Marvel Super-Heroes 1967 #12 - 2.5 - $29.99

A Kree mission is sent to infiltrate Earth's defenses.

A British commando unit places the plans for the Second Front into the hands of the Destroyer, and his job is to get it to the French underground. What the Nazis don't know is that the plans are false and designed to trap the Nazis themselves.

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1968, page 209, registration number B462168.

• The Coming of Captain Marvel! - Possible logo design credits from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos C #20: CAPTAIN MARVEL on 16 July 2021.
• - Inside front cover, issue credits, listing of stories with one panel reprinted from each story. Credits include Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Gary Friedrich, John Verpoorten, Stan Goldberg, Morrie Kuramoto and Flo Steinberg.
• The Coming of Captain Marvel! - The feature was created at the request of publisher Martin Goodman to secure the name Captain Marvel away from the competition. The appropriation occurred in three steps: Marvel Super-Heroes featuring Captain Marvel (December 1967), then Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #1 (May 1968), then Captain Marvel #7 (November 1968). In the introduction to Captain Marvel Masterworks volume 5, Roy Thomas informs us that a TV producer wanted a science-fictional hero named Captain Marvel to develop as a TV animation series. Nevertheless, contrastingly with the feature name, the narrative voice-only calls the character "Captain Mar-Vell". This feature shows influence by the TV series Star Trek (1966-1969) and The Invaders (1967-1968). Accordingly, with the main character's status as an alien spy, his spaceman costume is green, a color typically associated in this era with super-villains and threats to the human race. Myron Fass, the owner, and publisher of M. F. Enterprises and their version of Captain Marvel, which he published from April 1966 to September 1967, had trademarked his Captain Marvel. Per articles in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Martin Goodman tried to purchase the rights to Captain Marvel from Fass for 6000.00 USD ($6000). Fass rejected the offer and Goodman published this issue anyway. Fass then filed suit in the State of New York for trademark infringement. The parties named in the lawsuit were Goodman, Stan Lee, Gene Colan, the printer Eastern Color Printing, and the distributor, the Independent News Company. Eventually, Fass settled the trademark lawsuit for 4500.00 USD ($4500), handing over the trademark of Captain Marvel to Marvel Comics.
• The Abduction of King Arthur - Title from cover of BLACK KNIGHT #1.
• Who Says This Isn't the Marvel Age of Batty Bulletins? - Stan's Soapbox, Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
• - Letters of comment from David Shields, Jim Kyzer, Jacob Kurtessis, and Scott Willet; includes one panel reproduction from a previous issue and next issue blurb.