Captain Marvel, Vols. 1-10 by Kelly Thompson with art by various artists (2019-2023) 1240 pages
All ten volumes are available on Hoopla. I appreciated the consistency of Thompson as the writer. Some of the artists' styles I liked more than others, but they all had great expressive moments. These are all fresh stories, not repeats of Marvel movie plots. We begin as Carol Danvers returns to Earth from outer space. She's been in a long-term relationship with James "Rhodey" Rhodes aka War Machine. Her best friend is Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman. And she is mentoring a new young hero Jennifer Takeda aka Hazmat. Whenever this core group of hero friends is facing super threats or personal trauma the comics are very enjoyable. Other heroes from the Avengers, from the Guardians, and from the X-Men make guest appearances. I love whenever Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel shows up. Carol knows that her greatest weakness is facing magic users, but unfortunately I thought the volumes that involve magic (Vols. 2 & 6) are generally not as good. I liked the introduction of Lauri-Ell, the Kree half-sister of Carol. She becomes a great member of the core group. The energy being Binary, created by Captain Marvel also starts off with a lot of promise, but then is not developed as deeply as I wished. Overall, these are consistently good adventures.
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