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1May 1968
$0.12

Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #1

Marvel · May 1968 · on sale 1968-02-08

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
May 1968
Key date
1968-05-00
On-sale date
1968-02-08
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Out of the Holocaust--- a Hero!cover1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam RosenCaptain Marvel, Mar-Vell
2Out Of The Holocaust-- a Hero!comic story21script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie SimekGeneral Bridges, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Mar-Vell, Zarek, Ronan the Accuser, Una, Yon-Rogg, Sentry 459
4Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kitpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); pencils: various; inks: variousCaptain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Daredevil
12Here It Is! Proof Positive That the Biggest Brains at Marvel--- Don't Know What They're Doing!in-house column1script: Smiley
13-letters page1script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenCaptain Marvel
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Gene Colan, John Buscema; inks: Mike Esposito, Sol BrodskyIron Man, Namor, Tony Stark, Sub-Mariner

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #1
ISBN 0-7851-1821-7
2005On eBay ›
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