The Death Of Captain Marvel
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slight worn edges and corners.
In one of the most poignant and groundbreaking stories in comic book history, The Death of Captain Marvel presents the Kree warrior Mar-Vell not in battle against some cosmic supervillain, but facing a far more human and devastating enemy: cancer. Jim Starlin's 1982 Marvel Graphic Novel — the very first in the publisher's prestige format series — chronicles the final days of a beloved hero as the greatest champions of the Marvel Universe, from the Avengers to the Fantastic Four, gather not to fight alongside him, but simply to say goodbye. Starlin, who had defined Captain Marvel's cosmic identity throughout the 1970s, here crafts a deeply intimate meditation on mortality, legacy, and the courage it takes to face an inevitable end with dignity. The work shattered superhero conventions by refusing to offer a last-minute rescue or miraculous cure, forcing both characters and readers to confront loss on profoundly personal terms. Its literary and emotional weight earned it a place as a seminal text in the medium's maturation, sitting alongside works that proved comics could carry the full gravity of the human condition. For anyone who believes sequential art is capable of genuine tragedy, this is essential reading.
Author: Jim Starlin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982, Marvel
Genre: Graphic novels
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slight worn edges and corners.
In one of the most poignant and groundbreaking stories in comic book history, The Death of Captain Marvel presents the Kree warrior Mar-Vell not in battle against some cosmic supervillain, but facing a far more human and devastating enemy: cancer. Jim Starlin's 1982 Marvel Graphic Novel — the very first in the publisher's prestige format series — chronicles the final days of a beloved hero as the greatest champions of the Marvel Universe, from the Avengers to the Fantastic Four, gather not to fight alongside him, but simply to say goodbye. Starlin, who had defined Captain Marvel's cosmic identity throughout the 1970s, here crafts a deeply intimate meditation on mortality, legacy, and the courage it takes to face an inevitable end with dignity. The work shattered superhero conventions by refusing to offer a last-minute rescue or miraculous cure, forcing both characters and readers to confront loss on profoundly personal terms. Its literary and emotional weight earned it a place as a seminal text in the medium's maturation, sitting alongside works that proved comics could carry the full gravity of the human condition. For anyone who believes sequential art is capable of genuine tragedy, this is essential reading.