Title: Marvel Graphic Novel: The Death Of Captain Marvel
Issue Number: 1
Release Date: April 1982
Highlights
- First appearance of Zedrao, Bartak (disguised as Silver Surfer)
- Cameo by Superman
- A laundry list of heroes and villains make appearances either as part of the main story, and recaps
- Considered by fans as one of the greatest stories in Marvel Comics for its impact on the Marvel Universe, relatable a realistic storyline, and overall legacy and influence
- Captain Marvel sits in a chair on the first page, narrating into a microphone his own autobiography
- The retold origin is told of why Captain Marvel left the Kree, and instead joined the people of Earth
- Captain Marvel gives a brief synopsis of receiving his cosmic powers from the being known as Eon
- Captain Marvel concludes by telling us he's in semi-retirement on Titan
- Captain Marvel retells about the deaths of Adam Warlock and Thanos
- Mentor and Eros are there to collect the stone encased body of Thans to take their family member back to Titan, but are attacked by various creatures who were essentially waiting for Thanos' resurrection, worshiping him as a God
- During the battle, Marvel starts to show symptoms of being sick, when diagnosed, it's confirmed he has what Titan calls the inner decay, Kree call blackened, and Earth calls cancer, a diagnosis met with no cure, and a three month life expectancy
- Captain Marvel recounts a battle with Nitro, who unleashed a canister of nerve gas, needing to seal it, Marvel grabbed it with his bare hands, and believes this served as a carcinogen which began his slow death
- Captain Marvel tells his girlfriend, Elysius of what's happening
- Captain Marvel retells the story of being tricked by the Kree, and sent to the Negative Zone where he met Rick Jones, and how the two could trade places with the use of Kree nega-bands
- Its because of this ability to shift space with each other that Marvel seeks out Rick to tell him about his disease, and inform his old friend that he's set up for him to go to Avenger's Mansion for a full physical checkup
- Rick gets angry at Marvel, and tells the hero he can't believe he's giving up on hope of a cure
- Rick seeks out Yellow Jacket, Black Panther, Vision, Wonder Man, Beast, Iron Man, and Thor, and asks them to band together to find a cure for Captain Marvel, they tell him the reality of the matter is that they're not miracle workers
- A distress call goes out across the universe from Titan - One pleading for help to find a cure
- As time passes, options come in, but none pan out, with exception what is called a life support tunic, which slows the growth of the cancer down by 20% - It's also during this time that Marvel comments the wardrobe change is good timing because he's lost too much weight to fit in his red costume
- Marvel confides in Eros that he knows how he feels about Elysius, and asks him to be there for her when he dies
- Captain Marvel talks about how he and Elysius met
- Captain Marvel gets angry, thrashing out against the inanimate computers around him because of all the villains who tried to kill him, it turned out to be his own body that would turn on him
- While all the heroes gather around a dying Captain Marvel to visit, Spider-Man has to excuse himself, telling Beast and Cyclops that it's just too much for him
- Rick Jones comes to see Captain Marvel one final time, apologizing for his outburst
- General Zedrao of the Skrull Empire comes out of respect, and bestows upon Captain Marvel a royal Skrull medal of honor
- Captain Marvel falls into a coma
- The spirit of Thanos comes to Captain Marvel, presumably curing him, and brining him to the essence of his soul for one final battle - Thanos trying to destroy Marvel's soul, and Marvel fighting to save it - Why? Because Thanos wants Marvel to die the hero he deserves to go out as
- Captain Marvel dies as Thanos and Death take him to not the end that some people perceive as dying - Rather...
- At its core, its a very sad story that may hit too close to home for many
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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