Episode 186 – The Death of Captain Marvel

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> It’s one of the few superhero deaths that has managed to stick over the intervening decades. And it ties up Adam Warlock’s Magus Saga with a tidy bow. On this episode, we revisit Marvel Comics’ first-ever “graphic novel,” Jim Starlin’s The Death of Captain Marvel!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> He’s fought countless Earth villains and cosmic bad guys, but the man named Mar-Vell finally confronts a foe he can’t defeat: cancer. As the greatest minds on Earth and Titan work tirelessly to find a cure, one of the universe’s mightiest warriors must come to grips with his own mortality, eventually engaging in a psychic battle with his greatest enemy—Thanos!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Can Captain Marvel avoid the literal kiss of Death and live happily ever after? (Spoiler alert: No.) More importantly, can he ascend to that enlightened state of cosmic awareness known as ... The Comics Canon?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> In This Episode:</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-fa