(November 1973)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD; 0.20 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-08-21
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

Jim Starlin scripts begin. "The Most Cosmic Superhero Of All!" on cover begins. Letters page letter from Duffy Vohland. Indicia states: Price 20 cents per copy in the U.S. and Canada. Subscription rate $2.75 for 12 issues, Canada $3.25, Foreign $4.50.
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #99.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Metamorphosis! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin (signed as GEMINI); John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as Gemini); John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

GEMINI on cover indicates Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom. Romita redrew Captain Marvel's face. Cover credits confirmed 2006 by Al Milgrom.

Cover Thumbnail for Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #29 Cover Thumbnail for Captain Marvel (1968 series) #29 [British]
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Metamorphosis! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jim Starlin (credited)
Pencils
Jim Starlin (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors
Jim Starlin (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Job Number
1611-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have waited many years for this meeting, Mar-Vell!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (also in flashback); Eon; Mentor [A'Lars] (also in flashback); Sui-San (cameo flashback); Zeus (flashback); Chronos (flashback); Oceanus (cameo flashback); Eros; Thanos; The Cosmic Cube; Drax; Lou-Ann Savannah; The Controller (also in flashback); Rick Jones (also in flashback); Medic Una (dead in flashback); Uranus (flashback); Supreme Intelligence (flashback); Death; Ronan the Accuser (cameo)
Synopsis
Eon takes Mar-Vell on a cosmic journey, granting him the power of cosmic awareness for his fight against Thanos.
Reprints
Keywords
cosmic awareness; Titan

Indexer Notes

Origin of the Captain Marvel's cosmic powers. Captain Marvel gains cosmic awareness and his hair color and costume change. Letters page letter from Duffy Vohland.

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

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

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Gil Kane (illustration)
Inks
Ernie Chan (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter from Duffy Vohland. Includes a house ad for Supernatural Thrillers #6 (the Headless Horseman).

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Metamorphosis!
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. Metamorphosis!
    Captain Marvel
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Mar-Vell
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Chris Gomez
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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