CAPTAIN MARVEL #19 (1969) 6.0 FN Last Issue of Vol. 1 • Roy Thomas & Gil Kane

Item Specifics

Series Name

CAPTAIN MARVEL

Issue Number

19

Publisher

Marvel

Main Character

Captain Marvel

Genre

Superhero

Grade

6.0 FN

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

Captain Marvel #19 (1969) Marvel Comics' publication of the title CAPTAIN MARVEL hit quite a few roadblocks on the way to the printers, after DC Comics acquired the rights to the original Fawcett character Capt. Marvel and sued to prevent him from appearing in their rival's comics. But MARVEL prevailed with a totally different take on the character, and the stage was cleared for his 58-issue run at 'The House of Ideas'! Here is the last issue before the title went on a two-year hiatus!

Roy Thomas scripted, and Gil Kane illustrated this issue (and also, according to MARVEL files, Kane contributed the basic plot to Thomas) Together they had set up the longest-lasting iteration of the character out of nearly half a dozen different identities! Here in issue #19, in the story, "Mad Master of the Murder Maze", (continued from last issue) Rick Jones, having survived the blast that killed Yon-Rogg, awakens and switches to CAPTAIN MARVEL so that MAR-VELL can take them the distance to New York City. There, Rick begins looking for a job and a place to live. After countless rejects, Rick is offered a job and residence in the high tech building called Minos Towers.

Minos Towers is run by famous a pathologist made popular by testing the psychology of rats, and has offered employment and cheap lodging for those who wish to work with him. However, Rick and MAR-VELL soon learn that Webb is using the tenants of Minos Towers as part of his nexy psychological experiment.

MAR-VELL confronts Webb on his own, but during the final battle, one of Rick's neighbors, Holocaust survivor Mr. Weiss -- sickened of the display and its reminders of his time in Auschwitz -- attacks Webb, knocking both men into the control panel, causing it to explode and kill both men. His life fading, Webb is shocked to realize that one man -- one that he personalized into a simple number -- could sacrifice himself for others, which went contrary to everything he believed about human behavior.

This is a nice solid copy of a 52-year old title, with strong bindings, supple pages, glossy covers and no apparent defects or blemishes. There are no ragged edges, just mildly worn corners - and the general wear from being read and enjoyed!. We're grading it at a 6.0 FN , and we're going to beat Overstreet's valuation of $10 and offer it to you for just $8 making it the least expensive CAPTAIN MARVEL #19 on HipComic! And paired with our always-L•O•W shipping, it absolutely can't be beat!!

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