age","tag-shazam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>French Collection #47<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Premier article d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une s\u00c3\u00a9rie consacr\u00c3\u00a9e au plus populaire des super-h\u00c3\u00a9ros du golden age aux \u00c3\u2030tats-Unis comme en France, The Big Red Cheese. 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