Captain Marvel #12 for Sale - First Appearance of Man-Slayer - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #12
Publication date: April 1969
Key date: 1969-04-00
On-sale date: 1969-01-09
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Man-Slayer - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Moment of -- the Manslayer!	cover	1	pencils: George Tuska, John Romita; inks: Sal Buscema, John Romita	Captain Marvel, Man-Slayer First, Mar-Vell
2	The Moment of -- the Man-Slayer!	comic story	20	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Syd Shores; letters: Jean Izzo	Black Widow, General Bridges, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Nick Fury, Walter Lawson, Man-Slayer First, Mar-Vell, Natasha Romanoff, Una, Yon-Rogg, Zarek
4	Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (ad copy)	Spider-Man; Thor; The Thing; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Hulk
11	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
14	-	letters page	2	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Vince Colletta
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Frank Springer, Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Frank Springer, Barry Windsor-Smith; colors: Marie Severin	Nick Fury; Hate-Monger

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #2 ISBN 0-7851-2430-6	2007	On eBay ›
Essential Captain Marvel #1	2008	On eBay ›
Captain Mar-Vell Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-94865-8	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #116 of 56#13 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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