—Rick JonesHow the (Expletive Deleted) did I get into this mess!
Appearing in "Deadly Genesis!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Rick Jones ⏵
- ⏴ Carol Danvers ⏵
- Mordecai Boggs
- Rachel Dandridge
- Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
- Ant-Man's Ants
Antagonists:
- Annihilus
- Living Laser (First appearance; dies) (Revealed to be an android duplicate)
- Lunatic Legion (Voice only)
Other Characters:
- Thanos (Mentioned)
- Nitro (Robert Hunter) (Mentioned)
- US Air Force (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Supreme Intelligence
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Howard the Duck (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Kree
- Humans
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Cyborgs
- Arthrosians
- Androids
- Ants
- Zombies (Referenced)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Milky Way
- Solar System
- Earth
- United States
- Illinois
- New York City, New York (Mentioned)
- South Pole (Referenced)
- United States
- Sun (Referenced)
- Earth
- Solar System
- Negative Zone
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Milky Way
Items:
- Captain Marvel's Suit and Nega-Bands
- Compound 13
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
Synopsis for "Deadly Genesis!"
After the events of Captain Marvel #34, Rick Jones is trapped in the Negative Zone and is attacked by Annihilus, but is then switched out by Captain Marvel who can only stay on Earth for 3 hours at a time. Annihilus takes Captain Marvel back to his lair. The Supreme Intelligence contacts Rick and tells him he has the ability to control Captain Marvel, who Rick uses to attack and subdue Annihilus. The Lunatic Legion sends their agent, the Living Laser, to kill Rick Jones. But Rick is rescued by Ant-Man and Wasp who were in the same hospital at the time of the attack.
Notes
- Plot by Englehart, script by Friedrich.
- This issue contains a letters page, Mail it to Mar-Vell. Letters are published from Barry Miller, Gunga Din, Brian Wilkes Prescott, Derek L. Hagen, Steve Schiebner, and Donwyn K. Newsome.
- This issue also contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp #1- Spider-Man.