Captain Marvel 34

"Don't look now, Blondie -- but you're on the spot again!"

- Nitro

"Blown Away!" is the title to issue #34 of the first Captain Marvel ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was plotted and drawn by Jim Starlin and written by Steve Englehart. It was inked by Jack Abel, colored by Jim Starlin, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. The story was edited by Roy Thomas. This issue shipped with a September, 1974 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.

Appearances

 * Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell


 * Carol Danvers
 * Mentor, A'Lars
 * Mordecai P. Boggs
 * Rachel "Dandy" Dandridge
 * Rick Jones


 * Nitro, Robert Hunter


 * Drax the Destroyer, Arthur Douglas
 * Iron Man, Tony Stark
 * Kronos
 * Lou-Ann Savannah
 * Moondragon, Heather Douglas
 * Starfox, Eros
 * Vision


 * Avengers
 * Lunatic Legion
 * Military Police
 * United States Air Force


 * Humans
 * Kree
 * Titanians


 * Indiana
 * Gary


 * Negative Zone
 * Titan
 * Interstate 80


 * Guitar
 * Iron Man armor
 * Iron Man armor MK IV
 * Nega-Bands
 * Power armor
 * Compound 13


 * Armored truck
 * Carol Danvers' car
 * Rick Jones' car


 * Cosmic awareness
 * Self-detonation
 * Superhuman strength
 * Telepathy


 * Exploding bodies
 * Hotel
 * Kyphosis
 * Martial arts
 * Sergeant

Notes & Trivia

 * The tagline to this issue is "Introducing: Nitro - the Man who killed Captain Marvel!"


 * Rick Jones made his appointment with Mordecai P. Boggs back in Captain Marvel #30.


 * Rachel Dandridge makes reference to famous Motown crooners Ike Turner and Tina Turner in this issue.


 * Nitro appears to suffer from Kyphosis, or "Hunchback" syndrome in this issue. One of the Air Force base MPs even refers to him as a hunchback. This detail is ignored or forgotten in later appearances.


 * Rick Jones makes reference to Captain America in this issue. Rick used to be Cap's partner, and doubled as his side-kick Bucky for a time.


 * This is a key issue, as Mar-Vell is exposed to the Compound 13 nerve gas, which will eventually give him cancer and result in his death.