Captain Marvel #13 (1969) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: May 1969
Key date: 1969-05-00
On-sale date: 1969-02-11
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

Death on record for: Man-Slayer.

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Frank Springer, John Romita; inks: Frank Springer, John Romita	Captain Marvel, Man-Slayer, Mar-Vell
2	Traitors or Heroes?	comic story	20	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Frank Springer; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek, Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee	Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Man-Slayer Death, Mar-Vell, Yon-Rogg
4	Marvel Collectors' Item Classics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.4	pencils: John Romita, Jack Kirby; inks: John Romita, Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie Simek
5	Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	script: ? (promo copy)	Spider-Man; Thor; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
11	Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!	in-house column	1	script: Smiley
14	-	letters page	2	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Don Heck, Dick Ayers; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen

Plus 11 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

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Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #127 of 56#14 ›

Sources

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

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