GCD :: Issue :: Essential Captain Marvel #2

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mentor (introduction); Eros (introduction); Kronos (introduction); Drax the Destroyer (introduction); Thanos (introduction); Blood Brothers (introduction); Thanos thralls (introduction)

Reprints

from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #55 (February 1973) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

2nd Thanos War story (next installment in CAPTAIN MARVEL #25)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks: Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Megaton [Jules Carter]; Metazoid; Ronan the Accuser; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Yon-Rogg; Zarek

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #25 [Regular Edition] (March 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Chic Stone
Letters: John Duffy

Job Number

1248-Z?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Lou-Ann Savannah; Skragg; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]; Thanos; Professor Benjamin Savannah

Synopsis

The Super-Skrull and Kragg attack Mar-Vell by taking on the shapes of his worst enemies.

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #25 (March 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Letters: Morrie Kuramoto

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death; Thanos; The Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #26 [Regular Edition] (May 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin (plot); Mike Friedrich (script)
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Dave Cockrum
Letters: John Costanza

Job Number

1325Z

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]; Death; Rick Jones; Lou-Ann Savannah; Skragg; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]; Thanos; The Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #26 (May 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Jim Starlin ?; Pablo Marcos ?
Letters: John Costanza

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Eros; Mentor [A'Lars]; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #27 [Regular Edition] (July 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin (plot); Mike Friedrich (script)
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Pablo Marcos
Letters: John Costanza

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Eros; ISAAC; Rick Jones; Mentor [A'Lars]; Lou-Ann Savannah; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]; Thanos; Badoon

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #27 (July 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Pablo Marcos
Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thanos; Vision

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #28 [Regular Edition] (September 1973) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin (plot, script Chapter II, pages 12-21); Mike Friedrich (script Chapters I and III, pages 1-11, 22-28)
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Dan Green; John Romita (see notes)
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Job Number

1543Z

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]; Death; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Eon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Rick Jones; Lou-Ann Savannah; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thanos; Vision

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #28 (September 1973) [black and white]

Keywords

Cosmic Cube

Indexer Notes

Story is divided into three chapters. Chapter One: When Titans Collide!; Chapter Two: A Clash of Titans!; Chapter Three: ...Mind-Slave!
Romita alterations on Captain America, Iron Man and Vision faces on splash page.

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin; John Romita (see notes)
Inks: Al Milgrom; John Romita (see notes)
Letters: typeset; ?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #29 (November 1973) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Romita redrew Captain Marvel's face.

Captain Marvel / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Job Number

1611-Z

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Eon; Eros; Rick Jones; Kronos; Mentor [A'Lars]; Lou-Ann Savannah; Sui-San (flashback) (cameo); Thanos; Una; Zeus (flashback) (cameo); Oceanus (cameo flashback); Uranos (cameo flashback)

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #29 (November 1973) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Origin of the Captain Marvel's cosmic powers. Captain Marvel gains cosmic awareness and his hair color and costume change.

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letters: Gaspar Saladino ?; typeset

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]; Lou-Ann Savannah

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #30 [Regular Edition] (January 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Controller [Basil Sandhurst]; Death; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Edwin Jarvis; Rick Jones; Lou-Ann Savannah; Thanos; Mordecai P. Boggs

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #30 (January 1974) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Story is divided into three chapters: ...To Be Free From Control!; A Time For Confrontation!; End of Empire!

Iron Man; The Thing / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin ?
Inks: John Romita
Letters: Danny Crespi ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Thing; Iron Man; Blood Brothers

Reprints

from Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (November 1973) [black and white]

Iron Man; The Thing / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Mike Friedrich
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Letters: Mike Royer

Job Number

1602Z

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The desert sun burns blood red...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Thing; Iron Man; Blood Brothers; Thanos; Eros; Mentor; Vision (cameo flashback); Controller (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

The Thing is hot-footing it across the New Mexico desert when he stumbles upon the Blood Brothers trying their best to kill Iron Man on orders from Thanos.

Reprints

from Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (November 1973) [black and white]

Keywords

Cosmic Cube

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Jim Starlin (signed); John Romita (see notes)
Inks: Al Milgrom (signed); John Romita (see notes)
Letters: Danny Crespi ?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Eros; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mentor [A'Lars]; Thor; Vision

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #31 (March 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Dan Green; Al Milgrom
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mantis; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Thor; Vision
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Eros; Rick Jones; Kronos; Mentor [A'Lars]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Lou-Ann Savannah; Thanos

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #31 (March 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks: Klaus Janson (signed)
Letters: Tom Orzechowski ?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Rick Jones; Thanos

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #32 (May 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin; Mike Friedrich (writing assist)
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Dan Green
Letters: Dave Hunt

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Thor; Vision
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Eros; ISAAC; Rick Jones; Mentor [A'Lars]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Thanos; Yvette Douglas (dies in flashback)

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #32 (May 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks: Jim Starlin (signed)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's Power vs. Power!! Thanos! The Living Titan!

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Thanos

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #33 (July 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin (plot); Steve Englehart (script)
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mantis; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Thor; Vision
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Death; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; ISAAC; Rick Jones; Mentor [A'Lars]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Thanos

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #33 (July 1974) [black and white]

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks: Jim Starlin (signed)
Letters: Danny Crespi

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Nitro [Robert Hunter]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #34 (September 1974)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Jim Starlin (plot); Steve Englehart (dialogue)
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Jack Abel
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Carol Danvers; Eros; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Rick Jones; Kronos; Mentor [A'Lars]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Nitro [Robert Hunter]; Lou-Ann Savannah; Vision; Lunatic Legion (introduction); Rachel Dandridge; Mordecai P. Boggs

Synopsis

Captain Marvel is exposed to nerve gas.

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #34 (September 1974)

Keywords

Avengers Mansion

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Ron Wilson
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Letters: Danny Crespi

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Living Laser

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #35 [Regular Edition] (November 1974)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart (plot); Mike Friedrich (script)
Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
Inks: Alfredo Alcala
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Annihilus; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Carol Danvers; Rick Jones; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Rachel Dandridge; Mordecai P. Boggs

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #35 (November 1974)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks: Al Milgrom (signed)
Letters: ?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Watcher [Uatu]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #36 (January 1975)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Jim Starlin
Inks: Alan Weiss (as "& co."); Al Milgrom (as "& co.")
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Watcher [Uatu]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #36 (January 1975)

Indexer Notes

Three page framing sequence (pages 1 and 31-32)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Gil Kane (signed)
Inks: Klaus Janson (signed)
Letters: Danny Crespi

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #37 (March 1975)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart (co-plot, script); Al Milgrom (co-plot)
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Annihilus; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Edwin Jarvis; Rick Jones; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; The Watcher [Uatu]; Mordecai P. Biggs; Rachel Dandridge; Nimrod (introduction); Lunatic Legion

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #37 (March 1975)

Keywords

Blue Area; exoskeleton; moon; Negative Zone; robot

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: Danny Crespi

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Lunatic Legion [Zarek; Sro-Himm; Fer-Porr]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #38 [Regular Edition] (May 1975)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart (co-plot, script); Al Milgrom (co-plot)
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: Charlotte Jetter

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; The Supreme Intelligence (flashback) (cameo); The Watcher [Uatu]; Lunatic Legion [Zarek; Sro-Himm; Fer-Porr]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #38 (May 1975)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: Danny Crespi

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Watcher [Uatu]; Mad-Eye

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #39 [Regular Edition] (July 1975)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart (plot, script); Al Milgrom (plot)
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: June Braverman; Gaspar Saladino (splash)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Dormammu (flashback) (cameo); Electro [Max Dillon] (flashback) (cameo); Galactus [Galan] (flashback) (cameo); Rick Jones; Loki (flashback) (cameo); Mandarin [Gene Kahn] (flashback) (cameo); Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (flashback) (cameo); Overmind (flashback) (cameo); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (flashback) (cameo); Tempus (flashback) (cameo); Thor (flashback) (cameo); Adam Warlock (flashback) (cameo); Watchers [Uatu; Emnu; Aron; Engu; Atul]; Mad-Eye;

CAMEO FLASHBACKS: Fantastic Four; Avengers

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #39 (July 1975)

Indexer Notes

Tony Isabella credited for "research."
One Watcher's name is spelled as both "Engu" and "Ingu."

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Klaus Janson
Letters: Irv Watanabe

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #40 [Regular Edition] (September 1975)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart (plot, script); Al Milgrom (plot)
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Al McWilliams
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Carol Danvers; Rick Jones; Una; The Watcher [Uatu]; Mordecai Boggs; Dandy; Jeeves

Synopsis

Captain Marvel and Rick Jones return to the Earth. Captain Marvel battles a space creature that has animated the body of his dead lover, Una. After the battle, Captain Marvel and Rick Jones agree there is nothing left on Earth for them and decide to explore outer space.

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #40 (September 1975)

Keywords

Cape Canaveral

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Al Milgrom
Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Ronan the Accuser

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #41 [Regular Edition] (November 1975)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart (plot, script); Al Milgrom (plot)
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Bernie Wrightson; P. Craig Russell; Bob McLeod; Terry Austin; Al Milgrom
Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Ronan the Accuser; The Supreme Intelligence; Lunatic Legion [Zarel; Sro-Himm]

Reprints

from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #41 (November 1975)

Keywords

Hala; Quinjet

Indexer Notes

Inks: Bernie Wrightson (page 3 figure, page 4 figures); P. Craig Russell (page 2 left tier, pages 5-7, 9, 11, 17, top of 18 and face in panel 7); Bob McLeod (pages 8, 12); Terry Austin (backgrounds pages 2-6, bottom of 18); Al Milgrom (pages 1, 10, 13-16)