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A review by aquantumofgravitas
Captain Marvel, Volume 3: Alis Volat Propriis by Kelly Sue DeConnick
2.0
I really want to like Captain Marvel, I really wanted to love Captain Marvel in spaaace, I really wanted to enjoy this. But for me, it's frustrating to watch a character that is physically powerful enough to waste whole armies or fleets of ships slumming it with the unpowered. And the political story in the first half wasn't much fun, having entirely too much talking, and the rest wasn't pulpy enough, though I loved it when she ran into giant space tardigrades. The cameo from Rocket Racoon trying to kill her cat was fun for a while as was the twist on that story thread [in volume 2], but overall the whole book felt rushed.
Planet Hulk left a similar bad taste in my mouth, being a similar attempt at putting a Marvel superhero into a classic pulp setting, but both left me disappointed. Neither of these characters are even your average pulp hero - they're MARVEL HEROES and were written as strangely underpowered for the story they were shoved into.
These galaxy-spanning empires are also weirdly underdeveloped in their technology. Instead of depowering their superheroes, I think Marvel authors would be better off reading more Iain Banks and coming up with weirder civilizations and problems that truly test Captain Marvel.
Planet Hulk left a similar bad taste in my mouth, being a similar attempt at putting a Marvel superhero into a classic pulp setting, but both left me disappointed. Neither of these characters are even your average pulp hero - they're MARVEL HEROES and were written as strangely underpowered for the story they were shoved into.
These galaxy-spanning empires are also weirdly underdeveloped in their technology. Instead of depowering their superheroes, I think Marvel authors would be better off reading more Iain Banks and coming up with weirder civilizations and problems that truly test Captain Marvel.