(May 1974)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD; 0.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-02-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia states: Price 25 cents per copy in the U.S. and Canada. Subscription rate $3.50 for 12 issues, Canada $4.25, Foreign $5.50. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Drax; Thanos; Rick Jones
Reprints

Thanos the Insane God! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The time: the present! The place: an observatory on Titan...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (also in flashback); Thanos (also in flashback); Rick Jones; Drax [Art Douglas (revealed in flashback)] (origin); Yvette Douglas (cameo; death in flashback); Moondragon [Heather Douglas (Drax's daughter revealed)] (partial origin); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (also in flashback); Mentor (also in flashback); Eros (also in flashback); Death; Kronos (cameo flashback); The Cosmic Cube; Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Swordsman; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Mantis] (cameo) I.S.A.A.C. (first appearance); Czar-Doon; Lou-Ann Savannah
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Last Jim Starlin script.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mail It to Mar-Vell / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber ?
Pencils
Jim Starlin (illustration)
Inks
Pablo Marcos ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Hogun; Balder; Fandral (in Marvel Value Stamp)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Joshua Orzeck, David Burica, Daniel Parker; includes Marvel Value Stamp Series A #19 (Hogun, Balder & Fandral).

All You Wanted To Know About Titan! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Dan Green ?
Colors
Jim Starlin ?
Letters
Dave Hunt ?

Genre
science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

Cutaway illustration of the Titan satellite.

A Few Surprises - a Smattering of Surmises - and a Hint About Prizes! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mail It to Mar-Vell / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Joe Garner, Jana C. Hollingsworth, Hank Hoeft; an oddity as it is the last page of the entire comic book wherein you also have a letters page mid-comic book but only a half page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. Thanos the Insane God!
    Captain Marvel
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Mar-Vell
  4. 3. All You Wanted To Know About Titan!
    Captain Marvel
  5. 4. A Few Surprises - a Smattering of Surmises - and a Hint About Prizes!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Mar-Vell
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Dagorath
  • Chris Gomez
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore