(September 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
1974-06-18
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 (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) #107, June 1974.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Nitro the Man Who Killed Captain Marvel! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks
Jim Starlin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Nitro
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #34 Cover Thumbnail for Captain Marvel (1968 series) #34 [British]
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Blown Away! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jim Starlin (plot); Steve Englehart (dialogue)
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Jim Starlin
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mentor; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Nitro (introduction) Eros (cameo); Moondragon (cameo); Rachel Dandridge; Mordecai P. Boggs; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Lou-Ann Savannah (cameo); Carol Danvers
Synopsis
Captain Marvel is exposed to the nerve gas which will eventually kill him.
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Indexer Notes

Jim Starlin art ends.

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

Mail It to Mar-Vell / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart ?
Pencils
Jim Starlin; John Buscema; John Romita (illustrations)
Inks
Al Milgrom ?; Frank Giacoia; John Romita (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stefan Dornut, Mike Mini, Brian W. Prescott, David Kell; Marvel Value Stamp Series A #25 (The Human Torch) and a house ad for Marvel Treasury Edition # 1.

Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, house ad for Planet of the Apes magazine.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Nitro the Man Who Killed Captain Marvel!
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. Blown Away!
    Captain Marvel
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Mar-Vell
  4. 3. Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified!
    Bullpen Bulletins
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