Captain Marvel Returns as an Ongoing Series from Kelly Thompson & Carmen Carnero
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West Coast Avengers writer Kelly Thompson and X-Men Red artist Carmen Carnero will be heading up the relaunch of the Captain Marvel ongoing comic series, as revealed by the New York Times Tuesday. This new comic is slated to begin just three months before the character’s debut MCU film premieres, although the creative team sees a less capitalistic timeliness for the comic.
According to Thompson, Captain Marvel is hugely important for women, and like many other women characters, Captain Marvel has had some…flawed takes from male writers. As The NYT notes, Captain Marvel went through a few overly sexualized costumes, especially in comparison to her male counterparts, and even survived a several botched sexual assault storyline when she was abducted by aliens. With popular scribe Thompson at the helm, Captain Marvel should get the respect she deserves once more.
The new series plays off of this summer’s limited series, The Life of Captain Marvel, from Margaret Stohl, Carlos Pacheco and Marguerite Sauvage. Though some fans will likely groan over the renumbering, Thompson went to Twitter to say that it’s a “perfect launching pad.”
Cannot thank @mstohl and her amazing team enough for giving us the perfect launching pad with Life of Captain Marvel – you all should watch that book – I know what’s coming and it’s incredible and moving stuff. #CaptainMarvelhttps://t.co/3A4zpMRqII
