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#13,227: Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #12
"The Coming of Captain Marvel!"
Title: Marvel Super-Heroes (v1)
Editor-in-Chief: Stan Lee
Editor: Stan Lee
Writer: Stan Lee, Gene Colan
Artist: Gene Colan
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Cover Artist: Gene Colan
Letterer: Artie Simek
Cover Date: December 1967
Release Date: October 1967
Pages: 15
Cover Price: $0.25
Times Read: 1,557
Times Rated: 861
Plot Flags: Character Introduction
Universe: Earth-616
Issue Blurb
Mar-Vell is sent alone by the Kree to Earth in order to exact retribution on the planet for the destruction of a Kree Sentry and of Ronan the Accuser by the Fantastic Four.
Issue Notes
This is the start of this series in the mainstream continuum. Previous to this it was called Fantasy Masterpiece and featured stories from Marvel's golden age.

This issue also sees the introduction of the first Captain Marvel.
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rychetage Feb 12, 2026
7/10 Great intro of a pretty interesting character, with good background and motivations and different from what Stan and Marvel has presented so far. One of my favorite marvel characters, so i 'm thrilled to be able to read his first issues origin and evolution. It's true that the character...
bastos Jul 18, 2019
MARVEL-OUS OR PERHAPS MEH I gotta say, I have been looking forward to reading this comic for QUITE a while. I can remember being about ten years old and seeing the graphic novel Death of Captain Marvel, and all these heroes. I wondered, 'œwho in the world is this Captain Marvel guy that everyone...
RikerDonegal Nov 18, 2015
Very little happens, but the set-up is interesting. 5/10