![]() It wasn’t until the crossover event CIVIL WAR (2006) by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven that Nitro made a splash once again by killing several other Super Heroes when he and his associates were ambushed by the New Warriors in Stamford, Connecticut. With Mar-Vell succumbing to the disease by the end of the story, the Captain Marvel legacy and Nitro would forever be intertwined moving forward, with Nitro emerging as one of the few Super Villains successful in toppling a Marvel hero.įollowing his fight with Mar-Vell, Nitro resurfaced numerous times over the years, battling various heroes without any meaningful success. Though Nitro himself didn’t physically appear in the story, his presence was acutely felt, since he caused Mar-Vell’s cancer. Starlin's THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (1982) revealed that Mar-Vell’s battle against Nitro and the ingestion of the nerve gas caused the hero to develop terminal cancer. Although Mar-Vell emerged victorious from the skirmish, the cosmic hero accidentally ingested some of the nerve gas, which would later seal his final fate. ![]() Captain Marvel intercepted Nitro, stopping the new Super Villain and preventing him from unleashing the nerve gas. Created by Jim Starlin and Steve Englehart, Nitro made his debut in CAPTAIN MARVEL (1968) #34, where he was tasked by the Kree Lunatic Legion to steal experimental nerve gas from the American government. ![]()
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