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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Series |
Marvel Super-Heroes |
| Published | March 1968 |
| Artist |
Gene Colan |
| Writer |
Roy Thomas |
Captain MarvelWhere Stalks The Sentry!This issue features the first appearance of Carol Danvers, who is destined to become the super-heroine known as Ms. Marvel.In his hotel room Mar-Vell finishes converting his Uni-Beam into a wrist blaster and heads back to the Kree Star Ship for a fresh supply of breathing potions. The hotel clerk is suspicious as to why he is leaving in the middle of the night and about his strange metallic carry-all cylinder. Mar-Vell flies towards the approaching Kree ship using his jet belt but inside Yon-Rogg attempts to “accidentally” activate the ship’s laser beams, hoping to destroy his rival. Medic Una spots Yon-Rogg’s murderous action and shouts to the crew who react by restraining her. Yon-Rogg orders Una detained in her cabin and the guards take the weeping medic away, leaving the devious Colonel alone to carry out his plan. But as fate decrees, as Yon-Rogg fires the lasers a small private plane inadvertently swoops between the deadly beams and their intended target! The plane is destroyed and the ship departs leaving Mar-Vell stranded. The antihero goes to aid the destroyed plane and finds the dead pilot the only one on board. Finding the pilot’s identification, Mar-Vell discovers Walter Lawson was a missile and robotics expert who had just been reassigned to a nearby military base. Mar-Vell decides to alter Lawson’s ID and take his place in order to further his mission on Earth.On board the Kree ship, Una manages to secretly knock out the crew using sleeping gas and uses the transferal device to send Mar-Vell a new batch of breathing potions. Mar-Vell arrives at the missile base known as The Cape pretending to be Walt Lawson and the Kree soldier begins his new job on Earth. A week later, base Commander General Bridges asks Lawson to accompany him to a heavily guarded hangar where, to his shock, Mar-Vell discovers Kree Sentry #459 whose supposed destruction caused Mar-Vell’s mission on Earth. Head of Security Carol Danvers...