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dantastic's review against another edition
3.0
Sidekick extraordinaire Rick Jones is saddled with Genis, the son of the deceased Captain Marvel, via Kree Nega-Bands. Complicating things is the fact that Genis cannot control his cosmic awareness.
So this is the first volume of Peter David's run on Captain Marvel. Cap and Rick Jones encounter The Hulk, Wendigo, Drax, Moondragon, the Microns, and the denizens of the Microverse.
I like how Peter David swapped the roles of Rick and Captain Marvel in this series, making Rick the mentor. The idea of Genis' cosmic awareness being on all the time further complicates things. This series has a lot of potential. However...
I'm not going to sugar coat this. Most of Peter David's attempts at humor don't really go over for me in this one. I found myself rolling my eyes on 9 out of 10 attempted jokes. Am I just being a curmudgeon? Possibly.
That being said, I enjoyed this book overall but I'm not dying to read the next volume in the series. Three out of five stars.
So this is the first volume of Peter David's run on Captain Marvel. Cap and Rick Jones encounter The Hulk, Wendigo, Drax, Moondragon, the Microns, and the denizens of the Microverse.
I like how Peter David swapped the roles of Rick and Captain Marvel in this series, making Rick the mentor. The idea of Genis' cosmic awareness being on all the time further complicates things. This series has a lot of potential. However...
I'm not going to sugar coat this. Most of Peter David's attempts at humor don't really go over for me in this one. I found myself rolling my eyes on 9 out of 10 attempted jokes. Am I just being a curmudgeon? Possibly.
That being said, I enjoyed this book overall but I'm not dying to read the next volume in the series. Three out of five stars.
ekansthepokemon's review against another edition
4.0
this series is pretty fun, i gotta say, i like it
voidboi's review
3.0
I liked a lot of this. It's always nice to find a funny writer, and Peter David is super witty and sarcastic. I've found myself really starting to like Genis. As always, I worry about female representation- Marlo is really bimbo-y? I don't know the history of her character so it's hard to know what's her and what's the writers for this one. I'm perpetually annoyed by absurd female bodies in comics, and she's no exception. The ghost lady who starts haunting her is a bit better. But she, along with most people in the comic, does her share of slut shaming, ect.
Moondragon is amazing tho and I want to see so much more of her relationship with Drax holy crap.
Anyway. Rick Jones is a COMPLETE ASSHOLE and often actually offensive and it's hard to say if we're supposed to be critical of him about them? I appreciate his sass. I wish he weren't so terrible at other times.
So well paced. So hilarious.
Moondragon is amazing tho and I want to see so much more of her relationship with Drax holy crap.
Anyway. Rick Jones is a COMPLETE ASSHOLE and often actually offensive and it's hard to say if we're supposed to be critical of him about them? I appreciate his sass. I wish he weren't so terrible at other times.
So well paced. So hilarious.
seawarrior's review
2.0
Since I haven't read any previous Captain Marvel series I'm slightly confused as to what is happening here, but not to the point where it's difficult to understand the main story.
I'm also extremely sleep deprived so that may be warping my perception of the writing, but as of right now I found it fairly entertaining to read. The events going on are definitely messy but not in a way so stressful that I'm deterred from wanting to try and finish the series.
I'm also extremely sleep deprived so that may be warping my perception of the writing, but as of right now I found it fairly entertaining to read. The events going on are definitely messy but not in a way so stressful that I'm deterred from wanting to try and finish the series.
kamaria's review
4.0
In 2000, Peter David wrote two different Captain Marvel runs. Both were cancelled after a couple of years. This TPB collects the first six issues of one of them, the one that spanned 35 issues. The rest was never collected as TPB, but you can find up to issue №25 on Marvel Unlimited, so that's what I read.
It is confusing, but I promise it is worth it.
Let's get out the bad first: I'm not a fan of the art. It's static and exaggerated, too cartoonish for my taste, but I can see how it works with the story.
To the point now. This run is about Genis Vell as Captain Marvel while he is bonded to Rick Jones. As an ongoing story, it has many of Marvel's usual plot twists and inconsequential end-of-the-world showdowns, with appearances from Supremor, the Roggs, Ronan, Drax and many other Marvel cosmics. I never felt that Rick or Marvel were in real danger, so there was only minimal tension. But it was an enjoyable run. It has plenty of humour, most of it hit or miss, and it has good emotional development. Rick Jones undergoes many changes and they reflect on his personality and his relationship with Marlo and Genis. Genis gains humanity and Marlo, agency. All of them learn from each other. And then there's Lorraine, and I was so sad for her cyclical fate.
This run also stands out from others in early 2000s in that it is really meta, makes jabs at the comic industry and tackles the treatment of women on the page as sex objects (very briefly though!) and criticises patriarchal social mores through the Kree. It is amazingly feminist for Marvel at the time, but be warned: huge chunks of it are still terribly offensive and sexist. It's a continuous contradiction.
I'm sad that the remaining ten issues are not available online, and I really want to read Peter David's other take on Captain Marvel.
ETA [29.12.18]: They have finally uploaded the remaining 10 issues to Marvel Unlimited. This is one of my favourite character arcs from Marvel. Peter David continued writing a very witty and meta comic with characters that are both silly and deep. I can't wait to read more of his stories. However, the best issue of the whole run doesn't have a single word (Quiet Miracles) and it's a Christmas story as classic as It's a Wonderful Life. Bonus: the run ends with a lesbian couple! Something I wasn't expecting from Marvel at that time in history.
It is confusing, but I promise it is worth it.
Let's get out the bad first: I'm not a fan of the art. It's static and exaggerated, too cartoonish for my taste, but I can see how it works with the story.
To the point now. This run is about Genis Vell as Captain Marvel while he is bonded to Rick Jones. As an ongoing story, it has many of Marvel's usual plot twists and inconsequential end-of-the-world showdowns, with appearances from Supremor, the Roggs, Ronan, Drax and many other Marvel cosmics. I never felt that Rick or Marvel were in real danger, so there was only minimal tension. But it was an enjoyable run. It has plenty of humour, most of it hit or miss, and it has good emotional development. Rick Jones undergoes many changes and they reflect on his personality and his relationship with Marlo and Genis. Genis gains humanity and Marlo, agency. All of them learn from each other. And then there's Lorraine, and I was so sad for her cyclical fate.
This run also stands out from others in early 2000s in that it is really meta, makes jabs at the comic industry and tackles the treatment of women on the page as sex objects (very briefly though!) and criticises patriarchal social mores through the Kree. It is amazingly feminist for Marvel at the time, but be warned: huge chunks of it are still terribly offensive and sexist. It's a continuous contradiction.
I'm sad that the remaining ten issues are not available online, and I really want to read Peter David's other take on Captain Marvel.
ETA [29.12.18]: They have finally uploaded the remaining 10 issues to Marvel Unlimited. This is one of my favourite character arcs from Marvel. Peter David continued writing a very witty and meta comic with characters that are both silly and deep. I can't wait to read more of his stories. However, the best issue of the whole run doesn't have a single word (Quiet Miracles) and it's a Christmas story as classic as It's a Wonderful Life. Bonus: the run ends with a lesbian couple! Something I wasn't expecting from Marvel at that time in history.
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