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Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero
Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero, Vol. 2
Captain Marvel and the Avengers face the enemy within! When vicious echoes from the past of Earth's Mightiest Heroes crop up all over Manhattan, Carol Danvers refuses to be grounded by her recent and mysterious loss of power. But who is the sinister figure behind the madness, and what does it have to do with Carol's calamitous condition? And the most disturbing question of all...is this villain even real? Things get worse as the events of Infi nity unfold. Carol goes cosmic - Binary cosmic - in an epic that rocks worlds, not least hers! But when she comes back to Earth with a bump, will her biggest fan be the key to rebuilding her life? You just can't keep a good Captain down!
COLLECTING: Captain Marvel (2012) 13-17, Avengers: The Enemy Within 1, Avengers Assemble 16-19, Avenging Spider-Man 9-10
COLLECTING: Captain Marvel (2012) 13-17, Avengers: The Enemy Within 1, Avengers Assemble 16-19, Avenging Spider-Man 9-10
280 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2016
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About the author
Kelly Sue DeConnick
365 books2,232 followersKelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations.
Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022.
Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.
In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.
Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.
Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022.
Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.
In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.
Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.
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February 5, 2018
Basically a big Avengers story with Carol at the center of it. Wraps up the storyline with Carol's brain lesion (Thankfully!). It's a bit hard to connect with the book based on how much it hearkens back to the terrible stories from the 70's where she got her start. Deconnick gives us enough for the gist of the story but not enough for me to care about it. The art is all over the place, ranging from Godawful to meh.
Then we get Infinity crossovers, the same story told from Captain Marvel, then Spider-Woman's viewpoint. And a 2 part story teaming up with Spider-Man. I thought this was the best story of the bunch, with beautiful Terry Dodson artwork. Carol has never looked better, especially since most of the art during DeConnick's run has been terrible.
Then we get Infinity crossovers, the same story told from Captain Marvel, then Spider-Woman's viewpoint. And a 2 part story teaming up with Spider-Man. I thought this was the best story of the bunch, with beautiful Terry Dodson artwork. Carol has never looked better, especially since most of the art during DeConnick's run has been terrible.
January 24, 2018
Captain Marvel was not a bad book. It just wasn't for my tastes. This story takes place with Carol Danvers suffering from a problem in her brain where if she flies she might die. This is the basis for the story and it follows into some story arc called "Infinity".
The prose is light hearted and reminds me of Spiderman's quips. Sadly this doesn't translate well for me. The whole shtick with the little girl, the random comments going back and forth between Carol and Spider-woman and just the overall "cuteness" of this tale was a turn off for me. You can throw in all the Avengers you want (BTW WTF is the Hulk wearing?) but the syrupy sweetness of this tale was cloying. I am not a 12 year old. I am not a female. This book did not do it for me. So why the two stars? because it is NOT terrible. There are some who might actually like this. Count me out. I must also point out the art is mediocre. Please let whatever high school student you had illustrate it go back to school to find some other profession.
Mediocre art, saccharine story peopled by too many "cute" characters and the "girl-power" nature of the conversations led me to realize that the new Ms Marvel isn't for me.
The prose is light hearted and reminds me of Spiderman's quips. Sadly this doesn't translate well for me. The whole shtick with the little girl, the random comments going back and forth between Carol and Spider-woman and just the overall "cuteness" of this tale was a turn off for me. You can throw in all the Avengers you want (BTW WTF is the Hulk wearing?) but the syrupy sweetness of this tale was cloying. I am not a 12 year old. I am not a female. This book did not do it for me. So why the two stars? because it is NOT terrible. There are some who might actually like this. Count me out. I must also point out the art is mediocre. Please let whatever high school student you had illustrate it go back to school to find some other profession.
Mediocre art, saccharine story peopled by too many "cute" characters and the "girl-power" nature of the conversations led me to realize that the new Ms Marvel isn't for me.
September 11, 2019
More like a 2.5...hated most of the art for this collection. The faces often looked scrunched and weren't feeling it. Also, I found the Infinity portion very disappointing.
September 5, 2023
I enjoyed this one. The first arc was my favorite. Continuing from the last volume, Carol can’t use her flight powers because of the lesion in her brain. If she continues to fly, the lesion will grow until she loses her memory. Bad time for Yon-Rogg to return to come after her. His plan is pretty big and it takes everyone helping out to stop him. So this has the feel of an Avengers book. But since this is a Captain Marvel comic, she takes center stage. The ending tugs at the heart strings a bit as Carol makes a big sacrifice to help save the day. The next arc ties into Hickman’s Infinity. If you’re reading this and haven’t read that, you’ll wonder what the hell is going on. Or if you’re like me and have read that but some time ago, it will make you want to go back and reread it with this along side of it. It was dope. The heroes of earth, the Kree, the Skrulls, Spartax, everyone comes together for and all out war against the Builders out in deep space. Then we get 2 issues of Avenging Spider-Man where he and Carol team up once again. Seems like they do that a lot and it’s always pretty fun. Well, on to the next volume.
July 13, 2017
Because I'm dumb I didn't realize this is the second volume until I left the library, but regardless, I really enjoyed this. Carol Danvers is a phenomenal character and the comic book itself has awesome illustrations and the stories are neat and have great themes. I think I can start getting the hang of comic books.
March 12, 2019
The first half of this was awesome. I really loved the stuff with Carols history, Yon-Rogg, and her relationships with everyone in her life. The memory wipe again was predictable but sad all the same. However the infinity storyline ruined the rest of this for me. I loved the dueling perspectives from Carol and Jessica, but Infinity is confusing and pointless to me. I didn’t feel like I read any resolution to the storyline here and I’m not about to go read 100 other comics for that horrible plot. I really loved the two Spider-Man comics at the end though. The dynamic between Peter and Carol has always been great and this highlights how great their banter can be. This grouping together of comics here just felt messy.
November 9, 2020
I want to like this series more, but I don't. I found the compilation of issues from different runs a little confusing. I thought the Spider-Man issue was definitely the strongest and funnest in terms of writing and art. The art in the main story ranges from terrible to okay. The Infinity arc, well, I found hard to follow since there were so many characters thrown in that I wasn't familiar with, but I appreciated the continuation of Spider-Woman and Cap Marvel's friendship, even post-memory loss. The friendship between Carol and the little girl was sweet, especially in how it closed for this arc.
Unfortunately, I had bought the entire series before realizing how mediocre I feel about it, so I'll have to keep trudging along, hoping it gets better. I had similar feelings with the first volume, but there were some gem-like moments there, and again I hoped things would get better, seeing as I loved the (story completely unrelated) new movie and desperately wanted more Cap Marvel in my life afterward.
Hesitantly rating this a 3 instead of a 2 for, again, some gems and strong art. If I could give it a 2.5, that would be perfect.
Unfortunately, I had bought the entire series before realizing how mediocre I feel about it, so I'll have to keep trudging along, hoping it gets better. I had similar feelings with the first volume, but there were some gem-like moments there, and again I hoped things would get better, seeing as I loved the (story completely unrelated) new movie and desperately wanted more Cap Marvel in my life afterward.
Hesitantly rating this a 3 instead of a 2 for, again, some gems and strong art. If I could give it a 2.5, that would be perfect.
May 12, 2019
2.5🌟's
The first arc was descent, but this began to suffer from too many crossovers. I felt like I was watching Steph Curry on the basketball court rather than reading a graphic novel. Unless you are filled in on the suitable avenger storyline, infinity, avenger assemble, and avenging Spiderman I would find it hard to get into this. Therefore my overall enjoyment suffered. I was looking for more charm. This just fell short.
The art work was passable, but nothing to call home about
I will still give volume 3 a go, and hope it improves
The first arc was descent, but this began to suffer from too many crossovers. I felt like I was watching Steph Curry on the basketball court rather than reading a graphic novel. Unless you are filled in on the suitable avenger storyline, infinity, avenger assemble, and avenging Spiderman I would find it hard to get into this. Therefore my overall enjoyment suffered. I was looking for more charm. This just fell short.
The art work was passable, but nothing to call home about
I will still give volume 3 a go, and hope it improves
September 16, 2022
I just couldn't connect with the storyline. The art also threw me out a bit. Not terrible, I guess, just not my favorite comic series.
May 12, 2019
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February 11, 2020
It's telling when I want to start a review for a book the same way I started the review of the previous volume I have read.
As I said then, I really want to like Kelly Sue Deconnick's run on Captain Marvel more than I find myself actually liking it. I've been trying to unpack exactly why I think this is, and I am having a hard time figuring it out. In this volume, we find the endgame from the first two Captain Marvel story arcs here in the form of a Captain Marvel/Avengers crossover. Luckily, Deconnick is handling all of the writing duties in this crossover, so the story is fairly consistent, unlike say the Geoff Johns/Peter Tomasi/Tony Bedard Green Lantern scenario, where every huge revelation happened in the pages of Johns' book, rendering the reading of the other titles kind of superfluous. That is not to say that this book represents Deconnick's true vision for Captain Marvel--four of the issues here are part of Jonathan Hickman's Infinity crossover. I've gone over this time and again and am sure I sound like a broken record by now, but DeConnick's work here is beholden to whatever Hickman's vision for Infinity was, and as such, I'm sure Marvel editorial was holding her back. In fact, given the fact that the Infinity crossover issue appear in the volume after the mop up issue of the first story arc (to be clear, Captain Marvel 13, 14 and 17 show up before issues #15 and 16, since 17 was a delayed response to the events in 13 and 14 and not Infinity) tells me as much. It's a shame that the publisher event gets in the way of an actual story arc, but such things are nothing new.
Again, I am trying to put my finger where Captain Marvel falls flat for me and for now I keep failing to see the source. I'm going to keep reading DeConnick's Captain Marvel to see if things will improve, but knowing that the future volumes were published contemporaneously with Hickman's Secret Wars it may just be more of the same.
As I said then, I really want to like Kelly Sue Deconnick's run on Captain Marvel more than I find myself actually liking it. I've been trying to unpack exactly why I think this is, and I am having a hard time figuring it out. In this volume, we find the endgame from the first two Captain Marvel story arcs here in the form of a Captain Marvel/Avengers crossover. Luckily, Deconnick is handling all of the writing duties in this crossover, so the story is fairly consistent, unlike say the Geoff Johns/Peter Tomasi/Tony Bedard Green Lantern scenario, where every huge revelation happened in the pages of Johns' book, rendering the reading of the other titles kind of superfluous. That is not to say that this book represents Deconnick's true vision for Captain Marvel--four of the issues here are part of Jonathan Hickman's Infinity crossover. I've gone over this time and again and am sure I sound like a broken record by now, but DeConnick's work here is beholden to whatever Hickman's vision for Infinity was, and as such, I'm sure Marvel editorial was holding her back. In fact, given the fact that the Infinity crossover issue appear in the volume after the mop up issue of the first story arc (to be clear, Captain Marvel 13, 14 and 17 show up before issues #15 and 16, since 17 was a delayed response to the events in 13 and 14 and not Infinity) tells me as much. It's a shame that the publisher event gets in the way of an actual story arc, but such things are nothing new.
Again, I am trying to put my finger where Captain Marvel falls flat for me and for now I keep failing to see the source. I'm going to keep reading DeConnick's Captain Marvel to see if things will improve, but knowing that the future volumes were published contemporaneously with Hickman's Secret Wars it may just be more of the same.
October 15, 2018
Captain Marvel quickly became my favorite ongoing series of the Marvel Now launch. The writing was just incredible and the character has truly come into her own. I originally read these issues in June 2014, but was glad to add this trade collection to my library, especially since it includes additional issues of Avenging Spider-man to flesh out the story more.
This volume concludes Carol’s 2012 run and it crossed over with the Avengers Assemble series for the “Avengers: Enemy Within” storyline. The story follows directly from CM issue 12 – a lesion is growing in Carol’s brain that may eventually hemorrhage and destroy her memory, her very identity. Flying makes it worse, or course. As if that weren't enough, an enemy from her past has orchestrated a plan to destroy her and rule Earth. While the Avengers battle against Yon-Rogg’s sentinels, Carol realizes that she is the key. What he wants lies within her very mind.
The action was off the charts, but that doesn't overshadow a carefully constructed plot that will change Carol forever. I love how DeConnick writes Carol. Readers are privy to her innermost thoughts as the story progresses and we see who she is, who she loves, and what she fears. We get to see just why she deserves to be an Avenger and why Captain America trusts her so implicitly. In fact, many of my favorite scenes throughout the series feature these two working together. I hope to see more of that in future.
Overall, I cannot recommend this series enough. The writing is superb and the artwork suits the story being told.
This volume concludes Carol’s 2012 run and it crossed over with the Avengers Assemble series for the “Avengers: Enemy Within” storyline. The story follows directly from CM issue 12 – a lesion is growing in Carol’s brain that may eventually hemorrhage and destroy her memory, her very identity. Flying makes it worse, or course. As if that weren't enough, an enemy from her past has orchestrated a plan to destroy her and rule Earth. While the Avengers battle against Yon-Rogg’s sentinels, Carol realizes that she is the key. What he wants lies within her very mind.
The action was off the charts, but that doesn't overshadow a carefully constructed plot that will change Carol forever. I love how DeConnick writes Carol. Readers are privy to her innermost thoughts as the story progresses and we see who she is, who she loves, and what she fears. We get to see just why she deserves to be an Avenger and why Captain America trusts her so implicitly. In fact, many of my favorite scenes throughout the series feature these two working together. I hope to see more of that in future.
Overall, I cannot recommend this series enough. The writing is superb and the artwork suits the story being told.
March 5, 2024
Kelly Sue DeConnick loves Captain Marvel and it shows here. She pens her continuing adventures along with an Infinity tie-in. First, Carol's ongoing issues come to a head and its done really well as a face from the past makes major moves. Carol shows how heroic she is and its pretty epic. Then we get a really good Infinity tie-in. Infinity itself wasn't very good but this was. I enjoyed that we got to see two sides of the same battle. It was editorially well put together and DeConnick did great with the pacing. Then we get a team-up with Spider-Man that doesn't really connect with these stories but it was fun and had some solid art. Speaking of art, there were some bad chapters but nothing close to as bad as the previous volume. Overall, a highly entertaining look at the core of a hero.
July 2, 2019
Carol's battle with her brain lesion comes to a close thanks to interference from Yon-Rogg, and then everyone heads to space for a battle. I felt like the brain lesion story came to a really abrupt ending--though I had always wondered why Carol lived in the Statue of Liberty, ha--with very little ramification. She lost her memories and went off into space and that's it? I liked seeing all of the Avengers in action, and I really liked seeing her and Steve as co-leaders. By far the most interesting issue was the one from Jessica's point of view, as someone upset with losing her best friend, Carol, and reeling a bit from the bad break-up with Clint. I did love Kit promising to teach Carol all about Captain Marvel, though.
May 29, 2022
I really liked the last quarter of it. All of the stuff with the Builders kind of went over my head - especially the second time around from Jessica's point of view. Amnesia Carol is certainly cool, but there's more time spent on flying around blowing things up than on Carol worrying about who she is. Priorities, I guess.
But once everyone's back home and she's flying around with Spider-Man and encountering brand new villains - I'm totally on board.
But once everyone's back home and she's flying around with Spider-Man and encountering brand new villains - I'm totally on board.
December 31, 2022
4.2 I wish we saw more of clint and more of a love interest for Carol.Would love to see more of thor and Carol. They were cool, and clint should fix his relationship with Jessica they should change the storyline of him cheating on her to he was possessed or under a potion .I think they should have had one big, bad villain who was the worse than thanos ever could be .overall, I enjoyed it. I love how Carol had a disease it made it seem more real.
November 17, 2017
This is a big trade paperback collection, part of the recently concluded Kelly DeConnick run. There is also a range of talented comics artists at work in these stories. There are two crossovers with DeConnick's run on Avengers Assemble, and a DeConnick written team-up with Spider-Man, which I enjoyed most.
Mildly recommended.
Mildly recommended.
January 24, 2019
I really liked the beginning. But everything after the first arc was part of some other larger story arc (Avengers Assemble and some Spiderman thing), and I didn't get into those stories as much. 3 stars.
February 12, 2019
I enjoyed the first half more than the second half. The builders storyline was a little boring and surprisingly so was the Spider-Man one. I prefer Captain Marvel with Spiderwoman, they have great banter. 😬
March 11, 2019
This volume is okay, but disjointed, as it has a bunch of crossover and tie-ins with the Avengers and Spider-Man. I don't mind Captain Marvel teaming up, but it wasn't my favorite because I felt pulled in lots of directions story-wise.
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January 20, 2020I like that this collection includes contemporaneous issues from a couple of different series, so in addition to varied art we get some different perspectives (Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, in particular. Not all of the art was exactly my cup of tea, but an enjoyable book regardless.
December 27, 2024
I could take or leave the Builders plotline (which I'm assuming is one of those annoying company-wide crossovers that Marvel and DC like to do), but while I've not quite clicked with all of this particular Captain Marvel run's plot, this was a really satisfying finale of it for me.
September 17, 2017
Very good.
January 12, 2018
This is an excellent comic that questions what it is to be human and pushes Carol to the limit.
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July 2, 2018
Wasn't a big fan of the Infinity storyline, but the opening and closing stories were pretty enjoyable.
August 15, 2018
Seguimos con Capitana Marvel, en general la historia ha ganado en epicidad pero no la he sentido tan cercana como en el volumen 1. Aunque eso no quita que cada vez me esta gustando más el personaje.
February 24, 2019
I loved this collection! Captain Marvel is a badass. Great stories, great characters.
March 28, 2019
The Captain Marvel portion and the Avengers Assembles volumes were fantastic. The last few volumes with Spider-man did nothing for me and came completely out of left field.
April 9, 2019
I really liked this one, especially the one with Spiderman at the end. It was nice to see Captain Marvel interact with different superheroes.
October 3, 2019
I love these big thick Marvel collections :)
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