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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Writer |
Arnold Drake |
| Cover Artist |
Don Heck |
| Inker |
John Tartaglione |
| Letterer |
Sam Rosen |
| Artist |
Don Heck |
| Published | July 1968 |
In The Path Of SOLAM!Captain Mar-Vell finds himself battling a giant alien creature but has no recollection of how this nightmare began. In fact the nightmare is a program of Psycho-Combat projected into his mind by his beloved Una, the medic on the Kree ship Helion, by order of Yon-Rogg. Colonel Yon-Rogg commands Una to turn up the intensity to killer level in hopes of destroying his rival but Mar-Vell eventually prevails. The Captain returns to Earth and resuming the identity of Dr. Lawson, heads towards The Cape. At the same time a technical failure on board the Helion forces the ship to land on Earth, disabling its Aura of Negativism for a few seconds. In those seconds the ship is seen by Carol Danvers as she drives towards The Cape, causing her to almost hit Walter Lawson. Seeing Lawson, Danvers tells him about the U.F.O. and he reacts by mocking her, claiming the rising column of air is not from a space ship landing but a Florida hurricane. Danvers maintains her suspicions as the ship jets off leaving scorched circles in the ground where it landed.At The Cape, Dr. Lundquist explains his Solar Amplification (SOLAM) project to Walt Lawson. The SOLAM is a giant energy gun that shoots solar rays by harnessing the powers of the sun by using orbiting reflectors in space. Lawson angers Lundquist by claiming his project is too dangerous and Yon-Rogg intervenes by giving Mar-Vell a shock via his wrist monitor. Mar-Vell apologizes for his outburst and the scientists head to the control room where General Bridges and Carol Danvers await. The SOLAM project is successfully launched and the energy gun harnesses the largest amount of solar energy stored on Earth. Suddenly the gun overloads and the stored energy converts into a photo-kinetic living mass! Mar-Vell, having prior knowledge of SOLAM beings from his experience with the Kree army, changes into his battle suit and attacks the creature with his U-Beam. Each shot shrinks the creature but it counters with blasts of its...
