Finally got to get back into it. Lots of things I could remark upon, but this stood out. It felt so real. In fact, all these inserted bits (chat logs, personal logs, news snippets, interviews, and the like) have been such a highlight.
Readers would be unbelievably lucky to have someone like you, who understands Carol's character and story so thoroughly, writing her comic title whenever it returns from hiatus.
You said in an interview that you paid special attention to the Binary section of her life, and reading it now, I can tell. This was BEAUTIFUL. Can't wait to read the rest and see how you enhanced this sadly underwritten part of her life.
My most sincere congratulations! I'm reading it right now, through an ebook version, and I'm really impressed. I'm still only on chapter three but I'm loving the attention to detail and references to minor characters and events I'm sure you didn't have to mention.
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So far I've only noticed a single discontinuity; pretty impressive, if you ask me. This is an email from Wanda just as Ms. Marvel joins the Avengers, around Avengers #183. Wanda calls her Carol Danvers, but she wouldn't know her real identity until some time later, in Avengers #198. A small mistake!
I'm reading a Kindle edition of "Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified", and the amount of research @kellifitzwrites.bsky.social must have done to keep track of so much continuity is staggering. What's even more of a task is establishing a coherent through line, a life story. I'm impressed!
I am very eager to see how North works out of the age old "He's doing great things... if only he didn't love murder so much!" trap
For a Carol Danvers title to find true LASTING success, it needs to be a book that only Carol Danvers could headline. It can't be a generic interchangeable superheroine title. If you're the writer and your story could star any other powerful Marvel lady, scrap it and start over.
Much of this is obviously just my preference, such as the cosmic focus and new look. I freely admit there are many ways to achieve the same goal, which is the crucial part so I'll re-state it plainly: above anything else, a new Captain Marvel book needs specificity.
4B) I'm not picky about what Carol's costume should look like; just what it should signify. Still, I'm thinking something in the vein of Alex Ross's unused design; not specifically, just the vibe. Something that pops, that feels instantly classic and echoes all of her history.
4) Last (and admittedly least): a new LOOK. I love the Bartel jacket suit, but it was created for a run that didn't go well, so an inventive new run that follows the earlier precepts could be aided by a look that emphasises a more thought-out tone and a focus on Carol's history.
3B) Carol was in outer space as Binary from 1982 to 1993... but mostly off-page. We should get to know more about that underdeveloped era beyond a generic "she knows space stuff": be inventive; create specific history, not for fanservice but to harness it for CURRENT stories.
3) Flowing from that, Captain Marvel needs a run with a sense of HISTORY; a story that takes all of her background into account, not just the MCU-fied pilot era. For example, she should resort to using her spycraft when needed, and to her knowledge of space cultures and politics.
2) Connected to that, the writer needs to actually have a TAKE. An engaging high concept for the story, and a knowledge of the character's history beyond "generic badass superheroine", all of it harnessed for a highly specific take on what a Carol Danvers book could UNIQUELY be.
1) Most of all, I believe a Carol Danvers book needs a new TONE. Instead of another excessively YA-centric, generically "inspiring" superheroine story, she needs a character-centric title that lives up to her specific potential; be it cosmic, space politics, or spycraft-related.
With this year-long Captain Marvel hiatus, I hope editorial has used the time to find a writer with an engaging concept and a fitting artist. Here's what I think the title needs to succeed going forward: a new tone; a unique take; a sense of history; and a new look.
Comics panel: "Did he betray you or was he just very, very gay" "...it was more complicated than that" * Footnote: (this is actually in the comic) No it wasn't. See Avengers Academy #31!
Lmao. #avengersacademy
I'm afraid it's too much to hope that Oliveira is gonna break them up in an Infinity Comic instead of her own title (whenever she has one again), but I can dream. Well, at the very least some conflict will make the relationship a tad less tedious.
Your honor, this is a lesbian drowning in comp-het. It's hilarious that Carol has sizzling chemistry with several women, with whom she has no issue being quite affective, but with any man he dates it's... like this. Like bros.
Screenshot of the Google maps Gulf of Mexico that says: Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
I like how European google maps is hedging their bets
Anthony Oliveira's disdain for Carol and Rhodey's utterly sauceless, chemistry-starved relationship gives me life. "I'm afraid all we have in common is all we have in common." Indeed!
video about PLAY STATION TWO and the many wacky characters within ! yes all those guys from the games are really trapped in that black box !! but they love it in there, they told me so !!
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Castillo de Loarre.
I'm selling Ed Brubaker's entire Captain America run, the 5 omnibus volumes, for €399, by the way, which is QUITE cheap as these things go. I'm willing to accept a lower offer if someone buys them soon, too.
I'm also selling my X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda hardcovers:
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I'm selling all my Captain America omnis, if someone wants to take a look. CA volumes 1 (Lee/Kirby), 3 (Englehart/Buscema) and 4 (Kirby); CA by Waid, Garney & Kubert; the 5 volume set of Brubaker's run (sold as a set or separately), and Remender's run:
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Mitch McConnell ran a playbook of total opposition after the 2008 election and it resulted in Republicans flipping 6 senate seats and 63 house seats two years after the biggest Dem victory since LBJ
what the fuck are you people doing
I wonder how long people are going to point out conservative hypocrisy before they figure out that doesn't do anything.
