{"id":27623,"date":"2023-03-02T18:20:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=27623"},"modified":"2023-03-02T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:20:51","slug":"captain-carter-woman-out-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2023\/03\/02\/captain-carter-woman-out-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Carter: Woman Out of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jamie McKelvie<\/strong>, Marika Cresta<\/strong>, Erick Arciniega<\/strong>, Matt Milla<\/strong> & various (MARVEL)
\nISBN: 978-1-3029-4655-5 (TPB\/Digital edition)<\/p>\n

Comics fans are a strange breed. We funnybook cognoscenti have always wanted lesser, non-enlightened mortals to understand why our addiction to convoluted continuity and printed pamphlets are the best of all possible worlds, but then carp and whine when the greater world catches on via a major movie franchise, and embrace what we churlishly declare is not the \u201cright \u201cAvengers<\/strong> or Batman<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

We also wish more girls read X-Men<\/strong> and The Hulk<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

Seriously though, now that superheroes are a common global currency, us paper purists just need to accept that other media not only exploit our preferred area of delight, but inevitably affect and reinforce it. After all, does it really matter when comic book stories come from, if they are as good as possible and just as entertaining as any classic in-continuity romp?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as if comics didn\u2019t already have an in-built mechanism for incorporating outlandish elements. We call it The Multiverse<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

The Marvel Cinematic Universe bound together many beloved but radically reinterpreted elements of historical comics innovation into a separate reality (more than one, actually), and here that pays off big for movie icon Peggy Carter<\/strong> as her subsequent solo TV series and animated What If?<\/strong> appearances are finally parlayed into a comic series.<\/p>\n

Written by Jamie McKelvie (Phonogram<\/strong>, The Wicked + The Divine<\/strong>, Catwoman<\/strong>, Batman<\/strong>, Young Avengers<\/strong>), illustrated by Marika Cresta (Star Wars: Doctor Aphra<\/strong>, Power Pack<\/strong>, Fearless<\/strong>, X-Men <\/strong>and Moongirl) <\/strong>and colourists Erick Arciniega & Matt Milla, all lettered by VC\u2019s Clayton Cowles, her debut 5-issue series (cover-dated May-October 2022) is collected here: offering a glimpse at a possible world where the super-soldier serum that created Captain America<\/strong> transformed not passionate idealistic kid Steve Rogers<\/em>, but a potent, competent, highly trained and educated woman of the world\u2026<\/p>\n

Mirroring mainstream continuity, it begins with the finding and thawing of a WWII legend who supposedly perished battling arch-Nazi Baron von Strucker<\/em>. Margaret \u201cPeggy\u201d Carter quickly adapts to the many changes of a new century: appreciating how far women – and minorities – have advanced even as ambitious men and untrustworthy governments squabble over who will control her. Some things never change\u2026<\/p>\n

Ultimately she agrees to work for British Intelligence, taken under the wing of Prime Minister Harry Williams<\/em>, who sees her a living symbol of a go-getting country on the move again. He\u2019s going to personally manage and supervise the career of the UK\u2019s only superhero extremely carefully and very closely\u2026<\/p>\n

To that end, and over her grudging protests, he\u2019s placed the Captain with new agency S.T.R.I.K.E. (S<\/strong>pecial Tactical R<\/strong>eserve for I<\/strong>nternational K<\/strong>ey E<\/strong>mergencies) and appointed operative Lizzie Braddock<\/em> as her liaison\/minder. She\u2019s not what she at first appears to be, but then again, neither is the PM\u2026<\/p>\n

Before Carter can get her bearings, a string of deadly attacks hurls her back into the bloody superhero spy game when a mysteriously resurgent Hydra targets their oldest enemy and turn London into a war zone\u2026<\/p>\n

The hero quickly falls into old habits, living her new life on a war footing, but something just doesn\u2019t feel right. Facing an endless barrage of missions against foes like people-smuggler Batroc<\/em>, Carter slowly realises that the government has been massaging the political messages she\u2019s been learning, and might not be acting on behalf of all the people.<\/p>\n

A different and uncomfortable truth comes via neighbour Harley Davis<\/em>: a young black girl who explains what \u201cprocessing\u201d illegal migrants and asylum seekers actually means\u2026<\/p>\n

Appalled and now informing herself from a variety of sources, Carter refuses to be a flashy propaganda tool any longer, provoking an immediate and lethal response from the headline-obsessed government. As bodies drop and attacks intensify, she finds a welcome ally in Tony<\/em>: grandson of genius inventor (and Carter\u2019s closest WWII comrade) Howard Stark<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

He\u2019s just as smart as grandpa and also despises tyrants and fascists\u2026<\/p>\n

As the government go into spin mode, blaming and framing everybody else for their sins, Carter, Stark, Braddock and Davis take the fight to them, only to discover an ancient and unholy secret aristocracy at the heart of the conspiracy, one that has been feeding on Britain\u2019s life blood for centuries\u2026<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s time the people saw the light and our assembled heroes cleaned house\u2026<\/p>\n

Backed up by a cover gallery and costume\/uniform designs by McKelvie, this tome includes a wealth of variant covers from Sara Pichelli & Matthew Wilson, Marvel Studios, Jen Bartel, Todd Nauck & Rachelle Rosenberg, Paco Medin & Jesus Aburtov, Marc Aspinall, Ashley Witter, and Romy Jones.<\/p>\n

Fun, fast, furious, filled with the kind of in-joke riffs veteran fans love and telling a fresh new tale featuring a truly forceful \u201cfighting female\u201d, Captain Carter<\/strong> is also a wry and barbed political and social statement on the responsibilities of rule, and a damn fine read as well. She\u2019s not The <\/em><\/strong>Captain, but she\u2019s just as good – and maybe even better\u2026
\n\u00a9 2022 MARVEL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jamie McKelvie, Marika Cresta, Erick Arciniega, Matt Milla & various (MARVEL) ISBN: 978-1-3029-4655-5 (TPB\/Digital edition) Comics fans are a strange breed. We funnybook cognoscenti have always wanted lesser, non-enlightened mortals to understand why our addiction to convoluted continuity and printed pamphlets are the best of all possible worlds, but then carp and whine when … <\/p>\n

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