Captain Marvel Vol 1 32

Part of the Thanos War event
Captain Marvel Vol 1 #32
Previous Issue	Captain Marvel #31
Next Issue	Avengers #125 (Story) Captain Marvel #33 (Title)
Art by: Jim Starlin, Klaus Janson and Gaspar Saladino
Cover Date	May, 1974
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Len Wein

1. "Thanos the Insane God!"
Writer(s)	Mike Friedrich Jim Starlin
Penciler(s)	Jim Starlin
Inker(s)	Dan Green
Colorist(s)	Jim Starlin
Letterer(s)	Dave Hunt
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 I don't think that was Sadism! I think it was boasting! Like when he showed us how he had imprisoned Kronos, the Supreme Titan! Why, instead of killing us when we escaped, did he merely disable us, so that we had to witness his Transformation! Thanos wanted an Audience, someone to feed his Ego, someone to see him change into and gain control of the entire Universe and everything in it! What Fun is there in becoming God if there is no one to watch? 

—Captain Marvel

Appearing in "Thanos the Insane God!"

Featured Characters:

•  Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)  (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

•  Drax the Destroyer (Art Douglas)  (Main story and flashback) (Real name and origin revealed)
•  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Main story and recap)
•  Eros  (Main story and recap)
•  Rick Jones 

Antagonists:

•  Thanos  (Main story and flashback)
• Thanos-Thralls (Main story and recap)
• Czar-Doon (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

•  Moondragon (Heather Douglas)  (Main story and flashback) (Real name first revealed)
•  I.S.A.A.C. 
•  Mentor  (Main story and flashback)
•  Death  (Main story and recap)
• Kronos (Only in flashback)
• Devil (Mentioned)
• Eon (Mentioned)
• Elvis Presley (Mentioned)
• Yvette Douglas (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
•  Lou-Ann Savannah 
• Avengers
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  •  Thor 
  •  Black Panther (T'Challa) 
  •  Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) 
  •  Mantis 
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda) 
  •  Vision 

Races and Species:

• Kree (Main story and flashback)
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Titanians (Main story and flashback)
• Eternals (Main story and flashback)
• Abstract Entities (Main story and flashback)
• Cosmic Beings (Only in flashback)
• Fleas (Mentioned)
• Demons
• Badoon (Only in flashback)
• Synthezoids
• Asgardians
• Chickens (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
  • Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
    • Sol (Main story and flashback)
      • Earth (Main story and flashback)
        • United States Of America (Main story and flashback)
          • New York State
            • New York City
              • Midtown
                • Fifth Avenue
                  • Avengers Mansion
        • Nevada (Only in flashback)
          • Las Vegas (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
      • Saturn (Main story and recap)
        • Titan (Main story and recap)
          • Eternity Tree (First appearance)
          • Hall of Science (First appearance)
  • Kree-Lar, Pama, Kree Galaxy (Invoked)
  • Negative Zone
  • Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Captain Marvel's Suit and Nega-Bands
• Iron Man Armor Model 3
• Cosmic Cube
• Captain America's Shield
• Panther Habit
• Swordsman's Sword
• Mjolnir

Vehicles:

• Thanos-Thralls Spaceships (Main story and recap)
• Starcore One (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Thanos the Insane God!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Writing assist by Friedrich.
• In this issue, the origin of the Drax the Destroyer and Moondragon is told. In Daredevil #105, a different version of Moondragon's origin is told, wherein the Titan Emlot is said to have killed Heather's parents while on a missionary expedition to Earth. During this flashback, Heather encounters Eros and Thanos as children, though Thanos here is shown as an adult.
• Black Panther mentions the alien fleet was detected by the orbiting station Starcore, who alerted the Avengers.
• This issue contains two separate letters page, both entitled Mail it to Mar-Vell. The letters page on page 14 has letters from Joshua Orzeck, David Burica, and Daniel Parker. This page also contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp #19 (Balder, Fandral, and Hogun) as well as a reprinting of the 1/2 page feature, All You Ever Wanted to Know About Titan! But Were Afraid to Ask! from Captain Marvel #27.
• Page 31 also contains another letters page, Mail it to Mar-Vell. Letters are published on this page from Joe Garner, Jana C. Hollingsworth and Hank Heeft.

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Captain Marvel Vol 1 32
• 8 reprint(s) of Captain Marvel Vol 1 32

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