Witness the classic and tragic end of one of the greatest heroes of all time, Mar-Vell of the Kree, who became the Earth hero Captain Marvel! After dozens of battles on Earth and across space, and with the power of his Nega-bands and his all-knowing Cosmic Awareness, can Mar-Vell fare well in his battles with Nitro (the exploding villain who later sparked Marvel's super hero Civil War), the death-defying Stellarax, and the seemingly dead Thanos? Guest-starring Rick Jones, Drax the Destroyer, Starfox, and all your favorite Earth heroes!
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By Hench
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Not a fan of books which collect appearances (in case you don't know, this is NOT just the Death of Captain Marvel but simply a collection of appearances throughout the Marvel Universe ending with his death). I find that these type of books are less enjoyable reads as they jump from stories with sometimes no real connection. Think of it as a sample of Captain Marvel.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There's a tendency to dismiss the comic book industry as being hopelessly juvenile with an infantile addiction to graphic violence and adolescent sexual imagery. Unfortunately, in some cases, this is a correct assessment. But then there are the other, too often ignored comics that transcend such self-imposed limitations. The Death of Captain Marvel is one such example.
Originally published in 1982, this was the first of Marvel's graphic novels and it has been said, quite correctly, that it revolutionized an industry that had started to grow fatally stagnant. Just as the title says, Jim Starlin's wonderfully written and illustrated novel details the last days of Marvel mainstay Capt. Marr-Vell (an alien better known as Capt. Marvel in one of those delightful comic book coincidences). After years of battling various cosmic foes of all size and evil, Marvel finds himself felled by that most human and realistic of diseases. He had cancer and a great deal of this graphic novel examines how his super powered friends react to the death of one of their own from a disease that could have afflicted any of them. Though Starlin allows for a bit of the expected super heroic melodrama, overall the Death of Captain Marvel is distinguished by a quiet, contemplative mood as Marvel deals with his impending death. In the end, its rather touching and truly thought provoking.
The term graphic novel is one that gets mocked. It sometimes seems to reek of fanboy pretension. The Death of Captain Marvel reminds us of what a graphic novel was originally supposed to be. A comic book, yes, but a comic book for adults -- a comic book that eschewed the melodrama and absurdities of a monthly title and instead used the format to say something truly special. The Death of Captain Marvel more than lives up to that promise.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
AS AN AVID COMC BOOK FAN SINCE THE AGE OF TWO, I REALLY KNOW COMICS AND SUPERHEROES. YOU EXPECT COMIC BOOK HEROES TO LIVE FOREVER, AFTER ALL-THEY'RE COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS!!!! BUT TRUST ME, THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THIS BOOK. IT GRIPES YOU FROM THE FIRST FEW PAGES AND MAKES THE READER REFLECT ON THEIR OWN MORTALITY. IT HAS SUBSTANCE AND AFTER AWHILE YOU FORGET YOU'RE EVEN READING A COMIC BOOK!!!! I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO READS, NO MATTER YOU AGE OR RACE. YOU WILL BE MOVED BY THIS BOOK.
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