Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 1 18

Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 1 #18 Published January, 1969 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Gene Colan "Earth Shall Overcome!" Writer Arnold Drake Penciler Gene Colan Inker Mike Esposito Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Herb Cooper Editor Stan Lee "Courage" "Menace From the Future World (Part II)" Previous Issue Next Issue Marvel Super-Heroes #17 Marvel Super-Heroes #19

Appearing in "Earth Shall Overcome!"

Featured Characters:

• Guardians of the Galaxy  (First appearance)
  • Charlie-27  (First appearance)
  • Major Vance Astro  (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Martinex  (First appearance)
  • Yondu  (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• U.L.E. Federation
  • Space Militia
  • Jovians
    • Charlie-26 (Charlie-27's father)
  • Pluvians

Antagonists:

• Brotherhood of Badoon (First appearance)/Badoon Empire
  • Eastern Zone Council (First appearance)
    • Maz  (First appearance)
    • Maul ^[1] (First appearance) (Unnamed)
    • Muer ^[1] (First appearance) (Unnamed)
    • Yur  (First appearance)
    • Drang  (First appearance)
    • Badoon Elite Guards (First appearance)
• Saturnian Hound-Hawk (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Robot servants
• unnamed Beta Centauri IV colonists (Only in flashback)
• Betina Marsh (First appearance) (Video Phone) (Only in flashback)
• Einstein (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Jovians (First appearance)
  • Pluvian (First appearance)
  • Mutant
• Badoon
• Centaurians (First appearance)

Locations:

• Earth-691 (Years 1988 and 3007)
  • Sol
    • Jupiter
      • Jupiter Tele-Port Station
      • Command HQ (Mentioned)
      • Eastern Zone Council Labor Camp-19 (Named)
    • Pluto
      • Rent a Servant
    • Earth (Main story and flashback)
      • Badoon Palace
  • Centauri-IV (Only in flashback) (Planet where Astro landed)
  • Moons of Centauri-IV (Only in flashback)
  • New New York
  • New Paris (Mentioned)
  • New Moscow (Mentioned)
  • New Nome (Mentioned)

Items:

• A-Suit (Charlie-27's suit)
• High-intensity Harkovite
• Bio-Tronics
• Memory Probe
• Psyke-Disc
• Yondu's Bow
• Yaka Arrow

Vehicles:

• UC C-57D
• Badoon ships
• Tele-Tran

Events:

• War of the Star Systems

Concepts:

• Einsteinian Physics (Mentioned)
• Harkovian Physics (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Earth Shall Overcome!"

Charlie-27 returns from a six-month mission to discover that his home planet of Jupiter has been completely enslaved by the evil Badoon. He knows that he wouldn't stand a chance against them on his own, so he teleports to other worlds to find help. First, he joins forces with Martinex on the planet Pluto. Then together they travel to planet Earth, where Vance Astro and the Centaurian Yondu have just escaped from Badoon forces themselves. When Vance and Yondu encounter Charlie-27 and Martinex, they briefly mistake them for more Badoon guards and a misunderstanding fight ensues. However, soon enough they realize that they are all fighting for the same side and a new super-team is born... the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Appearing in "Courage"

Synopsis for "Courage"

Appearing in "Menace From the Future World (Part II)"

Synopsis for "Menace From the Future World (Part II)"

Notes

• The Guardians of the Galaxy story is reprinted in Astonishing Tales #29.
  • Charlie-27 mentioned Karsus in an expression. It is unknown if it a planet, person or deity.
• This story was retold in Guardians of the Galaxy #26, with Starhawk manipulating the formation of the Guardians behind the scenes.
• The title of the story and the song Vance teaches the Guardians at the end is a variation on We Shall Overcome, a key anthem of the US civil rights movement.

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