Capitana Marvel, Vol. 2: Magia Extraña

Captain Marvel (2019) (Collected Editions)

by Kelly Thompson

¡Apártate, Carol Danvers! Devastada por su ruptura con Rhodey, la Capitana Marvel es incapaz de recuperar su ritmo. Sus amigos deciden hacer una intervención que se parece mucho a una cita rápida. Con amigos como éstos, ¿quién necesita enemigos?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction

104 pages, Paperback

First published October 12, 2021

About the author

KELLY THOMPSON has a degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah College of Art & Design. Her love of comics and superheroes have compelled her since she first discovered them as a teenager. Currently living in Portland, Oregon with her boyfriend and the two brilliant cats that run their lives, you can find Kelly all over the Internet where she is generally well liked, except where she's detested.

Kelly has published two novels - THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING (2012) and STORYKILLER (2014) and the graphic novel HEART IN A BOX from Dark Horse Comics (2015). She's currently writing ROGUE & GAMBIT, HAWKEYE, and PHASMA for Marvel Comics and GHOSTBUSTERS for IDW. Other major credits include: A-Force, Captain Marvel & The Carol Corps, Jem and The Holograms, Misfits, Power Rangers Pink, and the creator-owned mini-series Mega Princess.

Kelly's ambitions are eclipsed only by her desire to exist entirely in pajamas. Fortunately pajamas and writers go hand in hand (most of the time). Please buy all her stuff so that she can buy (and wear) more pajamas.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's 2021 and Marvel still has almost an entire comic book issue based on Carol's friend's trying to cheer her up out of her malaise after splitting up with her boyfriend!!! The next three comic book issues that make up the rest of this volume are not much better as Carol seeks to thwart Ove now he has arrived in the current timeline by seeking a solution to her weaknesses against magic. It's quite telling that the best story by a long way is a 10-pager featuring Kamala Kahn! 5 out of 12 Three Stars that genuinely has me asking why I bother with this series?

The only really bright star of this volume is the work of Italian artist Jacopo Camagni, which is very good especially as he tones down sexualisation of the female heroes despite them mostly being clad in body-tight costumes.

2023 read

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This can be considered the aftermath of A New World. Carol breaks up with Rhodey so that Rhodey's daughter can be born even though she's actively trying to stop that future from happening. That's the whole reason she decides to learn magic. This volume was OK but I felt Carol acted outside her character in some major ways even though Kelly Thompson's been writing Captain Marvel for 2+ years at this point. Hoping for better in the next arc.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reread: 16/03/2023

You know last time I read it I pointed out it feels like a cop out not showing the big fight but maybe its just a prequel to an even bigger fight to come and maybe its sort of frustrating but gotta hand it to Kelly trying to have so many sub plots running and make it a truly special run! The way it starts off with whatever is going on with her and Strange was weird, but then her learning magic and how Enchantress features into it is intriguing and after that.. I kinda pointed above as I said. I also noticed a lot of Bendis-isms seeping into Kelly's writing, drawn out explanations, characters saying same-thing the previous one said and it can be a bit.. off-putting but still so far its not that extreme. But yeah that thing with Magic community against Carol has potential haha! Also loved that short of what Carol means to other people, one of my fav Marvel short stories!

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This was quite good!

It starts off with Carol dealing with breakup and Rhodey well her friends throw her a "get over it" party and it could be considered corny but its fun and they fight alien cats and then hook up with Dr Strange, learning magic, awkward moments and then enter Enchantress but after the last volume and knowing who she will have to face, what strange things can happen between them? Its a fun chemistry as they get some Atlantean artifact and face off and a battle ensues between Carol and Enchantress and Ove and the repercussions will be big. Tbh that part of the story where you feel it will be a big fight feels like a cop out and well not that epic. Hopefully in future arcs they can pay it off but the fight was a super disappointment.

But the redeeming story is the one by Mckelvie which shows Carol and how her actions make a difference in so many people's life and Kamala shows it to her and the art is great there, but its one of my favorite stories of her and a much needed self realization happens to her. Just such a good and heart warming story.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. So after a great previous volume, this one gets soured by that last bit from the final 2 pages of the last volume between Carol and Rhodey. That’s spills into this volume like a cancer. Shame. There was a cool story in here that gets crapped on by Carol being written as a horrible person. After she breaks up with a Rhodes for no good reason, she decides to go out sleeping with other heroes. As soon as that happened I almost closed the book to never open it again. We take a cool character like Captain Marvel and have her doing shit like this? And I’m probably the only person to read this book and have that reaction. Everyone else who reads this will probably be cool with it. Plus her friends are championing her on. Then you drag Doctor Strange into stupid shit. Now I don’t like the Carol Danvers character and I’m about done with Strange. If I was Rhodes, no way I take her back. F that heifer.

Rant over

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of the book is ok but the final teamup issue with Ms Marvel was the best thing I’ve read with Carol and Kamala in years.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25
I've become a huge Kelly Thompson fan and, in turn, a huge be Captain Marvel fan. Such an expert mix of big event plot and the mundane life experiences of a person dealing with difficulty societal a personal issues. Metaphorical of the things we all deal with everyday. This is what the best comics do. Show us a mirror of ourselves and the human condition. The intersonal relationships with her friends and enemies is also very well done. Really fleshes Captain Marvel out as a character.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

First up, some speed dating - because that'll go well when you're a superhero, I'm sure. Then Carol sets her sights on saving the future by doing the one thing you'd never expect - learning magic!

I was kind of hoping we were done with this whole Ove thing after the last volume, but alas, his presence is still felt here. Thankfully it can be forgotten for the most part until the end, and we can instead focus on the clever character work and snappy dialogue between Carol, Enchantress, and Doctor Strange. This fish out of water storyline forces Carol to really focus on herself and what she's trying to do. It's a shame that I still can't find Ove a particularly compelling villain, especially when his mother is literally standing next to him doing nothing and I think she's more interesting.

The artwork's lovely though - David Lopez and Jacopo Camagni contribute to this issue with flare and dynamic figures, making even the scenes set underwater look detailed and full of life.

Solid as always, but I do hope we can step away from the shadow of Ove going forward. I'm not adverse to a long-standing plot, but it'd be nice if it was one I enjoyed.

[Jaye Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty fun!

Carol is still reeling from coming back from the future and breaking up with Rhodey. Her friends convince her to leave the house and she ends up speed dating which turns out terrible. Then she gets involved with Doctor Strange. She has the bright idea that maybe learning magic will help her stop Ove from killing everyone when he finally shows up again but magic isn't really her department.

There was an artist change again (a few times in here actually) and I had to get used to it but I did end up liking it. There was one issue and artist in particular who drew Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel to be so attractive?? I was screaming and kicking my feet like go off my dude. 😭

This is a hot opinion BUT I really really like Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel together. I feel like we should be funding this?? Their personalities clash but that is what makes it work for me and I wish with all my heart this could have been a real thing, not just a stupid sexy fling. There was an older Captain Marvel comic I read where Carol and Stephen worked together once and that is where my ship started only to see it again here? Man, I went nuts. I'm gonna think about the wasted potential of that power couple for a while tbh.💔

I think my issue with Carol and Rhodey relationship is that I cannot separate the actors from the MCU from my mind and it just weirds me out. Like them being together in comics makes so much sense?? But then I see it and I'm like hmmm ok. The last issue with them fighting together was cute af even though they broke up for such a stupid time travel consequences reason.

Carol gets a new outfit and oh my god I'm obsessed with that shit too. She gets a magician type fit with a hood and a flowy cape and it was glorious. I still love her normal suit but damn she only wears it the majority of the time and I get bored.

As for the story, it did feel very filler. So while I liked what I was reading, it didn't feel like it had much substance. At the end everything is pretty much back to how it was in the beginning of the volume so nothing really had weight. There is one thing Carol gets warned about that will come back to bite her but who knows if it actually will.

This is really a 3 star but Doctor Strange in this was supreme and I'm not over it.

[Mar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carol depresiva, Jess tratando de salvar el día, Carol y su mágica one night stand, Carol fregándola… amamos jajaja

Gran número, fue ligero a pesar de tocar cosillas que son SÚPER importantes para el desenlace de tooodo este arco.

Amé todos los cameos, no los esperaba.

Y LA ÚLTIMA PARTE?!? Chillando con Carol estaba, gracias por tanto Kamala 🥹🛐.

[Lenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was....fine, and a little weird! Thompson is usually spot-on with Carol and Jessica's friendship, but I just can't buy that Jessica thinks what post-breakup Carol needs is speed dating (though it is hilarious) rather than a girl's night out - I was expecting them to go to an empty gym, or one of those pop up places where you pay to smash stuff. Carol's post-breakup stubbornness feels real, but buried under exposition. It felt a bit too shallow to me. Carol then partners up with the last magician who may help her, Enchantress (interesting, though it meanders with the magic bit) and Ove, which, ugh, he just isn't a compelling villain to me. I really hope this is the last of Ove, but that's doubtful. Thankfully Carol and Rhodey are back together, and I might be the only person who buys Strange as Carol's rebound.

The art was also so-so, Lopez's work is a bit cartoony but fine (not as good as Baldeon's, but fine), but the immediate switch to Camagni's anime style is jarring and I couldn't quite recover from it. There's nothing wrong with anime, but it doesn't seem to fit the story for me. Carnero is still my favorite artist on this series so far.

[Katie Florida · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good arc. I didn't find the storyline in this one as engaging as previous volumes, but it was still awesome!! I really enjoyed the bonus issue at the end by Jamie McKelvie. 😊

[Gerry Sacco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly a really good story, with great art! Seriously, art is super on point.

I like how dynamic they are making Captain Marvel, makes her a different read than everyone else. Kind of what they did with Dr. Strange years back with his own run.

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story grinds down to more or less a halt as these issues are mostly spent with Carol as she copes following her breakup with Rhodey. As you'll recall, after she travels to the future and meets his daughter, she can't bear standing in the way of that so she calls it off. Her friends try to cheer her up and it makes for a truly delightful issue which culminates in an encounter with Dr. Strange I didn't think I needed in this run. The following three issues follow Carol in her vain attempt to learn magic in order to prepare herself for Ove's return.

And that's where I kind of had a realization about this series. It feels like Kelly Thompson is constantly fighting who Carol Danvers is as a character, and I'm not quite sure if it's on purpose. It's only been 30 issues and I can't tell you how many different outfits she's put her in, how many different sets of powers she's had. I'm not sure if that says more about Thompson trying to crack this character or the character itself. I've never been super attached to Captain Marvel but the old trope of her being too powerful does feel like it rings true, so you have this comic run where the author is constantly trying to crack that nut.

And I don't think it's bad, Thompson is too charming a writer to make any of this feel wrong, but it's just interesting that a Captain Marvel book has felt more like an ensemble where, a lot of the time, Carol isn't even trying to be Captain Marvel. And it makes me wonder how much more steam this book has left. But for now, it still works.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars.
A very odd turn for Carol, so while the story is good, it does feel kind of like a filler Volume.
Highlights:
- Still reeling from her break-up with Rhodey, it takes her friends to get her out of bed for a night on the town. How does the night end up? Bad speed dating, drowning your sorrows alone in a bar, and then sleeping with Doctor Strange... Very odd and awkward, though funny scene.
- Still haunted by her defeat from Ove (see last Volume), Carol decides she needs to learn magic to protect herself. Strange and most of the rest of the magical community refuse to teach her, so she ultimately ends up with Enchantress. Enchantress has her own solution for Captain Marvel: get her help to make a potion that will never allow magic to effect her. In a turn of events, Carol gets the potion and gives it to Ove, who swears revenge as he can no longer use magic. His mother Enchantress, swears revenge too.
- Carol sees the error of her judgment and talks things over with Rhodey. They get back together.
- There is also a one shot where Captain Marvel goes to Ms Marvel for inspiration. She is able to see the ripples of her actions in helping people.

Filler or not, still a Volume you should read. Recommend.
(Hopefully back to the excitement of the title's norm soon.)

[FrontalNerdaty · Rating 2 out of 5]

After her frightening glimpse in to the future Carol goes looking for solutions in places she didn’t think she’d go to…

What I really enjoy about Kelly Thompson’s writing is how she’s able to mix solid character work with ‘larger than life’ scenarios. No matter what mega event Carol is tackling Thompson imbues her with a consistent and growing character. From her one liners to her confidence the writing adds more depth.
This collection didn’t really wow me. I enjoyed the interactions with Jessica Drew (wish it was Jones too) as well as Carol’s half sister and Hazmat and the idea of Carol speed dating was cute but once the magic elements got added it became a bit of a chore.
I don’t mind characters hooking up, Carol having a rebound bang with Strange is fine and I enjoyed the scenes with Jessica/ Carol/ Strange and the snakes immensely. However Carol teaming with Enchantress to essentially stop future Enchantress ruling/ ruining the world felt a bit rushed. A big arc in Carol’s story didn’t really get the time it needed to breathe to me.
All in all Thompson’s dialogue elevates a somewhat belong tale.

2/5

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este sexto encadernado da Capitã Marvel (quem diria que chegaria no sexto?) por Kelly Thompson e companhia traz as consequências das viagens a um futuro alternativo que Carol fez na edição anterior. Para evitar aquela realidade vindoura, ela decide estudar magia. Mesmo se envolvendo sexualmente com o Doutor Estranho, muitos magos recusam ajudá-la e ela vai buscar conhecimento com uma vilã: Amora, a Encantor. A história é bastante divertida, como costumam ser as obras de Thompson, mas os desenhos não são tão legais assim, excetuando os de Alvaro Lopez na primeira edição. Preciso também destacar os erros editoriais: na apresentação o editor grafa o sobrenome de Carol como D"e"nvers, quando o correto é Danvers. Além disso, ele usa a palavra taxar com "x" como sinônimo de estigma, quando se escreve com "ch". Taxar com x, só se Carol tivesse de pagar um preço por algo. O mesmo erro acontece pelo mesmo editor na contracapa do encadernado de número quatro da Gata Negra. Parece que a edição e a revisão da Panini/Mythos tão deixando escapar bastante erros crassos do mesmo editor... =/

[Nicholas (was Allison) · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.4 Stars
Notes: This comic was recommended to me by someone else who had already read it, so I read it in a short amount of time. Anyways, they mostly already told me the plot of it and what it was about, so I could read it easier than most. This is different than most other marvel comics I have read, given the sheer level of complexity of the events that take place in this storyline. Captain Marvel is integral to the story, because she is necessary to be in several of the events, from everything that happens in the plot. She’s a really very nice character, and I am glad that she was in time for the action sequences that were in here. I watched the Marvels in theaters, and I actually really liked that movie.

James Rhodes is in fact mentioned in here, and I really appreciated seeing that. His character is actually someone I know a lot about (this is mostly from the Iron Man hyperfixation). So, there are also a lot of other different characters in here as well, since this comic is rather complex to understand with so much stuff going on in it.

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carol doesn't handle change well. She mopes. She grieves. She doesn't....wash her clothes?

And so we get Spider-Woman opting for an intervention to start things off. A funny one, to be sure. Who wouldn't get out of bed to fight snats? All that acid pee...
Anyway, Carol decides that she still has to 'fight the future and get a handle on magic. Hilarity ensues.

Good Dr. Strange cameo. Just the right amount of egotistical ass and knowledgeable magic wielder.
Ultimately, she rounds out the collection checking in with Kamala Khan. Nice to see these two together, because every time they are, it seems to focus and ground both characters (and boy have the both had a rough year or so).

Again, check this out if you need a spot to jump in. It's just fun.
BONUS: Carol's magic learning outfit has a hood. Oooooooo....

[Ronan The Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better volumes! The first issue is one of the best in the series, as we see Jess and Carol's other friends try to pull her out of her funk given the fallout from last volume. It's funny and quirky and a good time. Carol then gets back to Ove-related business, and after being rebuffed by Stephen Strange at her request to learn magic, she seeks help from...Enchantress? Those issues go back to the action-packed tone to resolve the Atlantean-Asgardian elephant in the room, for the time being. Lastly, is an issue (drawn by the great Jamie McKelvie) that sees Carol come to Kamala Khan for a pep talk. Loved that one, as it charges the book with the heart I have felt it is sometimes missing. While my interest in this series has waxed and waned some, I enjoyed this one.

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't particularly like the Ove plotline and Carol running from the future she's foreseen but it looks like we're stuck with it. Here Carol tries to learn magic to prevent a future timeline where the villain Ove kills everyone she cares about. She winds up having to turn to the Enchantress, which doesn't work out well.
I get that Carol is now powerful enough, focusing on her fighting things/people wouldn't build much suspense. But I'm annoyed how much she fits the "hot mess" cliche where for all her power and success, she can't handle her personal life at all. And the opening issue is way too heavy on the sitcom banter (the thing I like least about Thompson's writing is how much banter there is).

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty unusual narrative track to take for this comic - and I'm not just talking about Carol and Dr. Strange getting closer. But more her deciding that she needed to learn magic or to somehow deal with magic better was not what I was expecting as a takeaway from the previous volume. But it does make sense given who Carol has grown to become over the years - she tackles "problems" head-on and this vulnerability to magic was just another thing to resolve.

The way the story unfolded and tried to further reinforce the previous volume was interesting since at least it didn't feel like a one-off dystopian adventure like what happened with Nuclear Man. So at least all that matters a bit more now and we'll see how it will continue to affect her (ripples!) in future books.

[Nadja · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5* This volume overall was fine, though it had it's ups and downs. I didn't really get why Carol had to break up with Rhodey especially as it didn't last very long . The whole magic storyline also felt a bit anticlimactic at points although I liked the ending and I'm also curious about the implications it will have in the future. I liked the theme of Carole having to deal with the implications of her action and how far reaching their consequences are. My favorite part was the short story in the end with Ms. Marvel because it also dealt with that theme but showed the more positive side of it.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

A despondent Carol, freshly out of her relationship with War Machine, goes speed dating and hooks up with Doctor Strange in this relatively weird volume of the increasingly bland Captain Marvel series. Ultimately, an out-of-character Carol must access her magic side to defeat Ove and Enchantress - it's all rather perfunctory.

The one-shot, where Captain Marvel visits Ms. Marvel to restore her inspiration, is cute but like, the complete opposite vibe of the rest of Strange Magic.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

We are taking up this much page time for the cliche "I've broken up with my bf, now I gotta get back out there" bit!? Ugh. And on top of that the cheesy "drunk hookup" angle? Yeesh.

I like the idea of someone as strong as Carol with all her energy manipulation to learn magic, but it's not utilized very well outside of making the plot happen. This acts as a followup to the previous arc, and at least Carol doesn't just solve her problems by punching it for once. Taking a star off for getting her and Rhodey back together tho

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars for the beginning and end arcs, but I could have done without Ove popping up again. While I doubt he's gone for good, I wish he was. But I loved Jessica Drew's intervention and the utter bizarreness of the cat aliens combined with speed dating. Likewise, Kamala and Carol's outing was adorable. Wish the drawing style stayed the same throughout, as Carol fluctuating from muscular to waifish and back again within one volume throws me.

She needs to keep her magician cosplay outfit!

[Rebeckah Sypik · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love it when comics referance what happened in an earlier issuse. Carol is looking for a way to fight Ove (the villian she fights in volume 5). She decides the only way to fight magic is with magic. She asks many magic users of the marvel world to train her, all but the enchantress refuse. Which makes things a bit complicated for Captain Marvel as she is Ove's future mother. Really liked this one it also has a happy ending for her and Rhodey.

[Jeremy Whetzel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magical greatness

Kelly Thompson and her amazingly skilled teams of editors, letterers, artists, inkers, and publishing staff continue to bring high quality action and adventure as well as reply personal stories and growth to the courageous Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)'s life! Truly a joy to read, and a title in always anxiously awaiting for more!!

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm very torn on this. I loved CM's temporary costume for when she was walking around trying to figure out 'magic', but the Doctor Strange storyline was way, way, way disappointing. A swear everyone said that DS and CM were going to be in a relationship - which would have been amazing. What actually happened was dumb. :(

The last issues with Ms. Marvel were very good.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well this arc started with Jessica Drew crashing through Carol's bedroom window because she wasn't answering the phone, had some of the most random fucking plots I could have thought up... WHAT DO YOU MEAN CAROL AND STRANGE? ... but then it ended with one of the most adorable and heart warming conversations with Kamala and Carol

[Marlene · Rating 1 out of 5]

Is it just me or does the writing feel more immature somehow? Maybe that's not the right word to describe it. Something definitely feels off to me. I took a break from reading this run back when #28 was released (I hadn't been enjoying the storyline for a while by that point and still didn't like where it was going) and hoped time away from it would help me enjoy it more when I eventually went back to it. Clearly that didn't work. Carol is one of my favorite heroes and I don't want to give up on this run because I've loved a lot of it. I know Thompson is capable of writing great stuff for Carol. I'm just really disappointed in this one.