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Captain Marvel (1st Series)

    (Marvel, 1968-1979, 2006)
™ and ©1968 Marvel Entertainment Group

“Captain Marvel” is actually a bit of a misnomer. His full, real name was Captain Mar-Vell, officer of the Intergalactic Kree Fleet. Sent to Earth to investigate the destruction of ancient an Kree sentry by the Fantastic Four, he winds up siding with humanity against all manner of perils, including invasion by his own race.

Adopting the identity of Dr. Walt Lawson, his early adventures centered around Cape Canaveral, home of the U.S. space program at that time. Interestingly enough, the chief of security at that time was one Ms. Carol Danvers, who much later would gain similar super-powers, becoming known to the world as Ms. Marvel.
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  • 1
    #1
    May 1968
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gene Colan
    2nd Appearance of Carol Danvers; Versus Kree Sentry; Indicia reads title as Marvel’s Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel
    1 copy for $125.00
  • 2
    #2
    Jun 1968
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gene Colan
    Versus Skrull
    5 copies from $4.95
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1968
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gene Colan
    Versus Skrull; Guy H. Lillian III L.O.C.
    5 copies from $9.99
  • 4
    #4
    Aug 1968
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gene Colan
    Versus Sub-Mariner
    8 copies from $10.12
  • 5
    #5
    Sep 1968
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Don Heck
    1st Appearance of Metazoid; Death of Metazoid; Origin of Metazoid; Indicia states title name as “Marvel’s Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel”; Peter Sanderson L.O.C.
    5 copies from $9.95
  • 6
    #6
    Oct 1968
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Don Heck
    1st Appearance of Solam; Versus Solam; Tony Isabella L.O.C.
    7 copies from $6.95
  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1968
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Don Heck
    Versus Quasimodo the Living Computer; Richard Howell L.O.C.
    8 copies from $6.95
  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1968
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Don Heck
    1st appearance of Aakon; 1st appearance of Cyberex
    8 copies from $4.00
  • 9
    #9
    Jan 1969
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Don Heck
    2nd Appearance of Aakon; 2nd Appearance of Cyberex
    7 copies from $7.95
  • 10
    #10
    Feb 1969
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Don Heck
    5 copies from $8.50
  • 11
    #11
    Mar 1969
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Dick Ayers
    1st Appearance of Zo; Death of Una
    3 copies from $14.95
  • 12
    #12
    Apr 1969
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Dick Ayers
    1st Appearance of Man-Slayer
    5 copies from $0.80
  • 13
    #13
    May 1969
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    W: Gary Friedrich  ·  A: Frank Springer
    2nd Appearance of Man-Slayer
    3 copies from $9.00
  • 14
    #14
    Jun 1969
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    W: Gary Friedrich  ·  A: Frank Springer
    Continued from Sub-Mariner #14; Continues in Avengers #64
    2 copies from $20.00
  • 15
    #15
    Aug 1969
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    W: Gary Friedrich  ·  A: Tom Sutton
    4 copies from $6.00
  • 16
    #16
    Sep 1969
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    W: Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Don Heck
    3 copies from $6.72
  • 17
    #17
    Oct 1969
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gil Kane
    Origin of Rick Jones; Crossover with Captain America #114-116; Indicia:reads title as Capt. Marvel; Peter Sanderson L.O.C.
    4 copies from $19.95
  • 18
    #18
    Nov 1969
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gil Kane, John Buscema, John Romita Sr.
    1st Appearance of Mordecai P. Boggs; Death of Col. Yon-Rogg; Death of Colonel Yon-Rogg
    2 copies from $19.98
  • 19
    #19
    Dec 1969
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gil Kane
    Series goes on hiatus
    5 copies from $9.00
  • 20
    #20
    Jun 1970
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gil Kane
    2nd Appearance of Mordecai P. Boggs; Alan Kupperberg L.O.C.
    3 copies from $4.50
  • 21
    #21
    Aug 1970
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gil Kane
    Series goes on hiatus; 1st appearance of Dr. Weller; Versus the Hulk
    1 copy for $9.99
  • 22
    #22
    Sep 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    Title changes to Captain Marvel after hiatus; 1st Appearance of Lou-Anne Savannah; Versus Megaton; Carl Gafford LOC; John Ostapkovich LOC; Ronn Sutton LOC
    3 copies from $7.00
  • 23
    #23
    Nov 1972
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    W: Marv Wolfman  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    Versus Megaton
    6 copies from $4.95
  • 24
    #24
    Jan 1973
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    W: Marv Wolfman  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    4 copies from $7.98
  • 25
    #25
    Mar 1973
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    W: Mike Friedrich  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    Thanos War begins
    3 copies from $51.98
  • 25-2
    #25 - 2nd printing
    Apr 2006
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Mike Friedrich  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    Marvel Legends (Modok Series) action figure insert comic
    1 copy for $19.95
  • 26
    #26
    May 1973
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    W: Mike Friedrich, Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    1st Appearance of Death; Masterlord revealed as Thanos
    2 copies from $31.00
  • 28
    #28
    Sep 1973
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    W: Mike Friedrich, Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    1st Appearance of Eon
    2 copies from $48.00
  • 29
    #29
    Nov 1973
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    W: Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    Return of Una
    2 copies from $30.00
  • 30
    #30
    Jan 1974
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    W: Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    Versus Controller
    6 copies from $12.50
  • 31
    #31
    Mar 1974
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    W: Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    1st Appearance of ISAAC
    4 copies from $22.00
  • 32
    #32
    May 1974
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    W: Mike Friedrich, Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    Continued in Avengers #125; Marvel Value Stamp #19: Balder, Hogun, Fandral; Rick Jones vs. Thanos
    4 copies from $14.95
  • 33
    #33
    Jul 1974
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    W: Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    Continued from Avengers #125; Marvel Value Stamp #6: Thor; Thanos War ends
    1 copy for $61.00
  • 34
    #34
    Sep 1974
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    W: Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin  ·  A: Jim Starlin
    1st appearance of Nitro; Marvel Value Stamp #25: Torch
    8 copies from $9.95
  • 35
    #35
    Nov 1974
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    W: Steve Englehart, Mike Friedrich  ·  A: Alfredo P. Alcala
    Marvel Value Stamp #1: Spider-Man
    10 copies from $4.25
  • 36
    #36
    Jan 1975
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    W: Steve Englehart, Stan Lee  ·  A: Jim Starlin, Gene Colan
    Brent Eric Anderson LOC; Marvel Value Stamp #25: Torch; Reprint of the first appearance of Captain Marvel from Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967); The Watcher
    6 copies from $3.00
  • 37
    #37
    Mar 1975
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    W: Al Milgrom, Steve Englehart  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    1st Appearance of Lunatic Legion
    7 copies from $2.00
  • 38
    #38
    May 1975
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    W: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Origin of Lunatic Legion
    9 copies from $2.25
  • 39
    #39
    Jul 1975
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    W: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom, Tony Isabella  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    1st appearance of Aron; 1st Appearance of Aron the Rogue Watcher; Origin of the Watcher
    8 copies from $2.79
  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1975
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    W: Al Milgrom, Steve Englehart  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Death of Una; Ralph Macchio LOC; Watcher
    10 copies from $2.00
  • 41
    #41
    Nov 1975
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    W: Al Milgrom, Steve Englehart  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Dean Mullaney LOC; Hulk Hostess ad; Marvel Value Stamp #2: Hulk
    6 copies from $0.25
  • 42
    #42
    Jan 1976
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    W: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Versus Stranger
    5 copies from $2.98
  • 43
    #43
    Mar 1976
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    W: Steve Englehart  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Versus Drax
    9 copies from $4.00
  • 44
    #44
    May 1976
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    W: Al Milgrom, Steve Englehart  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Versus Drax the Destroyer
    8 copies from $2.95
  • 45
    #45
    Jul 1976
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    W: Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Captain America Hostess ad; Ralph Macchio L.O.C.
    7 copies from $3.25
  • 46
    #46
    Sep 1976
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    W: Chris Claremont  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    1st Appearance of Supremor
    8 copies from $5.98
  • 47
    #47
    Nov 1976
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    W: Gerry Conway, Bill Mantlo  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Versus Sentry Sinister; Spider-Man Hostess ad
    6 copies from $5.98
  • 48
    #48
    Jan 1977
    Cover: $0.30
    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    1st Appearance of Cheetah (Esteban Carracus); Versus Cheetah; Versus Sentry Sinister
    12 copies from $3.41
  • 49
    #49
    Mar 1977
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    W: Scott Edelman, Gerry Conway  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Versus Ronan; Gerry Conway credit per #50
    6 copies from $4.25
  • 50
    #50
    May 1977
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    W: Scott Edelman  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    1st Appearance of Doctor Minerva
    3 copies from $4.50
  • 51
    #51
    Jul 1977
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    W: Scott Edelman  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Versus Mercurio
    10 copies from $3.12
  • 52
    #52
    Sep 1977
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    W: Scott Edelman  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    11 copies from $3.30
  • 53
    #53
    Nov 1977
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Scott Edelman  ·  A: Al Milgrom
    Spider-Man Hostess ad
    6 copies from $4.95
  • 54
    #54
    Jan 1978
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    W: Scott Edelman  ·  A: George Tuska, Dave Cockrum
    Versus Nitro; Cockrum pencils last page - credit in corner
    8 copies from $3.95
  • 55
    #55
    Villain name is spelled "Death-Grip" on cover and "Deathgrip" in story and subsequent appearances
    Mar 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Scott Edelman  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    Origin of Deathgrip; Versus Deathgrip
    8 copies from $2.95
  • 56
    #56
    May 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Doug Moench, Jim Shooter  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    Death of Deathgrip; Versus Deathgrip; Kurt Busiek L.O.C.
    8 copies from $3.95
  • 57
    #57
    Jul 1978
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Roger McKenzie  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    Captain Marvel battles Thor; Continued from Avengers Annual #7
    8 copies from $4.95
  • 58
    #58
    Sep 1978
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    W: Doug Moench  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    Versus Drax
    11 copies from $3.12
  • 59
    #59
    Nov 1978
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    W: Doug Moench  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    1st Appearance of Elysius; 1st Appearance of Stellarax; Versus Drax; Thor Hostess ad
    10 copies from $2.95
  • 60
    #60
    Jan 1979
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    W: Doug Moench  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    2nd Appearance of Elysius; 2nd Appearance of Stellarax
    10 copies from $3.95
  • 61
    #61
    Mar 1979
    Cover: $0.35
    W: Doug Moench  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    Hulk Hostess ad
    13 copies from $4.00
  • 62
    #62
    May 1979
    Cover: $0.40
    W: Doug Moench  ·  A: Pat Broderick
    Continued in Marvel Spotlight (Vol. 2) #1; Final Issue
    14 copies from $3.96