Captain Marvel # 56 Pg. 31

I enjoyed reading Captain Marvel back in the late 1970's and 1980's and had bought all of the back issues of Jim Starlin's run on the title which blew me away. Once Jim Starlin left the title Al Milgrom became the primary artist on the book for a year or so. These were fun issues, but nowhere near as slick as the Jim Starlin drawn ones were. Then in Captain Marvel # 55, Pat Broderick appeared as the penciller and I really liked his style which captured some elements of Jim Starlin's art, but still had a distinct look.

Thee first issue of Pat's run on Captain Marvel featured the introduction of the character Deathgrip and issue # 56 had his death; which hit me like a ton of bricks. It was the first time I recall a character actually getting killed in a comic and when Deathgrip took his own life in the middle tier of panels on this page I was shocked. It remains a very tough comic to read today. I am honored to be the current caretaker of this very memorable, although disturbing, page. Many thanks, once again, to Paul Handler for trading this one to me.