| Issue | #1 |
| Published | November 2002 |
| Cover Price | $2.25; $3.99 [Foil] |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Joe Quesada (Editor in Chief); Ralph Macchio (Editor); Brian Smith (Associate Editor); C.B. Cebulski (Associate Editor) |
| Notes | Part of the U-Decide Event. U-Decide was a 2002 event in the comic book industry in which fans would decide which of three books published by Marvel Comics would survive. The event involved one existing book (Peter David's Captain Marvel, which was rebooted to issue #1) and two new books (Bill Jemas's Marville and Ron Zimmerman's Ultimate Adventures), and was based around a bet between David and Jemas, which Zimmerman and Joe Quesada later became a part of. Jemas changed the stakes of the bet a few issues into Marville, stating that the loser would take a pie in the face for charity, which never happened. Despite this, both Marville and Ultimate Adventures ended fairly quickly, and the rebooted Captain Marvel would last 25 issues (60 when combined with the first run). Two foil variant covers exist with cover prices of $3.99. |
| Genre | Super-hero |
| Pencils | Mark D. Bright (painting) |
| Inks | Mark D. Bright (painting) |
| Colors | Mark D. Bright (painting) |
| Notes | Part of the U-Decide Event. U-Decide was a 2002 event in the comic book industry in which fans would decide which of three books published by Marvel Comics would survive. The event involved one existing book (Peter David's Captain Marvel, which was rebooted to issue #1) and two new books (Bill Jemas's Marville and Ron Zimmerman's Ultimate Adventures), and was based around a bet between David and Jemas, which Zimmerman and Joe Quesada later became a part of. Jemas changed the stakes of the bet a few issues into Marville, stating that the loser would take a pie in the face for charity, which never happened. Despite this, both Marville and Ultimate Adventures ended fairly quickly, and the rebooted Captain Marvel would last 25 issues (60 when combined with the first run). Two foil variant covers exist with cover prices of $3.99. |
| Genre | Super-Hero |
| Pencils | Greg Horn (painted) |
| Inks | Greg Horn (painted) |
| Colors | Greg Horn (painted) |
| Genre | Super-Hero |
| Pencils | Udon Studios (painting) |
| Inks | Udon Studios (painting) |
| Colors | Udon Studios (painting) |
| Script | Bill Jemas |
| Pencils | Greg Horn; Mark Bright |
| Inks | Greg Horn; Paul Neary |
| Colors | Transparency Digital |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Jemas breaks down super-hero media and merchandising and gives his personal impression of the AOL-Time Warner merger. Top of page includes the cover and two variants to issue #1 and four profile captions of the characters in the story: KalAOL, Ted, Jane and Mickey. |
| Characters | Kal-AOL; Ted Turner; Jane Fonda; Mickey |
| Synopsis | Several thousand years in the future, AOL rules the world. Believing that the world is going to be destroyed, Ted Turner uses a makeshift time machine to send his teenage son Kal-AOL back to the present day. There, Kal-AOL decides for no real reason at all to be a superhero. |
| Genre | Super-hero; Satire |
| Script | Bill Jemas |
| Pencils | Mark D. Bright |
| Inks | Paul Neary |
| Colors | Transparency Digital |
| Letters | Chris Eliopoulos |
| Notes | Total of 11 one and two page advertisements for: Tropical Tremor (juice, Tang), Tobacco is Whacko (smoking prevention program, Lorillard), Transformers Armada (model toys, Hasbro), Froot Loops Melonberry (cereal, Kellogg's), Pac-Man Fever (game, Sony Playstation/Nintendo Game Cube), Fruitopia (beverage, Coca-Cola Company), Stuart Little 2 (game, Sony Playstation), Ultimate Savings (subscription, Marvel Comics), ABC Kids (cartoons, ABC Network), Juicy Fruit (gum, Wrigley's) |