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- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
The feature was created at the instance of publisher Martin Goodman to secure the name Captain Marvel away from the competition. The appropriation occurred in three steps: Marvel Super-Heroes featuring Captain Marvel (December 1967), then Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #1 (May 1968), then Captain Marvel #7 (November 1968). In the introduction to the fifth volume, Roy Thomas informs us that a TV producer wanted a science-fictional hero named Captain Marvel to develop as a TV animation series.
Nevertheless contrastingly with the feature name, the narrative voice calls the character "Captain Mar-Vell" and that's the character's official name.
This feature shows influence by the TV series Star Trek (1966-1969) and The Invaders (1967-1968). Accordingly with the main character's status as an alien spy, the green color of his spaceman costume was typically associated in this era with super-villains and threats to the human race.
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- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell] (introduction); Medic Una (introduction); Jeremy Logan (introduction); crew of a Kree starship; Colonel Yon-Rogg (introduction); Prime Minister Zarek (introduction)
- Synopsis
- A Kree mission is sent to infiltrate Earth's defenses.
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Mar-Vell enters "Marvel" in the hotel log. Otherwise he's referred as Captain Mar-Vell by other characters (pages 2, 4).
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Sentry #459
- Reprints
The cover is the first time Captain Mar-Vell wears green briefs (he doesn't in the story).
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell] (steals the identity of Dr. Walter Lawson); Medic Una; Jeremy Logan; Carol Danvers (introduction); General Bridges; Dr. Walter Lawson (death); Sentry #459; Colonel Yon-Rogg
- Synopsis
- Colonel Yon-Rogg continues to plot against Mar-Vell, launching a secret attack that kills bystander Walter Lawson. Taking advantage of the situation, Mar-Vell assumes Lawson's identity and his new job at the nearby military base so that the Kree can continue their plans for the conquest of Earth. Later, he is surprised to find that the military has discovered an inert Kree Sentry, which is reactivated by Yon-Rogg and threatens to destroy the base.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cape Canaveral
Captain Mar-Vell conveniently steals the identity of collateral casualty, physician Dr. Walter Lawson, just assigned to the military base! He thus acquires his first covert identity. Lawson has no background otherwise. A plot from Lawson's past emerges in Captain Marvel #9 under Arnold Drake.
The feature character is still only called Mar-Vell in balloons (pages 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 19) and by the narrator (pages 11, 12), who also identifies him as a space officer (pages 11, 20).
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Dr. Walter Lawson"); Sentry #459; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Medic Una; Jeremy Logan; Carol Danvers; General Bridges; Ronan the Accuser; Prime Minister Zarek
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cape Canaveral
Briefs are now visible on the costume but they're still white.
This issue is the first where "Captain Marvel" is used. It is used by humans misunderstanding the character's name as a superhero name when he orders the Kree Sentry to stand down: by a soldier page 3 ("I just heard this masked man say his name was Captain Marvel"), and page 5 ("C'mon! Let's give that guy Marvel a hand!"), and Carol Danvers page 13 ("I sneaked close to get a good look at that Captain Marvel--", "Hurry! Captain Marvel!").
Mar-Vell doesn't correct them to keep undercover even though he appeared in his Kree uniform, thus potentially revealing his extraterrestrial origin. "Captain Marvel" becomes his second cover identity.
The narrator (pages 3, 6, 10), Mar-Vell ("I am Captain Mar-Vell" page 2), the Sentry (pages 5, 9, 18), Yon-Rogg (pages 7, 20), Una (pages 7-8) only use the name Mar-Vell.
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]
- Reprints
Green briefs on the cover; white in the story.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Walter Lawson"); Super-Skrull; Dorrek VII (Skrull Emperor); Anelle; Jeremy Logan; Hal Logan (introduction); Chester Fenton (introduction, taxi driver); Joe; General Bridges; Carol Danvers; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Medic Una
- Reprints
Super-Skrull is hyphenated at the beginning of the story only, then is spelled without hyphen.
The narrator refers to the feature character as Mar-Vell (pages 8, 15, 20), as do Dorrek, Super-Skrull and Yon-Rogg (pages 4, 5, 12, 16, 18-20). A soldier, General Bridges and Carol Danvers say "Captain Marvel" (pages 16, 19-20).
Mar-Vell starts to refer to his two covert identities: "It is time for Captain Marvel to vanish... so that Dr. Walt Lawson can make an appearance back at the Cape!" (page 5), "This potion is a constant reminder of how vulnerable is the one the Earthmen call... Captain Marvel!" (page 6), "Now to resume my identity as Walt Lawson. No one must wonder why he failed to appear... when Captain Marvel did!" (page 7).
Oddly, the Super-Skrull's thought balloon page 16 reads, "...after I defeat Captain Marvel!"
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt]
- Reprints
Green briefs on cover and in the story.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan; Roy Thomas (see notes)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Roy Thomas (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Carol Danvers; Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt] (also as "Dr. Lawson"); Colonel Yon-Rogg; Medic Una; Prime Minister Zarek; General Bridges
- Reprints
Zip-A-Tone effects added by Roy Thomas, as confirmed in his introduction to this volume.
"Super-Skrull" is not hyphenated.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Carol Danvers; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Walter Lawson"); Hal Logan; Chester Fenton; General Bridges; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Medic Una
- Reprints
The Sub-Mariner's appearance here takes place between the fourth and fifth issues of his own title.
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- John Tartaglione
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Dr. Walter Lawson"); Colonel Yon-Rogg; Kree; Medic Una; Ronan the Accuser; Carol Danvers; Chester Fenton; Jeremy Logan; the Metazoid (introduction, death)
- Reprints
Don Heck draws less bulky and higher belts on Kree uniforms.
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- John Tartaglione
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Solam
- Reprints
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- John Tartaglione
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Dr. Walter Lawson"); Carol Danvers; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Dr. Norman Lundquist; Medic Una; Quasimodo; Solam (photokinetic monster)
- Reprints
Yon-Rogg's briefs are sometimes white, sometimes blue.
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- John Tartaglione
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (pages 1-11); Artie Simek (pages 12-20, uncredited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Dr. Walter Lawson"); Carol Danvers; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Medic Una; Quasimodo; Ronan the Accuser; Jeremy Logan; General Bridges
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cape Canaveral
Yon-Rogg's briefs are sometimes white, sometimes blue.
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Cyberex
- Reprints
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Cooper
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- the Aakon (alien race); the Kree [Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Dr. Walter Lawson"); Colonel Yon-Rogg; Lieutenant Tir-Zarr; Medic Una]; Carol Danvers; Cyberex (robot, not identified); the Organization [Danny; Mort; "Number One" (leader)]; Chester Fenton; General Bridges
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; the Aakon
- Reprints
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- the Aakon (alien race); Captain Mar-Vell (also as "Captain Marvel" and "Dr. Walter Lawson"); Carol Danvers; Chester Fenton; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Cyberex (robot); Medic Una
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Items; Stan's Soapbox (announcing the debut of Captain Marvel); The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Mar-Vell [Mar-Vell]; Medic Una; Jeremy Logan; Carol Danvers (introduction); General Bridges; Walter Lawson (death); Sentry #459; Yon-Rogg
- Synopsis
- Yon-Rogg continues to plot against Mar-Vell, launching a secret attack that kills bystander Walter Lawson. Taking advantage of the situation, Mar-Vell assumes Lawson's identity and his new job at the nearby military base so that the Kree can continue their plans for the conquest of Earth. Later, he is surprised to find that the military has discovered an inert Kree Sentry, which is reactivated by Yon-Rogg and threatens to destroy the base.
Original art Marvel Super-Heroes #13 pages 1-3, 6-9, 12-20
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- ?
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- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Marvel Super-Heroes #13, Captain Marvel #1-7, 9