Marvel-ous Monday: "Traitors or Heroes?" by G. Friedrich, Springer, and Colletta

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! With Captain Marvel #13 (February 1969), Gary Friedrich took over the writing chores for a few issues, continuing Mar-Vell's ongoing battle with the robotic Man-Slayer. Frank Springer steps in as penciler for a couple issues, with Vinnie Colletta inking. In "Traitors or Heroes?" we also get a slug-out between Marv and Col. Yon-Rogg, and Carol Danvers gets a pretty big role--as a damsel-in-distress (it would be a while before she'd become a super-hero, herself, gang).

Marvel-ous Monday: "Rebirth!" by Drake, Ayers, and Colletta

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! If you thought Jim Starlin was the first to take Captain Mar-Vell on a trippy metamorphosis, you might wanna think again! In Captain Marvel #11 (December 1968), Arnold Drake, new penciler Dick Ayers, and Vinnie Colletta killed off Marv's true love, Una; had his arch-enemy Yon-Rogg send our Kree Captain on a faster-than-light rocket ride to seeming oblivion; then made slight costume alterations and created a new set of powers for Mar-Vell at the hands of the mysterious entity known as...Zo (Oz backwards--get it?). Not sayin' they did it better than Judo Jim (just can't beat Judo Jim!), but they dood it first! Prepare to meet "...a new Mar-Vell..." in..."Rebirth!"

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Herb Trimpe

Marvel-ous Monday: "Die, Traitor!" by Drake, Heck, and Colletta

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're gonna kick off the week with one of the wildest comics of the Groovy Age (or perhaps any age)! Captain Marvel #10 (November 1968) was written by Arnold Drake with art by Don Heck and Vinnie Colletta. It's actually a pretty good action story with lots of soap opera (and lots of Carol Danvers, for those of you keeping score). So what makes it so wild? Well, how many comics have you ever read that make you have to read the whole story just so you can  find out what's happening on the page one?

Cover art by Marie Severin and John Verpoorten