Greetings, Groove-ophiles! If you thought Jim Starlin was the first to take
Captain Mar-Vell on a trippy metamorphosis, you might wanna think again! In
Captain Marvel #11 (December 1968), Arnold Drake, new penciler Dick Ayers, and Vinnie Colletta killed off Marv's true love,
Una; had his arch-enemy
Yon-Rogg send our
Kree Captain on a faster-than-light rocket ride to seeming oblivion; then made slight costume alterations
and created a new set of powers for
Mar-Vell at the hands of the mysterious entity known as...
Zo (
Oz backwards--get it?). Not sayin' they did it better than Judo Jim (just can't beat Judo Jim!), but they dood it first! Prepare to meet "...a new Mar-Vell..." in..."Rebirth!"
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| Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Herb Trimpe |
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