This is a write-up I did for another site on for a Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell version) parody called Captain Marvin, who once appeared in Marvel’s humour comic Not Brand Echh. His sole appearance to date was reprinted in Essential Captain Marvel Vol. 1.
CAPTAIN MARVIN
REAL NAME: Mar-Vinn
ALIASES: Wotta “Wott” Lawsuit
IDENTITY: Secret on Earth; known to the Kreep government
OCCUPATION: Astronaut, spy, nuclear physicist
CITIZENSHIP: Kreeps, Reality-665
PLACE OF BIRTH: Unrevealed; presumably Kreeps’ homeworld, Reality-665
KNOWN RELATIVES: None
GROUP AFFILIATION: Unidentified team of Kreeps under Colonel Egg-Nogg’s command
EDUCATION: Apparently Kreep military training including combat and nuclear physics
FIRST APPEARANCE: Not Brand Echh #9 (1968)
HISTORY:
ALIASES: Wotta “Wott” Lawsuit
IDENTITY: Secret on Earth; known to the Kreep government
OCCUPATION: Astronaut, spy, nuclear physicist
CITIZENSHIP: Kreeps, Reality-665
PLACE OF BIRTH: Unrevealed; presumably Kreeps’ homeworld, Reality-665
KNOWN RELATIVES: None
GROUP AFFILIATION: Unidentified team of Kreeps under Colonel Egg-Nogg’s command
EDUCATION: Apparently Kreep military training including combat and nuclear physics
FIRST APPEARANCE: Not Brand Echh #9 (1968)
HISTORY:
Kreep Captain Mar-Vinn, under the command of Colonel
Egg-Nogg, arrived on Earth on a top secret mission to obtain scrap metal. Under unrevealed circumstances he took on the
heroic identity of Captain Marvin. He
also usurped the identity of nuclear physicist, Wotta Lawsuit, who had been
killed in a ferryboat collision at Fort
Mudge. After spotting a Scent-ry (a Kreep robot) he
contacted Egg-Nogg, admitting he could no longer recall his mission. Egg-Nogg declined to remind him, claiming he
wished to keep his own mind uncluttered to deal with other matters. Mar-Vinn located the only phone booth in the
county and changed back to Lawsuit, a process that took a couple of hours. As Lawsuit, he arrived at the military base
the Cape, aka the C*p* for the first time,
where he was briefly interrogated by security head Clairol Dandruff. This interrogation was interrupted by the now
rampaging Scent-ry, and Mar-Vinn dashed back to the phone booth and, apparently
much more quickly, changed back to Captain Marvin to deal with the robot. During the fight he placed a long distance
phone call (this time using the phone from the phone booth) to Egg-Nogg, who
once again declined to provide assistance.
Remembering his ultimate weapon, Mar-Vinn, projected home movies, which horrified
the Scent-ry but compelled it to watch them anyway. Mar-Vinn recalled his mission and proceeded
to dismantle the Scent-ry.
HEIGHT: 6’2” EYES: Blue
WEIGHT: 220 lbs. HAIR: Silver
ABILITIES/ACCESSORIES:
HEIGHT: 6’2” EYES: Blue
WEIGHT: 220 lbs. HAIR: Silver
ABILITIES/ACCESSORIES:
Mar-Vinn has demonstrated superhuman strength, speed (fast
enough to keep just ahead of a giant robot), and durability. He has oversized binoculars, a wrist
communicator which he uses to contact his mothership (but which also picks up
radio signals from other sources and apparently requires money to use), a boot
that can trip giant-sized beings (the boot resembles an ordinary boot but
Mar-Vinn claims it is in fact a weapon), a screwdriver-like device, a shovel,
and an “ultimate weapon” that plays home movies. He carries additional equipment whose purpose
is as yet unrevealed. He keeps his
equipment and change of clothes in a large sack; it’s possible that this sack
shrinks some items when not in use to fit inside the sack. His spacesuit has a badge whose text is
constantly changing.
Power Grid:
Intelligence: 1
Strength: 4
Speed: 4
Durability: 4
Energy Projection: 1
Fighting Skills: 3
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