Captain Marvel Vol 1 53

Captain Marvel #53
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Art by: Dave Cockrum, Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito and Irv Watanabe
Release Date	August 24, 1977
Cover Date	November, 1977
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Archie Goodwin

1. "The War of the Three Galaxies!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Scott Edelman
Penciler(s)	Al Milgrom
Inker(s)	Terry Austin Bob Wiacek Al Milgrom
Colorist(s)	Ellen Vartanoff Irene Vartanoff
Letterer(s)	John Costanza
Editor(s)	Archie Goodwin

Appearing in "The War of the Three Galaxies!"

Featured Characters:

• Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
• Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)

Supporting Characters:

• Rick Jones
• House of Agon
  • Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin)
  • Gorgon Petragon
  • Triton
  • Karnak Mander-Azur
  • Lockjaw
• ⏴ Falzon ⏵

Antagonists:

• Kree Empire
  • Doctor Minerva
  • Kree Supreme Science Council
    • Phae-Dor
    • Por-Bat (Skrull impersonator)
  • Kree Soldiers

Other Characters:

• NYPD
  • Bill Bishop
• United States Army
• Teen Brigade (Mentioned)
• Blastaar (Only in flashback)
• Shatterstar (Only in flashback)
• Skornn (Only in flashback)
• Mon-Tog (Only in flashback)
• The Pursuer (Only in flashback)
• The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in flashback)
• Supreme Intelligence (Only in flashback)
• Ronan the Accuser (Only in flashback)
• Sentry 459 (Only in flashback)
• The Cheetah (Esteban Carracus) (Only in flashback)
• Lunatic Legion (Mentioned)
• Uatu the Watcher (Mentioned)
• Agon (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Kree (Main story and flashback)
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Inhumans
• Baluurians (Only in flashback)
• Kaptroids (Only in flashback)
• Stenth (Only in flashback)
• Kree Sentries (Only in flashback)
• Cyborgs (Only in flashback)
• Skrulls

Locations:

• Milky Way
  • Sol
    • Earth
      • United States
        • New York
          • New York City
            • Midtown
              • Times Square
      • Earth Orbit
        • Moon
          • Blue Area of the Moon
            • Watcher's Citadel
• Large Magellanic Cloud (Main story and flashback)
  • Pama (Main story and flashback)
    • Hala (Main story and flashback)
      • Kree-Lar (Main story and flashback)
        • Hall of Judgment (Only in flashback)
    • Kree-Lar (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "The War of the Three Galaxies!"

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See Also

• 3 image(s) from Captain Marvel Vol 1 53
• 5 reprint(s) of Captain Marvel Vol 1 53

Links and References

References

• Skrull Galaxy (Mentioned)

Items:

• Nega-Bands
• Universal Weapon (Only in flashback)
• Kree Truth Chair
• Kree Militia Uniforms

Vehicles:

• Minerva's Spaceship (Destroyed)

| Synopsis1 = Captain Marvel takes Doctor Minerva with him for questioning and gets intercepted by the Inhumans and the Kree castaway, Falzon. They pool their information and realize their recent struggles are all tied to the Kree's plans for the imminent War of Three Galaxies between the Kree and the Skrull, with Earth caught in the middle. Mar-Vell plans to use the Watcher's transporter to invade the heart of the Kree Supreme Science Council for answers and Black Bolt volunteers to go with him on what seems to be a suicide mission.

Arriving in the Council's chambers just as Councilman Por-Bat is poised to give the word to launch all-out attack on the Skrulls, Captain Marvel and Black Bolt fight desperately against the Kree guards until Mar-Vell's Universal Awareness tips him off that Por-Bat is not what he seems. Knocking him into the council's Truth Chair, Por-Bat is revealed to be a Skrull agent who had been leading the Kree into a decisive trap. Phae-Dor immediately calls off the battle plans and orders an end to the Kree operations on Earth, but vows that the long-term war against the Skrulls is far from over. Mar-Vell and Black Bolt leave, satisfied that at least for now, the galaxies are safe.

| Notes =

• Cover art: based on preliminary sketch by Cockrum.

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