Captain Marvel Vol 1 34

Captain Marvel Vol 1 #34
Previous Issue	Captain Marvel #33
Next Issue	Captain Marvel #35
Art by: Jim Starlin and Gaspar Saladino
Cover Date	September, 1974
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Len Wein

1. "Blown Away!"
Writer(s)	Jim Starlin Steve Englehart
Penciler(s)	Jim Starlin
Inker(s)	Jack Abel
Colorist(s)	Jim Starlin
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 You didn't believe me before, but you're about to discover that I mean what I say - that I can blow myself up - as sure as my Name is Nitro! 

—Nitro

Appearing in "Blown Away!"

Featured Characters:

• Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)

Supporting Characters:

• Mentor (A'Lars)
• Rick Jones
• Rachel Dandridge (First appearance)
• Mordecai P. Boggs

Antagonists:

• Nitro (Robert Hunter) (First appearance)
• Lunatic Legion (Voice) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Jarvis (Mentioned)
• Thanos (Referenced)
• Eros (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• Moondragon (Heather Douglas) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• Drax the Destroyer (Art Douglas) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• Kronos (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• The Music Man (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
•  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Cameo)
• Vision (Cameo)
• Lou-Ann Savannah
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Air Force
  •  Carol Danvers 
• Walter Lawson (Mentioned)
• The Three Musketeers (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
• Kung Fu (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Good Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Eon (Referenced)
• Yon-Rogg (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Kree
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Eternals (Main story and flashback)
• Titanians (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• Cosmic Beings (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• Synthezoids (Cameo)
• Human-Kree Hybrids
• Weasels (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
  • Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
    • Sol (Main story and flashback)
      • Saturn (Main story and flashback)
        • Titan (Main story and flashback)
          • Shao-Lom Monastery (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
      • Earth
        • United States
          • New York State
            • New York City
              • Manhattan
                • Midtown
                  • Fifth Avenue
                    • Avengers Mansion
          • Indiana
            • Gary (First appearance)
            • Secret Air Force Base
          • Denver, Colorado (Mentioned)
          • Cape Canaveral, Florida (Mentioned)
          • Illinois
      • Sun (Mentioned)
  • Negative Zone
  • Hell (Referenced)

Items:

• Captain Marvel's Suit and Nega-Bands (Main story and flashback)
• Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Cameo)
• Compound 13 (First appearance)

Events:

• Thanos War (Referenced)

Synopsis for "Blown Away!"

The Lunatic Legion send their agent, Nitro, The Exploding Man, to steal a powerful, top-secret government nerve gas called Compound 13. He is confronted by Captain Mar-Vell, who defeats Nitro by having Rick strike his Nega-Bands together at the moment Nitro explodes. The gas canister is ruptured in the explosion, and Mar-Vell successfully reseals the container--but alas, not before himself breathing in some of the toxic gas.

Notes

• Plot by Starlin, script by Englehart.
• In this issue Mar-Vell is exposed to toxins which ultimately develop into cancer which kills him.
• Lou-Ann and Rick Jones break up. She will not be seen again in this series.
• This issue contains a letters page, Mail It To Mar-Vell. Letters are published from Stefan Dornuf, Mike Mini, Brian W. Prescott, and David Kell.
• This issue also contains a Series One Marvel Value Stamp #25 The Human Torch.

See Also

• 6 image(s) from Captain Marvel Vol 1 34
• 5 reprint(s) of Captain Marvel Vol 1 34

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