Ms. Marvel Vol 1 23

Ms. Marvel #23
LGY: Captain Marvel (Vol. 7) #23

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Art by: Dave Cockrum and Joe Rubinstein

Release Date

January 9, 1979

Cover Date

April, 1979

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Jim Shooter

Appearing in "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"

Featured Characters:

⏴ Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) ⏵ (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

NASA (Main story and recap)
- Salia Petrie (Revealed to be alive) (Main story and recap)
- Will Robinson (First appearance) (Cameo)
Guardians of the Galaxy
- Vance Astro
- Martinex (Referenced)

Antagonists:

⏴ Faceless One

Other Characters:

Sam Adams
CBS (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Pierce (Mentioned)
Larry (Mentioned)
Boogie (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
J. Jonah Jameson (Mentioned)
God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
Elementals (Only in recap)
- Magnum (Only in recap)
- Hellfire (Only in recap)
- Hydron (Only in recap)
Avengers (Referenced)
Collector (Taneleer Tivan) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Human-Kree Hybrids (Main story and recap)
Humans (Main story and recap)
Kree (Referenced)
Kt'kn

Locations:

Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Solar System (Main story and recap)
  - Earth (Main story and recap)
    - North America (Main story and recap)
      - United States (Main story and recap)
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Greenwich Village
        Carol's Apartment
        
        Brooklyn Bridge (Referenced)
        
        Brooklyn (Mentioned)
        Brooklyn Heights (Mentioned)
        
        Florida (Only in recap)
        The Cape (Only in recap)
        Kennedy Space Center (Only in recap)
        
        Texas (Cameo)
        Houston (Cameo)
    - Atlantic Ocean (Only in recap)
      - Caribbean Sea (Only in recap)
        Saracen Cay (Only in recap)
        Blackman's Cove (Only in recap)
    - Earth Orbit (Main story and recap)
      - Drydock
  - Sun (Referenced)
Hell (Mentioned)
Hala, Pama, Kree Galaxy (Invoked)

Items:

Ms. Marvel's Suit (Main story and recap)
Ruby Scarab (Behind the scenes in recap)

Vehicles:

Skylab (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Athena One Space Shuttle (Only in recap) (Destruction)
Drydock
Collector's Ship (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"

After a date with Sam Adams, Carol Danvers returns home to relax, when she is suddenly visited by Salia Petrie, whom she thought had died in space. However, after putting her to rest in her apartment, Carol is attacked by Salia who transports Carol to the Guardians of the Galaxy's space station which is under the control of the Faceless One who saved Salia in order to get to and take control of Ms. Marvel.

Getting away from the Faceless One, Carol finds Vance Astro who helps her battle the Faceless One to try and free Salia. During the battle, Carol destroys the Faceless One's android body with freezing coolant, and the two manage to defeat the Faceless One. Afterwords, Vance uses his mental powers to free Salia from the Faceless One's control. After which Carol reveals her identity to the frightened Salia.

Notes

Letters: Saladino (uncredited) page 1, Albers (credited as Diane Albers) pages 2-17.
This is the last issue of the first volume of Ms. Marvel as the series was cancelled. However, the next two issues were scripted. Issue Vol 1 24 was completed and issue Vol 1 25 was only partially completed. These issues would not be published until 1992 when they were printed in the pages of Marvel Super-Heroes (Vol. 2) #10–Marvel Super-Heroes (Vol. 2) #11.
Ms. Marvel appears next in Avengers #183.

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