Captain Marvel Returns

The new costume looks better on the other pages than it does on the cover.  But that haircut....  Eeesh.  I just need to know whats going on there.  Reminds me of some bad 80's workout video.

DeConnick Talks Capt. Marvel

You are right about that. Genis was never in the military (at least not until the end of his series) and neither was Monica. Carol was in the military and like you stated her origin is so closely tied to the original Captain.

I love the type of story that DeConnick wants to tell. It sounds so uplifting and ambitious. I'm excited.

I'll also admit that I'm not a big fan of the new costume (or the shorter hair. I like my ladies with long hair!), but I'm absolutely going to be giving this book a shot. Brian Reed's book never caught my attention, but DeConnick's vision sounds really grand. I like that she's shooting for something more than just "entertaining" comics. I too want to see this book make it past 6 issues!

The new look reminds me of something a character might have worn in Dark Knight returns. It just doesn't look like a superhero costume. Still it's about time Ms Marvel became Captain Marvel. 

I think the more military look comes from the fact that she is Captain Marvel and not Ms. Marvel or Warbird. The title denotes a military rank so perhaps Carol is going more in that direction.

I don't like the short hair either but in the internal pages she doesn't have it. Her hair is clearly much longer. Unless she cuts her hair in the middle or end of the issue?

And I've seen people say that if we want more female lead books we all need to support this. Well, what if it sucks? We shouldn't support a book just for demographic reasons. It's too bad that it apparently has to be that way, with the assumption that if we don't like this particular book then females must not sell.




Edited by Cable - 18-Mar-2012 at 7:17pm

Assaid above, I too think they should have kept the lightning bolt. I can even see a full-suit design with everything on top of the lightning (upper chest and right arm) in red color, and everything below (left arm, torso, legs) in dark blue.

Another thought is that thos costume would be easier to transition to film versus her previous one lol

Ummm...the author is a woman, Kelly Sue DeConnick. At least if you going to critically analyze the interview, get your pronouns correct    

Edited by Blackcyclops - 18-Mar-2012 at 9:56pm

Hey we don't have many female writers, just want to make sure she gets her credit where its due, whether its good or bad credit lol...

But since you insist, I think DeConnick wants to tell a more up-beat, inspirational style story for the character. While its kinda hard to fully visualize how that will translate into the actual stories, I look forward to it. She seems to want to write a very optimistic book that might take some elements of whimsy. So I have no problem with it.

There was that better

I'm cautiously hopeful for this series.  The uniform is okay.... though I'll miss her classic costume.  The new look is a bit busy to me and I like many of Joerg's simplification of the design.  I'm more concerned about the interior artwork, which looks muddied somehow and that God-awful helmet.  UGH!

My chief concern is that the launch of this book mirrors the last MS. MARVEL series in a few ways...
1) The writer is a relative unknown who got her break into Marvel through her connections to a big name creator.
2) The artist is also getting their big break on this title and has a "dark and moody" style.  3) Neither has a strong reputation or fan following to draw in new readers.
4) The series spins out of a major event and sees Carol taking on a new role and purpose *again*.

Everyone seems keenly aware that a female lead is a hard sell, but instead of loading the deck in her favor with a creative team that has some credibility with fans they give the title to untested creators who readers are less likely to take a risk on in this market. 

As a HUGE Carol Danvers fan, I really want this series to succeed.  If I'm taking a "wait-and-see" attitude, I can only imagine what readers who are unfamiliar with Carol will think of it.

So they should have forced on a big name writer (Aaron maybe? Slott) and artist (Bachalo? Land?) and then later transition in a less well known writer who genuinely wants to do the book?

Funny you bring up her last series which lasted 75 issues in this market for a book that isn't a top-tier character isn't a bad move.

Edited by Blackcyclops - 18-Mar-2012 at 10:48pm