Episode 70 - The Marvels - Mist and Rhymes
This week we get ready for the last Marvel offering of 2023 – the much anticipated and oft maligned The Marvels.  This movie figures to have a ton of new or new-ish faces, and we are here to help you know a bit more about their comics history before you head to the theater. 
This Week In Comics
Marvel Introduces The New Punisher In First Series Preview 
https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-new-punisher-series-preview/

Invincible Season 2 now Streaming on Amazon Prime
https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a45712825/invincible-season-2-release-schedule-prime-video/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week
https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-11-05

Recommendation: March and Run by Andrew Aydin and John Lewis.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1MA/march
https://run.abrams.link/

This Week's Stack
Silver Surfer (1991) #53
Avengers (1992) #346
Captain Marvel (volume 8 - 2014) #9
Ms Marvel (2014) #1-5
Photon (2022) #1-5

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics
Silver Surfer (1991) #53 and Avengers (1992) #346
Dar-Benn is another character that is very thinly developed
Dar-Benn’s presence would seem to hint at power struggles within the Kree Empire as a major reason for the conflict in The Marvels 

Captain Marvel #9
Sort of an inverted “Save the princess” story.  Weird, though.
Lila Cheney!  Has been around for decades.  Started in New Mutants.
The prince is a bit of a two-dimensional character. Noble and idealistic with chiseled abs.  Could be the Captain Marvel equivalent of Moon Knight’s Arthur Harrow. 

Ms Marvel (2014) #1-5
Very lighthearted and delivered with no cynicism or snark 
A really interesting insight into modern life for a Pakistani-American family 
Good is not a thing you are.  It’s a thing you do. 

Photon (2022) #1-5
What a weird comic story 
Lots of movement, but almost no action
Does revisit many eras of Photon’s life, and seems to be trying to act as a reintroduction of the character.  Feels like it is trying to do for Monica Rambeau what the 2012 Captain Marvel series did for Carol Danvers 

Final Thoughts
What's Next 
The Marvels (in theaters this weekend)

Signoff 
Questions or comments
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