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Plotter and artist Jim Starlin decided to revamp the character with issue #25 (March 1973).

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The Captain Marvel series recommenced with issue #22 (September 1972). It was initially canceled with issue #21 (August 1970), though the character appeared in the Kree-Skrull War storyline in Avengers #89 – 97 (June 1971 – March 1972), also written by Thomas. The change, however, was not successful, and the series was published only intermittently from 1969.

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Thomas stated that the intent of the change was to create a more science-fiction oriented update that was reminiscent of Fawcett Comics's original Captain Marvel, who similarly had an alter-ego that could not co-exist with the superhero. Jones and Marvel 'shared molecules' allowing only one to exist in the real world at a time.

An added plot feature was the introduction of sidekick Rick Jones. The character was given a new uniform, designed by Kane and colorist Michelle Robinson, and greater abilities. The series failed to register with readers, and was revamped by writer-artist team Roy Thomas and Gil Kane in issue #17 (October 1969). These appearances established Captain Marvel, or 'Mar-Vell', as an alien of the Kree race who had come to earth as a spy before coming to identify with his human neighbors. Shortly thereafter, Captain Marvel was given his own series, commencing with Captain Marvel #1 (May 1968).

Although usually credited as co-creator, Colan had no involvement with Captain Marvel's conception, and in fact has voiced an intense dislike for the character and especially his original white-and-green costume: 'It was awful – just an imitation of any of the other costumed characters I'd ever done.' Marvel's character debuted as the lead feature in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967), written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Gene Colan. Enterprises to cease their Captain Marvel series after five issues, paying M.F. Due to the title containing its company name, Marvel had convinced M.F. Enterprises released a short-lived Captain Marvel series. Marvel was not the first company to try to capitalize on Fawcett's lapsed trademark in 1966 the small publisher M. Taking advantage of this situation, Marvel debuted its new Captain Marvel character in 1967 and quickly trademarked the name. Fawcett ceased publishing the comics in 1953 due to a 1951 copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, and their trademark ostensibly lapsed.

4.2.1 The Death of Captain Marvel - 1982įrom 1940 to 1953 Fawcett Comics published comics featuring their popular character Captain Marvel, and thus held the trademark to the name 'Captain Marvel'.

Īnnette Bening portrayed a re-imagined female version of Mar-Vell (Wendy Lawson) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel (2019). The character debuted during the Silver Age of comic books and made many subsequent appearances, including a self-titled series and the second volume of the Marvel Spotlight series until his death in 1982, which has since remained largely permanent within mainstream continuity and most other media, with Carol Danvers becoming the primarily featured Captain Marvel in the modern age. He is the original bearer of the name 'Captain Marvel' within the Marvel brand. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and designed by artist Gene Colan and first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967).

Solar energy absorption, manipulation, and projectionĬaptain Marvel (Kree name Mar-Vell, Earth alias Walter Lawson) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability, reflexes, and endurance.