Captain Marvel

This is Captain Marvel Vol. 3 (Vol. 1 being the original 1970's book and Vol. 2 being the 90's 6-issue miniseries with Mar-Vell's son still going by the name of 'Legacy'). It ran for 35 issues (plus a Wizard magazine exclusive zero-issue) before being relaunched at #1 again as part of Marvel's 'U-Decide' contest between Captain Marvel, Mar-Ville and Ultimate Adventures. This relaunch (Captain Marvel vol. 4) ran for 25 issues but kept up a watermarked numbering that followed up on volume 3; so really volumes 3 and 4 are one and the same and the grand total number of issues is 60 (61 with issue #0).

This volume / these volumes star Genis-Vell, the genetic clone offspring of the original Captain Mar-Vell. The series spins out from the 12-issue Avengers Forever maxiseries with Genis freshly bonded to Rick Jones just like his father had been before him.

The whole series has a humorous slant but is still in the traditional cosmic superheroics vein. The full run of the series was written by comics veteran Peter David and the majority of the series was pencilled by Chrisscross.

The regular cast of the series includes: Captain Marvel 3 / Genis-Vell Rick Jones Marlo Jones Moondragon

With occasional appearances by: Drax the Destroyer (with Peter David lovingly taking the time to do the rare thing of addressing the father/daughter relationship between him and Moondragon) The Micronauts

Notable guest appearances in this volume include: Captain Mar-Vell (The original) The Magus (Evil Adam Warlock) Comet Man Super Skrull Ronan the Accuser Silver Surfer Starfox Spider Man 2099 The Maestro (Evil future Hulk)