Mar-Vell, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Binary and Warbird Appreciation 2020

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Happy 2020 everyone!

Commencing with the following anniversaries;

Captain Marvel 1995, 25th anniversary

Captain Marvel #1 first limited series of the son of Mar-Vell

Captain Marvel 2000, 20th anniversary

Captain Marvel #1 first ongoing series of the son of Mar-Vell

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In this case:
“What if instead of DC picking up the rights to Fawcett’s Captain Marvel,

it had been Marvel Comics that had made that call?”

[K7P5V]

In this case:
“What if instead of DC picking up the rights to Fawcett’s Captain Marvel,

it had been Marvel Comics that had made that call?”

Awesome! It would be so interesting to see the SHAZAM!/Marvel Family interacting with the greater populace of the Marvel Universe.

OP supposes that Marvel picked up Shazam! (Billy/Cap Marvel) instead of DC. So yes, these would all be under Marvel. Hmm, if that were the case, would we ever have has so many "Captain Marvels"?

Very profound, Phoenixx9. It would be quite sad if we never got the chance to witness either Starlin's Mar-Vell or the creation of Drax & Thanos.

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Avengers #72 Jan 1970
"Did You Hear the One About Scorpio?" Guest-starring Captain Mar-Vell and Nick Fury.
Captain America calls a late night meeting at Avengers Mansion!
Three New York City officials have been kidnapped in recent days by Scorpio!
And the disappearances are connected somehow to SHIELD and Nick Fury!
Rick Jones tries to provide some answers at the meeting,



but in stunning fashion Scorpio cuts down Rick and the Avengers with one powerful blast from the zodiac key!
After the quintet of avengers are taken to Scorpio's hideaway, they come face-to-face with the twelve houses of the Zodiac!
And shortly thereafter the no-holds-barred battle begins! The Avengers vs. the Zodiac!
Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes defeat the celestial super-villains? Perhaps the stars will be aligned for victory!

First appearances of the Zodiac, Libra and Taurus (aka Cornelius Van Lunt).
Cameo appearance by Dum Dum Dugan. Flashback cameo by Jake Fury.
Avengers Lineup: Captain America, Goliath, Vision, Yellowjacket and the Wasp.
NOTES: Elements of the story from Nick Fury Agent of Shield 15 continue in this issue.
The Avengers battle the Zodiac again in Avengers 120.
The letters page includes a letter from comics artist Keith Pollard.

Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Sal Buscema. Inks by Sam Grainger.

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Captain Marvel #36 Jan 1975
"Watching and Waiting"
Mar-Vell is back on Earth! Why has he returned?


Al Milgrom missed the deadline for this book so they ran
a reprint of Marvel Super-Heroes #12 "The Coming of Captain Marvel".
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...=1#post3280177
They incorporated it into the story so that it is the Watcher viewing the story.

A short introduction and recap of recent events


which will lead to Mar-Vell's confrontation with the Watcher next issue.

Script by Steve Englehart, art by Jim Starlin, Alan Weiss and others.

[MadFacedKid]

I prefer the cosmic take for Captain Marvel then the magical Superman/DemiGod with wizard take. Though I do think Shazam is so much more then just a magical Superman. I just wouldn’t care to see the cosmic and magic thing intertwine in story too much

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Marvel Spotlight #4 Jan 1980
"Shadow Doom!"
Captain Mar-Vell is attacked by his own shadow
and transported to another dimension by a man named Dr. Lyman Shaw,

who turns out to be the Primus of a society besieged by the evil Soul Masters.
Mar-Vell agrees to train the group and leads an assault on the Citadel of the Soul Masters.
Mar-Vell and Primus emerge victorious, but at a high cost as their ranks are decimated
and the mate of Primus has her soul stolen during the attack.
Primus is dealt a mortal blow in the final conflict with the Soul Masters,

but manages to return Mar-Vell to Earth,

his last act before facing oblivion alongside his people.

Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by Steve Ditko.

[K7P5V]

Let's hope someday soon, Genis-Vell returns to reclaim his title as Captain Marvel.

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Looking At The Evolution of Ms Marvel's character https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hObLuyL3Im0

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CM 2 is in the works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHN7S88BGc

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #9 Jan 1985
"Assault on Galactus!"
The battle-wounded Colossus exits the rustic building he is healing inside to see Galactus starting up his machine to devour the planet.
He re-enters the building to tend to the unconscious Zsaji. He tells her he loves her and goes out to help stop Galactus.
Meanwhile, the X-Men and Magneto try to attack Galactus. An energy ball appears and blocks them from continuing up the mountain.

In the village, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel and Wasp watch the X-Men try to battle it when
suddenly a large blast on the mountain makes them think the X-Men have been defeated.

At Doombase, the remaining heroes try to return to the battle that is going on on the mountainside.
They take a ship from the base and begin to travel to the battle.

Hulk is distraught over his new "intelligence" of Bruce Banner's mind in his body.
Ben Grimm suddenly regains his powers as the Thing.
Iron Man ponders what Spider-Woman's true intentions are.
Spider-Man meanwhile, is glad to have his webs back since he has donned the new "black costume".
Mister Fantastic thinks of a reason as to why they are all there in the first place.
They reach the mountain and are hit by Galactus' beams.
They crash into Colossus, who braces their ship from impact.

The heroes exit the ship and begin their fight to reach Galactus.
As they get closer, Mister Fantastic realizes a meaning to this conflict and tells the heroes NOT to stop Galactus.
He says the only way to stop Galactus is to let him win.
In doing this the Beyonder will grant him his wish of freedom from his planet-consumption hunger.
As they all agree to stop fighting, Reed suddenly vanishes along with Galactus and the construct Galactus built.
Reed appears on Galactus' homeworld which is housed in his spaceship in space.
There Galactus shows Reed a vision of his pregnant wife and their child, Franklin.
Then Galactus tells Reed to listen to what he is about to tell him.

Inside the containment unit in the Doombase, Doctor Doom determines that he needs to get to Galactus' homeworld and he breaks free of his cell.
He ignores the pleas of the other villains who are still trapped and releases only one other, Klaw.

On the mountainside, Colossus frees the trapped X-Men from beneath some rubble.
They all journey into the village and Colossus realizes Zsaji is awake and runs not to him, but to Human Torch.
While they are all discussing what to do, Mister Fantastic reappears in the village.
He says Galactus told him that Reed was a "Champion of Life". This emboldens him not to fight Galactus. The Avengers decide otherwise.
Galactus reappears on the mountain and turns on the machine again. The Avengers then head back toward the mountain.
Doctor Doom watches the battle from inside the Doombase where he cuts up Klaw into tiny disc-shaped lenses.

The battle continues and Mister Fantastic realizes he must stop Galactus to be able to see his baby born.
He tells the heroes to stop Galactus from leaving and they cannot.
He flies off to his homeworld where he begins to devour it and creates a huge energy field.
Doom sees this as his opportunity to "steal" the energy of that homeworld by using the Klaw-discs as a siphon...

Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty.

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MCU Infinity Saga Deleted Scenes Images Leak 0:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Y6-QhE8lc

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Watch Carol Danvers Fight the Real Supreme Intelligence https://comicbook.com/marvel/2020/02...eleted-scene-/

[Adam-X]

The best version of Carol was Binary. Hands down. No contest.
And this coming from someone who loved her in the (original) Avengers comic and collected her Ms. Marvel run (the original) back when it came out.
I just thought Binary was such a great up in power and appearance for her.

And I enjoyed Genis-Vell (because his series had Adam-X, check mark!) but also because of the development he got in Avengers Forever then in Thunderbolts.

Right up to his demise. -sigh-

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In this case:
“What if instead of DC picking up the rights to Fawcett’s Captain Marvel,

it had been Marvel Comics that had made that call?”

Awesome! It would be so interesting to see the SHAZAM!/Marvel Family interacting with the greater populace of the Marvel Universe.

It is a possibility since The Marvel Family exists in the Marvel Multiverse..