Marvel Graphic Novel #[1] - The Death of Captain Marvel
(1982)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Price
5.95 USD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1982
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Al Milgrom (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

There is no issue number on the comic. There are at least three printing; third printing dated April 1982.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Jim Starlin
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Death; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wolverine [Logan]
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Indexer Notes

The cover art is an homage to Michelangelo's sculpture "La Pieta".

Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Graphic Novel (Marvel, 1982 series) #[1] - The Death of Captain Marvel
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Stan Lee Presents: The Death of Captain Marvel (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In introduction, little need be said...
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Indexer Notes

Dated "2/3/82".

The Death of Captain Marvel (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 62 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Starlin (credited)
Pencils
Jim Starlin (credited)
Inks
Jim Starlin (credited)
Colors
Steve Oliff (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited as James Novak)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I was born Mar-Vell, a son of the Kree empire.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Beast [Hank McCoy] (also in flashback); Black Panther [T'Challa] (also in flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Goliath [Clint Barton] (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (also in flashback); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (also in flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Thor Odinson] (also in flashback); Vision (also in flashback); Wasp [Janet Pym]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]]; Defenders [Gargoyle; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (also in flashback); Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (also in flashback); Sub-Mariner [Namor] (also in flashback); Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm] (also in flashback)]; The Inhumans [Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Gorgon; Karnak; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Triton]; X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Sprite [Kitty Pryde]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Annihilus (flashback); Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (also in flashback, death); Cheetah (flashback); Clea; Controller [Basil Sandhurst] (flashback); Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Death; Deathgrip (flashback); Devil-Slayer [Eric Payne]; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas] (also in flashback); Elysius; Eon (flashback); Eros (also in flashback); Gamora (flashback); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; ISAAC (also in flashback); Rick Jones (also in flashback); Magus (flashback); Man-Slayer (flashback); Mantis (also in flashback); Megaton [Jules Carter] (flashback); Mentor [A'Lars] (also in flashback); Mercurio the 4-D Man (flashback); Metazoid (flashback); Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Nitro [Robert Hunter] (flashback); Pip the Troll (flashback); Power Man [Luke Cage]; Quasimodo (flashback); Franklin Richards; Ronan the Accuser (flashback); Scorpio [Jake Fury] (flashback); Sentry 459 (flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (also in flashback); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Stellarax (flashback); The Stranger (flashback); Super-Adaptoid (flashback); Super-Skrull [Kl'rt] (flashback); The Supreme Intelligence; Thanos (also in flashback); Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Una (flashback, death); Adam Warlock (flashback); The Watcher [Uatu]; Colonel Yon-Rogg (flashback, death); Zarek (flashback); General Zedrao; Kree; Aakon (flashback); Children of Thanos; Big Boy (flashback); Mandroid (flashback); Nimrod (flashback); Number One (flashback); The Head (flashback); Supremor (flashback); other villains (flashback); Skrulls
Synopsis
Captain Marvel finds out he is dying of cancer. He looks back upon his life and dies peacefully.
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[Back cover] (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Jim Starlin
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast [Hank McCoy]; Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Elysius; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Rick Jones; Mentor [A'Lars]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Starfox [Eros]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Triton; Vision; Wolverine [Logan]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
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Indexer Notes

Back cover. The heroes surround Marvel's tomb.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. Stan Lee Presents: The Death of Captain Marvel
  3. 2. ["In introduction, little need be said..."]
  4. 3. The Death of Captain Marvel
    Captain Marvel
  5. 4. [Back cover]
    Captain Marvel
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  • Ralf Haring
  • Darrel McCann
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Mark Q
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Lee Stephan
  • Matthew Thompson
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