Silver Surfer Annual #6 (1993), Avengers Forever #1 (1998) Ĭreated by Ron Marz and Ron Lim, Genis was genetically engineered by Mar-Vell’s lover, Elysius, using a combination of her own DNA and Captain Marvel’s. She later took the superhero names Photon, Pulsar, and (currently) Spectrum. Although she never had her own series, Rambeau remained the incumbent Captain Marvel until the ’90s. Rambeau at one point even led the Avengers, though she retired after an incident that nearly killed her and temporarily robbed her of her powers. This Captain Marvel joined the Avengers and, notably for MCU fans, had a number of significant encounters with the space-pirate Nebula. After the media dubbed her Captain Marvel, Ben Grimm (The Thing of the Fantastic Four) assured her Mar-Vell wouldn’t have minded her taking the name. A policewoman from New Orleans, Rambeau gained the ability to transform into energy after being exposed to extra-dimensional radiation. debuted Monica Rambeau in 1982’s Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16. Quick to realize that there was room for a new Captain Marvel, Roger Stern and John Romita Jr. Read more: The Complete History of Mar-Vell 2. It speaks to his fairly tepid history – or perhaps Starlin’s genius – that this remains the character’s defining appearance. In the company’s first-ever large-format graphic novel, 1982’s The Death of Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell succumbs to cancer, unable to be cured despite the combined resources of every Marvel scientist around him. In fact, Starlin’s biggest influence on Captain Marvel was to kill him. Marvel’s master of cosmic storytelling (and creator of Mar-Vell’s arch-enemy, Thanos) Jim Starlin later took the reins of the character and turned him into a protector of the entire galaxy, but audiences remained ambivalent throughout the 1970s. During this overhaul, Mar-Vell’s uniform switched from a Kree white and green one to the familiar red, blue, and yellow incarnation. A revamp of the character saw him linked to Rick Jones (of Incredible Hulk fame), and the two swapped places whenever the Nega Bands they wore were slammed together, with one occupying our world and the other trapped in the negative zone. Created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, Mar-Vell was an officer in the Kree military sent to observe and influence events on Earth to benefit the Kree – at least until he betrays his superiors and declares himself protector of humanity.
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