Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by IVAN REIS* KYLE HOTZ Cover by CLAUDIO CASTELLINI Karl Coven is a serial killer sentenced to die for his crimes* and Rick Jones the star witness in the prosecution's case. Claiming to be an alien not subject to our laws* Coven's argument is dismissed* but he gets the last laugh by promptly returning back to life immediately after his death sentence is executed. When a loophole in the legal system requires Coven to be set free* he comes to the attention of Captain Marvel* who's intrigued by the mysterious figure not only because of his apparent resurrection and immunity to Genis' Cosmic Awareness* but by the peculiarities of the judicial system that let the killer go free. Rather than annihilate Coven* he suggests that they become the law: Coven to be prosecution* and Marvel to be judge. Collects CAPTAIN MARVEL #7-12 144 PGS./MARVEL PG