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Essential Captain Marvel Volume 1 TPB (Essential)
by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Arnold Drake, Gary Friedrich, Archie Goodwin, Gene Colan, Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Frank Springer, Tom Sutton, Gil Kane, John Buscema
from Marvel Comics

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Interesting beginning
  Captain Marvel is another character I'm not as familiar with, so this collection was a great start to introduce him. There is great promise shown in the initial issues, especially with the Gene Colan art, but it fades as it goes. There are some confusing plot lines, such as just what Mar-Vell's mission is and why he feels the need to defend humans when he is a Kree military officer. It has a very sudden death of Mar-Vell's love interest, then the chance that she could be resurrected, and then that idea is... more info

• Space soap opera
  One of Marvel's greatest creations is the alien Kree race, and with ESSENTIAL CAPT. MARVEL we get to see some of the inner workings of that interstellar empire. However, most of the action takes place right on Earth, specifically near the "Cape" in Florida, presumably Cape Canaveral. Capt. Mar-Vell is sent to examine humanity, but ends up becoming infatuated with its people and culture. The soap opera-ish tit-for-tat between Mar-Vell, Colonel Yon-Rogg and Medic Una gets a bit weary at times, but it's all... more info

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