The 1970s issues were far better than they've been given credit for, as kid's comics, which is EXACTLY WHAT CAPTAIN MARVEL SHOULD ALWAYS BE. I don't always have a problem with making what were all, after all, kid's characters at one time more up to date, but Cap is special: he was designed specifically as a whimsical character for kids(with scary moments but the kind kids like) and should have always stayed that way. Sam Henderson & Dean Haspiel, in BIZARRO COMICS, showed how well this could be done without making it a nostalgia comic, and in fact DC should give them a try at really doing it. (I wasn't as keen on Jeff Smith's take, by contrast even though it was a good try--it was kind of dull and I couldn't imagine a kid particularly digging it)