Episode 70 - The Marvels - Mist and Rhymes
This week we get ready for the last Marvel offering of 2023 – the much anticipated and oft maligned The Marvels. This movie figures to have a ton of new or new-ish faces, and we are here to help you know a bit more about their comics history before you head to the theater.
This Week In Comics
Marvel Introduces The New Punisher In First Series Preview
Invincible Season 2 now Streaming on Amazon Prime
New on Marvel Unlimited this Week
Recommendation: March and Run by Andrew Aydin and John Lewis.
This Week's Stack
- Silver Surfer (1991) #53
- Avengers (1992) #346
- Captain Marvel (volume 8 - 2014) #9
- Ms Marvel (2014) #1-5
- Photon (2022) #1-5
2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics
Silver Surfer (1991) #53 and Avengers (1992) #346
- Dar-Benn is another character that is very thinly developed
- Dar-Benn’s presence would seem to hint at power struggles within the Kree Empire as a major reason for the conflict in The Marvels
Captain Marvel #9
- Sort of an inverted “Save the princess” story. Weird, though.
- Lila Cheney! Has been around for decades. Started in New Mutants.
- The prince is a bit of a two-dimensional character. Noble and idealistic with chiseled abs. Could be the Captain Marvel equivalent of Moon Knight’s Arthur Harrow.
Ms Marvel (2014) #1-5
- Very lighthearted and delivered with no cynicism or snark
- A really interesting insight into modern life for a Pakistani-American family
- Good is not a thing you are. It’s a thing you do.
Photon (2022) #1-5
- What a weird comic story
- Lots of movement, but almost no action
- Does revisit many eras of Photon’s life, and seems to be trying to act as a reintroduction of the character. Feels like it is trying to do for Monica Rambeau what the 2012 Captain Marvel series did for Carol Danvers
Final Thoughts
What's Next
- The Marvels (in theaters this weekend)
Signoff
Questions or comments
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