Comment made at: Marvel Family 004 (paper)I bought several issues a year or more ago, which were marked as being in the public domain, but by the time I got around to doing this one (recently retired) only #4 and #81 are in the public domain :(
There are a bunch of Captain Marvel Adventures still in public domain. However, most of those have Steamboat in them. I know that at the time, that is the way things were, but I'm not comfortable restoring issues that have racial stereotypes. I have thought about doing so but changing Steamboat's name and removing the offensive dialect, but I am guessing that people here would not approve of that approach? It's too bad, because there are a lot of old stories that can't be shared in their original form anymore. I love these comics, which were before my time and whom I wasn't aware of until DC brought them back.
Let me know if anyone is interested in that approach. Otherwise, it may be difficult to find some Fawcett Marvels that DC doesn't claim ownership for. C.C. Beck grew up in Zumbrota, MN, which is near where I am. Fawcett was also founded in Minnesota. And Superman artists Curt Swan and Dan Jurgens are from here, too.
