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5September 1968
$0.12

Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #5

Marvel · September 1968 · on sale 1968-06-11

First appearance: MetazoidOrigin: Metazoid
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
September 1968
Key date
1968-09-00
On-sale date
1968-06-11
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Metazoid - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Metazoid.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mark of the Metazoid!cover1pencils: Don Heck; inks: Dan Adkins, John Tartaglione; letters: Sam RosenCaptain Marvel, Mar-Vell, Metazoid First
2The Mark of the Metazoidcomic story20script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Don Heck; inks: J. Tartaglione; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan LeeCaptain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Mar-Vell, Metazoid First, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Ronan the Accuser, Una, Yon-Rogg
10-in-house column1script: Smiley
13-letters page2pencils: Gene Colan
14Two More Triumphs For Marvel!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe; inks: John Severin, Herb Trimpe; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #1
ISBN 0-7851-1821-7		2005On eBay ›
Essential Captain Marvel #12008On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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