The Life Of Captain Marvel (The Life Of Captain Marvel by Margaret Stohl

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I was expecting an epic retelling of Carol Danvers' origins with some major changes. The hype led me to expect no less. What I got was a lot less.

First of all, what's good about this book? The art is actually pretty decent. In addition, the novel restores Carol's classic hairstyle, which is a nice change.

The rest of the book doesn't do a whole lot for Carol's character. The first big change is to add more daddy issues for her to deal with, because there's never enough daddy issues in the comics even if they cut against your main retcon.

Carol goes back to her old hometown and lets a relative get into a car wreck because Carol was too busy destroying her dad's headstone. Carol doesn't have any amazing victory and if not for her showing up in her small town, at least one relative would still be alive at the end of the book. She fights no Supervillains but still manages to lose big.

The characters are uninteresting. Whether it's Carol, her brother, her mom, or her bland ex-boyfriend, none of these characters pop or are worth remembering. The book's big goal seems to be to tinker with Carol's backstory enough so that Mar-Vell of the Kree has less to do wih her getting her powers.

Disappointing



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