Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel 1 [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Stan Lee (Author), Roy Thomas (Author), Arnold Drake (Author), Gene Colan (Illustrator), Don Heck (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 21, 2005

There's no question we're back and better than ever, so brace yourself for the fabulous 50th Masterworks volume featuring a brand new Silver Age success story-Captain Marvel! That's right, True Believers, the space-born super hero is coming at you with scintillating science fiction in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Crafted by the titanic talents of Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gene Colan with a hearty helping from inheritors Arnold Drake and Don Heck, you're going to need your breathing potion to keep up with the Kree Captain! Branded a traitor by the vicious Colonel Yon-Rogg of the Kree for defending the people of Earth, Captain Mar-Vell assumes the human identity of Walter Lawson and becomes the planet's protector against an awesome array of interstellar baddies! Prepare to batten down the hatches for battles with the massive Sentry #459, the savage Super-Skrull, Prince Namor of Atlantis himself and Quasimodo the Living Computer! While you're at it don't forget to grab some tissues for the heartbroken Medic Una as the good Captain falls for Avenger-to-be Carol Danvers in her first-ever appearance!Here's to another 50 volumes of Masterworks magic!Collecting MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #12, 13 and CAPTAIN MARVEL (Vol. 1) #1-9.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises (September 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785118217
• ISBN-13: 978-0785118213
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Captin Marvel Lovers, June 14, 2006

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Evangalion 704 "OrionH704" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel 1 (Hardcover)

If you like the character Captain Marvel, then this book is a must. This is a good way to get a good feel for Captain Marvel before diving into the Death of Captain Marvel. This book shows us the early strugles he had balancing his loyalty to his alien race and a growing fondness for the people of earth.

3.0 out of 5 stars Marvel, bring Mar-Vell out in paperback!, March 20, 2011

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Mactavish - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel 1 (Hardcover)

I always loved Marvel's Captain Marvel, especially in his green uniform days. The highlights of this collection would be MSH #13 & #14, and Captain Marvel #1 (which are rare or expensive). Gene Colan stayed on the title through #4 (& then was replaced w/ varying degrees of success by Don Heck & Dick Ayers). Though Vince Colletta was not Colan's best inker, in 1967/68, Gene's work was strong & definite enough that most of what he did looked good. Arnold Drake could not compare in writing w/ Stan Lee or Roy Thomas. The character went through many changes in powers, mission, foes & continuity from issue to issue is a little weak. This was Marvel's 1st out-&-out Sci-Fi character (just before Silver Surfer got a title), so you can see them weaving back & forth btwn space opera & earth-based melodrama. The prices for this hardcover are absurd. Marvel, please bring out Captain Marvel volume 1 in paperback!!!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the first Captain Marvel but the best., July 10, 2008

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Hudson (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel 1 (Hardcover)

Here in the 50th edition of the Marvel Masterwork series we find Captain Mar Vell arriving on Earth in order to assess the Earth's defenses agianst a possible future attack by the star spanning Kree empire. Once on Earth it's not long before Mar Vell aquires the moniker of "hero" after defeating the massive Sentry who was thought disabled by the Fantastic Four. Mar Vell's loyalty is then tested to the full. How can he save the Earthlings from the likes of Super Skrull, Quasimodo the Living Computer and Prince Namor and still keep his Kree superiors believing he is acting on their behalf? Can one man be both "hero" and "destroyer" at the same time?
It's wonderful to see Captain Marvel get the Masterwork treatment in this glossy hardback. Here's a book from the Silver Age of Marvel that is gold in quality. Buy it now........