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A review by omnombailey
Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Rise of Alpha Flight by Michele Fazekas, Kris Anka, Tara Butters, Felipe Smith
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Wow what a disappointing volume.
I read some of the later Captain Marvel stuff and then back-peddled enough to go over the beginning of Alpha Flight stuff and... it's not good. Not abysmal, but it's very clearly struggling to stay afloat. The constant change of writers for Captain Marvel doesn't seem to be helping the plot at all. Yes, Carol is still Carol (for the most part; she has some odd moments that felt one-dimensional), but for something that's supposed to be the intro of the Alpha Flight? I couldn't care for any of the characters or relationships, despite having read the later volumes and knowing all of them by now. Whatever tension or bonds that are there are shallow at best. And the overall story with the space stuff was boring.
The colors throughout the volume were gorgeous, but the art itself was questionable at times. A lot of the characters just didn't look good. There were a few instances of bad anatomy, too. Not really consistent.
On the up side, the last five pages were really solid. That was kind of it.
I'm just glad I got this out of the way so I can read other Marvel volumes that, you know, read like an actual Marvel comic.
I read some of the later Captain Marvel stuff and then back-peddled enough to go over the beginning of Alpha Flight stuff and... it's not good. Not abysmal, but it's very clearly struggling to stay afloat. The constant change of writers for Captain Marvel doesn't seem to be helping the plot at all. Yes, Carol is still Carol (for the most part; she has some odd moments that felt one-dimensional), but for something that's supposed to be the intro of the Alpha Flight? I couldn't care for any of the characters or relationships, despite having read the later volumes and knowing all of them by now. Whatever tension or bonds that are there are shallow at best. And the overall story with the space stuff was boring.
The colors throughout the volume were gorgeous, but the art itself was questionable at times. A lot of the characters just didn't look good. There were a few instances of bad anatomy, too. Not really consistent.
On the up side, the last five pages were really solid. That was kind of it.
I'm just glad I got this out of the way so I can read other Marvel volumes that, you know, read like an actual Marvel comic.