Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight Paperback Author: Kelly Sue Deconnick | Language: English | ISBN:
0785165495 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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- Series: Captain Marvel
- Paperback: 136 pages
- Publisher: Marvel (January 1, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785165495
- ISBN-13: 978-0785165491
- Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.9 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I'll admit, this series managed to slip under my radar. By the time I heard how amazing it was, the series was already eight issues in. Now that I have gotten a chance to read the first six, I will be getting this series pulled at my local comic shop, behind or not. Captain Marvel is a beautifully written, wonderfully drawn series, and this collection does a fantastic job of establishing it.
The series centers around Carol Danvers, the title character, whose lengthy back story is very helpfully detailed in the back of the book, as she begins to redefine herself. In the past, she has always gone by the name Ms. Marvel, but with a new costume, hair do, and attitude, she is trying to decided whether or not to take the name of the man who indirectly made her a super hero. From there, the story goes off in a satisfyingly surprising direction that I won't spoil for you, but rest assured, it is a lot of fun.
The art in the first half of the book is wildly different from the latter half, but both styles fit the story so well, and I was so enthralled by said story, it took me two read throughs to actually notice the change. Coming from a stickler like me, there can be no higher praise, to both the story and art. Many times, a change in art style can ruin a story midway, but thankfully that is not a problem here.
Lastly, I love this series because of how it portrays the character of Carol Danvers, specifically how it addresses the role of gender, by not addressing it. Carol Danvers is a military woman, and has been a hero since the seventies. Her abilities and leadership have never been in question, and they certainly aren't here. Captain Marvel doesn't come off as a female Super hero; just a super hero.
As a feminist, a father of a young girl, and a fan of superhero stories, I find the state of female superheroes in comics to be very disappointing.
When I saw what had been done with Carol Danvers (a.k.a. Ms. Marvel), I was quite excited: a new costume that looked great—by which I mean it doesn't seem to be created for horny teenage boys—and a new title with female writer? Awesome! (Given my experience with Marvel/DC superhero stories, I have a little more faith in female writers to write female superheroes better than members of my own sex, unfortunately.) Combined with Ms. DeConnick's AMA on Reddit and the reviews here, it sounded like this graphic novel was exactly what I was looking for: a "new" female superhero that I wouldn't be embarrassed to share with my daughter and that might be a strong, interesting a character in her own right.
Unfortunately, this particular graphic novel doesn't quite live up to that.
First, there's the art. The first two thirds of this graphic novel (issues 1-4) are done by a different artist (Dexter Soy) than the last third (issues 5-6, by Emma Rios), and the two artist's styles are jarringly different. (Soy's art is different from the Marvel norm but not bad. Sadly, I'd actually go so far as to say that I don't like Rios's art.) Given that this graphic novel consists of a single storyline, would it have been too much to ask for them to have kept the same artist for a mere six issues?
Second, as far as the story itself goes... it's decent, but definitely has some damning weaknesses. Without spoiling anything, the thread that connects the three subplots/acts is never sufficiently explained to make the situations "work" collectively.
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