Captain Marvel #33 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star…

It’s part two of the Last of the Marvel’s, and Carol’s going balls to the wall to keep Kamala, Ms. Marvel, out of the goopy Vox Supreme Symbiote suits that captured both Phyla and Monica, as well as a few other guest judges. Kelly loves to keep Carol on her toes, and with this threat it could prove to be just too much for her to handle on her own. Carol calls in Jess, Rhodey, and Jen, plus her sister, the Kree’s newest Accuser, to help her save Kamala from succumbing to Vox’s control. 

I’ve really enjoyed Kelly’s use of the Vox character by adding him/them to Carol’s arsenal of villains, because other than a small handful, Carol’s rogues gallery is quite slim. Also, to take a character from a mini involving the Inhumans, and combining him with the Kree’s Supreme Intelligence has increased the creepiness of the character exponentially. Before Vox was just a husk, but now, now he’s capable of being so much more. 

The story is quickly paced, and the flow doesn’t seem so decompressed here. A lot happens in a very short amount of time, and that’s been one of the hallmarks of Kelly’s run thus far. She tends to pack in the introspective character moments in the issues between her big storylines, but doesn’t skimp on Carol’s here. She also respects past continuity by alluding back to Avengers vs. X-Men, where Mar-Vell crash landed onto an uninhabited planet while having a spark of the Phoenix, so it’s this attention to detail that really makes me love Kelly’s approach to Carol and her world. We’re still unsure of what Vox Supreme’s goal is here, but I’m fully invested here. 

Sergio Davila is the artist again and his work has improved this issue over the last. Not that I didn’t like it, Davila’s style is quite to my liking, it just seems more dynamic here, which could be attributed to the cast size expanding from last issue. I especially like the way Davila portrays Carol and Kamala in this issue. I hope to see Davila in this book after this arc is completed. His style compliments Kelly’s take on Carol and her world.