Since we already sort of have a SUPERGIRL thread already going…
CAPTAIN MARVEL #7. After doing a six issue arc that was pretty out there, I decided to do a few issues that was more “traditional.” Still bizarre, but traditional. Thoughts?
PAD
Since we already sort of have a SUPERGIRL thread already going…
CAPTAIN MARVEL #7. After doing a six issue arc that was pretty out there, I decided to do a few issues that was more “traditional.” Still bizarre, but traditional. Thoughts?
PAD
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Wow first post 🙂 I love this book…every month its like…man that was the worst…no way he can get ANY madder…er…wait..I take that back. Awesome work…what about Angel ? The Glinda line alone was priceless…
To tell you the truth, I was disappointed with it. We went from Eternity and the complete remaking of the universe, to beating up some drunken vikings (though the Asgard jokes you threw in were priceless). I picked up Captain Marvel because I read a review where Jemas was mouthing off and it annoyed me, so I figured I’d do my part in making sure he somehow got egg on his face. After I bought it, I was pleasantly surprised to find a very engaging story. But in issue #6, it seemed kind of thrown together at the end of the story arc.
And I’m not sure you can call it a story arc, because not much was really resolved. Rick is still stuck (and with the new artist, looks like a burnt out rock star, which is porbably appropriate) and Marv is still crazy, but not that cold, sociopathic crazy that was so much fun in stories including the Punisher issue and the Kree army issues. He seems kind of, well, whiny.
Sorry to take up board space with this little “bìŧçhÿ-blûrp” but I’m in college and finding it harder and harder to afford my weekly pull-list. I’ve had to cut down a lot of titles that weren’t cutting it story-wise (if it had an X in the title for instance). I want to keep reading Captain Marvel (it’s one of two Marvel titles on my pull list if that tells you anything) so I’m hoping the next issue, or the one after, catches my interest more.
Thanks for your time
I loved the strengths of the issue as it played on what connations it means to have religion or be considered a deity.
Genis is full-on crazy, and I think I’m bothered by it; not in a way to drop the book, but bothered in the manners that this guy now goes through.
My only dismay with the issue is how quickly some things have moved along-Rick’s psi-blast through the link, as well as the 24 hour limit. It’s not troubling, just that I feel I had better quick on the up take with what’s presented.
Still…I really enjoyed it..as sinister as it felt at times. Genis scares me now.
This is my first issue of Captain Marvel. (Will pick up the paperback this April.) My first impression is that the supporting cast is the Marvel Universe itself. The Marvel books that I’ve been reading lately, (Spidey, Daredevil, Hulk, New X-men), all feel self-contained, except for the occasional guest appearances. With those books, you get the sense that other things are going on in the MU, but that none of it matters because they are outside the scope of the books. Captain Marvel, instead, seems to be taking it all in. I wouldn’t have heard about the whole Asgard thing in New X-men or DD. Didn’t even know it was floating above New York until I read the book.
It doesn’t seem like Captain Marvel has an HQ. He’s sort of wandering around looking to start some trouble. Lots of fun to be had there, but I wonder where he goes when it’s time to hang up the stars and capes and whatnot.
If I had to come to a conclusion right now, I’d say that Marv and Rick are not characters I can empathize with… but they are characters I can enjoy. The characters don’t seem real deep, but that’s okay so long as the book is still fun.
And it is a fun book.
I was really hoping you’d start this thread. 🙂
Some spoilers ahead…
First of all: Great issue. I just recently started reading this series and I’m enjoying it alot. I like how this book takes risks, like making its main character insane, and I like how the book is smart AND funny. We get discussions on God & what makes a God a god this issue, plus we get some humor thrown in.
My favorites: ” What? Do I look too cross?”
And: ” Then again, mayhap not.”
🙂 Really looking forward to the next issue!
And I can’t wait till Spidey shows up (I’m a big Spidey fan!)
Thanks for the great comic PAD & co. Keep up the good work!
DF2506
I’m starting to warm up to the book a little more. Don’t get me wrong, the complete 180 took some time to get used to. I still love the book and it’s one of the few high points of my month.
Maybe someone already asked this… but when is Rick going to get a proper haircut?
I for one LOVED the issue.
It carried over the themes explored from the first arc, with Genis still thinking about the father/son dynamic, leading him to the only logical place one could go after helping to destroy and then create a universe: godhood.
And it was nice seeing him put those smug vikings in their place. I was rooting for Genis, despite the fact that he’s really the “bad guy” now. Which is fine for the short term, and the opponents he’s now facing, but it can only go for so long before there is no way Genis can be redeemed and sympathy for the character drops to zero. Which may not be the best thing. But I’m sure you’re very much aware of that line you’re balancing on.
Basically…I can’t wait to see where you’re taking us next! I have no idea, and that’s one thing that makes this book great.
Little confused by two things;
1) If most of #1-6 didn’t happen in the current universe due to the universe reboot, how’d Genis go from the classic costume he’s still in at the end of #6 to the new modified Kree outfit in #7…including the Kree weapon, so it’s not just that he decided it looked spiffy and bought it off the rack between issues.
2) Where’d the 24 hour limit mentioned on the recap page come from? And if it’s the case, wouldn’t it seem that given Genis’ current state and power level, Rick’d have the Avengers lock him up in one of the old Banner Hulk restraining bunkers just before he’d turn back into Genis?
Otherwise, good issue, and always nice to see Simonson Thor art.
First time I post here, and I hate to be negative, but I must say that after the wicked fun of the past six issues, this one was a huge let-down.
There’s something not right in the universe when I feel a PAD-comic is less balanced and thought-out than a Jurgens one :/
Seriously, I didn’t appreciate the take on Thor and the Asgardians at all, making them come across as buffoons.
Even more irksome was the mangled Thor-speak. It was worse than Jurgens when he was at his worst! I’m pretty sure he’s no longer using that pitiful excuse for language in the pages of Thor’s own title, so I don’t understand why it resurfaced in this comic. How hard is it to get thee and thou right, really?
Sturm and Drang? One word: bleh. The concept of playing with the Storm Giants is a nice one but giving them lame names like that is… odd. Lame as their names are though, I hope they’ll cause some sparks next issue, at least.
Invoking Nietzsche and some nice god-talk were the highlights of the issue, alongside Kyle Hotz’s art, which was unusually bright thanks to Sotomayor’s colors. I’m used to heavy inks over his pencils, so this was a welcome variation 🙂 That opening page was really quite something, among other things.
It’s been six great issues so far, but this story fell short compared to what went on before. It didn’t seem to have any heart, compared to the final issues of Supergirl and Young Justice.
Still, one bad egg every once in a while (and a bad one in apparently my opinion only, at that) doesn’t make me any less convinced you’re a great writer 😉 But the very idea of Genis and Thor coming to blows was worth more than I got, or so I felt. Can’t please everyone all the time, right? 🙂
Almost nothing could have stood up to the high level set by issues #1-6, which, I think, contain some of the best storytelling of your career. And #7 doesn’t stand up to it, but it’s still a respectable entry.
Genis is, in his loony way, trying to find a place in the world… hard for any of us, harder yet when the world continually drives you mad. As I see it, he doesn’t fully believe he’s a god– he’s a little uncertain about what a “god” IS– but he hopes to learn something from making the claim and seeing the reactions it provokes.
The use of Thor here, as in the last CAPTAIN MARVEL series, is refreshingly human. We rarely get to see Thor kidding around with his subordinates, and he demonstrates in little ways that he thinks of all of them as family– lending some meaning to his defense of his home.
I wish there’d been a bit more show-and-don’t-tell regarding the Asgardian religion. We hear about it from Rick and the priest, but a brief scene or two where the Asgardians lord it over the people– intercut with the scenes of Genis lording it over the Asgardians– would have brought the point home.
And all we really know about Sturm and Drang is that they’re big, tough, and old– like many, many THOR villains– so they haven’t hooked my interest yet.
I, too, am confused by where the 24-hour time limit came from. Since I don’t remember it coming up in the story itself, I’m hoping this is a typo… it reduces the drama of Rick’s situation considerably.
Still, all things considered, this series is on track to become one of the more interesting ones in recent years. Here’s looking forward to more.
Interesting.
Or disturbing.
I’m talking about the fact that the more nuts your characters get, the more intelligent they seem to become. Genis’ ramblings are a lot like Bruce Banner’s during his Pantheon days. Deep, intelligent, and totally avoiding the real problem(s). I kind of makes me wonder what you really think of intelligent, well-read people. And, being one of those yourself, it makes me wonder what you think of you;-). Anyway, it’s always fun to read the well-groomed meanderings of your mad Mensites.
The one problem I had was with the art. One of your strong points is that you are very attuned to your artists. Unfortunately for the last four issues you’ve had four different artists, so there has been a lack of continuity. I’m looking forward to #9 so that the art can become more consistent again. For issue #7, I thought the battle scenes were taylor made for Cross (and, of course, the cross scenes, which should go without saying), and would have come across more powerfully if he had done it. Oh well; I loved issue #4 and look forward to #9, as I already said.
As for the people complaining about Rick’s hair; Do you know how hard it is to find a good barber in the Microverse? Well, do you?
How do you even know Rick has two bits?
Just being too smart for my own good, and probably missing the point altogther – Sturm und Drang (Stress and Sorrow) refers to a German literary move moment of the late 18th century…
SPOILERS (for both Captain Marvel and Angel)
I think the story would be more interesting if Rick and Marlo didn’t have some “apart” time right now. We’d see their marriage on the rocks again because Rick is trapped in the Microverse while Marvel went insane.
Oh yeah, and I was hoping that Angelus would stick around until the season finale, but I guess that’s been done once already.
I haven’t enjoyed CM since the new #1 issue. It currently lacks the fun that the previous series did.
And here I was hoping that the title was going to stay “Captain Marlo” from about 10 issues ago. 🙁
Well, I made it through the last arc, thinking it was all a weird mind trip, hoping to see Genis come through with some sort of understanding.
Nope. More of the same.
I’m really not enjoying this new direction. First, I can’t relate to the main character in any way at all. (Yes, he’s an alien. Still, without some sort of connection, I can’t get interested in the character.) Plus, he’s just scary. This issue, I found myself, a couple times, thinking, “Hey, maybe this will get Genis killed.” And thinking that would be a good thing. Not a good sign.
Now, this is PAD writing this, so I know things can turn around witout warning, and we could get back to the old stuff that I loved. But I don’t enjoy reading about a psychopathic “hero”, and I’m almost ready to give up.
I actually enjoyed this issue more than the previous six, and that’s saying a lot because I really enjoyed the previous six. It was chock-full of the sarcastic PAD humor that we all know and love, and what people seemed to complain about the most with the reboot.
I’m glad Genis is still crazy, but I’m wondering how long a storyline about a crazy hero can last. Thor wasn’t crazy for too long, Spidey was institutionalized for a few issues, but there doesn’t seem to be any relief for Cap in the near future. It’ll be interesting to see how far he goes before he’s brought down.
I liked the art better in this issue than the last, and it was a bit reminiscent of Quesada, which I found to be a bit ironic.
Keep it up, Mr. David! Can’t wait to see where this ride takes us.
Rob R.
I didn’t like it so much. Captain Marvel doesn’t come across as “crazy” so much as brazen and an excuse to indulge in your funny but specific type of humour to appeal to your fan base. I’d thought this re-launch was about good story writing? Tackling amoral or non-traditional thinking is interesting. Silliness is also fun, but justifying it by “because he’s insane” is a bit distasteful to those with mental illness. I’d like to think it’s an understandable and treatable disease which could be a better focus for the character’s escapades.
Mike: Silliness is also fun, but justifying it by “because he’s insane” is a bit distasteful to those with mental illness. I’d like to think it’s an understandable and treatable disease which could be a better focus for the character’s escapades.
I don’t think there’s been many people who’ve been treated for “being driven mad because one knows everything due to cosmic awareness”.
I also don’t think there’s many people in that category who will be offended.
I really enjoyed it, and thought it was a nice change of pace from 1-6. The only thing is – and I’m not exactly sure how to put this – the humor was a little too much. It’s funny, but like the “dust” comment – do you really think it’s in character? Once in a while is fine, but it’s so often evident that it undercuts the specific character. Now, the humor is part of the reason I love your stuff – I guess I’m just saying I want it to be tied to the character more so than “generically funny”, if that makes sense…
The Nietzsche stuff was great, as was CM defining what makes him a god. Solid.
I dug the art, and I did like the story…kinda thought him hanging on the cross was just so “in your face” get the point. I find the book intersting, but am missing the Mar-Vel that was a hero. I miss MoonDragon also!! If she wasn’t so into “red heads” First Patsy now Marlo, things would have been perfect and still had them around.
Still hate it. I wouldn’t of picked it up but I forgot to tell my comic store to remove it from my pull list. However it was a bit better than the 1-6 story arc. Well, issue 7 didn’t give me the desire to throw it into a shredder. Which *I* think is an improvement for whatever the reason. At least Rick got bit more time. Which, after re-reading the last volume, I figured out I like Rick Jones and the others far more than the Captain Marvel character. :/
Mark: “I don’t think there’s been many people who’ve been treated for “being driven mad because one knows everything due to cosmic awareness”.
I also don’t think there’s many people in that category who will be offended.”
I realise this and I’m sorry my tone is a bit harsh. Maybe I don’t get the “being driven insane” part, but I expected a better story. Something about frustration when you are omnipotent, or anger because you don’t understand despite omniscience.
Captain Marvel is raisen hëll because he’s insane and going to go beat on some Norse Gods just doesn’t do it for me. I know PAD can do better. Don’t get me wrong, its still a billion times better than anything I can do, it’s just my opinion.
I enjoyed Captain Marvel tremendously as always. Its good to see some humor back in the book. Dark humor, but humor nonetheless. I can’t wait to see where you take this series.
I feel like cancellation constantly looms over this series with Marvel canceling Spider-Girl, Agent X, Soldier X, Tangled Web and possibly Marville, and Marvel’s ax to grind with you, but I just hope that the powers that be allow you to give the series closure if they do decide that its time to cancel it.
Is the Spider-Man appearance going to be a “Marvel Team-Up?”
I haven’t read any of them and think it’s laughable that you consider yourself in my league! Ha ha!
Oh, look. A troll. What discussion of Norse myth would be complete without one?
Clarification to the above: it is as likely that someone as classy as Brian MICHAEL Bendis would take cheap potshots at a colleague as it is that Patrick Stewart will start snarking about Richard Dean Anderson. We have an impostor on our hands.
What disheartens me is, I don’t see any way this blog can remove him.
I enjoyed this one. Marv’s speeches re: religion and gods were some interesting food for thought, and of course I love a good knockdown slugfest like anyone else. I also liked your treatment of the Asgardians and the current situation; again, like in the “Standoff” storyline, we’re seeing some serious consequences of actions taken in Thor’s book. Sturm and Drang look sufficiently nasty.
I also like the idea of a froced switch-out every 24 hours, but to have it come up for the first time in the recap page was, well, kinda weird. Still, another good ish.
**Clarification to the above: it is as likely that someone as classy as Brian MICHAEL Bendis would take cheap potshots at a colleague as it is that Patrick Stewart will start snarking about Richard Dean Anderson. We have an impostor on our hands.
What disheartens me is, I don’t see any way this blog can remove him.**
Ummm… Bendis always takes cheap shots… doubt it’s this guy, but he always does… he’s funny that way. And he does it in an endearing way.
Travis
As far as the story is concerned, I’m a bit skeptical. For one thing, I’m still disappointed at the reset button ending of #6, and reading #7, Peter, it almost feels like Peter wrote #6 with the assumption that it would be the last issue (perhaps he wanted to have an ending that would’ve served as a final issue ending if Jemas or Quesada cancelled the book). The idea of Marv exploring the question of what defines a god, and whether he himself could thought of as one is a good one, but I’m wondering if Marv’s insanity is ever going to be healed, and he’ll return to being a good guy again. It’s not that I mind stories that focus on characters that aren’t heroic, but I felt that Captain Marvel was a good guy, and I assumed that he would be back to normal at the end of issue #6. I’m not too keen on reading an ongoing series about a guy who would think nothing of killing a priest. Of course, I’ve often been pleased by storylines that you’ve started off with questionable beginnings, Peter, so you know I’m still gonna be along for the ride for a while. The bit with Heimdall being able to hear Rick in the Microverse, btw, was a really nice touch.
As for the artwork, I thought it was awful. Kyle Hotz’s anatomy is atrocious. He seems to suffer from that unconscious thinking on the part of many artists that every single muscle (The bicep, the quadriceps, the hamstrings, the latisimus dorsi) is round, and has circular edges, regardless of the angle from which it viewed, and or whether it is flexed. Thus, he constantly draws the bicep, the back of the leg, etc. as a rounded line that comes to a point in the middle. Instead of showing the latisimus dorsi extending from the top of the external oblique to the armpit area, he insists on drawing the line from the waist as a horizontal, and it looks ridiculous. Even when he doesn’t do this, he makes it so wide that the upper torso looks twice as wide as the lower torso. The shot of Marv on the cross is a prominent example. I didn’t care for Hotz’s art on Spider-Man 2099, and it hasn’t improved as of his work on CM. I also could’ve done with out having to look at Heimdall’s hairy legs, which Alan Davis was kind enough to cover up when he did an issue of Thor.
I’m sad to see Chris Williams go, but if Tom Breevoort is still looking for a replacement, I nominate another alum of The School of Visual Arts, Chris Batista, whose fill-in art on vol. 3., #28 was well-done. My second choice would be Ivan Reiss, if he could be persuaded to come over from Lady Death. His issue #4 was just incredible. My last nomination would be Derec Aucoin. I really liked his art on vol. 1 #31.
Really liked this issue. I’ve read it three times already. It was really fun to see Marv kick some self important Asgardian ášš, and Thor came across very dignified.
I wonder if Genis’s mother will be the one to finally talk some sense into him.
ME likey!
I think it’s a really cool idea to give Capt a “God complex” type story.
Just as a comment to the above statement that “I’m not too keen on reading an ongoing series about a guy who would think nothing of killing a priest.” I remember a time where there was this gentleman by the name of Mr. Fixit, who shocked me by brutally beating this little gold guy named Glorian to death in the first issue of The Incredible Hulk that I’d ever read. It bothered me. It bothered me quite a bit, actually. Naturally, I picked up the next issue. And the next. And the next. All the while, I couldn’t quite figure out what I thought of the monster the Hulk had become (remember, my only exposure to Hulk previously had been the Bill Bixby show and the ’80’s cartoon series.) I think I vowed at the end of each issue that I wasn’t going to pick up the next, though I invariably did. Why? Was it like a train wreck that I couldn’t take my eyes off of? Was I looking for the redemption of a character I had enjoyed in other formats? I dunno. Maybe I just enjoyed reading something that wasn’t “safe.” Marv is giving me the same feeling that Mr. Fixit gave me years ago (and, God, was it really THAT many years ago? Man, I feel old…)
I enjoyed that too, James, but with Fixit, he was pretty much an misanthropic anti-hero from the start, and the green Hulk wasn’t much different. Marv wasn’t like that, and I’m not sure I like the idea of this change in his character being permanent, and I hope it isn’t.
Moreover, Glorian wasn’t completely innocent, in that he was manipulating Fixit’s mind telepathically. The priest didn’t do anything to Marv. If anything, I was far more shocked at Fixit snapping the neck of an innocent dog in the beginning of the very next issue, which I thought was less called for.
Then, like you said, you were disturbed, but you stuck with it, cuz Peter often comes through. I’m going to do the same. 🙂
I think CM # 7 was great! I’m also a Thor fan so that helped a lot in my liking of this issue. Peter’s writing never ceases to amaze me! Keep it up!
What did I think?
Eh. There were some good points (like the beginning in the church) but I, like a lot of the readers above, were hoping that Genis would become the hero that he once was. I’m not all that interested in reading the adventures of an amoral character. Why? Because a hero is special — and therefore interesting — not because they have super powers, but because they choose to do the RIGHT thing (or the best that they can). If you or I had the abilities of Genis, the power would probably corrupt us. I want a hero that gives readers something to aspire to!
I am yet another disappointed reader. After what PAD did with Thor in the previous series, I was surpised with the rather cartoony protrayal of the Thunder God. I also felt like PAD was trying too hard to bring non-Thor readers up to speed, and by using Rick, it made things worse. Just how did Rick hear about Thor’s new approach to godhood anyway?
I azlso didn’t like Hotz’a art, but my main concenr was with the story. Some good lines, but otherwsie it was rather flat, and thus not what I epxect from PAD.
I think it’s time that Genis quit trying to live up to the legacy of his father.
Also, why is he having so much trouble dealing with cosmic awareness? It never bothered his dad!
–your pal, Hoy
Also, why is he having so much trouble dealing with cosmic awareness? It never bothered his dad!
Because Jim Starlin wasn’t interested in exploring it?
Hey, when am I going to be sane again?
Hey, PAD –
Enjoyed this issue better than the 6-issue story arc which de-constructed Genis, but I have to say that I miss the “old” CM. I pretty much have to think of the “new” CM as a different character, as I really don’t even recognize him as Genis any longer.
Personally, I liked the Genis that you were doing for the first CM series (weren’t there actually two series prior to this one?). I’m sure that this whole take bumped sales a bit, but I’m not sure I’m sticking around for the new guy.
I own every issue of Aquaman, Captain Marvel, Hulk (almost), Young Justice and Supergirl that you’ve written, as well as every Star Trek novel you’ve written. Needless to say, I enjoy your work and am typically open to change – so while I’m sure that whatever take you’ll have will be interesting, I just don’t have any empathy for the “new” CM (though, I imagine that it is intentional that we dislike him) and Genis was really my favorite part of the “old” series, so my reason for continuing to read is really gone for the most part.
I understand that, in part, this shift in characterization and storytelling was due to critiques to your initial take on CM – however, that was the take that I liked. I’ll stick around for awhile to see if anything to my liking develops, but I can’t imagine that this version is really my cup of tea.
Brian G. Philbin
I was disappointed but mostly because of the art. I really like the way you handled the Asgardians’ dialogue, and the plot flowed nicely.
I am getting a little put-off by CM telling everyone that he’s “insane”. The cool thing about most insane people is that they DON’T KNOW IT… Like Marvel’s biggest insane evil character, Dr. Doom. He’s got no idea at all that he’s delusional, and he’s such a powerful evil genius that it’s hard to convince him otherwise. Anyway just my thought on the subject.
Also, yeah I hate to put down a hard-working artist who obviously put a lot into the issue, and needs a job like all the rest of us but – I just was not happy with the art. Sorry! 🙁 Still, this is one of the few books I’m reading these days where the art is SO secondary to the writing in my reading enjoyment that I don’t mind!
I enjoyed CM#7. While I do agree with those who state that Genis’ characterization is a little too flippant — I stated last time out that I thought the most convincing potrayal of “insane Cap” was issue 4, in which he spoke without any irony, sarcasm or seeming self-consciousness — I still enjoy PAD’s sense of humor overall. I always have.
So I liked a lot of the gags in this issue; the one about the half-assed Shakespearean English was the topper for me. (I’d already been thinking the exact same thing about the Asgardians’ dialogue up to the point when Genis made the comment.) Very funny stuff. Still, CM’s insanity would be more convincing if he was played without humor; it would be more powerful. Perhaps the gags should be left to Mr. Jones in the future… ?
Meanwhile, the discussion of what makes a god was fun — I hope it’s continued next issue.
(Oddly enough, it reminded me of some arguments on the Hulk message board about whether the Hulk could appropriately be called a “god,” since he’s really powerful and has been worshipped by more than one society throughout his career. PAD, you weren’t thinking of this when you wrote that dialogue, were you?)
It was good to see Thor and CM together again; the previous Thor appearance in this comic made for two of the best issues of the run, and having those issues evoked by the present one was not a bad thing, at all.
The artwork was a big thumbs-down; I can’t wait for Reis to take over. Still, it didn’t detract from a fun issue. I’m glad to see a return to the humorous tone of the pre-re-launch days, which I preferred.
I’m still hoping that we haven’t seen the last of Entropy, though.
Jason
Oops. In that last sentence, I meant “Epiphany.” She’s the one I want to see more of.
I am writing this on behalf of a friend of mine who was pretty upset with the issue. Why? He loves Thor. He is ever critical of how Thor is used in comics. When I asked him how this issue was, he had no problem finding fault.
I haven’t read the issue (and I plan on it, once I read the TPB coming soon), but I do know CM is now insane and is throwing around power as he sees fit. From what I was told, Thor and CM came to blows and were at a stand still.
While this fact doesn’t phase me, my friend was livid. The very fact that Thor, a god, is as strong as this lesser “hero” was beyond his comprehension. He also tacks this up to the fact that he feels Marvel no longer cares for the hierarchy of characters power levels anymore.
Thor has always been less strong than other characters in the Marvel Universe, if we go by “power levels”. Hulk, for one.
I love Thor, but even with Odin’s power, he’s not the be-all and end-all of the MU. The development of CM to this point has been logical and well thought-out and it is Jeff’s friend who is not paying attention to “what has gone before” and taking the whole thing out of context.
Brian G. Philbin
On power levels – I know it’s been a while since this has been the case, but I really liked the levels set in Silver Surfer #4 (original series). I loved how even the mighty Surfer was shown to be less powerful that a God (at least a major one like Thor) and needed a power-boost from Loki to have a chance at beating him. Back then, Thor and Hulk were about equal in brute strength, but you always got the idea (or I did at least) that Thor’s other Godly powers probably made him superior overall.
Nothing better than a geeky “who’s stronger” debate, huh?
I just want to add my vote to bringing back an actual hero in Captain Marvel. I have actually really enjoyed the exploration into the burden of cosmic awareness and how that made Marv snap.
As of issue #7 I feel that it’s gone too far. I won’t continue reading if Marv continues having a god-complex and being ruthless, heartless, and evil. I don’t find it interesting.
I completely love Peter’s writing, but this current direction is just wacked out.