Captain Marvel (DC Comics) abilities. Based on book sales, the character was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, outselling even Superman. Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other "Marvels", primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., who can harness Billy's powers as well. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled "Adventures of Captain Marvel". Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, DC licensed the
Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley is an action video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace on October 6, 2010. It was announced on September 4, 2009 at PAX with a debut trailer. It is the third original game created by Twisted Pixel following "The Maw" and "'Splosion Man", all three of which are exclusive to Xbox Live Arcade. In "Comic Jumper" players control Captain Smiley, a comic book hero whose comics are poorly