Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)

Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel as depicted in Captain Marvel #54 (January 1978).
Art by Dave Cockrum (pencils), Terry Austin (inks), and Irene Vertanoff (colors).
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMarvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967)
Created byStan Lee
Gene Colan
In-story information
Full nameMar-Vell
SpeciesKree mutate
Team affiliationsDefenders[citation needed]
Avengers[1]
Legion of the Unliving
Notable aliasesDr. Walter Lawson
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability, reflexes, and endurance
  • Solar energy absorption, manipulation, and projection
  • Regenerative healing factor
  • Cosmic Awareness
  • Flight
  • Use of Nega-bands

Captain Marvel (real name: Mar-Vell; Earth alias Walter Lawson) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and designed by artist Gene Colan, the character first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967). He is the first character to use the moniker Captain Marvel in the Marvel Universe.[2]

The character debuted during the Silver Age of comic books and made many subsequent appearances, including a self-titled series and the second volume of the Marvel Spotlight series until his death in 1982, which has since remained largely permanent within mainstream continuity and most other media, with Carol Danvers becoming the primarily featured Captain Marvel in the modern age.[3]

  1. ^ "The Top 50 Avengers". IGN. April 30, 2012. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Blumberg, Arnold T. (April 6, 2019). "Know Your Captain Marvel from Your Captain Mar-Vell". IGN. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Michael Doran (August 27, 2021). "Is the original Captain Marvel being resurrected? Marvel is still making us guess". gamesradar. Retrieved October 8, 2022.