Marvel Super-Heroes #11

History

Chris Claremont wrote the Ms. Marvel story and Mike Vosburg drew the original pages circa 1979, but the Ms. Marvel ongoing was cancelled with issue #23, leaving the story unfinished and unpublished for roughly thirteen years. When Marvel finally committed to printing it in the Fall 1992 anthology Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 2) #11, editor Rob Tokar (with Tom DeFalco as editor-in-chief) brought in Simon Furman to script the final ten pages and Mike Gustovich to draw them, completing what Claremont and Vosburg had left incomplete. The result is a hybrid artifact — partly a genuine 1979 Bronze Age story, partly a 1992 continuation — and it was published alongside two wholly separate backup stories featuring Ghost Rider and Giant-Man (Bill Foster), making the issue a traditional anthology package rather than a standalone special.

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• Contains 'Cry, Vengeance!' — the story originally intended as Ms. Marvel (vol. 1) #25 (1979), finally published 13 years after it was written.
• First chronological appearance of Rogue (Anna Marie), depicting the confrontation in which she steals the powers and psyche of Carol Danvers / Ms. Marvel.
• Lead story written by Chris Claremont and originally pencilled by Mike Vosburg; the final ten pages were scripted by Simon Furman and drawn by Mike Gustovich to complete the unfinished 1979 material.
• The Ms. Marvel story pits Carol Danvers against Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Rogue, Mystique/Raven Darkhölme, Destiny/Irene Adler, Pyro/St. John Allerdyce, Avalanche/Dominikos Petrakis) and the Hellfire Club (Sebastian Shaw/Black King, Harry Leland, Donald Pierce), with Iron Man (Tony Stark), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Wolverine (Logan), and Storm (Ororo Munroe) in cameo roles.
• The 'Cry, Vengeance!' story narrative continues directly into Avengers Annual #10 (1981), which was published first but takes place after these events.
• Second story: 'Not to Touch the Earth!' features Bill Foster as Giant-Man, plotted by Jim Shooter and scripted by Dwayne McDuffie, pencilled by Bob Budiansky and Don Hudson.
• Third story: 'Fireworks!' stars Ghost Rider / Johnny Blaze, scripted by Tina Chrioproces, pencilled by Greg LaRocque, inked by Vince Colletta.
• The Ms. Marvel story from this issue has been reprinted multiple times, including in Essential Ms. Marvel, the Ms. Marvel Epic Collection vol. 2: The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2019), the Captain Marvel: Ms. Marvel — A Hero is Born omnibus, and the 2021 Captain Marvel vs. Rogue collection.

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