Captain Marvel #18 somehow found a way to up the ante, all while dealing with a major event from the Marvel Universe. It's the start of something new for Carol, and fans can only begin to guess how it's all going to play out. Read Full Review

While there are a few details that aren't explained that would require reading the other comics (how did Hulkling become Emperor and why are the Fantastic Four briefly shown?), but ultimately Captain Marvel #18 is enjoyable and stands on its own. And this should come as a relief to readers that aren't interested in/don't have the time for another major comics event.  Read Full Review

Captain Marvel #18 delivers what could potentially be a huge moment in Carols life. Where exactly the story will go from here remains to be seen, but Im definitely along for the ride. Read Full Review

I liked this issue for the most part. The Art is visually interesting to look at the whole way through and beautifully drawn. The story flows nicely and doesn't get to bogged down in this Empyre B.S. It defiantly doesn't feel like a dramatic change from what we were getting before so that is awesome. This is the first issue that had an Empyre tag on it that I liked and it had a very interesting cliffhanger that I need to see play out. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel #18 pivots nicely to show the protagonist from a perspective that melds new and old character traits. It doesn't skimp on the action, fully living up to the "cosmic war" scope of the Empyre event. It looks great and it reads smooth, painting a clear portrait of Carol before slamming a fresh challenge down on her. This will be a blast for regular readers -- and I don't think a curious newcomer drawn in by Empyre will be disappointed, either. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel has been given the new Title of "Supreme Accoser" in order to help the Kree/Skrull Empires fight a new deadly foe threatening peace through the Galaxy. But a new title, new toy hammer and new powers always comes with new responsibilities, can she handle all of them? Read Full Review

Though it ultimately feels like an obligatory tie-in to Marvel's latest event, Captain Marvel #18 does have some good things going for it to keep you interested. Read Full Review

'Captain Marvel' #18 is a good combination of classic superhero space opera, and deeper musings about what Carol's role ought to be. Read Full Review

That's not to say that Captain Marvel #18 is a bad book by any stretch of the imagination " on the contrary, it fares decently well compared to plenty of other tie-in books that would be instantly forgotten. While I don't think this new arc necessarily kicks off with a bang, Thompson has seeded in enough threads of conflict that this storyline has plenty of potential, if she and Smith can come up with interesting enough moments to polish it up. The jury's still out on Carol Danvers' status quo, but Captain Marvel #18 is good enough to merit a second helping. Read Full Review

Cory Smith art is pretty good

seems the start of a interesting story

I don't like the Life of Captain Marvel retcon, but I guess it's the canon so what can you do? Building off of that is maybe not what I would want, but it's kinda integral to Carol's arc in Empyre. Anyway, this is a bit jarring, I won't lie, and I feel like it hurts the issue a bit, but this was still pretty good. I liked the art.

This was good, but I liked the first half more than the second. Something was kind of bothering me but I’m not sure what it was.

Reading Captain Marvel for the Empyre tie-in. And for a tie-in, this issue was nice, and it had a really good twist at the end that will insight some interesting complications to come between Captain Marvel's new role as the Accuser and Hulking as her emperor. I would recommend to read this tie-in as it might be pulled into the over-arching story, but I am not sure. It has some nice character work on Carol and her new role as Accuser versus who she is outside of formalities, and who she really aligns herself with. Thompson did a decent job with this one.