Captain Marvel goes to space, with her "cat."

4/4 (Great).

Flerkens, kittens, and rats with mind-control hats! This collection is much more coherent than the previous two. The stories are chronological and complete, and there are only two artists (both good, with similar styles). ( )

In the last book, Captain Marvel fought against Yon-Rogg the Kree who was behind everything that was happening to her. She defeats him but loses her memory in the process. New York City has given her the Statue of Liberty to live in and she does with Marina and her daughter Kit. A new villain appeared on the scene: Grace Valentine. She's super smart but Captain Marvel was able to capture her and put her in prison. Also, the builders an alien race that had the intention of destroying our galaxy was stopped by a coalition of groups that may have been fighting each other but now turned their attention to the real threat. The builders were defeated at great cost.

In this comic, we find out that Carol has been secretly seeing Rhodey. He tells her that Tony Stark thinks there should be an Avenger in space touching base with the Guardians of the Galaxy, but looking out for threats to the earth and it should be a pilot. As much as she will miss her family on earth, Carol needs to get away and figure things out for herself for a while. So she signs up for the gig.

On earth, they have discovered a pod with a Nowlanian in it. They lost their planet during the battle with the builders and have had to move from one refugee camp to another and now they are on a planet that is poisoning them. The council is trying to get them to evacuate but they refuse to leave without their sick. They're also a bit suspicious about why the council needs them to evacuate so desperately. They want to stay and find a cure for the sickness.

Captain Marvel is charged with getting the pod back to Torfa and on the way there she runs into space pirates called Haffensye. The Guardians of the Galaxy come by and help her with them. Star Lord, the son of J'Son who is the ruler of Spartex tells her he cannot go with her to help with the mission since his presence would only exacerbate the situation. So she goes to Torfa where negotiations have stalled. When she and some of the natives go out to find what the Haffensye are up to they discover the truth behind everything. Now they must make a decision: stay and fight for their planet and all of their people or save a few.

Captain Marvel and Rocket have an adventure when Rocket tells everyone that Captain Marvel's cat is a flerken, a rare egg-laying creature people will pay lots of money for. He truly believes that her cat is a flerken even though she keeps insisting that it isn't. Then Grace Valentine escapes from prison using rats with satellites on top of their heads. They head straight for Carol's home. A teleporter Carol runs into in space and helps out is carrying some messages for her and those messages tell her of what Valentine is up to. What will Carol do if anything?

This comic was amazing. The different stories were all so good. I loved the one with Rocket and the creature that came for the cat flerken. Rocket and Captain Marvel do not get along and yell at each other a lot in a hilarious fashion. The art is fabulous. The expressions they capture on her face from absolute rage to uncertainty as to what to do with a crying teenager to a devious smile cause a reaction in you. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to see what volume four has in store. ( )