Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)

Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell, alias Walter Lawson) is a

Captain Marvel
fictional superhero appearing in American comic books
published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by
writer-editor Stan Lee and designed by artist Gene Colan and
first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967).
He is the original bearer of the name "Captain Marvel" within
the Marvel brand.

The character debuted during the Silver Age of comic books

and made many subsequent appearances, including a self-
titled series and the second volume of the Marvel Spotlight
series until his death in 1982, which has since remained
largely permanent within mainstream continuity and most
other media, with Carol Danvers becoming the primarily
featured Captain Marvel in the modern age.

Annette Bening portrayed a re-imagined female version of

Mar-Vell with her human name being Wendy Lawson in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel (2019).

Captain Marvel #29 (November 1973).

Art by Jim Starlin.
Contents
Publication information
Publication history Publisher Marvel Comics
Fictional character biography First Marvel Super-Heroes #12
1960s
appearance (December 1967)
1970s
Created by Stan Lee
1980s
Gene Colan
1990s
2000s In-story information

2010s Full name Mar-Vell

Powers and abilities Species Kree

Enemies Team Defenders

affiliations Avengers[1]
Other versions
Legion of the Unliving
Reception
Notable Dr. Walter Lawson
In other media aliases
Television
Abilities
Film Superhuman strength,
Video games speed, and endurance
Collected editions Flight
References Cosmic Awareness

External links
 Solar energy
absorption and
Publication history projection
Wields nega-bands
From 1940 to 1953 Fawcett Comics published comics
featuring their popular character Captain Marvel, and thus
held the trademark to the name "Captain Marvel". Fawcett ceased publishing the comics in 1953 due to a
1951 copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, and their trademark ostensibly lapsed. Taking
advantage of this situation, Marvel debuted its new Captain Marvel character in 1967 and quickly
trademarked the name.[2] Marvel was not the first company to try to capitalize on Fawcett's lapsed
trademark; in 1966 the small publisher M. F. Enterprises released a short-lived Captain Marvel series.[3]
Due to the title containing its company name, Marvel had convinced M.F. Enterprises to cease their
Captain Marvel series after five issues, paying M.F. a settlement of $4,500.[4]

Marvel's character debuted as the lead feature in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967), written by
Stan Lee and illustrated by Gene Colan.[5] Although usually credited as co-creator, Colan had no
involvement with Captain Marvel's conception, and in fact has voiced an intense dislike for the character
and especially his original white-and-green costume: "It was awful – just an imitation of any of the other
costumed characters I'd ever done."[6]

Shortly thereafter, Captain Marvel was given his own series, commencing with Captain Marvel #1 (May
1968). These appearances established Captain Marvel, or "Mar-Vell", as an alien of the Kree race who
had come to earth as a spy before coming to identify with his human neighbors.[2] The series failed to
register with readers, and was revamped by writer-artist team Roy Thomas and Gil Kane in issue #17
(October 1969).[7] The character was given a new uniform, designed by Kane and colorist Michelle
Robinson, and greater abilities. An added plot feature was the introduction of sidekick Rick Jones. Jones
and Marvel "shared molecules" allowing only one to exist in the real world at a time. Thomas stated that
the intent of the change was to create a more science-fiction oriented update that was reminiscent of
Fawcett Comics's original Captain Marvel, who similarly had an alter-ego that could not co-exist with the
superhero.[8]

The change, however, was not successful, and the series was published only intermittently from 1969.[2]
It was initially canceled with issue #21 (August 1970), though the character appeared in the Kree-Skrull
War storyline in Avengers #89 – 97 (June 1971 – March 1972), also written by Thomas. The Captain
Marvel series recommenced with issue #22 (September 1972). Plotter and artist Jim Starlin decided to
revamp the character with issue #25 (March 1973).[9] Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "In a brief
stint with Marvel, which included work on two characters [Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock] that had
previously never quite made their mark, Starlin managed to build a considerable cult following."[10] A
spin-off series, Ms. Marvel, was launched in 1977, but sales remained modest, and the series was
published on only a bimonthly basis until it was ultimately canceled in 1979.[2] The continued
publication, however, kept the trademark current. This had the effect of requiring DC Comics, which in
the meantime licensed the original Fawcett Captain Marvel for publication, to print its new comics under
the trademark Shazam![11] Comics historian Don Markstein states, "Marvel didn't seem to quite know
what to do with him—but they did put his comic out every other month through most of the 1970s, if
only to maintain their trademark on his name."[2]

When Captain Marvel was cancelled with issue #62 (May 1979), there were five as-yet unpublished
issues already complete or near-complete. The series Marvel Spotlight was revived for the express
purpose of publishing them (specifically, in issues #1-4 and 8).[12] Starlin wrote Mar-Vell's death in
Marvel's first graphic novel, The Death of Captain Marvel (1982).[13]

Following the character's death, Marvel published several comics with new characters taking up the
"Captain Marvel" moniker, thereby maintaining their trademark on the name.[2] The character returned,
although not in a living capacity, in storylines in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #63 (March 1992) and Captain
Marvel vol. 5, #5 (March 2003). The limited series Captain Marvel vol. 6, #1–5 (January–June 2008)
was released as part of the 2008 "Secret Invasion" storyline and supposedly heralded the return of the
character, although it was eventually revealed that this "Mar-Vell" was an alien Skrull called
Khn'nr.[14][15]

Mar-Vell was one of the featured characters in the 2011 three-issue limited series Chaos War: Dead
Avengers.[16]

Fictional character biography

1960s
After the Kree's first encounter with humans,[17] Captain Mar-Vell is sent
to spy on Earth and decide if it is a threat to the Kree empire.[5] He
adopts the identity of a recently deceased scientist named Walter
Lawson, but occasionally dons his Kree military uniform to protect the
people he's observing. The first time he does this, people hear him
incorrectly pronounce his name as "Captain Marvel". His job is made
difficult by his jealous commanding officer, Colonel Yon-Rogg, his
growing affection for humanity, and his fake identity's criminal past.[18]

After aiding humanity several times, Mar-Vell is found guilty of treason

against the Kree Empire and sentenced to death by firing squad. Mar-Vell
escapes in a stolen rocket, but becomes lost in space. After drifting for
112 days, he is weak and on the verge of madness. He is manipulated by
Ronan the Accuser and Kree Minister Zarek into helping them overthrow Mar-Vell on the cover of
the Supreme Intelligence. To better help them, Mar-Vell is given a new Captain Marvel #1 (May
1968)
costume and enhanced abilities. After the conspiracy is foiled, Mar-Vell
Art by Gene Colan
tries to return to Earth. On the way, he is hit by a blast of radiation that
traps him in the Negative Zone.[19]

The Supreme Intelligence enables Mar-Vell to telepathically contact Rick Jones, which he uses to lead
Jones to a set of "nega-bands" at an abandoned Kree base. When Jones puts on the bands and strikes
them together, he trades places with Mar-Vell and is encased in a protective aura in the Negative Zone.
The pair discover they are able to maintain telepathic contact. Using this method, Mar-Vell can remain in
the positive universe for a period of three hours.[7][20]

1970s
After brief encounters with the villain Scorpio[21] and the Hulk[22][23] Jones uses Mister Fantastic's portal
to the Negative Zone to free Mar-Vell, who then becomes embroiled in the Kree-Skrull War. As a result
of the war, Jones is left near death and Mar-Vell re-merged with Jones in order to save his life.[24]
Mar-Vell's consciousness begins to resurface weeks later as Jones's body becomes unable to house both
his own and Mar-Vell's life energy. Photon ray treatments by a Professor Savannah stabilizes the situation
and brings Mar-Vell's body and consciousness to the surface.[25] After battling the atomic-powered
Megaton, Mar-Vell is trapped in the Negative Zone once again until released by Jones via the nega-
bands.[25][26]

Mar-Vell aids the Avengers against the Grim Reaper and the Space Phantom.[27] Mar-Vell allies himself
with Mentor and Eros against the death worshipper Thanos and his forces in a war for the Cosmic
Cube.[9][28][29][30] Seeing the magnitude of the threat, the cosmic entity Kronos aids them by creating
Drax the Destroyer, whose sole purpose is to kill Thanos.[31] Another cosmic being, Eon, transforms
Mar-Vell into the "Protector of the Universe". This provides the hero with new abilities, including
"cosmic awareness".[32] Thanos gains the Cube and uses it to make himself omnipotent. Thanos' spirit
leaves his body, and Mar-Vell uses the opportunity to shatter the Cube, which was still in Thanos' hand.
This undoes Thanos's actions.[33][34]

Mar-Vell teams with Spider-Man to battle the Basilisk[35] and later encounters a new villain named Nitro.
While defusing a bomb placed by Nitro, Mar-Vell is exposed to a powerful nerve gas called "Compound
13". Mar-Vell collapses due to the exposure, but recovers when given an antidote. The gas, however,
would eventually prove to be carcinogenic and cause Mar-Vell to develop cancer.[36] During this time,
Mar-Vell has an encounter with Living Laser.[37] Mar-Vell investigates Nitro's allies, who are revealed to
be the Kree "Lunatic Legion", leading to a series of protracted battles and the eventual trial of the cosmic
entity Uatu the Watcher for constant involvement in Earth's affairs.[38] After ending the threat and aiding
Uatu the Watcher, Mar-Vell briefly separates from Jones and has an encounter with a space parasite that
assumes the form of former lover Una.[39]

Mar-Vell travels to the Kree homeworld of Hala, and through a protracted series of events that almost
kills Rick Jones, frees himself from the manipulation of the Supreme Intelligence. During this period
Mar-Vell also encounters the cosmic entity the Stranger.[40] Returning to Earth, Mar-Vell encounters
stranded Kree scientists who attempt to retrieve an inactive Kree Sentry located on the S.H.I.E.L.D.
Helicarrier. This proves unsuccessful when the Sentry activates but fails to follow direction, going on a
rampage. A new villain called the Cheetah attempts to manipulate the Sentry, although both are
eventually defeated by Mar-Vell. The hero locates the Kree scientists, and briefly battles Ronan the
Accuser, who was left with the mind of a child after a previous encounter.[41]

Rick Jones is visiting Avengers Mansion when the robotic villain the Super-Adaptoid attacks. During a
battle with the Avengers, Jones trades places with Mar-Vell, with the Super-Adaptoid eventually
mimicking Mar-Vell's Nega-Bands. Mar-Vell then brings the Super-Adaptoid's pseudo bands together,
exiling the robot to the Negative Zone and freeing Jones.[42] Mar-Vell bids Jones farewell and encounters
Mercurio the 4-D Man, who tricks Mar-Vell into returning to his home dimension, hoping to coerce the
hero into building the Omni-Wave Projector. Mar-Vell, however, defeats Mercurio and returns to
Earth.[43]

Mar-Vell continues to have dealings with the Kree, preventing scientist Doctor Minerva from killing Rick
Jones and battling High Council member Phae-Dor[44] before travelling to Hala and, with King of the
Inhumans Blackagar Boltagon ("Black Bolt") as his ally, preventing the "War of the Three Galaxies" by
exposing a Skrull infiltrator.[45] After another encounter with Nitro,[46] Mar-Vell briefly attempts to
adopt the Walter Lawson identity once again and works at an observatory. This plan is abandoned when
forced to become Mar-Vell to stop an energy vampire named "Deathgrip".[47][48] After an encounter with
the Thunder God Thor,[49] Mar-Vell is forced to fight off Drax, who has been driven insane due to being
unable to fulfill his purpose and kill Thanos.[50] Eventually convincing Drax to aid him, Mar-Vell enters
into a war against ISAAC, the sentient computer that served Thanos and now directs his forces. After a
series of protracted battles, Mar-Vell convinces ISAAC's female minion Elysius to join him, causing her
to fall in love with Mar-Vell; he subsequently defeats ISAAC's other pawns Chaos and Tarterus and the
warrior Stellarax on Earth.[51][52][53][54] Mar-Vell eventually defeats ISAAC by entering the
supercomputer's programming and forcing it to experience life.[55][56] Mar-Vell meets Eon once again
and reflects on the events of recent times.[57]

1980s
After a battle in the mystical "Dark Dimension";[58] an encounter with
the Hulk[59] and an adventure on an alien world,[60] Mar-Vell discovers
that his past exposure to the "Compound 13" nerve gas[36] has given him
cancer. Compounding the problem are Mar-Vell's nega-bands, which
keep the cancer at bay but also cause it to resist all known forms of
treatment, and lack of access to the Kree Empire's medical experts since
the Kree consider Mar-Vell a traitor. As Mar-Vell accepts that his life is
ending, many of his friends and allies come to Titan to pay their last
respects. Even his mortal enemies the Skrulls send an envoy to bestow a
medal on Mar-Vell to honor him as their greatest foe. In his final
moments, Mar-Vell experiences a vision in which he meets Thanos once
The Death of Captain again. Thanos has come not as a foe, but as a guide to show Mar-Vell the
Marvel graphic novel (1982). path to the afterlife as a mark of respect to his greatest foe, giving Mar-
Cover art by Jim Starlin. Vell an illusion of a final struggle so that he can die fighting rather than
in a bed. As he, Thanos, and Mistress Death pass into a blinding light,
Mar-Vell dies.[13][61]

His spirit is later called forth by the Grandmaster as a part of the Legion of the Unliving to battle the
Avengers.[62]

1990s
When the Silver Surfer visits the Realm of the Dead, the character is counselled and aided in his escape
by someone who appears to be Mar-Vell but is later revealed to be a manifestation of the selfless heroic
ideal that is part of the Surfer's own psyche.[63][64] Mar-Vell's former lover Elysius also impregnates
herself with his genetic information, giving birth to a son, Genis-Vell.

When Death declares Thanos to be forever barred from her realm and that she will never love him,
Thanos uses the Reality Gem to restore Mar-Vell. They discuss Thanos' ability to make Death love him
with the Reality Gem, and Mar-Vell convinces him not to do it. Thanos agrees, and returns Mar-Vell to
death.[65]

2000s
Visiting the Realm of the Dead, Genis encounters his father.[66] He learns Elysius also gave birth to a
girl, Phyla-Vell.[67] The Young Avengers member Hulkling is revealed to be the child of Mar-Vell and
Princess Anelle of the Skrulls.[68][69]
2010s
During the war with the Chaos King, Mar-Vell and several deceased members of the Avengers return
from the dead. He takes leadership of the group, helping protect several civilians and the comatose
bodies of the main Avengers from chaos demons.[70] He is impaled from behind by the Grim Reaper and
is killed once more.[71]

Some time later, Kree mystics resurrect Mar-Vell using a piece of the M'Kraan Crystal and a portion of
the Phoenix Force. Controlling his mind, they use Captain Marvel against the Avengers.[72] The Vision
frees Mar-Vell, who sacrifices himself to save the Kree from the Phoenix Force, which threatens Hala
when it seeks to reclaim its missing energy.[73]

Powers and abilities

Upon his arrival on Earth, Mar-Vell possessed no superpowers apart from being stronger and more
durable than most humans due to his advanced Kree physiology; the Kree have evolved with higher
physical-strength levels than humans to combat the heavier gravitation of their home planets. As a
soldier, he is equipped with a device called a "universal beam" (or "uni-beam"), at first a handheld pistol
but later converted into a wrist-mounted device that is capable of projecting energy, emitting beams of
pure darkness, and controlling magnetism.

When manipulated by "Zo" (actually Zarek, the Kree Imperial Minister), Mar-Vell became greatly
enhanced, having his physical abilities augmented to the point of crushing the hardest substance known
to the Kree, gaining the ability to teleport to anywhere in the universe, fly under his own power at faster-
than-light speeds, and traverse vast interstellar and intergalactic distances, as well as the ability to
mentally project illusions.[74][75] Most of these abilities are lost when Mar-Vell gains the nega-bands,[20]
which convert Mar-Vell's psionic energy into greater strength, durability, speed, flight and enable him to
exist unprotected in deep outer space without having to breathe.

Following the photon ray treatments, Mar-Vell was able to absorb solar energy to further increase his
strength. After his encounter with Eon, he begins to use his solar energy to fly, leaving a sparkling trail in
his wake.

Once he is named the "Protector of the Universe" by Eon, Mar-Vell gains "cosmic awareness", which
(among other things) allows him to detect threats and perceive changes in the universe as long as they are
important to him for some reason.[32] This awareness can also be used internally, which alerts him to his
terminal cancer even before it is confirmed.[61]

Mar-Vell's Kree military training gives him mastery of all forms of unarmed combat and extensive
knowledge of the technology of the Kree Empire.

Enemies
The following characters are known enemies of Mar-Vell:

Annihilus - Ruler of the Negative Zone

Basilisk - A petty thief who is transformed by a Kree artifact called the Alpha Stone.[35]
Cheetah - A cat-themed revolutionary.[41]
 The Brood - A parasitic race which infects other beings with their eggs in order to
reproduce.[76]
Controller - A supervillain who uses mind-control disks.[77]
Doctor Minerva - A Kree geneticist.[44]
Grim Reaper - A scythe-wielding villain.[27]
ISAAC - A computer system.[51]
Kree Sentry - A giant humanoid robot created by the Kree. This was Captain Marvel's first
opponent on Earth.[18]
Living Laser - A laser-themed supervillain.[37]
Lunatic Legion (Kree) - A group of Kree who held strict beliefs on racial purity and the
dominance of blue-skinned Kree.[78]
Mercurio the 4-D Man - An alien from the planet Gramos.[43]
Nitro - An explosive supervillain.[36]
Ronan the Accuser - A Kree accuser.[19]
Space Phantom - A race of aliens who work for Immortus.[27]
Super-Adaptoid - A robot that can copy the powers of anyone.[42]
Super-Skrull - A Skrull with the powers of the Fantastic Four.[79]
Supreme Intelligence - A collective of the greatest Kree minds in history.[19]
Thanos - A villain from Titan.[9]
Yon-Rogg - A Kree commander.[18]

Other versions
The Ultimate Marvel miniseries Ultimate Secret features a version of the character called Mahr Vehl,
who aids Earth's heroes against the threat of Gah Lak Tus.[80]

In the Earth X miniseries, Mar-Vell is reincarnated as the child of synthetic beings Him (Adam Warlock)
and Her.[81]

In The Thanos Imperative, the main antagonist is Lord Mar-Vell, an evil being from the "Cancerverse", a
monstrous universe in which nothing can die. As such, all life has become cancerous undying beings,
desperate to find a new universe to infect. He is the leader of the Revengers who worships the entities
known as the Many-Angled Ones.[82]

In Warren Ellis's Ruins, reporter Phil Sheldon travels across a version of the Marvel Universe where
everything went wrong. In Nevada, he visits America's Kree Concentration Camp, placed deliberately at
the site of America's early nuclear projects resulting in all the Kree developing cancer from the radiation.
Sheldon interviews Mar-Vell, who was aboard the Kree spaceships that were sent to "liberate" Earth.
Their cloaking arrays were deactivated when reacting to the radiation emitting from the mutilated corpse
of the Silver Surfer, and as a result were exposed to the Earth. Working in unison, the Earth governments
bombarded the ships with nuclear missiles killing nine-tenths of all Kree aboard the ships, the survivors
of which were locked in the Nevada camp. The few children born alive at the camp are not told of their
elder's failures. Mar-Vell, who had previously argued against the invasion, now regards humans with
complete and utter hatred, calling them "retarded little pink monkeys", and has now lost all respect from
his fellow species for standing for earth's self-determination.[83]
In Marvel Mangaverse Mar-Vell is the Kree guardian of Earth. He married a human wrestler named Ms.
Marvel. They had a son who became the Marvel Mangaverse version of Captain Marvel. Mar-Vell dies
sometime prior to the comic.

Reception
Captain Marvel was ranked 24th in IGN's list of "The Top 50 Avengers".[1]

In other media

Television
Captain Marvel appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Ty Burrell.[84] In the
two-part episode "Another Order of Evil", he is established as Ms. Marvel's boyfriend.

Mar-Vell appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Roger Craig
Smith.[84] He is seen in the episodes "459", "Welcome to the Kree Empire", "Assault on 42",
"Operation: Galactic Storm" and "Live Kree or Die". This version is a xenobiologist who
comes to Earth to investigate a genetic anomaly, pretending to be a human named Philip
Lawson but became intrigued by humanity, and fell in love with Carol Danvers. When a
Kree robot comes to evaluate Earth's threat to the Kree, he sacrifices his false identity to
save Carol, the Wasp and Ant-Man, and in doing so accidentally imprints some Kree
powers to Carol. After he and the Avengers neutralize the Supreme Intelligence, Mar-Vell
becomes the new leader of the Kree.

Film
A re-imagined version of Mar-Vell portrayed by Annette Bening appears in Captain Marvel
(2019).[85] A Kree scientist who rejected her species' war with the Skrulls, Mar-Vell fled to
Earth in the 1980s and adopted the alias of Dr. Wendy Lawson, a physicist at Project
Pegasus. Using the Tesseract, she sought to develop an experimental engine that would
have allowed the Skrulls to settle beyond the reach of the Kree Empire. She is killed by Yon-
Rogg, though she is able to instruct Carol Danvers to destroy the engine before Yon-Rogg
is able to seize the device.

Video games
Captain Marvel was a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.[86]
Captain Marvel is a playable character in the PSP version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance,
voiced by Roger Rose.[84]
Mar-Vell was playable as an enhanced costume for the Ms. Marvel character in Marvel
Heroes, voiced by Josh Keaton.[84]

Collected editions
Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel:
Volume 1 collects Marvel Super-Heroes #12–13, Captain Marvel #1–9, and Not Brand
Echh #9, 230 pages, September 2005, ISBN 978-0785118213
 Volume 2 collects Captain Marvel #10–21, 272 pages, August 2007, ISBN 978-
0785124306
Volume 3 collects Captain Marvel #22–33 and Iron Man #55, 288 pages, April 2008,
ISBN 978-0785130154
Volume 4 collects Captain Marvel #34–46, 248 pages, January 2012, ISBN 978-
0785158776
Volume 5 collects Captain Marvel #47-57, Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Two-In-One
Annual #2, 288 pages, July 2014, ISBN 978-0785188926
Volume 6 collects Captain Marvel #58-62, Marvel Spotlight #1-4, 8, Marvel Super-
Heroes #3, Marvel Graphic Novel #1, and material from Logan's Run #6, 296 pages,
May 2016, ISBN 978-0785199946
Essential Captain Marvel:
Volume 1 collects Marvel Super-Heroes #12–13, Captain Marvel #1–21, and Not Brand
Echh #9, 512 pages, July 2008, ISBN 978-0785130598
Volume 2 collects Captain Marvel #22–46, Iron Man #55, Marvel Feature #12, 520
pages, December 2010, ISBN 978-0785145363
The Life of Captain Marvel collects Iron Man #55, Captain Marvel #25–34, and Marvel
Feature #12, 256 pages, October 1991, ISBN 978-0871356352
The Life and Death of Captain Marvel collects Iron Man #55, Captain Marvel #25–34,
Marvel Feature #12, and Marvel Graphic Novel #1, 304 pages, June 2002, ISBN 978-
0785108375
The Death of Captain Marvel collects Captain Marvel #34, Marvel Spotlight #1–2 and
Marvel Graphic Novel #1, 128 pages, June 2010, ISBN 978-0785146278
Avengers vs. Thanos collects Iron-Man #55, Captain Marvel #25-33, Marvel Feature #12,
Daredevil #105-107, Avengers #125, Warlock #9-11, 15, Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Two-
In-One Annual #2, and material from Logan's Run #6, 472 pages, March 2013, ISBN 978-
0785168508
Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection collects Iron-Man #55, Captain
Marvel #25-34, Marvel Feature #12, Marvel Graphic Novel #1 and material from Daredevil
#105 and Life of Captain Marvel #1-5, 352 page, December 2016, ISBN 978-1302900175

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