Marvel Spotlight No. 8 Cover featuring Captain Marvel by Miller & Austin
Jim Starlin had had a great run on Captain Marvel and followed it up with Adam Warlock. Starlin moved onto other projects, and subsequent efforts by other creators with Captain Marvel didn’t gain traction with readers.
He had a few issues in Marvel Spotlight v2, of which No. 8 cover dated September 1980 was the last. Cover and interior pencils were by rising creator Frank Miller. A couple of years later Starlin’s The Death of Captain Marvel would kick off Marvel’s graphic novel line and bring to an end Mar-Vell’s original storyline.
Colour and re-created trade dress by me. No AI was used.
As published.
Original art scan from somewhere online.
Art made production ready.
New colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
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