{"id":4157,"date":"2006-12-20T06:09:20","date_gmt":"2006-12-20T11:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=4157"},"modified":"2023-09-13T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T03:41:00","slug":"captain-marvel-addendum-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2006\/12\/captain-marvel-addendum-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Marvel addendum, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in our new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/ml15_marv.php\">Captain Marvel<\/a> review, Marv was created and published solely to secure Marvel Comics' trademark on the name \"Captain Marvel.\" Neither Fawcett nor DC Comics had published a book called <i>Captain Marvel<\/i> for several years, so Marvel Comics jumped on it as soon as they could:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marv debuted in December, <b>1967<\/b>, in <i>Marvel Superheroes<\/i> #12. This established the character, and tested the waters - if DC was going to complain, this was their chance.<\/li>\n<li>With (apparently) no one stopping them, Marvel gave Mar-Vell his own book in the first half of <b>1968<\/b>. It never topped the sales charts, but it did manage to last until May of <b>1979<\/b> and gave us a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/mlwm_mm.php\">spin-off character<\/a>. The book was really limping along at the end, shipping only bi-monthly, at best. But DC had tried to revive Shazam by then, so Marvel kept the book going as long as they could.<\/li>\n<li>After stints in both the Defenders and the Avengers, Mar-Vell was featured in Marvel Comics' first original graphic novel, <i>The Death of Captain Marvel<\/i> in <b>1982<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>In <b>1985<\/b> there was a miniseries, <i>The Life of Captain Marvel<\/i>. It was mostly reprints, but it kept the trademark alive.<\/li>\n<li>Another \"Captain Marvel\" had been introduced in '82: Monica Rambeau, currently known as <i>Nextwave<\/i>'s Pulsar. In <b>1989<\/b>, she had her own one-shot, with the \"Captain Marvel\" name right across the top.<\/li>\n<li>Still using the Captain Marvel name, Monica had another one-shot in <b>1994<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>During 1993, Marvel introduced a new character in each title's Annual. \"Legacy,\" the son of Mar-Vell, debuted in <i>Silver Surfer<\/i> Annual #6. By <b>1995<\/b>, Genis-Vell had adopted his father's old codename, and had a short-lived ongoing series.<\/li>\n<li>Feeling the pinch, <b>1997<\/b> saw an <i>Untold Tale of Captain Marvel<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Genis was back in <b>2000<\/b> in a series written by Peter David. That one lasted, in one form or another, until <b>2004<\/b>. Genis eventually took the name Photon and started showing up in <i>Thunderbolts<\/i>, while his sister Phyla-Vell became the fourth Captain Marvel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So it's now been about three years since Marvel published a <i>Captain Marvel<\/i> title - that means they're almost due for a new one. Joe Quesada has said the new Captain Marvel is already kicking around the MU, but nobody's noticed yet. Whoever eventually comes down with the name, you should expect to see a comic with the title sometime in the near future - the biggest gap to date has been five years. Gotta protect those rights, after all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Minimate Mini-Review #266 - Half-Masked Spider-Man &#038; Agent Coulson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/minimate-mini-review-266-half-masked-spider-man-agent-coulson\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Minimate Mini-Review #266 - Half-Masked Spider-Man &#038; Agent Coulson<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #63\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-63\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #63<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Minimate Mini-Review #70 - Armored Daredevil &#038; Moon Knight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/minimate-mini-review-70-armored-daredevil-moon-knight\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Minimate Mini-Review #70 - Armored Daredevil &#038; Moon Knight<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Fabian Cortez addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/fabian-cortez-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fabian Cortez addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"\"Secret Wars: Carol Corps\" #1 variant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/secret-wars-carol-corps-1-variant\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"Secret Wars: Carol Corps\" #1 variant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in our new Captain Marvel review, Marv was created and published solely to secure Marvel Comics' trademark on the name \"Captain Marvel.\" Neither Fawcett nor DC Comics had published a book called Captain Marvel for several years, so &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2006\/12\/captain-marvel-addendum-part-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,37,25,11],"tags":[131,321],"class_list":["post-4157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-lists","category-marvel","category-toybiz","tag-avengers","tag-captain-marvel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4157\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}