Comic Book: Captain Marvel (1968 series)
What This Book is About:
Info, covers and comics index about the Captain Marvel (1968 series) comic book.
Data Sheet:
Nov 1968 to May 1979
1968
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
Total Indexed Comics:
19
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
April 1969"The moment of ... the Man-Slayer"
Script: Arnold DrakeWe begin with a replay of the end of last issue where an apparent alien god Zo gave the Kree Captain Mar-Vell superpowers:- super-strength, illusion casting and teleportation. [...]
June 1969"When a galaxy beckons ..."
Script: Gary FriedrichLast issue Captain Marvel abandoned getting revenge on Yon-Rogg for the death of his love Una in order to rush back to Earth to save Carol Danvers (and the Cape's latest rocket) from the Man-Slayer android at Cape Canaveral. [...]
October 1969"And a child shall lead you"
Script: Roy ThomasLast issue Ronan The Accuser and Prime Minister Zarek were exposed as plotting to take control of the Kree Empire from the Supreme Intelligence, with Captain Marvel as an unwitting pawn in their scheme. [...]
December 1969"The Mad Master of the Murder Maze!"
Script: Roy ThomasAfter returning to New York, Rick Jones finds a job and a place at the Minos Tower, owned by sociologist Cornelius Webb. What seemed to be a paradisiac location first, gets weird when tenants, Rick included, start having visions of huge rats and bats in the midst. [...]
June 1970"The Hunter And The Holocaust"
Script: Roy ThomasRick Jones is in Greenwich Village trying to launch his music career. One evening, he comes upon a pair of muggers attacking an old man, and, unable to beat them on his own, summons Captain Marvel to finish the job. [...]
July 1970"Here Comes The Hulk!"
Script: Roy ThomasThe Hulk can't bring himself to smash the unconscious Rick Jones and Ol' Greenskin calms down enough to revert to Bruce Banner. Rick explains the situation to Bruce and they set to work looking for a means of freeing Mar-Vell from the Negative Zone. [...]
September 1972"To Live Again!"
Script: Gerry Conway [...]
November 1972"Death At The End Of The World!"
Script: Marv Wolfman [...]
January 1973"Death In High Places!"
Script: Marv Wolfman [...]
March 1973"A taste of madness"
Script: Mike FriedrichCaptain Marvel is fighting 2 aliens and a robot we've never seen before, and neither has he. He defeats them but the robot sends a report to his Masterlord and teleports them both away. Mar-Vell chats with Rick Jones in the Negative Zone and says that his power level seems halved. [...]
May 1973"Betrayal"
Script: Mike FriedrichLast issue Captain Marvel fought 2 Skrulls working for someone they call Masterlord. The plot involved Rick Jones being arrested (by a Skrull posing as a cop) for the murder of Prof Savannah. This was supposedly witnessed by the Prof's niece and Rick's girlfriend Lou-Ann Savannah. [...]
July 1973"Trapped on Titan"
Script: Mike FriedrichThanos has Rick Jones captive on Titan. We learned last issue that since Iron Man #55 he's taken over his homeworld. He wants a secret from Rick's brain which will enable him to conquer the galaxy, so he copies Rick's mind into the computer ISAAC. [...]
September 1973"When titans collide"
Script: Jim StarlinRick Jones is at Avengers Mansion, concerned for his comatose girlfriend Lou-Ann who is under the influence of 1 of the Controller's discs. Iron Man wants to know what Thanos has to do with this, after he helped Drax the Destroyer against the villain in their 1st appearance in Iron Man #55. [...]
November 1973"Metamorphosis"
Script: Jim StarlinLast issue Eon, a cosmic being who thinks he's multiple, whisked Captain Marvel away from the ongoing Thanos War to a distant star system. He now says he's waited 8 billion years for this moment when he will destroy Mar-Vell the warrior.Mar-Vell helpfully thinks back over the events of last issue. [...]
January 1974"... to be free from control"
Script: Jim StarlinCaptain Marvel has returned to Avengers Mansion after being given Cosmic Awareness last issue by Eon. Rick Jones now urges him to save his girlfriend Lou-Ann from the Controller. While Lou-Ann was here in #27-28 Iron Man measured the frequency of the command beam to the control disc on her neck. [...]
March 1974"The beginning of the end"
Script: Jim StarlinCaptain Marvel enters Avengers Mansion with Moondragon to find Drax the Destroyer holding his own against Black Panther, Mantis, Swordsman and Vision. He stops the fray and lets Drax explain that the Titan computer ISAAC says Thanos has the Cosmic Cube. [...]
May 1974"Thanos the insane god"
Script: Mike FriedrichCaptain Marvel, Drax, Eros, Iron Man, Mentor and Moondragon are in the observatory on Titan, where Thanos has just used the Cosmic Cube to transform into a god-like being. Now they face a large image of his head manifested outside the observatory. [...]
July 1974"The god himself"
Script: Steve EnglehartThis story happens alongside and after AVENGERS (1963) #125.This issue begins with a recap of Thanos' history so far, culminating in him using the Cosmic Cube to turn into a god in #31. [...]
July 1976"The bi-centennial"
Script: Steve EnglehartCaptain Marvel and Rick Jones used to be doomed to exist 1 in the real universe and the other in the Negative Zone, with only the ability to swap places. But in #39 they learned how to split and merge at will in the real universe. [...]