Book Review: Captain Marvel vol #3 and Avengers: The Enemy Within (Marvel Now)

Book: Captain Marvel vol #3 and Avengers: The Enemy Within by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jen Van meter (issue #15-16) with illustrations and color by various artists

Issues: Captain Marvel #13-17, Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 and Avengers Assemble #16-17

Reading Order:

1) Avengers: The Enemy Within #1, Avengers Assemble #16, Captain Marvel #13, Avengers Assemble #17 and Captain Marvel #14

2) Captain Marvel #15-17


Edition:

Single Print Issues: CM #13-14, #17 and Avengers: The Enemy Within and Avengers Assemble #16

Digital Issues: CM #15-16 and Avengers Assemble #17


Description:

The hotly anticipated Avengers/Captain Marvel event is here! Vicious echoes of the Avengers' past are cropping up all over Manhattan...but Captain Marvel, grounded since a recent and mysterious power loss, refuses to be left behind. Who is the sinister figure behind these incursions, and what does it have to do with Carol Danvers' mysterious condition? And the most disturbing question of all...is this villain even real? Or just a figment of Captain Marvel's increasingly deadly imagination? Be here as Carol Danvers demonstrates that you just can't keep a good Captain down!

Book Review: Captain Marvel vol #2 (Marvel Now)

Book: Captain Marvel volume #2: Down (issues #7-12) by Kelly Sue DeConnick (issues #7-12) and Christopher Sebla (issues #7-8, 11-12)

Illustrations by Dexter Soy (issues #7-8) and Filipe Andrade (issues #9-12) and color by Veronica Gandini (issue #8) and Jordie Bellaire (issues #9-12)


Edition: Single Print Issues

Rating: 5 stars

Review:

The description for this volume was misleading because thankfully there was no fight between Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) and the original Captain Marvel (Monica Bambeau). Superheroes fighting each other is such a boring cliché.

In issues #7 and #8, Carol was down in New Orleans working with Monica to try to figure out what was causing the disappearance of planes and ships in the area. Also, there but mainly getting in the way was Frank Gianelli, one of Carol's old friend and colleague. The cause of all the problems surprised even them and required a unique way to fix it. This had a nice ending.

Issues #9-12, had Carol back home in New York City dealing with one issue after the next. Including, experiencing a lot of severe headaches which seem to get worse whenever she uses her flying abilities. Her doctor instructed her not to fly but how do you stop doing something that is so natural to you. But after a disastrous fight with an old enemy Deathbird, Carol had no choice but to stop flying. However, her new assistant Wendy Kawasaki came up with an interesting way to keep Captain Marvel in the air...Captain America's flying motorcycle.

There seems to be a connection between Deathbird's reappearance and Captain Marvel's headaches and it all coincides with someone mysterious trying to manipulate Carol into reacting a certain way. And to top it all off, she may be getting evicted from her apartment.

I really like this. The writing was very good and the artwork wasn't bad despite having two different artists. There were a few cameos that I really liked, such as:

- Seeing the original Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), that was awesome. Why doesn't she have her own series?

- Tony Stark being his usual annoyingly charming self.

 - Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), fun as always.

- Captain America (Steve Rogers), always doling out good advice.

- Dakota North, tough as ever.


Overall, this was a good read and I really can't wait to read the next group of issues.

What Were They Thinking: Two Horrible Covers for the Spider-Woman Comic Book Series

The artwork for the regular cover is by Greg Land and it's very poorly done. Hello, what happened to Spider-Woman's legs as well as Silk's waist.

And below is the art for the variant cover by Milo Manara that is both extremely awful and truly sexist. And to make it even worse, Manara is known for creating erotic artwork. So, it makes you wonder why would Marvel hire him to create a cover for this series?

I really hate to even comment on this but it can't be helped. Who over at Marvel authorized both of these covers for the new Spider-Woman comic book series really need to rethink that decision. The news that Spider-Woman a.k.a. Jessica Drew is getting her own title should be good news but the cover art is down right bad. It's so bad it's overshadowing the good news. The new series will be available in November and will be written by Dennis Hopeless.

This series will also have Spider-Woman teaming up with Silk a.k.a. Cindy Moon.

As interested as I was in this series, that artwork has me thinking about marking this as a book of disinterest. I couldn't see myself picking up either cover especially not that variant one.

Marvel Comics, just so you know, this is not a good way to attract more female readers. Which by the way is their goal.