Carol Danvers has been one of the most popular superheroes for many years, being a legendary female protagonist who’s one of ...

Marvel Comics has introduced hundreds of different heroes over the years, and many have never gotten a solo series, despite ...

Having fought an epic battle with the Skrulls, Mar-Vell ultimately succumbed to cancer. Here’s the lowdown on his emotional journey and how it all went down. If you caught the 2019 Captain ...

The son of the original Captain Marvel Mar-Vell recently returned from his 2006 death in writer Kelly Thompson's ' The Last of the Marvels ' storyline in the ongoing Captain Marvel series.

One of Marvel's last Silver Age heroes (created in 1967), Mar-Vell died of cancer in the 1982 original graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel by Thanos creator Jim Starlin.

Thanos would not approve. There is something in the air regarding the return of Captain Mar-Vell, Magus, Warlock and all manner of cosmic stuff from the Jim Starlin side of the Marvel Universe.

Marvel Comic’s cosmic super heroine’s $1 billion blockbuster debut flies to ultra-high definition infused home theaters in Captain Marvel: Cinematic Universe Edition (Walt Disney Studios Home ...

He was already the inspiration behind her Ms. Marvel persona. Carol also took the Captain Marvel name as a tribute to Mar-Vell. Even the rebooted origin hasn’t completely severed their connection.

After Mar-Vell, various other cosmic characters had ended up using the Captain Marvel name, and they were followed in 2012 by Carol Danvers, who had existed in Marvel comics since 1968 (gaining ...

Mar-Vell’s comic was eventually canceled in 1979 (Captain Marvel No. 62), and his comic book death (The Death of Captain Marvel) happened the same year as Monica’s emergence in 1982.

So, unusually for a major comic character, Mar-Vell died for real, from cancer, in Marvel Comics’ first-ever graphic novel, 1982’s “The Death of Captain Marvel,” written by Jim Starlin.

Captain Marvel genderbends Mar-Vell, giving the heroine an origin story where her heroic strength — universal that it is — comes from female source. And this gives it a leg up on Wonder Woman.