My Captain Mar-Vell, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Binary and Warbird CELEBRATION!

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Marvel Super-Heroes #12 Dec 1967
Origin and first appearance of Captain Mar-Vell in "The Coming of Captain Marvel!"
A Kree Star Ship approaches Earth. Inside Colonel Yon-Rogg orders Captain Mar-Vell to don his battle suit and prepare for landing.
The Colonel instructs Medic Una to administer a breathing potion to Mar-Vell.
Una queries why the rest of the landing party are not to be given the potion and Mar-Vell reveals Yon-Rogg has ordered him to carry out the mission alone.
Una protests this is against standard practice but Mar-Vell tells his beloved that he is aware Yon-Rogg is trying to keep them apart as he too is in love with her.
Una feels Mar-Vell is being sent to his doom but he promises to return to her. Mar-Vell is told the potion will allow him to breathe on Earth for one hour when he removes his protective helmet.

The Kree ship arrives at the drop-off point and activates its Aura of Negativism, shielding it from human sight and sound.

After saying goodbye to a tearful Una, Mar-Vell uses his jet belt to fly away. Mar-Vell’s thoughts reveal that due to Earth’s lighter gravity compared to his Kree homeland,
wearing his battle suit will give him flexibility and power far greater than any humans. Mar-Vell discloses a Kree Sentry had been defeated on Earth recently,
as was Ronan The Accuser, therefore Mar-Vell is on a mission to exact revenge. He stumbles upon a missile base and fearing detection begins leaving the area.
Simultaneously a test missile is launched but veers off course so is destroyed in the air. At the base, engineers discover unexpected radiation caused the malfunction.
Mar-Vell is spotted by security and soldiers are sent to capture him. Not wishing to fight until he has gathered more information for his mission,
the Man of Kree uses his Universal Beam Blaster to project a black light over the area temporarily blinding the soldiers.

Reaching a distant highway, the space man changes his clothes and hitches a lift to the nearest town. Using the local currency he was provided for his mission,
Mar-Vell checks into a hotel room under the guise of C. Marvel. In his room the anti-hero thinks of Una when his left arm is suddenly paralyzed.
Yon-Rogg has immobilized Mar-Vell in order to use a transferal devise to attach a wrist monitor on his arm, allowing his every move to be tracked.

The monitor, which can only be removed by the Colonel, receives a transmission from the Kree Imperial Minister telling Mar-Vell he must succeed or die.
Mar-Vell realizes he alone now holds the fate of a planet in his hands!

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVMTReSUglw

[Dermie]

Both were later used in the Futurians, a creator owned title by Dave Cockrum, that premiered as a Marvel Graphic Novel and later had less than half a dozen issues published by another company (First Comics? I'm not sure).The insect woman was used exactly as you see her, the birdguy suffered some tweaking. It was actually quite good, IMHO.

Interesting. Thanks.

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Ms. Marvel #12 Dec 1977
The Warrior-- and the Witch-Queen!
Ms. Marvel battles Hecate and her Elementals: Magnun, Hellfire, and Hydron;

Asp Harper dies.


Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finished art), inks by Joe Sinnott

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Ms. Marvel #12 Dec 1977
The Warrior-- and the Witch-Queen!
Ms. Marvel battles Hecate and her Elementals: Magnun, Hellfire, and Hydron;

Asp Harper dies.


Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finished art), inks by Joe Sinnott

Next issue...Carol solves her split personality problem! :-p

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The following designs are to me GREAT because there is a mask, no red around the collar bone and no yellow stripes sprouting left and right out of the Binary star

To me the artist Dexter Soy rules! Design "B" is however the only one I am not enamored by

Out of these I really like the D. It has the star, the red, some blue, and it's the most clean besides the last one, but the last one looks super weird lol.

I find the last one kind of clever as it combines the red from the Ms. Marvel costume with the black & lightning bolt from the Warbird costume.

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Uncanny X-Men #164 Dec 1982
First appearance of BINARY in "Binary Star!" Part 3 of 6.
The good guys fight the sleazoids in a big space battle. Storm calls on some lightning to disable the Brood ships, but accidently destroys some of them.
She's upset since she knows the ships are living creatures (these look like "sharks" not the "whales" we've seen before).
During the battle, Carol completes the transformation initiated by the Brood's tests.

However, she doesn't transform into a Brood, instead she transforms into a new superbeing,

calling herself Binary. The spaceship got hit and Kitty had to go outside to fix it, but she is injured.

However, Kitty recovers rapidly and Nightcrawler realizes something wrong is going on with their bodies.
Meanwhile, Storm's losing touch with her elemental powers. Storm turns her senses inward, detects the egg growing inside her,
and takes off in a small spaceship. Wolverine finally has to tell everyone that they have eggs growing inside them. They're all freaked,

but Binary is especially pissed and flies off - punching a hole in the hull! The X-Men start to get sucked out of the spaceship....

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Dave Cockrum and Bob Wiacek.

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When the comicbook character Carol Danvers became Binary the writer Chris Claremont revealed the following;

"I wanted so badly to be an astronaut-- to explore space, discover new worlds, alien civilizations."

"Now suddenly, my dream's come true-- beyond my wildest expectation!"

Clearly, the comicbook character Carol Danvers is ecstatic about her transformation into Binary

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When the comicbook character Carol Danvers became Binary the writer Brian Reed revealed the following;

"They (Brood) took away my humanity. Twisted me into their plaything"

"The thing I called BINARY"

Clearly, the comicbook character Carol Danvers is upset about her transformation into Binary.

The writer Brian Reed was certainly not being very respectful towards what the writer Chris Claremont established.

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Unlike the writer Kurt Busiek who was very respectful towards what the writer Chris Claremont established;

"But for all i lost-- I gained something else." "Something wonderful"

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Avengers #286 Dec 1987
"The Fix is On!" Part 1 of 5.
After the epic encounter in Olympus, Earth's Mightiest Heroes enjoy rest and relaxation on Hydro-Base. And while they do, Doctor Druid takes time to eavesdrop on his teammates' whereabouts.

Is Doctor Druid's monitoring of his fellow avengers a warning sign of future trouble? In the meantime a call for help comes in from the heartland of America!
The Avengers plus Marrina fly to Ohio to check on the Mad Thinker's awesome android that has stood inactive for a long time.
However the big gray android is active now! And apparently working for the Fixer!

The Mad Thinker's featureless and pudgy creation has battled the Fantastic Four to a standstill in the past! How will the Avengers fare against the rambunctious robot?

Avengers Lineup: Black Knight, Captain Marvel, Doctor Druid, She-Hulk, and the Sub-Mariner.
Notes: The Mad Thinker's awesome android previously appeared in Captain America 311.
This issue began a difficult stretch for the Avengers series as many of the fan-favorite characters were either starring in the West Coast Avengers series or absent from the east coast lineup due to major events in their own titles.

Plot by Roger Stern. Script by Ralph Macchio https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.p...hio%20(comics). Art by John Buscema (breakdowns) and Tom Palmer (finishes).

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Avengers West Coast Annual #2 1987
"Death and Texas!" Guest-starring the Silver Surfer.
The East Coast and West Coast teams have gathered for their annual softball game. Suddenly the Silver Surfer (fresh off the events in Silver Surfer #2) arrives
with the warning that one of the Elders of the Universe plans to murder the Avengers. What follows is a contest of Champions.

It's the East Coast Avengers, Captain America, Thor, Wasp, She Hulk, Dr. Druid, Captain Marvel, and Black Knight, vs.

the West Coast Avengers, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Wonder Man, Tigra, Moon Knight, Mockingbird, and Hank Pym, and the heroes' very souls are the prize.

Story continues in Avengers Annual #16. NOTE: This story is also a continuation of the classic Marvel Super-Heroes Contest of Champions mini series.

Story by Steve Englehart. Art by Al Milgrom.

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Avengers Annual #16 1987
"The Day Death Died!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring the Silver Surfer.
Story continues from West Coast Avengers Annual 2. The Grandmaster stands revealed as the master manipulator of the Avengers!
The ancient elder of the universe has captured Death! And now forces Earth's Mightiest Heroes to play a most dangerous game! Five bombs have been scattered across the cosmos with the power to destroy the universe!
The Avengers have to find the bombs and disarm them before they explode! But the Grandmaster has stacked the deck in his favor by reviving deceased heroes and villains from days gone by!
When the fifteen avengers arrive at the bombs' various locations…so do the Grandmaster's long departed warriors! And all-time classic battles erupt: the Silver Surfer vs. Korvac,

She-Hulk vs. Drax the Destroyer, Hawkeye vs. the Swordsman,

Moon Knight vs. the Green Goblin,

Captain Marvel vs. Captain Mar-Vell and Iron Man vs. Terrax the Tamer! Wow! When the epic confrontations are over, only two avengers are left standing: Hawkeye and Captain America!
Do the star-spangled avenger and the ace archer have a puncher's chance against the awesome Grandmaster? Perhaps yes, but only if everything comes down to a simple game of chance!

Flashback cameos by the Collector, Korvac, Black Panther, Thing, Vanguard, and Wolverine to recap the events of Avengers 174 and the Contest of Champions Limited Series.
Avengers Lineup: Black Knight, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Doctor Druid, Hercules, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Mockingbird, Moon Knight, She-Hulk, Tigra, Thor, Wonder Man, Henry Pym, and the Wasp. (Note: The Grandmaster returns in Silver Surfer (2nd series) 4.)

Script by Tom DeFalco. Chapter 1 Art by Bob Hall (breakdowns) and Tom Palmer (finishes). Chapter 2 Art by John Romita, Jr. (breakdowns) and Bill Sienkiewicz (finishes).
Chapter 3 Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Al Williamson (finishes). Chapter 4 Art by Marshall Rogers (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finishes).
Chapter 5 Art by Jackson Guice (breakdowns) and Kevin Nowlan (finishes). Chapter 6 Art by Ron Frenz (breakdowns) and Bob Wiacek (finishes).

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Captain Marvel #5 Dec 2012
Carol lives every 99ers dream!

Toe-to-toe with some of best pilots in American history!

Also, Carol turned thief?!

(W) Kelly Sue DeConnick (A) Emma Rios

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Captain Marvel #6 Dec 2012
Guest appearance by the classic Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell!

And an All-New Captain Marvel?!

The shocking conclusion!

(W) Kelly Sue DeConnick. (A) Emma Rios, Alvaro Lopez.