I’ve never particularly cared for Marvel Comic’s Carol Danvers
(Captain Marvel) character. Originally created as one of Marvel’s ‘feminist’
characters during the 1970s she started out as Ms. Marvel (a female version of the
male Captain Marvel).
She’s had her ups and down, victories and failures and has
gone through so many transitions, lose of powers and gain of new powers it
makes one’s head spin. Of all of Marvel’s
female characters Carol Danvers never seemed to completely fit in. If that’s by
design, I don’t know. She’s always
seemed to be a character in search of herself.
Some writers touched on that be no one ever capitalized on
it. The lady has been through a lot and
still managed to come out swinging. She’s
never really had her due-until now.
Writer Kelly Sue Deconnick and artist David Lopez have
nailed what makes Carl Danvers who she is-someone searching for herself. And what better way for a cosmic powered
superherione to find herself than to travel the cosmos?
That’s the premise behind Captain Marvel #1 as Carol decides
to travel into space-for at least a year-to discover who she is and to find her
place in the world, in the Avengers and in her relationship with Rhodey Rhodes.
It all starts when she and Iron Patriot try to stop what
they think is a bomb from hitting Manhattan.
Carol manages to stop it only to discover it’s not a bomb but a
container holding an alien girl. Tony
Stark ‘hints’ that the Avengers need a presence in space and Carol jumps at the
chance. First up, find out what’s up
with the alien girl.
There are some funny moments in the story (Tony and Carol
dispatching some thugs without a thought), personal moments (Carol babysitting
and telling Rhodey of her plans) and plenty of action as seen in the opening sequence
of the book.
All-in-all the new Captain Marvel book looks promising and
maybe, finally, Carol Danvers can find herself and her place in the Marvel
Universe-she deserves it.