While I'm not a big Carol Danvers historian, I do want to call big ups to Kelly Thompson's current run on the character. I've never cared much for Carol and only bothered to check it out because Kelly Thompson was writing it, and while she's still not an absolute favorite of mine this comic has been incredible and was one of my favorites of last year. From a great supporting cast in Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Hazmat, War Machine (James Rhodes), Jessica Jones, and most recently her very own half-sister Lauri-Ell the Accuser.
This run defined her character as someone who is tactical, powerful, smart, and a leader. Someone who has her demons and insecurities and fights every day not to give in. From her alcoholism, to her past as part-Kree, to having been experimented on, to trying to repent for Civil War 2, she's constantly fighting to be better than the things she's done. And the book is never edgy, which I love about it.
I think Captain Marvel: The End is an incredibly beautiful issue.
I also want to shout out to a villain from that same run, Star. Ripley Ryan was a reporter who was paid to cover Carol Danvers for a day and emded up getting caught up in another dimension and almost died.
A lot.
Traumatized she turned herself into a living weapon and tried to kill Carol, but Carol beat her by tearing Ripley's heart out. It killed her (Carol was under the impression it didn't since when she carted off she was still alive), but only for a moment because she came back to life, her heart now replaced with the Reality Stone.
Through a series of event ls involving the Black Order, Scarlet Witch, Carol Danvers, and Jessica Jones, Ripley decides to become the supervillain Star
Because fuck everyone else when you have the power to do whatever you want.
Great series and I highly recommend the read.