The Man who calls himself Captain Marvel saved my life earlier tonight -- and I take my heroes very seriously! 
Appearing in "From the Ashes of Defeat!"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Super-Skrull (Kl'rt) ⏵ (Impersonates Doctor Lawson)
Other Characters:
- Princess Anelle (Mentioned)
- Sentry 459 (Only in recap)
- USAF (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ General William Bridges ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- Unnamed soldiers
- Fantastic Four (Referenced)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Mentioned)
- Kree Empire
- Supreme Intelligence (Mentioned)
- Zarek
- Kree Soldiers
- Doctor Lawson (Mentioned) (Only in recap)
Races and Species:
- Kree (Main story and recap)
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Skrulls
- Kree Sentries (Only in recap)
- Human-Kree Hybrids (Main story and recap)
Locations:
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Space Sector X3-Y (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States (Main story and recap)
- Florida (Main story and recap)
- The Cape (Main story and recap)
- Kennedy Space Center (Main story and recap)
- The Cape (Main story and recap)
- Florida (Main story and recap)
- United States (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Earth Orbit
- Space Sector X3-Y (Main story and recap)
- Kree Galaxy
- Heaven (Invoked)
Items:
- Kree Militia Uniforms (Main story and recap)
- Uni-Band (Main story and recap)
- Psycho-Probe (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Helion (Name revealed)
Synopsis for "From the Ashes of Defeat!"
Continued from last issue... Captain Marvel is now the prisoner of the Super-Skrull, who takes Mar-Vell aboard his ship in order to probe his mind and learn why the Kree are so interested in the planet Earth. In doing so he learns about Mar-Vell's mission and his recent battle against the Kree Sentry, his identity as Walter Lawson, and his carrying case with the self destruct mechanism. Mar-Vell manages to break free and escape the Super-Skrull's ship and return to his own ship.
There when Yon-Rogg refuses to grant Mar-Vell permission to go back to Earth and stop the Super-Skrull and save the Earth from nuclear holocaust, Mar-Vell petitions the Imperial Minister, who allows Mar-Vell to go back to Earth, more to get revenge on the Skrull who defeated him than to save Earth. Mar-Vell arrives just in time to see the Super-Skrull (disguised as Lawson) enter the Cape with the carrying case.
Mar-Vell attacks the Super-Skrull, blowing the Skrull's cover and forcing him to reveal his true identity. However, when the battle is evenly matched, the Super-Skrull tries to use his Skrull-born hypnosis abilities on Mar-Vell. Anticipating this move, Mar-Vell uses a reflective surface to turn this power against the Super-Skrull. Mar-Vell takes back the carrying case and deactivates it's self destruct mechanism, and then orders the Skrull to flee to the furthest reaches of space. With the Super-Skrull defeated, Mar-Vell learns the owner of his hotel is being taken to the hospital for his injuries and will be in a coma for a while.
Notes
- This issue contains a letters page, "Mail It To Mar-Vell". Letters are published from: Liz Hough, Jonathan Yost, George Reiss, Joel Bender, Guy Lillian, Perry Boxx, Craig Pearce, and John Rounds, Jr.
- References: Captain Marvel #2 and Fantastic Four #18