![]() In the company’s first-ever large-format graphic novel, 1982’s The Death of Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell succumbs to cancer, unable to be cured despite the combined resources of every Marvel scientist around him. In fact, Starlin’s biggest influence on Captain Marvel was to kill him. Marvel’s master of cosmic storytelling (and creator of Mar-Vell’s arch-enemy, Thanos) Jim Starlin later took the reins of the character and turned him into a protector of the entire galaxy, but audiences remained ambivalent throughout the 1970s. During this overhaul, Mar-Vell’s uniform switched from a Kree white and green one to the familiar red, blue, and yellow incarnation. ![]() A revamp of the character saw him linked to Rick Jones (of Incredible Hulk fame), and the two swapped places whenever the Nega Bands they wore were slammed together, with one occupying our world and the other trapped in the negative zone. ![]() Created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, Mar-Vell was an officer in the Kree military sent to observe and influence events on Earth to benefit the Kree – at least until he betrays his superiors and declares himself protector of humanity.
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