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A review by jmanchester0
Captain Marvel, Volume 3: Alis Volat Propriis by Kelly Sue DeConnick
5.0
Except for the Black Vortex chapter, this was pretty fantastic. It starts on a high point with some great action. And it ends‰Ы_well, let‰ЫЄs just say it makes me realize what kind of an amazing writer Kelly Sue DeConnick is. AMAZING! Five stars for the last story alone.
One of the reasons I stopped buying comics monthly is that it‰ЫЄs so hard to keep track. Partly because it‰ЫЄs so hard to remember month to month - I really enjoy reading the TPBs, though I don‰ЫЄt think that helps the comics industry much. But also, with all the massive crossover storylines - I‰ЫЄm a completist and want to have everything. That‰ЫЄs just not doable from a financial or even time management perspective. Take the Black Vortex storyline - part of Captain Marvel‰ЫЄs chapter was dropped in a single one of her issues. What do you do with that - whether you‰ЫЄre reading the monthlies or TPBs? I mean, I‰ЫЄll probably look for the story now since it involves Captain Marvel AND The Guardians of the Galaxy. But if it didn‰ЫЄt have the Guardians I probably wouldn‰ЫЄt care. And now there‰ЫЄs an out-of-context portion of this volume with no background and no future. It‰ЫЄs kind of annoying.
But that doesn‰ЫЄt take away from how amazing the rest of the book is. That‰ЫЄs just my rant.
And I guess that‰ЫЄs the end of another run? The next stories start over with #1 - collected on the Alpha Flight and Civil War II TPBs. And the omnibus that contains this volume as the first е_ has The Carol Corps as the second е_. That‰ЫЄs the only one of these Captain Marvel series I couldn‰ЫЄt find at my library so i had to pick it up on eBay. (Can‰ЫЄt wait to get into that!)
One of the reasons I stopped buying comics monthly is that it‰ЫЄs so hard to keep track. Partly because it‰ЫЄs so hard to remember month to month - I really enjoy reading the TPBs, though I don‰ЫЄt think that helps the comics industry much. But also, with all the massive crossover storylines - I‰ЫЄm a completist and want to have everything. That‰ЫЄs just not doable from a financial or even time management perspective. Take the Black Vortex storyline - part of Captain Marvel‰ЫЄs chapter was dropped in a single one of her issues. What do you do with that - whether you‰ЫЄre reading the monthlies or TPBs? I mean, I‰ЫЄll probably look for the story now since it involves Captain Marvel AND The Guardians of the Galaxy. But if it didn‰ЫЄt have the Guardians I probably wouldn‰ЫЄt care. And now there‰ЫЄs an out-of-context portion of this volume with no background and no future. It‰ЫЄs kind of annoying.
But that doesn‰ЫЄt take away from how amazing the rest of the book is. That‰ЫЄs just my rant.
And I guess that‰ЫЄs the end of another run? The next stories start over with #1 - collected on the Alpha Flight and Civil War II TPBs. And the omnibus that contains this volume as the first е_ has The Carol Corps as the second е_. That‰ЫЄs the only one of these Captain Marvel series I couldn‰ЫЄt find at my library so i had to pick it up on eBay. (Can‰ЫЄt wait to get into that!)