I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Friday, January 12, 2018

Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero Vol. 2 by Kelly Sue DeConnick (Writer), Jen Van Meter (Writer), Scott Hepburn (Artist), Matteo Buffagni (Artist), Pep Larraz (Artist), Gerardo Sandoval (Artist), Filpe Andrade (Artist), Jordie Bellaire (Colorist), Matthew Wilson (Colorist), Nolan Woodard (Colorist), Andy Troy (Colorist), VC's Joe Caramagna (Letterer), and VC's Clayton Cowles (Letterer)


When we left off at the end of the last book, Captain Marvel had just been diagnosed with a legion on the part of her brain where her powers come from. She was told by the doctors that she was not to fly or the legion would grow. She would ignore it and find that she would have trouble flying, so she gave it up and the Avengers came through and gave her a vehicle to fly with.  Unbeknownst to her the Kree who was there when she got her powers and supposedly died, the evil Yon-Rogg, is the one who sent Deathbird to attack her and wear her down.

While Captain Marvel and the Avengers are kept busy tackling evil cohorts and dinosaurs in the quest to find an elderly homeless woman that is a friend to Carol, Yon-Rogg breaks into her apartment and steals the piece of Kree technology that gave her her powers.  She has no idea who could have stolen it. Her neighbor has a camera in the hallway since he's trying to find stuff to get her kicked out of the building. So she makes a deal for the tape.  Carol has her friend Wendy, a  computer whiz, look into the tape.

Meanwhile, Kree metal warriors that had been placed on earth many years ago are coming up everywhere. The Avengers and S.W.O.R.D. head out to take care of them.  But there are too many of them. After calling the Kree homeworld, Yon-Rogg has a devious plan in place and he needs Captain Marvel to complete it.  How will they get out of this mess?

The book contains three other stories one about a new villain, one about a huge battle in space against a great foe, the builders, who created the universe and now intends to destroy it causing everyone in the universe to band together as one to fight them, and one involving the Amazing Spider-Man. This is a fabulous book. Carol is not the same after her encounter with Yon-Rogg.  She loses her memory and it's interesting to see how she reacts to those around her and in battle.  Without her memories has she lost what it means to be human?  While in the previous comic when she became sick the artist used a sketchy form to draw her, in this comic most of the artists use strong strokes to draw her to show her drawing upon her strength.  This really is an incredible book and I can't recommend it enough.

Link to Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Captain-Marvel-Earths-Mightiest-Hero/dp/1302901281/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1515764448&sr=8-3&keywords=captain+marvel+earth%27s+mightiest+hero

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