MARVEL COMICS
Monica Rambeau CAPTAIN MARVEL: Her First Solo Series -- Continued!
MONICA RAMBEAU became Marvel Comics' first female 'Captain Marvel' in 1982 in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #14, some 30+ years before CAROL DANVERS ever adopted the moniker. As Captain Marvel, Monica was a very active member of The Avengers for most the following decade and played an important part in the first Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars against The Beyonder (1985). She finally achieved her own solo book with 1989's Giant-Size Special CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (VOL 2).
While the first issue of Volume Two was never intended to be kick-off an ongoing but instead just be the "Giant-Size Special" as stated on its cover, a second issue was released a year and a half later with the December '93 release of Captain Marvel #2 (Vol 2), which also featured Monica in the titular role.
Dwayne McDuffie, best known as the creator of DC's Static Shock and as founder of Milestone Media, as well as one of the chief creative forces behind DC / Cartoon Network's Justice League and Justice League Unlimited (2002, 2004) animated series, is the writer for both Second Volume issues of Captain Marvel -- a fact that adds significantly to the collectability of the books. Once an editor with Marvel, he left the publisher to go freelance shortly after the release of the Giant-Size Special in the fall of 1989.
While the Special continued Monica's story in the aftermath of an Avengers battle involving Kang The Conqueror, the second issue of Volume Two sees the heroine dealing with racism she encounters at Empire State University. As with most of his works, McDuffie endeavored to bring a "multicultural sensibility" to comics -- something he felt was missing in most comics, and as a freelancer unbound by internal strictures of whatever publisher he was doing work for, McDuffie made a point to flex his expanded creative freedom. From the declarative statement found on the cover, to the story's bold title, and then through to its very last page of content, Captain Marvel #1 (1994) serves as a prime example of McDuffie's vision for what comics can be and should be for people -- and heroes -- of color.
CAPTAIN MARVEL #01-A #(02-A)
(VOL 2, FEB 1994)
- Incorrect numbering as "Issue #1" on cover
- Continues numbering from Captain Marvel #1 (Vol 2, 1989) Giant-Size Special
- Mark Bright Regular Art Cover
- First Printing
Dwayne McDuffie
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