Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's
Captain Marvel #12 (January 1969) by Arnold Drake, Dick Ayers, and Syd Shores. It's another wild one with
Mar-Vell returning to earth (and all the problems he'd left behind) and using his new
Zo-given powers to battle...the
Man-Slayer! Kind of a snoozer of a villain, but the behind-the-scenes villain might intrigue you--along with the behind-the-scenes guest appearance of
Madame Natasha--
The Black Widow! It's time! "The Moment of--The Man Slayer!"
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| Cover art by George Tuska and Sal Buscema with John Romita (we think) |
What happens to the
Widow? Who was the baddie behind
The Man-Slayer? You won't find out in the next ish of
CM--nope, you'll have to skip on over to the
Avengers #63 to find out! (Nope, Ol' Groove doesn't have that'un posted, sorry... but here's a small taste to help clear your wearied minds!)
If whoever drew Avengers 63 (John B?) drew that issue of Cpt Marvell, and the next several, we might still be reading a green Cot Marvell!
ReplyDeleteGene Colan art on the Avengers, CH! Mebbe that's why he left Marv's mag?
DeleteIt's gorgeous. If Gene had stayed on Marvell, who knows???
ReplyDeleteIf I just sent a comment "are you paid" please ignore Groove. Got mixed up messaging my son at college.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a sad state of affairs for CM at this point that the Avengers follow-up deserves more mention (And it was a superb issue. Beautiful Colan/Klein artwork) than this installment of our soon to be cosmic hero. At least the overpowering inks of Syd Shores strengthened Dick Ayers pencils and made this issue of CM bearable.
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