Captain Marvel #50

Sometimes I lament that comics just don't seem to have lengthier runs and are cut short. You rarely see series make it to issue #50, let alone get the chance to wrap up their run instead of being cut off abruptly. I'm so glad Captain Marvelwas the rare modern comic series to make it four years strong. Kelly Thompson has so much to be proud of with this run and Carol fans have had so much to love in the last four years. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel #50 is understandably heavy at times, but also brilliantly funny and hopeful, and it's a lovely conclusion to what will be considered a classic run on the character. Higher, Further, Faster indeed. Read Full Review

Captain Marvel #50manages to bring all the core elements of Thompson's run together one last time to allow each character to have a perfectly thought-out and executed moment. Read Full Review

Kelly Thompson ends her historic run on Carols longest running title as Captain Marvel, and she proves why shes going to go down as one of the best of Carols writers. Thank you for the journey. Read Full Review

Pina and Lopez deliver some beautifully detailed and visually engaging art throughout the issue. The characters look amazing and both artists nail the tone of the story visually. Read Full Review

The dialogue is as sharp as ever, each character has their own voice, the level of consistency through the entire run is impressive. Read Full Review

Just because the story is about dealing with loss and grief doesn't mean that it's going to be slow or boring. Read Full Review

Sollywoods

Jun 14, 2023

This was a great series. Great final issue. It's been my favorite ongoing for the last 2 years. It will be missed.

KittyNone

Jun 20, 2023

A fine capstone to the best Carol Danvers run of all time, and Pina and Lopez bring their a-game. I'm incredibly excited to see Kelly Thompson do Birds of Prey, but I'm really going to miss this one. This being the ultra-rare modern comic that makes it to issue #50, I take it I'm not alone there!

Hailey

Jun 28, 2023

Really liked this ending. Felt appropiate to the run, the character and the story. I love that it was addressed the fact that Carol is to powerfull and how that makes her feel. Very thankfull of what Kelly Thompson did with this character.

CrazyforRAMU

Sep 14, 2024

Gawd, all the feels! It's a little indulgent, but it's entirely earned. The art is gorgeous, the dialogue is brilliant, and the exploration of character is as deep and insightful as possible. It hurts in the best way to see Kamala Khan making a superb cameo. This is the first thing I've read that could count as a memorial for her, and it's beautiful and bittersweet and it doesn't know it's a memorial, which is perfect. I was getting tired of this series by the last arc. Trust Kelly Thompson to take a final bow that completely re-energizes my love for Captain Marvel and makes me eager for whatever comes next.

Madb1985

Jun 26, 2023

This entire run is probably the best run in the characters history. Between the constant character development and the supporting cast the writing is solid and doesn't seem forced

derbycomics

Jun 16, 2023

The majority of Captain Marvel #50 takes place during a party for Carol, thrown by Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman, to help her cope with the loss of Binary. A who’s who of Marvel characters from Carol’s past attend, including a fun scene with Monica Rambeau/Photon and a very much alive Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel in a nice nod to the upcoming The Marvels movie. After avoiding the crowds to grieve on her own, Jessica surprises Carol with a trip, courtesy of Doctor Strange, to explore her emotions. There is a touching scene between Carol and her vision of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, where we see two women discussing what it means to hold immense power. Ultimately, Carol realizes that her powers are a gift and she gets to decide what her legacy be comes. Seeds of what that legacy may be are planted earlier in the issue during a conversation between Carol and Tony Stark centered on what the “old guard” Avengers will leave behind for the next generation of superheroes. It’s a moment of self-reflection combined with empathetic forward-thinking that highlights how much Carol has grown from when Thompson first inherited the character. Her interactions with Kamala and Jennifer Takeda/Hazmat serve to remind us that Carol won’t just fight for anyone, she’ll be there to mentor them as well. Four years ago, Kelly Thompson was tasked with rehabilitating Captain Marvel after the events of Civil War II, while simultaneously protecting her against a directed smear campaign by online bigots & misogynists angry at the female-centric Captain Marvel movie. Not a small task. Fifty issues later, we’re at a point where Thompson’s Captain Marvel is now THE defining Captain Marvel series for the character due not only to it being the longest ongoing run for a solo Captain Marvel story, or making it cool to root for Captain Marvel again, but also for the work Thompson did exploring the woman who dons the costume, Carol Danvers. more

Psycamorean

Mar 19, 2024

Kelly Thompson's run completely redeemed this character after years and years of writers not being able to escape the mud the character was dragged through during Civil War II. I think a big reason why Thompson was able to do this was because she always writes character-first. This can give some of her books this sort of eclectic feeling, which may put off some readers, but when it works and when it pays off, it does very well, and there's not a better example than this specific run. An issue writers tend to struggle with when it comes to characters that are meant to embody specifically feminist ideals is making sure that the character feels genuine. I get that we're way behind the eight ball here, especially given the rising tide of anti-f eminism that has captured the male youth and has been perpetuated in law lately. I get that it wasn't so long ago that female characters were consistently written as either seductress or servant. I understand the urge to unapologetically flaunt these ideals, and you should definitely do that. But make sure the character that you use to do that is an actual person. It falls on deaf ears if the character comes across as unrelatable or metatextually disingenuous. It's a trap that many genuinely good writers have fallen into. But Kelly Thompson doesn't. She writes strong, powerful women all the time, but I've never felt like it was insincere, or that she wasn't invested in these characters. This run was so successful because Kelly Thompson *cares* about Carol Danvers as a character first, and not as what she represents to the company's brand. Editors take note. more

daspidaboy

Mar 20, 2024

Not a fan of Carol Danvers. But this in my opinion is hte Definitive Carol Danvers run. Anyone should read this.

fzanca

Jun 16, 2023

What the hell was this supposed to be? The final issue and all Kelly could up with was a party and a whole bunch of dialogue of characters telling Carol how great she is. Come on, give me a break. An over-sized 30-page book with absolutely zero action. I'll repeat my other reviews by saying she should have been off this book 20 issues ago. She's had nothing new to say about the character for some time. The book has been wallowing in her feminism, rah-rah girl power group for some time. This was never meant to be a team book, but it became one. Now I heard that she is taking over Birds of Prey- I wonder why? I just hope they just don't sit there and talk about their feeling and tell each other how great they all are. I'm going to try it, but if it's more of same then I'm going to pass. more

chriss1

Dec 01, 2023

This is what a woke of a art looks like. Making her a cringe karen personality, giving her a black boyfriend don't have anything to do but only just there for the sake of black representation and interracial relationships. Really sick and their of this nonsense, when it comes to white guys they make Carol Danvers ultimate feminist and independent girl power but when it comes to black guys they make her super sumbmissive house wife for some reason. Judging by the writer being female it is just understandable i guess.