By. Samurai Millo
Publisher: Marvel
Classification: T+
Language: English
Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Penciller: David Lopez
Coloring: Lee Loughridge
Cover Price: $3.99
Page Count: 24
Synopsis:
The
following paragraph is a description of the comic taken from Marvel’s official
website:
“Hero! Pilot! Avenger! Captain Marvel,
Earth's Mightiest Hero with death-defying powers and an attitude to match, is
back and launching headfirst into an all-new ongoing series! As Captain Marvel,
a.k.a. Carol Danvers, comes to a crossroads with a new life and new romance,
she makes a dramatic decision that will alter the course of her life and the
entire Marvel Universe in the months to come. It's time to go HIGHER, FURTHER,
FASTER and more in the most super-powered comic around!”
Review:
I usually
count on first issues to be an adequate starting point for either new or
returning readers. I expect that a first issue of any given comic book title
will have all the necessary information in order to put the reader up to speed.
Captain Marvel #1 is not one of those issues. This comic throws you right into
the middle of a setting right out of your favorite episode of the now defunct
TV series “Firefly” without giving us readers the slightest inkling as to what
is going on. This for about five pages only to fade to black, show us the comic
book’s credit and waste with only three words a perfectly good page that could
have been used to give us a quick recap of the current status quo of Carol
Danvers. Instead the plot about a month a half into the past to show us how
Carol was faring on Earth and the changes in her life that place then, but
since I wasn’t Miss Danvers’s previous comic I was quite lost and unable to
recognize any of the secondary characters. Both Iron Man (Tony Stark) and Iron
Patriot (James Rhodes) make guest appearances in this issue. Still, having
established that the lack of introductory information is this issue’s biggest
negative point then is only fair to say that that the characterizations and dialogues
of every character in this book is this issue’s positive point. Scenes during a
birthday party and between Captain Marvel and Iron Patriot are a good example
of this.
The art by
Spanish comic book artist David Lopez is of top quality and show a domain for
both facial expressions and body language. The action scenes and the quiet
scenes are both equally powerful. I especially liked the last page which to me
was poster material. My compliments go to Lee Loughridge for a superb coloring
job that shows us how color gives each location its own voice whether that
setting is an alien planet or the docks of New York City.
Final
Verdict:
Captain
Marvel gets a “C” on storytelling for the reasons stated before, but gets an
“A” for the art. It is still worth giving it a try.
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