Captain Marvel #1 - Higher, Further, Faster, More. Part One

THIS ISSUE WAS SO GOOD!!!!!!!! DeConnick is killing it with everything she writes right now.

This and mighty Avengers are now currently my favourite comics, great story, characters and art. May they both continue to be excellent.

People who don't read this because she has a different costume and a slightly different name are, quite frankly, fools.

I just read it. Now Black Widow has company as the second Marvel title on my pull.

So happy this comic is back!! Almost home to read books... So close

@jonny_anonymous: There are people like that!?

@jaken7: quite a few on this very site

Sweet. Read the first story arc of the original series and it was great. Glad this is a jumping-on point, because I'd love to read this.

So excited to pick this up!

@captainmarvel4ever: You're not reading this because....what? Carol grew her hair out or something?

@jaken7: @jonny_anonymous: *points to self* Right here

Its hard to know what's good or what's bad around because every comic seems to get 4 or 5 stars all the time.But I am interested in this series

@captainmarvel4ever: Or are you just mad that the rights to the name "Captain Marvel" have legally reverted back to Marvel?

...SHAZAM! :P

@jaken7: (Sorry if you revived more than one message, sometimes I screw up the reply system on this site)

I was almost sure my user name and profile pic would give it away. I don't like the fact that Marvel and DC are playing the same litigious game from decades ago, I think Billy should still have that name. Yes I realize that may seem immature, (although if someone actually does have a problem with her hair, then that's just takes immaturity to a new level) but I strongly feel that Billy should have the name he has had for over 70 years. Other then that I have no other problems with Carol, or her respective writers/artists.

Carol is one of the best characters in comics right now in my opinion. She's strong, charismatic, has an awesome power set and is very beautifully drawn. I hope she makes it to the MCU. I prefer her as Ms Marvel, but I still love her character.

@daredevil21134: Jen is a good reviewer

@jonny_anonymous: Thank you :)

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Carol is one of the best characters in comics right now in my opinion. She's strong, charismatic, has an awesome power set and is very beautifully drawn. I hope she makes it to the MCU. I prefer her as Ms Marvel, but I still love her character.

Good enough for me

@captainmarvel4ever: I know, I got it right with the second guess. I'm on my phone so it doesn't show profile pics, and I thought your name was in reference to Carol. The thing is, DC never had the rights to the name Captain Marvel. They had the rights to Billy Batson, his alter-ego, SHAZAM!, and everything else. DC bought out the character in '72 from Fawcett Comics who had been publishing the character since '39. Before DC did that though, Marvel bought the rights to the name Captain Marvel. That's why Billy has always been advertised and promoted as "Shazam!", but called Captain Marvel in the comics (because that didn't fall under Marvel's jurisdiction). Marvel and DC have not been having legal battles at all, it was DC's conscience decision to just call him Shazam in the New 52 for 3 reasons 1. Respect for Marvel, 2. To make it less confusing for readers (especially when he'd been referred to as Shazam on-and-off for years) and 3. To unify the Billy Batson brand.

I'm sorry if you have a problem with it, but it's not as dramatic as you're making it sound.

@missj: How does Kyle feel about his last issue of Nightwing hitting the stands today?

No problem :p

@jaken7: Check his twitter feed :) He's super happy with fan reactions; it's a great run-ender.

@missj: Awesome! I just read through his explanation of his scrapped long term plans for Nightwing over on the Wing-Nut forums. I got pretty depressed after reading it because it sounded like such an amazing character defining arc for Nightwing, and I really wish we could've read it. I hope he or another writer can pick up those story threads in the future.

I loved #29 though, and he definitely knows how to end a run. He will most certainly be missed on that book. I look forward to his work on Batman Eternal!

Oh, and I'm excited for C.O.W.L. too! ^_^

@daredevil21134: I've checked all the stuff she's given the go ahead on and it's all been excellent

When did Carol and Rhodey start dating?

@daredevil21134: As one of the reviewers said, if the series is bad, they probably wouldn't be reading it themselves anyway.

Been waiting for this, good to see Carol back under her own title, even if she never really left.

WHAT!!! They're dating?!!!!

Yeah I wasn't trying to diss her. I was just saying that every comic around here seems to get high ratings

not anymore. I didn't even know when they started dating

Captain Marvel with a good artist? Count me in!

In all honest I still find this just as average as her last series. I used to love Carol, but Marvel is trying to push her to be top tier so bad. Her last series just tried to hype her up and say how great she was without showing anything to prove she's great. I just find it a lot less interesting that they pretty much want to disregard Carol as Ms Marvel because of her past. I still think that Carol as Ms Marvel was vastly superior to her as Captain Marvel. Also her costume looks way to similar to Mar-Vell's. It seems like this is the dark age of Carol for me.

@daredevil21134: use comicbookroundup

I really loved this issue personally. Can't wait to read the next one.

By all accounts, this is literally the first we see them in any kind of relationship. And they immediately call it off so she can go on her cosmic walkabout. Kinda makes you wonder what the point was.

Still, great first issue. Hopefully this new volume goes better than the last.

Well I've officially added another title to my pull list. Very excited to keep reading!

Is it better?

@daredevil21134: It collects all the reviews on the internet and gives you an averaged score and links to all those reviews. It's pretty helpful.

oh ok

I sort of want to get into this arc but I might wait until she's actually in space for most of the series which sounds like might begin next issue.

It was a good introduction for what's up next for Carol's life. Like the paring between Carol and Rhodey. I'll continue to pick up the series.

@captainmarvel4ever: Nothing to do with Marvel, I agree adC should have stuck with Captain Marvel, I'm sure they didn't loose the rights inside the shazam comic. Then again maybe DC sold the rights completely to Marvel and never told anyone.

Good first issue but I'm glad we won't see anymore Carol & Rhodey dating ugh hated that

Loved this issue. Gonna hit up my local comic shop tomorrow to see what issues they might have from DeConnick's first run. Any particularly great ones worth checking out?

This issue sets up a couple of important elements that will play out in the rest of the arc, but it's probably not entirely essential to follow. DeConnick has said that the opening arc is going to be six issues long, if that helps you make your decision one way or another.

I liked the issue in general, art and writing. I'm kind of interested in this space adventure, but not a fan of the pairing with Iron Patriot(I don't like the idea of Carol potentially being just thought of as somebodys' girlfriend by people only familiar with characters from the films).