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Title: Captain Marvel: The Coven (Marvel Heroes) by Peter David, Marvel Comics ISBN: 0-7851-1306-1 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Captain Marvel moves in mysterious ways
Comment: This is a collection of the Captain Marvel comic book, issues 9-12 of the current series (begun in 2002). The series is based upon the idea that the alien Captain Marvel, Genis Vell, was gifted with cosmic awareness, allowing him to be aware of things happening all around the universe, the past, the future, potential outcomes of every action happening everywhere, and all this knowledge has driven him insane. Omnipotence hasn't just made him like God, on some level he thinks his is God, or at least a god, and like God he's begun moving in mysterious ways. He is held in check by Rick Jones, a human who Genis shares space with (when one is in this universe, the other is in a place called the microverse, and they switch by engaging the power of Genis' nega bands). The premise of the "Coven" storyline is an interesting bit of speculative fiction. Karl Coven, a serial killer who Rick Jones testified against, is given a lethal injection. He dies. Then he wakes up. The courts now have no idea what to do with him. He served his sentence, he died, and usually once someone has served their sentence, they're let go. And, following the letter of the law, so is Coven. After this point though, it gets a little strange. Captain Marvel, moving in those proverbial "mysterious ways" begins to mentor Coven. Events build, getting stranger and seemingly more out of hand, until the end when Genis finally reveals his "divine plan," though even when it's revealed, you wonder if it's really his motivation. The story is intelligently written, with writer Peter David's customary quality characterization and humor, though it's not a humorous story. The art by Ivan Reis is very good. The only problem with the story is that you can't tell where it's going, but that is part of the point, to show Captain Marvel's skewed way of thinking.
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Title: Captain Marvel: Nothing to Lose by Peter David, ChrisCross, Ivan Reis ISBN: 0785111042 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Captain Marvel: Crazy Like a Fox (Captain Marvel) by Peter David, Michael Ryan, Paul Azaceta, Andy Schmidt, Jeff Youngquist ISBN: 0785113401 Publisher: MARVEL COMICS Pub. Date: May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: New X-Men Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus by Grant Morrison, Chris Bachalo, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 0785111190 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Supreme Power: Contact by J. Michael Straczynski ISBN: 0785112243 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Thor: Vikings (Max) by Garth Ennis, Jeff Youngquist, Glenn Fabry ISBN: 0785111751 Publisher: MARVEL COMICS Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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