The incredible success of the Marvel superheroes is largely due to the philosophy of superproblems so dear to Lee, since readers can ideally project their own anxieties and weaknesses in the epic adventures of their favorite characters. Nevertheless, a narrative context dominated by the imagination, perpetually aimed at broadening its horizons and satisfying the different tastes of readers, could not miss a "space branch", inhabited by otherworldly figures, characters and aliens distinguished by some more traditionally "science-fiction" features. Undoubtedly, Captain Marvel belongs to this background. He appeared for the first time in the USA Comics in 1967: Marvel, an alien official of the Kree army, sent on our planet to monitor and study the behaviour of its inhabitants, rises up against the aggressive goals of his own race, up to become a champion of justice and a defender of the Earth itself. Over the years the character has taken part in many stories, sometimes with a leading role, sometimes as a supporting actor, often linked to the fate of Rick Jones (the inadvertent architect of the Banner-Hulk transformation) and changing several times his appearance and even his identity. Bowen Design has devoted to this seductive hero a large number of statues and, in particular, two very similar pieces, chromatically different but almost identical in structure, characterized by a very fascinating, colored and semitransparent wake. Digitally sculpted by Joseph Menna, the statues were released at the end of 2012, only a few months away from each other. The Captain Marvel Statue, produced in 500 samples, represents the Kree official in the more traditional red-blue costume of the 70s, and the Variant Statue, released in a more limited edition (only 345 pieces worldwide), characterized by a totally black body dotted with white points to simulate the texture of a starry sky and enriched by a rigid helmet and various green metallic details. The basic sculpt of the two statues is essentially the same: the character is depicted in a very dynamic pose, with both arms raised and fists clenched, one leg bent and the other stretched out, partially included in the wake generated by the hero's flight. In the two versions the wakes are specular and horizontally stretched behind the character, up to spirally close itself on a spherical, purplish and fairly broad meteorite which acts as a joint in a circular base . With this ingenious device, it was achieved the dual purpose of stretching the trail, thus emphasizing the aesthetics and the transparency gradient of dominant colors (red and green, respectively, in the two versions) and, at the same time, to ensure the necessary stability of the piece, jeopardized by the considerable misalignment of the figure with respect to the base. The physique of Marvel is extremely slender and muscular, especially in the Classic version, where the bright and metallic red is masterfully blended and enhances the muscle contours on the chest and abdomen. On the contrary, the tonicity of the Variant's body is delegated exclusively to sculpt, where the eye is catched by the beautiful color contrast of the white (more or less large and shaded) dots on the black body, which effectively simulate a carpet of stars in the depths of space! The wide nega-bands at the wrists of the hero are simple but very well finished, as well as the beautiful star centered on the chest of the Classic version, the many green decorations (the thick and rigid epaulets and the gun at the left leg) of the Variant, the craters and purple hues of meteorites on the bases. Both faces are well sculpted and colored. The Classic head is characterized by a long and flowing blond hair that offers an excellent chromatic contrast with the background colors of the piece, while the Variant's face is largely covered by a beautiful helmet with a metallic semblance, similar in features to those used in ancient Greece, with a vertical crest and two wide and curved brims on cheeks. The gradient effect and the transparency of the two wakes are excellent: they exhibit an appropriate continuity with the stretched leg of the hero, that enhances the instinctive feeling of flight and gives to both the figures a superb dynamism. In essence, these pieces represent two very good representations of this rather anomalous and very charming Marvel character, equipped with a successful sculpt and a remarkable aesthetic impact.