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Captain Mar-Vell
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 penciller, artist Gene Colan, the character first appeared in ''Marvel Super-Heroes (comics), Marvel Super-Heroes'' #12 (December 1967). He is the first character to use the moniker Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Captain Marvel in the Marvel Universe. 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 The Death of Captain Marvel, his death in 1982, which has since Comic book death, remained largely permanent within mainstream continuity and most other media, with Carol Danvers (the former Ms. Marvel) becoming the primarily featured Captain Marvel in the modern age. Publication history From 1940 to 1953, Fawcett Comics published comics featuring their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Cockrum
David Emmett Cockrum (; November 11, 1943 – November 26, 2006) was an American comics artist known for his co-creation of the new X-Men characters Nightcrawler (character), Nightcrawler, Storm (Marvel Comics), Storm, Colossus (character), Colossus, and Mystique (character), Mystique, as well as the antiheroine Black Cat (Marvel Comics), Black Cat. Cockrum was a prolific and inventive costume designer who updated the uniforms of the Legion of Super-Heroes and the X-Men in the 1970s and early 1980s. Early life Cockrum was born on November 11, 1943, in Pendleton, Oregon. His father was a Lieutenant colonel (United States), lieutenant colonel of the United States Air Force, resulting in the Cockrums frequently transporting their household from one city to another for years. Cockrum discovered comic books at a young age; an early favorite was Fawcett Comics, Fawcett's ''Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel'', especially Mac Raboy's Captain Marvel Jr. Other artists whose work th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |