Captain Marvel #1 brings old stories back for new characters. Evolving the concept for this particular Captain Marvel generates a fascinating twist to the tale, and the book itself is fresh. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel #1 is a great kick-off to the new series. It introduces a fantastic new nemesis for Carol in The Omen, hints at even more villains to come, gives us some exhilarating fight scenes and ends with a chilling cliffhanger. Recommended. Read Full Review

A new era begins in Captain Marvel #1, a series from writer Alyssa Wong, artist Jan Bazaldua, colorist Bryan Valenza, and letterer Ariana Maher, and it's off to quite the stellar start. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel#1 blips by at a rockets pace, kicking off Carol's new run with an exciting yet shallow story that excels in action, but leaves room to be desired when it comes to world and character building. However, there is a lot of headroom for those latter narrative weaknesses to become stronger as Wong and Bazaldua's run continues. Longtime fans of not just Carol, but Genis-Vell will get something extra out of this debut issue that shows how the team plans to play with the titles long history. Read Full Review

It's always a risky proposition to take such a visible character and try and do something new with them. But if Captain Marvel #1 is any indication, it looks like the risk is going to pay off. Read Full Review

I also quite like Jan Bazalduas art in this issue, which almost gives something of a manga-esque quality that lends itself really well to Captain Marvel, who is probably Marvels closest thing to Goku from that franchise. Theres also lots of dark-light contrast in the art that makes for a dynamic reading experience, aided by Bryan Valenzas colors. If youre a fan of the character and want to get excited for her next big MCU appearance, then Captain Marvel #1 is definitely worth a look. Read Full Review

Bazaldua delivers some great art in the issue. I love the visual style and how it crafts the characters. I love the new look for Carol as well. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel #1 was a solid start to Alyssa Wong and Jan Bazaldua run as the new creative team. Both Carol Danvers and her new nemesis conflict was established well out of the gate. As long as this tone is continued Wong and Bazaldua's Captain Marvel can compete for Marvel's most fun series. Read Full Review

Definitely an interesting start here. I'm not the biggest fan of Bazaldua's art, but it was solid here and there's nothing for me to really complain about all that much. However, similarly to a book Bazaldua was also recently on, Red Goblin, the strongest thing about this book is the writing. While it does seem to have some similarities to the plot we'll be getting later this month in the MCU's The Marvels, that doesn't make me dislike it. While I'm not completely sold on Yuna's character, I do like her and I think she has potential to be good. I like the new villain, The Omen, as well, and I'm looking forward to learning more. All things considered, this was a really solid beginning to this series that gained my interest going forward.

Alyssa Wong’s first foray with Carol Danvers had me thinking I was reading a compendium to next month’s The Marvels based on what we know of that movie’s plots so far. Things start to diverge as Wong gets into the thick of things and introduces two new characters who appear to offer a lot of potential for future storytelling. Carol’s new costume may be the best thing about the new series. It’s something that feels wholly unique from other superhero outfits, yet it immediately feels perfectly appropriate for the titular character. Jan Bazaldua’s art ensure it looked great on it’s own and in action sequences — never once looking like it would impede or get in the way. After this debut issue, the creative team showed they’re more than up to the task of taking over from the reigns for Earth’s Mightiest Hero, but they still have a long way to go to match Kelly Thompson’s historic 50-issue prior run. more

The Good - I enjoyed the art. Pretty solid throughout. I wasn't familiar with the artist before but I'm on board.
- The new villain is potentially interesting. Not much reveal but I like her design. The new supporting character seems alright... we'll see how it goes. I miss the supporting cast of the last run, which was awesome, so changing it up completely is risky. I'm not sour to it though.

The bad - I HATE the trope of introducing a new character and having them easily defeat an OP character. It's the laziest thing you can do in story telling and I hate it. It makes me want to lower the score more than a six as I think about it. I love the character of Genis-vell, and was maybe one of the few who loved the recent mini-series (last yearish) so I was mainly buying this because he was in it. It's like writers don't realize how insanely powerful that guy is. He takes down Thor, and smacks gods around. Then again, this is the same trope that writers use with other OP characters like Thanos and Galactus. These are not characters to be treated lightly with their insane power levels. It weakens the writing if they are just used to show how powerful your new character is. You new character that will most likely disappear once you are done writing this story.
Another thing that really bothered me was after Yuna (was that her name...?) puts on the negabands, she's told they won't come off unless she dies. This is right after Genis just had his hands cut off and that's how they were removed. How about cut her hands off also? You literally just did it seconds ago to the last person to wear them. Instead, you get her being pushed out a window.... so dumb. Just cut her up. It just happened to Genis, that would be so much easier than pushing her out a window. That would make too much sense. Stop writing dumb villains just so you can make the plot work. Have your characters doing practical, intelligent things and make a plot out of it. It's a better story that way.

On second thought, this bad writing deserves a 5, not a 6.

Good art, potentially interesting direction for the series but bad, lazy writing to get there. I don't want to see Genis as a mind controlled bad guy. That's stupid also.

I'm disappointed that comics in general (aside from a few gems) really suck right now. That's a rant for another day. I really want to like this series since Thompsons run, and most Captain Marvel runs actually, going all the way back to Mar-vell from the 60's, have been something I've enjoyed quite a bit. Don't be a lazy writer! more