Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)

Captain Marvel
Mar-Vell on the cover of Captain Marvel #1 (May 1968). Art by Gene Colan.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Gene Colan (art)
Characters	Mar-Vell Monica Rambeau Genis-Vell Phyla-Vell Khn'nr Noh-Varr Carol Danvers
Captain Marvel
Series publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	List (vol 1) Monthly (1-19) and Bi-monthly (20-62) (vol 2-8, Mighty...) Monthly
Format	List (vol 1-4, 6-8, Mighty...) Ongoing series (vol 5) Limited series One-shot issues were also published in 1989 and 1994
Publication date	List (vol 1) May 1968 – May 1979 (1-shots) 1989 and 1994 (vol 2) December 1995 – May 1996 (vol 3) January 2000 – October 2002 (vol 4) November 2002 – September 2004 (vol 5) January – June 2008 (vol 6) September 2012 – November 2013 (vol 7) March 2014 — May 2015 (vol. 8) January – November 2016 Mighty Captain Marvel January 2017 – present
Number of issues	List (vol 1): 62 (vol 2): 6 (vol 3): 35 (vol 4): 25 (vol 5): 5 (vol 6): 17 (vol 7): 15 (vol 8): 10
Main character(s)	List (vol 1) Mar-Vell (1-shots) Monica Rambeau (vol 2-4) Genis-Vell (vol 5) Khn'nr (vol 6-8, Mighty...) Carol Danvers
Creative team
Writer(s)	List (vol 1) Arnold Drake Gary Friedrich Roy Thomas Marv Wolfman Mike Friedrich Jim Starlin Steve Englehart Gerry Conway Scott Edelman (vol 2) Fabian Nicieza (vol 3–4) Peter David (vol 5) Brian Reed (vol 6–7) Kelly Sue DeConnick (vol 8) Michele Fazekas Christos Gage & Ruth Gage (Mighty...) Margaret Stohl
Penciller(s)	List (vol 1) Don Heck Dick Ayers Frank Springer Gil Kane Wayne Boring Jim Starlin Al Milgrom Pat Broderick (vol 2) Ed Benes (vol 3–4) ChrisCross (vol 5) Lee Weeks (vol 6) Dexter Soy Filipe Andrade Scott Hepburn Patrick Olliffe (vol 7) David Lopez (vol 8) Kris Anka (Mighty...) Ramon Rosanas
Inker(s)	List (vol 1) Vince Colletta Dan Adkins Al Milgrom Terry Austin (vol 2) Mike Sellers (vol 3–4) (vol 5) Jesse Delperdang (vol 6) Dexter Soy Filipe Andrade (vol 7) David Lopez (vol 8) Kris Anka (Mighty...) Ramon Rosanas

Captain Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these versions exist in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.

Following a trial in which DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics for breach of copyright, claiming Fawcett's Captain Marvel was too similar to Superman, the latter stopped publishing Captain Marvel. In the late sixties Marvel gained the trademark "Captain Marvel" with their first series, forcing DC to call their Captain Marvel comic book Shazam! when they gained the rights to publish the vintage hero starting in the early 1970s.

To retain their trademark, Marvel has had to publish a Captain Marvel title every year or two since, leading to a number of ongoing series, limited series, and one-shots featuring a range of characters using the Captain Marvel alias.

The first Captain Marvel was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967). This character is an alien military officer, Captain Mar-Vell of the Kree Imperial Militia, who is sent to observe the planet Earth as it is developing technology to travel into space. Mar-Vell eventually wearies of his superiors' malign intent and allies himself with Earth, and the Kree Empire brands him a traitor. From then on, Mar-Vell fights to protect Earth from all threats.

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