Captain Marvel (1968 1st Series) #44 CGC 7.5

Cover pencils by Al Milgrom, inks by Frank Giacoia. "Death Throws!", script by Steve Englehart (plot; script) and Al Milgrom (plot), art by Al Milgrom

Captain Marvel draws extra strength from his Nega-Band to aid him against the Destroyer, but their battle ends due to the intervention of Fawn; She touches Drax, which implants knowledge in his mind of Rick's peril and, of more concern to him, the continued existence of Thanos, whom he immediately departs to hunt down; Fawn also touches Mar-Vell to alert him to Rick's situation, though he continues to be the only one that can't see her; Mar-Vell quickly finds a dying, comatose Rick and does all he can to stabilize him with the remaining shared energy of the Nega-Bands, but knows his only hope is to get them to Deneb IV; As he tries to help Rick, he finds it increasingly difficult to focus and his internal monologue becomes less sophisticated; He finds Rusty the robot mule mysteriously back in working condition (the Supreme Intelligence having restored it during the battle because he wanted them to hurry along to the planet), so they are able to jump to Debeb IV only to find it devastated, and just before Rusty breaks down again.

36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.