Ms. Marvel is shedding her golden locks and taking on a new role in the Marvel Universe with this summer’s Captain Marvel ongoing from Kelly Sue DeConnick!
A well-deserved promotion to one of Marvel’s strongest leading ladies and one more degree of separation from DC’s Big Red Cheese.
Here’s a look at the new Carol Danvers, designed by Jamie McKelvie! The artist shared his original concept art and commentary on Tumblr:
So it was just announced at Wondercon that Kelly Sue DeConnick will be writing a new ongoing Captain Marvel (formerly Ms. Marvel) series, with Dexter Soy on interiors and Ed McGuinness on covers. I had the privilege of designing Carol’s new costume. Our idea was to give her a kind of swash-buckling costume that invoked a sense of her history as an Air Force officer. Her hair is slicked back at the sides when in costume – so her Kree-style helmet can form when she needs it.
Series covers come courtesy of Ed McGuiness.
And here’s a preview of July’s Captain Marvel #1 with art by Dexter Soy!
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she needs her long hair back, other than that should be good
Co-signed. I’m hyped for this book.
Agreed. Though it does look like she’ll have long hair in her civvies.
The art looks interesting, I’ll try the first issue
Looks like Soy’s interior pages showcase a less severe hairstyle change. Still shorter, but not quite the military crop from the cover images.
I honestly thought Jim Lee designed this.
lol
I don’t think Jim Lee would do a collar that small. lol.
the hair is awful
I am jazzed for this book. The new costume feels very busy; I’d have preferred a re-tooling of the black costume
I’m not familiar with the artist, but I’d definitely read it based on Kelly Sue’s involvement.
The hairstyle shown in the image where she’s tightening her glove looks great, and goes with the uniform.
Maybe it’s a new style of Kree military uniform.
I read the Brian Reed series from a couple years ago, and enjoyed it.
Looking forward to more Carol Danvers.
It’s about time they made her Captain Marvel.
I hope they do more cosmic stuff with Carol than they have in the past.
Does she have a mullet?
Other than that, I love the way the costume looks in the McKelvie drawing.
Cliff Baker has set the world on fire.
The Baker Revolution cannot stand!
Baker/Zazu (Orc Stain) in 2012!
Maybe it’s the Wendy O. Williams warrior woman mullet-hawk.
Hey Paul, I was wondering when we get to see those AvX contest videos.Im really excited to see what people did! Thanks!
No videos, but you’ll get to vote on the photos next week.
Sweet!
I hope she does have a mullet! We need more hipsters in mainstream comics. Quick, someone get her a mustache 🙂
The Jamie McKelvie image is really nice.
Costume looks fine without the mask; not quite sure why they need it.
Get a definite Miracle Woman vibe off of this costume, tho it might be due to the hair style.
I see it too. I thought it was intentional, so they could bring Miracle Man to the Marvel Universe.
If those pages are from the first issue, she might cut her hair and ditch the mask by the end of the first issue/story arc. Who knows. Either way, I am intrigued.
Could be she ends up in the Kree military and gets her hair cut regulation-style.
Yes!!!
Haha!
This is so exciting!
I love Ms.Marvel! Er- I mean Captain Marvel! Haha, I can’t believe it, this is great, I’m actually going to get to read an ongoing story about a female superhero! Written by Kelly Sue! Her work on Osborn was great! And even though I love her current coustume, I can get used to this. Plus it’s refreshing how there not oversexualizing her since that’s what happens ta most female superheros.
Man, with this, plus the craziness of AvX and the new digital Ifinete comics, it’s a good time ta be a marvel fan.
I, too, and less than enthused about the hair, but everything else about this sounds awesome and i’ll definitely pick up the first issue.
Looks great to me.
Interesting. The previewed interior art doesn’t do anything for me but I’ll probably give the first issue a try.
Love the concept, costume is okay, wouldn’t mind seeing her in a costume a little closer to either the original captain marvel or Genis-vel, but definitely should keep the sash, and like everyone else I’m not sold on the hair cut…
The haircut is great, how many female characters need JRJR Jersey Shore hair? All of them?
Regarding the hair, it’s important to note this from McKelvie’s blog (quoted above):
“Her hair is slicked back at the sides when in costume – so her Kree-style helmet can form when she needs it.”
Sounds like she’ll have normal hair when she’s out of costume.
McKelvie has been listening to too much La Roux (which is any La Roux really)
But if she still has longish hair like in the interiors the top part of her hair still looks short which gives this sorta mullet look that is pretty awful and dated.
If she has short hair like in the covers she can still look alright outta costume. But chances are she’ll be in costume most of the time and the hair just doesnt do it for me.
I bet the new costume features comfortable shoes too; if you know what I mean
I think I can say this has to be the worst redesign I’ve seen in quite sometime, and I’m not just talking about the hair.
The costume itself strikes me as a rather conservative redesign. It’s slight alteration on the Caption Marvel outfit, with a touch of military influence and the sash from her last costume.
Have you not seen some of the redesigns DC has spit out in the last year?
whoops, Caption Marvel… now there’s a hero I’d like to see.
I think the design is excellent, especially when compared to Ms. Marvel’s old costume and the DC re-designs.
Now, Captain Marvel won’t have a costume that exposes her ass cheeks (rather impractical for a super hero) and demean her status and credibility.
The hair is fine. I’m surprised at the animus towards it.
Hate the short hair but I love Carol Danvers. Glad she is Captain Marvel now.
I actually really like the hair and costume. Since Incorruptible and Irredeemable are ending soon, I may have room to give this a shot!
Loved Kelly Sue’s Osborne Mini from last year (I think?), so I’m willing to give this a shot.
Speaking of Osborne, anyone know what Emma Rios is working on next?
Am i the only one getting a Miracle-Man vibe from the costume?
No.
But the McGuiness covers aren’t doing it for me.
@RahUniQue: Miracle-Man is the first thing I thought when i saw it.
Me too. I love the design, the hair, the everything about her. That is, except for the awful coloring in those preview images. They make everything look so cheap. The book needs sharp, clean lines and big blocks of smooth coloring like in McKelvie’s design. That would really get across the military feel.
I read somewhere that this book is about a strong female character without the male fan service (read: boobs and ass). If that’s the case McGuiness missed the point.
Yay! Captain Planet is back. “Let our powers combine.”
No offense, but I completely disagree with this design philosophy when it comes to costumes. I do think that every aspect should serve a function, but that the function should be in service to the aesthetic appeal and not necessarily a practical purpose.
McGuiness just drew a dude with boobs. Why does Marvel have him draw covers for books he’s completely inappropriate for? Just like Captain America and Bucky, this is going to be some bad, bad cover art.
If this is $2.99, I’m in!
With all the folks pitching fits about a lack of gender diversity behind and on the page, this is a great opportunity for fans to really vote with their wallets.
It reminds me a great deal of Miracleman, which in turn reminds me that Alan Moore’s Miracleman is still out of print, and that reminds me to be sad.
Carol Danvers appears to have stolen a Starfleet Uniform from Star Trek: First Contact, She even has the rank pips!
I actually really like this costume. And I prefer her look without the mask. I actually don’t think the McKelvie drawing does it justice, the McGuniuess image is the on that sold me.
I was a fan of the Brian Reed Ms. Marvel series, so I’ll probably pick this up.
I love Carol Danvers and like Kelly Sue’s writing. That being said, I REALLY dislike the new costume and hair and, what’s worse – the interior art does NOTHING for me. Sad panda. :^(
I really love this new design. No matter who is drawing it by the way (I don’t think Carol looks like a man in those McGuinness covers) The costume is very well designed and it has a great military vibe to it. Even if her hair is going to be longish, the shorter version we’re seeing is pretty good too.
What a shame this title is going to get turned into a mini-series after several issues. Seriously as much as we love this, do we honestly think this is going to last more then an arc? It’s based on (two) characters no one reads or knows about, the creators are great but they aren’t big names, and look at Marvel’s track record lately. New titles barely last for more then a year. I know I am sort of ranging on the lifespan of the series but I doubt we’ll see much of this series once it hits stores.
If it goes a year, I’ll be happy.
Two years would make me ecstatic.
Three or more years would be a gift from Providence.
Where not going to let that happen though.
This is going to be the title thats gonna break the mold.
We just need enough people to support change.
I think the old costume looked great but it is impractical and the sort of thing we have to move away from, also if she is in a position of responsibility or authority, this is the costume to go with. And as C said it looks great in the McKelvie pic. The strange way McGuiness has done her face sort of makes the hair look stranger and the shinny costume is not going far enough away from the old, the McKelvie drawing looks more like a uniform rather than a costume, if you know what i mean.
Finger crossed
Wow Im pissed. I was pretty excited about it prior to this. I love the costume and I never got the need for ms marvel to wear a leotard anyways. But the hair looks so f*cking ugly. omg.
The cover looks like she just have short hair slicked back. Its awful as it is already but the interiors looked like she got longer hair at the back with a sorta mullet and slicked back up. Oh gawd, the mullet in the interiors are so awful.
I dont know why there is a need to show that women only can look strong when they’re butched up. I would’ve been totally fine if her hair is just a short bob like powergirl or even vixen’s hair, short but in a feminine way, kinda like twiggy in the 60s.
The whole look put together is just horrible.
If Jamie McKelvie was drawing the issues, I’d definitely give it a go. But he isn’t. So I won’t.
Her haircut and the little bumps/spikes(?) on her gloves are a little too Rachel Grey’s old spiky costume from the Excalibur time period. It looks good in the concept sketch, but it needs to be a fun, modern short haircut – not a 90s mullet.
Do you think it’s easier to draw it that way? Carol Danvers has been so many things over the years, but I think she’s too classy to get a haircut that bad. And if she did somehow end up with that haircut (pay attention Marvel), she’d quickly go to an upscale salon and GET IT FIXED. I’d say that’s a good plot for Issue #2. Maybe as a back-up story. :-1
I think the hair and costume works — I’m the furthest thing from a fashionista, but I see the short hair as looking pretty modern actually, maybe almost trendy.
It’s her previous hairstyle that I think looks out of date (I’m thinking of Cindy Crawford, Kathy Ireland or Baywatch here). I’m sure it’s more fun for artists to draw women with high-volume, long-flowing hair, but I don’t think that’s really been in style for some time (see also my disdain for artists that seem to think that mid-riff shirts are still in fashion for young women)
I also appreciate that Carol — a highly skilled and decorated veteran of the armed forces — finally has a costume that isn’t a one-piece swimsuit with thigh high boots and arm-length gloves. Does invulnerability mean you can’t feel cold?
Proving once again that I am a horrible person, my first thought upon seeing the new look was, “Ms. Marvel is coming out of the closet? Huh.”
Is it me or does she look like a bleached blond Asian I don’t care for it I think there is nothing wrong with . her black costume. Give it 10 issues and she will be back to her black or even original costume. Didn’t wonder woman wear a costume similiar to this at one time over in Dc. Marvel should see how that worked out for wonderwoman. This better not be the captain marvel that I have been catching teases of during AvsX. I thought it was going to be the return of the true captain marvel. Man my hopes were jp
Yeah buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!