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CAPTAIN MARVEL #1

• SHE’S BACK! The “Mightiest” of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!

• Ace pilot. Legendary Avenger. 100% pure bad-a$$.

• Carol Danvers has a new name, a new mission …and all the power she needs to make her life a living hell.

• Guest starring Captain America.

Story by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Dexter Soy
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover by Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines, Javier Rodriguez, Adi Granov, & Paolo Rivers

Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 1.1%

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  1. Avatar photo WillupsBrighton says:
    July 17, 2012 at 4:44 am

    The word “badass” and any permutations should be banned from comic book solicits.

  2. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    July 17, 2012 at 8:24 am

    “Carol Danvers has a new name, a new mission, and all the hair gel she needs to make her life a living hell…”

  3. Avatar photo RobotZombie says:
    July 17, 2012 at 8:50 am

    I really want this to be good.

  4. Avatar photo Dokhou says:
    July 17, 2012 at 8:57 am

    Not digging the hair.

  5. Avatar photo TheSquirrel says:
    July 17, 2012 at 10:01 am

    I am dissapointed by the lack the pulls on this book. I thought Mrs. Deconnick’s ad campaign to get a woman written by a woman to last would have had more effect. 🙁

    • Avatar photo KenOchalek says:
      July 17, 2012 at 10:07 am

      Ehh, don’t be so quick to get bummed out. The pull list hasn’t even been up 12 hours yet. And this book is currently in the top 10 pulled books. And the iFanbase — as great as we are — does not necessarily reflect the entirety of the comic book audience.

    • Avatar photo TheSquirrel says:
      July 17, 2012 at 11:24 am

      That’s fair I forgot about the late post (hope the iFanboy boys are resting well). Here’s hoping this book can break the six issue goal Kelly Sue set for it.

  6. Avatar photo misterckent says:
    July 17, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    It’s all about the story for me. I love the new look and I may start reading it, but never been a huge Captain Marvel fan. I’ll check this out digitally.

  7. Avatar photo monsterduc1000 says:
    July 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    …here is the headline six months from now, “Captain Marvel cancelled”

    or, “Get ready for Captain Panther”

  8. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    July 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Will try it.

  9. Avatar photo buckmulligan says:
    July 17, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    Any thoughts as to how new-reader-friendly this will be? I’ve been reading AvX and started reading the current volume of Avengers at issue 19. So I have virtually no background knowledge of this character.

    • Avatar photo cubsmodano says:
      July 17, 2012 at 4:04 pm

      It’s a number one issue… if you try it and feel lost then they don’t deserve to have you come back for issue 2.

    • Avatar photo cubman987 says:
      July 18, 2012 at 3:13 pm

      I felt like this was new reader friendly…there’s evern a very brief explanation to how she got her powers.

    • Avatar photo buckmulligan says:
      July 18, 2012 at 3:37 pm

      cubman987, just finished reading it and really enjoyed it. I felt like it was a good introduction without overdoing it on exposition.

      I’m glad I picked it up and I’ll definitely be picking up #2.

  10. kcekada says:
    July 17, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    Don’t mind the name change, but you just can’t beat that black/red outfit that Cockrum designed. I know it’s a bit sexist, but it was so iconic — and sharp. This new outfit — not so much.

  11. Avatar photo saiyanzzrage says:
    July 17, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    Cautiously optimistic for this one. I want it to succeed, and will give it a few issues

  12. Joethemithra says:
    July 17, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    I thought the Ms. Marvel series with Carol Danvers was good so i will try this book.I look the Ms. Marvel costume and long hair for her better.I read comics mainly for story.Power Girl number 1-12,i consider the best part of the series.

  13. Avatar photo Jediaxle says:
    July 17, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    Don’t really know much about Captain Marvel or Carol Danvers but after hear word balloon and meeting Kelly Sue at Heroescon I’m looking forward to reading this.

  14. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    July 17, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    Saw a preview for this on CBR. I want to like this and I want to give it a shot. But….

    Good lord that art is hideous. Like: “Holy shit, did Greg Tocchini change his name to get more work?” hideous.

  15. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    July 18, 2012 at 9:01 am

    Avenging Spidey was so much fun last week, I gotta give this a go. But that art… yikes.

  16. frosty says:
    July 18, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Read it and it’s great. It even made me cry a little bit at the end. The first couple pages are a little wonky art-wise, but by the end of the issue, it had really grown on me and there were a lot of beautiful moments, for both character and art. Carol feels like a fully realized character already. Can’t wait for the next issue.

  17. Qdor says:
    July 18, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    I really liked this! Sign me up for more Captain Marvel. I hope they spend as much time in space as I’m thinking they are going too, would make for an interesting hook to keep me coming back, if you ask me.

  18. Avatar photo cubman987 says:
    July 18, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    So glad Carol Danvers has her own book again and I’m even more happy that this first issue was pretty darn good!

  19. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    July 18, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    Good but not great, odd that the art was much better AFTER the preview pages. Script was a little too quippy for me (reminded me of Dan Slott), don’t think i’ll stay on, but hope it does well.

  20. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    A lovely character piece. What a classy way to start an ongoing series.

  21. Avatar photo BarryHollifield says:
    July 18, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Loved it. I thought the writing and art went very well together. Definitely back for issue #2.

  22. Avatar photo WillupsBrighton says:
    July 18, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    Boring cornball story about how the lady with alien superpowers is humbled before a REAL HERO, some old lady who flew a plane back when mostly men flew plans. Gag.

    Add to that inconsistent (her hair) and just plain ugly art.

    They really really should have delayed this a couple of months, just made it one of the Marvel Now titles. I have no idea why they didn’t. They obviously had to go back and do major revisions because of negative reaction to the redesign. They should have just started over from scratch.

    • Avatar photo NOK says:
      July 18, 2012 at 10:13 pm

      Mostly men still fly plains, and exclusively in some place, and it was about a woman that passed all the tests to be an astronaut but could not because of gender discrimination. NO it was not great or amazing but I doubt you could have done a better job.

    • Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick">Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
      July 18, 2012 at 10:21 pm

      Okay, let’s cool our jets. People are allowed to criticize even if they are not able to do it better themselves.

    • Avatar photo TheSquirrel says:
      July 19, 2012 at 9:30 am

      You do realize that you can style your hair right? Long hair is fun like that, you should grow yours out.

    • Avatar photo NOK says:
      July 19, 2012 at 1:38 pm

      My jets are cooler than cool. I was just inviting a conversation about why the comic was weak. It’s not easy to write a superheroine comic that might just end in a some months. I think the creators deserve constructive criticism and not vague criticism. Maybe my reply should have been “Can you elaborate on how it could of been better?”

      and military women are bad a$$ like this lady who flies a VTOL(vertical take off and landing) Aircraft: http://www.defense.gov/transformation/images/photos/2006-03/Hi-Res/osprey_female_pilot.jpg

      Female pilots have a rich history and I think it’s a great direction to take in honor of them.

    • Avatar photo WillupsBrighton says:
      July 19, 2012 at 6:34 pm

      I’m all for comic books by women. I’m all for comic books starring women. I just don’t think the issues female characters face should be specifically female problems, at least this early on. It reeks of tokenism. Captain America doesn’t go around fighting on behalf of Fathers for Justice and struggling with impotence. He fights a scary dude with a red skull. The story lines aren’t about him being male.

      Yeah yeah, women face discrimination, men don’t. Address that issue at some point but let it naturally emerge from the narrative. Doing it right off the bat in the first issue seems heavy handed and forced.

  23. Avatar photo zlbenson says:
    July 18, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    I liked it, thought the story was fairly strong but I actually liked the art quite a bit. I’ll check out the next issue.

  24. tazz says:
    July 18, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    The interior are was awful. Yes I get art is a particular taste..I can see a lot of people here seemed to like the interior art. I was looking forward to trying this, but when I picked it up with the gorgeous cover, then saw the interior, I just put it right back on the shelf.

  25. Avatar photo Deadshot15 says:
    July 19, 2012 at 12:08 am

    I thought that story was a good initial outing but a bit strange that it doesn’t really offer much of a hook to keep going. Many people can bail after the first and they really haven’t missed much. I found the art to be too heavily inked for my tastes and some issues with the storytelling were a bit rough but this is the guy’s first work so I’m willing to give him a bit of time to settle in. As for KSD’s story, the fight at the beginning was a little forced but I thought the quieter moments really shone through. I am giving Kelly the 6 issues to hook me. If she hasn’t by then, I think I have given her a fair shot.

  26. Avatar photo trom301 says:
    July 19, 2012 at 5:16 am

    Don’t know a whole lot about this character, but Ill give it shot.

  27. Avatar photo zattaric says:
    July 20, 2012 at 10:52 am

    LIke the story, but I felt that Dexter Soy’s art was a little too “muddy” and dark for me. Maybe I just have to get used to it. I’m in.

  28. Avatar photo psynetrix says:
    July 21, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    Ms. Marvel’s evolution into Captain Marvel is one of the most deserved and exciting moves in years. Kelly Sue DeConnick did a great job with this inaugural issue, and the art by Dexter Soy was very distinctive and almost cinematic. Love Captain Marvel with her helmet on.

    Please check my mini-review here:

    http://bit.ly/NKsZ2N

    Comments and feedback are always welcome!

  29. Avatar photo Arrrggghhh">Arrrggghhh (@Arrrggghhh) says:
    July 25, 2012 at 3:11 am

    Didn’t work for me at all . . . 1st issue needs to impress, this did not.

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