Marvel Super-Heroes Featuring: Captain Marvel #1

Published
January 1982
Page count
52
Cover price
0.70 AUD; 0.85 NZD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Pocket size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
None

Credits

Editing
?

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Coming of Captain Marvel! (Captain Marvel) Cover, 1 page

"Plus: Five all-time greats from the Golden Age! The Black Knight! The Destroyer! Captain America! The Human Torch! The Sub-Mariner!"

Featuring

Feature
Captain Marvel
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colours
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee

Reprint history

First print
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
The Coming of Captain Marvel!
Also printed
United States
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)
The Coming Of Captain Marvel!
Show/hide 1. Untitled [The Coming of Captain Marvel!] (Captain Marvel) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain Marvel
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel (Captain Mar-Vell; a Kree); Medic Una; Jeremy Logan; crew of a Kree starship; Col. Yon-Rogg (I); Zarek (I); Ronan the Accuser

Credits

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee

Reprint history

First print
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
The Coming of Captain Marvel
Also printed
United States
Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #36 (January 1975)
The Coming of Captain Marvel!

Notes

The first page (title/splash page) has been omitted from this reprint.

Show/hide 2. Untitled (The Human Torch) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Human Torch
Genre
Superhero
Code
E-241
Characters
The Human Torch; Toro

Credits

Script
Stan Lee ?
Art
Dick Ayers (signed)
Letters
Dick Ayers
Editing
Stan Lee (original and reprint editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Men's Adventures (Comic Combine [Atlas/Marvel], 1950? series) #27 (May 1954)
The Threat of the Jet
Also printed
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
The Threat of the Jet

Notes

This printing is sourced from the reprint in Marvel Super-Heroes #12, December 1967. This story is called The Threat of the Jet in GCD.

Show/hide 3. Untitled [The Beachhead Blitz!] (The Destroyer) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Destroyer
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Pencils
Don Rico
Inks
Fred Bell ?
Editing
Vince Fago (original edior), Stan Lee (reprint editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
All-Winners Comics (Western [Atlas/Marvel], 1941 series) #12 (Spring 1944)
The Beachhead Blitz
Also printed
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
The Beachhead Blitz

Synopsis

A British Commando unit places the plans for the Nazis' 2nd Front into the hands of the Destroyer, and his job is to get it to the French Underground. What the Nazis don't know is that the plans are false and designed to trap the Nazis themselves!

Notes

This printing is sourced from the reprint in Marvel Super-Heroes #12, December 1967. This reprint is untitled as it does not include the first (title) page.

Show/hide 4. Kill Captain America (Captain America) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain America
Genre
Superhero
Code
E-374

Credits

Script
Stan Lee ?
Art
John Romita
Editing
Stan Lee (original and reprint editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Men's Adventures (Comic Combine [Atlas/Marvel], 1950? series) #28 (July 1954)
Kill Captain America!
Also printed
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
Kill Captain America

Synopsis

In Korea, Cap and Bucky investigate PFC Tim Potter who has been drugged by the Reds, and sapped of his will tofight.

Notes

This printing is sourced from the reprint in Marvel Super-Heroes #12, December 1967.

Show/hide 5. Untitled [The Abduction of King Arthur] (Black Knight) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Black Knight
Genre
historical; Adventure; Superhero
Code
F-900
Characters
Black Knight [Sir Percy]; Modred; Merlin; King Arthur; Guinevere; Gawain

Credits

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Art
Joe Maneely (signed)
Editing
Stan Lee (original and reprint editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Black Knight (Margood [Atlas/Marvel], 1955 series) #1 (May 1955)
The Abduction of King Arthur!
Also printed
Australia
Black Knight (Horwitz, 1956? series) #1 (July 1956)
Untitled [The Abduction of King Arthur!]
 
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
The Abduction of King Arthur

Notes

This printing is sourced from the reprint in Marvel Super-Heroes #12, December 1967. The title is from the cover of the original printing.

Show/hide 6. The Sub-Mariner Strikes! (Sub-Mariner) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sub-Mariner
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Tha-Korr; Byrrah; Zolma (Intro)

Credits

Script
Bill Everett (signed)
Art
Bill Everett (signed)
Letters
Bill Everett
Editing
Stan Lee (original and reprint editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Sub-Mariner Comics (Comic Combine [Atlas/Marvel], 1941 series) #38 (February 1955)
The Sub-Mariner Strikes!
Also printed
United States
Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
The Sub-Mariner Strikes
 
United States
Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

Notes

This printing is sourced from the reprint in Marvel Super-Heroes #12, December 1967. Sub-Mariner's super-strength and foot wings restored.


Notes

Inside covers and back cover are story pages.

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Mark Muller
  • Neil A Hansen
  • Craig Guerin
  • Spiros Xenos

AusReprints ID

  • 84305

Entry created

  • 02/02/2014

Cover added

  • 02/02/2014

Index completed

  • 25/04/2014

Last updated

  • 17/11/2017