Captain Marvel #5 Review

CAPTAIN MARVEL #5
Written by Brian Reed
Art by Lee Weeks

Well, this didn't explain anything. We still don't know why Captain Marvel attacked the Thunderbolts base in Secret Invasion #1 and his allegiances are even more muddled.

Basically, Captain Marvel is, indeed, a Skrull sleeper agent. However, during his reprogramming, where they applied the real Cap's memories and brain patterns to him, along with a trigger word, the process goes haywire and the trigger effect, which was that painting he's obsessed with, doesn't stick.

This leads to Captain Marvel believing he is the real Captain Marvel and killing all his Skrull allies and fleeing the complex. I didn't understand exactly how he came to be in the Negative Zone, back during Civil War, though.

Even though Cap knows he's a Skrull now, he still feels like Captain Marvel and is dedicating himself to hunting down the Skrull's in the Marvel Church and killing them, all while staying hidden from SHIELD. I can only speculate that he's under the impression a Skrull is in the Thunderbolts and that's why he attacked them. Nothing here really syncs up with what happened.

While this was a better issue than the last one, the series, on the whole, feels completely unnecessary and only the first issue really made me wish Captain Marvel was back.

Verdict - Check It

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