Before we begin, a note: none of us have read a single issue of “Captain Marvel” by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Dexter Soy. However, given the preview images (contained within this post and elsewhere on the site) as well as how well we know Kelly Sue can write (let alone how much we like her!), we’re sure you’re going to want to read it. We know we do.
In 2006, spinning out of “New Avengers”, Carol Danvers aka Ms. Marvel got her own eponymous solo title that ran for 50 issues by Brian Reed and various fantastic artists. It was one of my favorite comics at the time for the entire duration of the run, and admittedly still is. Giving a very human face to someone with powers beyond comprehension, it forever solidified Carol Danvers as one of the unsung heroes of the Marvel universe, whose mantra was that you should be the best you can be. It was inspiring, it was extremely well written, and I’ve been personally for Carol to get the spotlight again.
Now this is happening in the form of an upcoming comic by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Dexter Soy, and I couldn’t be more excited. Soy’s art combined with DeConnick’s writing is a killer combination, and without even having read an issue I whole-heartedly recommend the book. If it’s anything like the Reed book, if it has even half the heart and humanity that “Ms. Marvel” did, you can guarantee that it’s going to be a fantastic entry into the Marvel line.
With that in mind, pre-orders are key. We live in an economic climate in which comics can sink or swim depending solely on their pre-orders, and a book could theoretically be cancelled before a single issue of the book has come out. (Remember “SWORD”? Because I still do.) As Kelly Sue wrote on her blog earlier this month,
When you pre-order a comic with your local shop, you are registering your intent to buy said comic. If the shop knows you’re going to buy, well then, that’s a no-brainer sale for them, isn’t it? Most stores will reward a guaranteed purchase with a discount. And at some stores the discounts get deeper if you subscribe to (“pull”) a title, and deeper still if you pull multiple titles. If they get enough pre-orders on a book, the book has “buzz” and they may take a chance and order a few extra copies for the shelf as well. Orders numbers go up, customer is happy, publisher is happy, book exists for at least another month. Everybody wins!
I, personally, would like to keep this book on the shelves because — for admittedly self reasons — I think there should be a Carol Danvers book on the shelves (and have, admittedly, put my pre-order in). Even beyond myself, though, the comic world has been clamoring for a female-led book with a female writer at the helm. Well, world, here’s your answer!
So: want to pre-order the comic? Of course you do. Here’s what you can do:
- Download and print this pre-filled out custom order form, all set with the “Captain Marvel” info, and bring it to your shop. (You can also add other books to it, if you wish.)
- Download and print out this custom “Captain Marvel” order form and, again, bring it down to your shop.
You can also pre-order the book now at online retailers like Things From Another World and Midtown Comics.
For more, check out the linked interview with Kelly Sue we ran some time ago, take a look at the preview images and below and get your butt to your shop with the aforementioned pre-order links. Carol was great as Ms. Marvel, so you can only guess what the promotion to Captain is going to do for her.
