(vol 1) May 1968[1] – May 1979 (vol 2) 1989 and 1994 (one-shots) (vol 3) December 1995 – May 1996 (vol 4) November 1999 – October 2002 (vol 5) November 2002 – September 2004 (vol 6) January – June 2008 (vol 7) September 2012 – November 2013 and December 2017 – April 2018 (vol 8) May 2014 – July 2015 (vol. 9) March 2016 – January 2017 (vol 10) March 2019 – August 2023
(vol 1) Vince Colletta Dan Adkins Al Milgrom Terry Austin (vol 2) Stan Drake Frank Bolle Dennis Jensen Barbara Kaalberg Mark McKenna (vol 3) Mike Sellers (vol 4) Anibal Rodriguez (vol 5) Aaron Lopresti (vol 6) Stefano Gaudiano Jesse Delperdang (vol 7) Dexter Soy Filipe Andrade Ramon Rosanas Michele Bandini (vol 8) David Lopez (vol 9) Kris Anka (vol 10) Carmen Carnero
In order to retain its trademark, Marvel has published aCaptain Marvel title periodically every few years since, leading to a number ofongoing series,limited series, andone-shots featuring a range of characters using the Captain Marvel alias.[4]
Captain Mar-Vell is a military officer of theKree Imperial Militia sent to observe the planetEarth, as it is developing technology to travel into space. Mar-Vell eventually wearies of his superiors' malicious intent and allies himself with Earth, and the Kree Empire brands him a traitor. From then on, Mar-Vell fights to protect Earth from all threats.
He was later revamped byRoy Thomas andGil Kane. Having been exiled to theNegative Zone by theSupreme Intelligence, the only way Mar-Vell can temporarily escape is to exchange atoms withRick Jones by means of special wristbands called Nega-Bands.[7] He is also given superpowers, and his Kree military uniform is replaced with a form-fitting costume. The process of the young man being replaced in a flash by the older superhero was a nod to the original Fawcett Captain Marvel, which had young Billy Batson say the magic word "Shazam" to transform into the hero.
With the title's sales still flagging, Marvel allowedJim Starlin to conceptually revamp the character,[8] although his appearance was little changed. Mar-Vell is freed from the Negative Zone and becomes a cosmic champion, the "Protector of the Universe" appointed by the cosmic entity Eon. Together, Mar-Vell and Rick continue to battle against evil, most notably battling the Death-worshippingThanos. Mar-Vell became a close ally of theTitans, and one of their number,Elysius, became his lover.
Monica Rambeau is a police lieutenant fromNew Orleans,Louisiana who can transform into any form of energy.[11] Her powers were briefly altered so that she cannot transform to energy, but instead can generate a personal force field.[12] Sometime later, theStranger returned her energy-transformation abilities. She is a member of theAvengers, and at one point she served as their leader. She eventually ceded the Captain Marvel name to the original Captain Marvel's son after which Rambeau took the namePhoton,[13] using that name for quite some time untilGenis-Vell adopted the same name. Genis-Vell and Monica discussed this, and Monica decided on the namePulsar.[14]
Rambeau later joined H.A.T.E. (the Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort) in the new series titledNextwave.[15] In this series created byWarren Ellis andStuart Immonen, H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of theBeyond Corporation) forms a team to fight the Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. Members include Monica Rambeau, a man known only asThe Captain,Boom Boom,Aaron Stack, andElsa Bloodstone. She returned to the Avengers using the codenameSpectrum.
The third Captain Marvel isGenis-Vell. Created by Ron Marz and Ron Lim, the character first appeared inSilver Surfer vol. 3 Annual #6 (1993).[16]
Genis-Vell is the genetically engineered son of Mar-Vell and his lover Elysius, created from the late Mar-Vell's cell samples and artificially aged to physical, if not emotional, maturity. Genis, like his father, wears the Nega-Bands, possesses Cosmic Awareness, and is, for a time, bonded with Rick Jones. Although the pair do not get along at first, they eventually become good friends. Genis goes insane and threatens to destroy the universe.
After dying and resurrecting himself with the secret aid ofHelmut Zemo, Genis-Vell joins theThunderbolts under the namePhoton. However, in accelerating his resurrection, Zemo links Genis to the ends of time, causing a degenerative effect on the universe. To prevent the inevitable destruction of all existence, Zemo scatters pieces of Genis-Vell's body through time and theDarkforce.[17] Years later, he is resurrected by Carol Danvers and Phyla-Vell.[18]
The fourth Captain Marvel isPhyla-Vell. Created byPeter David and Paul Azaceta, the character first appeared inCaptain Marvel vol. 5 #16 (November 2003).[19]
Phyla-Vell is the sister of Genis-Vell. She is created when Genis, an only child, recreates the universe and, in doing so, creates various anomalies which result in his mother being restored to life and his sister coming into existence. She is last seen romancingMoondragon.
Phyla-Vell appears in theAnnihilation event, fighting alongsideNova's United Front in an effort to stop the destructive armies ofAnnihilus. She becomes the newQuasar after the original,Wendell Vaughn, is killed by Annihilus.[20]
Phyla has superhuman strength. She can fire energy blasts, fly, and act like an "energy sponge", absorbing any energy attacks directed at her and returning them as energy blasts. Phyla also has cosmic awareness and is a proficient fighter.
Phyla later becomes an avatar for Oblivion and renames herself Martyr. She is later killed rescuing theGuardians of the Galaxy, and has remained dead since.[21]
He is aSkrull sleeper agent who is bound with Mar-Vell's DNA to lock itself into Mar-Vell's form and given technological replicas of the Kree Nega-Bands. However, his mental conditioning was botched, causing Khn'nr's personality to be erased, leaving the Mar-Vell persona dominant. Though part of theSecret Invasion, Khn'nr decides to fight against the invading Skrulls, during which he is nearly killed.
As part of theDark Reign storyline, Noh-Varr joined the new team theDark Avengers, using the alias Captain Marvel.[25] He subsequently quit the team upon discovering they were all villains, at which point he was contacted by the Supreme Intelligence, given a copy of the original Captain Marvel's Nega Bands, and told he should take his place as the Kree's protector of Earth. This led to Noh-Varr taking the new code name Protector. Noh-Varr currently goes by the codenameMarvel Boy, the name he uses when he joins theYoung Avengers and works alongside theInhuman Royal Family.
Carol Danvers, the longtime super-heroine known asMs. Marvel, assumed the mantle of Captain Marvel in an ongoing series written byKelly Sue DeConnick with art by Dexter Soy, in July 2012.[27] Danvers dons ajumpsuit and explores her own past. DeConnick said atWonderCon 2012 that her pitch for the series could be described as "Carol Danvers asChuck Yeager." She said the series would contemplate what Captain Marvel's legend means to Danvers, how she will wield it, and how the rest of theMarvel Universe reacts.[28]
In theAge of Ultron crossover event,Janet van Dyne becomes Captain Marvel in an alternate timeline created by the death ofHank Pym. Pym is murdered by a time-travelling Wolverine to prevent the creation ofUltron, who will kill most of Earth's population in the future.
In two issues ofJLX andJLX: Unleashed, Captain Marvel combines withCaptain Marvel to become yet another Captain Marvel, sporting theDC Comics lightning bolt uniform design but with the original green and white colors of the Marvel version.
InThe Thanos Imperative, the main villain is an alternate version of Captain Marvel calledLord Mar-Vell. Unlike hisEarth-616 counterpart, this Mar-Vell colluded with theMany-angled ones to survive his cancer by destroyingDeath.
In the limited seriesFantastic Four: The End, the superheroine formerly known asKismet (now under the name of Ayesha) has apparently taken over the Captain Marvel mantle in the not-too-distant future.[29]
In the alternate,mutant-dominated world created byScarlet Witch, Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel in mainstream continuity) uses the name Captain Marvel and is one of the few non-mutant heroes with a successful career.
In the mini-seriesMarvel Zombies, Captain Marvel is seen sitting with Vulture andHercules (both infected) waiting for Iron Man. He is later killed by the Silver Surfer for immediate cause.
In the two-issueWarren Ellis mini-seriesRuins (1995), Captain Marvel is one of the manyKree prisoners, in a Kreereservation inNevada. The reservation was placed deliberately on top of a former nuclear test site. As a result of this, the majority of the Kree are suffering from various forms of cancer, including Mar-Vell who is the Kree's spokesperson. Mar-Vell gives an interview toDaily Bugle reporter Phil Sheldon regarding the failed Kree invasion of Earth. Mar-Vell recounts how his ship was made vulnerable to a nuclear strike when their cloaking and shielding was affected by cosmic radiation from a deceasedSilver Surfer.
TheUltimate Marvel miniseriesUltimate Secret introduces Mahr Vehl, a renegade Kree who has been surgically altered to look human and sent to Earth by his people to observe its destruction by the entityGah Lak Tus, but defects to help the humans. He wears a specially designed combat suit that is activated by his wristwatch. The Kree technology in the suit gives Mahr Vehl increased strength and allows him to fly, create energy shields, turn invisible, view different fields of the light spectrum, and fire energy blasts through the "totalkannon" located on his lower arm.
The Mar-Vell and Carol Danvers incarnations of Captain Marvel appear as playable characters inMarvel Heroes, respectively voiced byJosh Keaton and Danielle Nicolet.[32][33][52][53][54]
In 2023,Hasbro released a Carol Danvers / Captain Marvelaction figure inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) incarnation of the character, as part of theMarvel Legends action figure line.[80][81][82]
Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel appears in the theme park attractionAvengers: Quantum Encounter on theDisney Wish cruise ship, with Brie Larson reprising her role as the character.[83][84]
Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel appears in the theme park attractionAvengers Assemble: Flight Force inDisneyland Paris, with Brie Larson reprising her role as the character.[85][86]
^DeFalco, Tom (2008). "1960s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.).Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History.Dorling Kindersley. p. 125.ISBN978-0756641238.Captain Mar-Vell was an evil Kree warrior sent to spy on Earth, by Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan.
^DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 138: "Rick Jones...became bonded to Captain Mar-Vell thanks to Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane."
^Sanderson, Peter "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 159: "In March [1973], the first of artist Jim Starlin's many sagas of the Marvel heroes' wars against Thanos began."
^DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 207: "This title by Jim Starlin was the first of a new series of Marvel Graphic Novels. Running between forty-eight and ninety-six pages, these paperback books were an attempt to compete with the European-style graphic albums."
^Cowsill, Alan; Manning, Matthew K. (2012).Spider-Man Chronicle: Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. DK Publishing. p. 131.ISBN978-0756692360.
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