Excuse me what did you say or Are you F@ckin' speaking English???

Currently I am wintering in Atlanta and spent the last two weeks with my nephews and nieces, who are all in their teens. The story played out much like it does in the animal kingdom. Young lions try to test the 'not really that old' lion and get beat down, figuratively and in Madden. You can't stop the Patriots.

While preparing to enjoy Christmas dinner, one nephew showed his phone to another and said "This thirsty, basic thot trying' to bae me with her un-fleek eyebrows." I immediately clutched my chest awaiting the stroke. I think I read somewhere right before a stroke, words and stuff don't make sense. When I noticed that the stroke didn't take me I realized that current slang passed me by so much that I did not know what these kids were talking about. I spent most of the time mad because I was pretty sure they were talking about me in code.

In an effort not to whoop these kids asses I decide to educate myself...I mean this computer has to be good for more than looking at midget porn...which I don't do but I hear some people do...whew.

1. Thirsty: adjective
Definition:
1. Not referencing actual thirst for a drink. 
2. Referencing someones desperation or over-eagerness. 
Used in a sentence: 
"Ugh, Michael Clifford has been following me around all night, he is so thirsty."

I get this one. It makes sense to me. If I am desperate to see the new Star Wars movie one could categorize me as being thirsty for it. 

2. Basic: adjective
Definition:
1. Unoriginal or mainstream
2. Someone is basic when they are solely interested in popular, commercial things.
Used in a sentence: 
"All Rachel does is drink pumpkin spice lattes and play Candy Crush -- she's so basic."

Another one I get. There's nothing special about a person...like basic cable. You're not HBO or Showtime or even Skinemax...you're just CNN and WGS.

3. Turn up: verb
Definition: 
1. Getting pumped up.
2. Origins date back to Lil Jon's smash hit, "Turn Down For What."
Used in a sentence:
"I'm so exhausted, but that's not going to stop me from turnin' up tonight."

This was a little tricky with me because it means something else to me. One day something will eventually will appear. "Tupac and Biggie's killers will eventually turn up." "The body of Jimmy Hoffa will eventually turn up." I can't really hate this saying because we used to say 'get crunk' (also coined by Lil Jon....seriously people in the future are gonna think he was our Shakespeare, making up all these sayings) and I am not sure what 'crunk' meant...crushed trunk?

4. Bae: noun
Definition: 
1. Technically stands for "before anyone else" but has been adapted to be synonymous with "baby" or "sweetie."  
Used in a sentence:
"Khaleesi, on Game of Thrones, is my bae, even though she may not know it."

I originally thought this was short for baby and didn't know it was an acronym. There is an air of romantic notions but in my head it's unfinished...'before anyone else' what? It's not good to be before anyone else in certain things. "I am gonna kill you, before anyone else." "You will eat this old cake, before anyone else." "You will go out into this hail of bullets, before anyone else."

3. Thot: noun
Definition: 
1. That Ho Out There or That Ho Over There.
2. A promiscuous womanUsed in a sentence:
"Show no love for a thot"

I firmly believe that every generation as a slang for 'whore'. In my day we took the 'W' 'R' and 'E' off the word and shortened it to 'Ho'. Before that was 'slut', 'skeezer' and 'skank', after came 'trick', 'beyotch', 'hoodrat' and 'chicken head'. So many negative words to describe a woman who enjoys sex. Quick question: What do you call a promiscuous man? Nothing. There's no slang out there for it. I typed 'promiscuous man' in the Urban Dictionary and may have broken the site. This is what popped up: 

promiscuous man isn't defined.
Can you define it?

3. On Fleek: adjective
Definition: 
1. On point. Game = strong.
Used in a sentence:
"Eyebrows on fleek!"

History lesson time: On June 21st, 2014, Peaches Monroe dropped a Vine in which she recites, verbatim: “We in this bitch. Finna get crunk. Eyebrows on fleek. Da fuq.” This is the first time the word 'fleek' was used in the urban era. However the word 'fleek' had been used as far as the 1801. Right now there is an English teacher somewhere begging me not to reveal the secret. Everyone who uses 'fleek' in daily language has been 'Manchurian Candidated'. It's the modern "The first rapper was Shakespeare BS' our English teaches used in an attempt to be hip.  In this 1801 translation of Plutarch’s Lives, originally written in the first century, we discover early usage of the word in question.

'Fleek' was another word for 'sleek'. Not sure why they didn't just say 'sleek' but hey, whatever. So where did Peaches Monroe get the word from? Did she hear it in English class? Who knows. I like to think that there are a bunch of young people right now pouring through old poems to re brand words into hip slangs.

  
Go home, IHOP, you're drunk.

So now that I have gotten myself and you caught up, guess what that means...yup...these kids changed up the slangs and now we have to learn a whole new set. Sigh. Someone wake me up when "da bomb" comes back.

Cyborg is on the house...booyah

A few weeks ago Warner Bros revealed their line up of DC comics movies. Among the movies announced were some of the most popular superheroes ever. Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Flash are well known. We will be looking at the lesser known properties in Suicide Squad, Shazam and Cyborg. Last but not least is Cyborg.

The character was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, and first appears in a special insert in DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980). Cyborg is best known as a member of the Teen Titans. However, in September 2011, Cyborg was established as a founding member of the Justice League as part of DC's 2011 reboot of its continuity.

Cyborg is featured as one of the main characters in a new Justice League ongoing series written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jim Lee as part of DC's The New 52 relaunch. Johns has said of Cyborg, "He represents all of us in a lot of ways. If we have a cellphone and we're texting on it, we are a cyborg — that's what a cyborg is, using technology as an extension of ourselves."

The first storyline takes place five years in the past and details the revised origin of the original Justice League. Victor Stone appears as a high school football star who is heavily sought after by a number of college scouts, but apparently has a distant relationship with his father, Silas. After winning a big game, Victor is shown calling his father and angrily telling him that he broke his promise and missed yet another one of his son's games. Later Victor appears at S.T.A.R. labs where his father works. The scientists appear to be working on the Mother Box that Superman came in contact with from the Parademon. Victor engages in another argument with his father and tells him that the scouts were there to give him full scholarships to college. When asking if his father will ever appear at any of his games, his father replies "No." Just then the Mother Box explodes killing the scientists and destroying most of Victor's body to which Victor's father looks in horror. Silas does everything he can for Victor's survival. He along with Sarah Charles, and T. O. Morrow go in "The Red Room" in S.T.A.R. labs which contains every piece of technology from around the world. Silas attempts to treat Victor with something that has never been attempted before and he is seen injecting Victor with some type of nanites and having Dr. Morrow put the robotic pieces on Victor (devices such as: a Promethean skin graft, Doctor William Magnus' responsometer, Anthony Ivo's A-maze operating system, The classified and prototypical B-maze operating system and Ryan Choi's White Dwarf Stabilizer). Vic's life is saved and the energies from the motherbox are incorporated into his new form as Cyborg. This allows Victor to access the vast New Gods data library and discover Darkseid's true invasion plans.

Powers: Large portions of Victor Stone's body have been replaced by advanced mechanical parts (hence the name Cyborg), granting him superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and flight. His mechanically-enhanced body, much of which is metallic, is far more durable than a normal human body. Cyborg's internal computer system can interface with external computers. Other features include an electronic 'eye' which replicates vision, but at a superhuman level. His mechanical parts contain a wide variety of tools and weapons, such as a grappling hook/line and a finger-mounted laser. Perhaps his most frequently-used weapon is his sound amplifier (often referred to as his "white sound blaster" in the comic books; the Teen Titans animated series calls it a "sonic cannon"), which can be employed at various settings either to stun the ears of his foes or to deliver concentrated blasts of sound potent enough to shatter rock or deform steel.

In addition to his mechanical enhancements, Stone possesses an "exceptionally gifted" level of intelligence; his IQ has been measured at 170.

Cyborg has tinkered over time with his cybernetic parts, enhancing his functions and abilities to levels beyond those set by his father. One feature that sets him apart from the "mass production" version built by Project M is a self-repair system, able to flawlessly repair the mechanical parts of his body, no matter how worn out they are, and even improve the health of the still biological parts to an unknown degree.
Cybernetics: Cyborg possesses cybernetic enhancements that provide superhuman strength, endurance and durability. Cyborg can also interface with computers. Built into his body-armor are an infrared eye with HUD, computer generator, sound amplifier (similar to a sonic cannon), and special programming adapters that allow him to interface with other body extensions.
Body Resistance: The nature of Cyborg's body provides him with natural body armor offering resistance versus physical damage and energy attacks.
Superhuman Strength: At optimal capacity, Vic can lift/press in excess of several tons. Cyborg's upper strength limits have fluctuated with upgrades to his systems over time.
Superhuman Speed: He possessed a degree of superspeed and could leap great distances.
Superhuman Endurance
Superhuman Durability: His bones are reinforced with molybdenum-steel.
Computer Interfacing
Flight: Powered by boot jets
Integrated Weapons
Sensor Systems
Teleportation: Due to interfacing with a Mother box, Cyborg can open a Boom Tube extra-dimensional point-to-point travel portal to teleport him and his companions. However, when transporting groups his transporter can get overloaded, roughly one out of every 1,000 times, and ends up transporting all those teleported to Apokolips.
As part of the events of the Throne of Atlantis Aquaman crossover, Cyborg's lungs were replaced by cybernetic lungs that allow him to breathe underwater.

Here comes Shazam...

A few weeks ago Warner Bros revealed their line up of DC comics movies. Among the movies announced were some of the most popular superheroes ever. Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Flash are well known. We will be looking at the lesser known properties in Suicide Squad, Shazam and Cyborg. Next up is Shazam.

The character was created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, and first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940), published by Fawcett Comics.

Shazam is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking the magic word "Shazam", can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight, and other abilities. His name is an acronym of the six mythological figures from whom his magical powers derive: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury.

Based on book sales, Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, outselling even Superman, and Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other "Marvels", primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., who can share Billy's powers. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel.

Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman. In 1972, DC licensed the Marvel Family characters from Fawcett and returned them to publication, acquiring all rights to the characters by 1991. DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe, and have attempted to revive the property several times with mixed success. Due to trademark conflicts over another character named "Captain Marvel"owned by Marvel Comics since 1967, DC Comics renamed their character "Shazam" after relaunching their comic book line in 2011.

Billy Batson is an arrogant and troubled 15-year-old foster child living in Philadelphia who has gone through several foster homes. At his newest foster home, he gains five foster siblings, including new versions of Mary Batson and Freddy Freeman. When the evil Dr. Sivana unleashes the ancient magical warrior Black Adam from his tomb, the Wizard of the Rock of Eternity – the last of a council of beings who once controlled magic – begins abducting new candidates to assess them for the job of being his champion. He dismisses them all for not being pure of heart.

Eventually, the Wizard summons Billy, who is another unsuitable candidate, but Billy persuades the Wizard that perfectly good people "really don't exist". In desperation, the dying Wizard passes on his powers and teaches Billy they can be accessed through the magic word "Shazam" when spoken with good intentions. After saying the magic word, Billy is struck by a bolt of lightning which transforms him into Shazam, a super-powered being possessing super-strength, flight, and vast magical powers. The Wizard dies and transports Shazam back to Earth, where Billy reveals his new secret to Freddy. The two scheme to make money with Shazam's new powers, until Shazam is attacked by Black Adam. After learning of Black Adam's troubled origin, Billy attempts and fails to reason with Adam, and is only saved by sharing his powers with his foster siblings, who all become magic-powered adult superheroes. Ultimately, Billy goads Adam into saying the magic word and transforming into his human form, at which time he promptly turns to dust.

Powers: 

S is for Wisdom of Solomon: As Shazam/Captain Marvel, Billy has instant access to a vast amount of scholarly knowledge, including most known languages and sciences. He has exceptional photographic recall and mental acuity, allowing him to read and decipher hieroglyphs, recall everything he has ever learned, and solve long mathematical equations. He also has a great understanding of divine phenomena in the mortal world. The wisdom of Solomon provides him with counsel and advice in times of need. In early Captain Marvel stories, Solomon's power also gave Marvel the ability to hypnotize people.

H is for Strength of Hercules: Hercules' power grants Shazam/Captain Marvel immense superhuman strength, making him one of DC Comics' strongest characters. He is able to easily bend steel, punch through walls, and lift massive objects (including whole continents, such as South America). In the comics, this strength has evolved to be roughly equal to that of Superman.

A is for Stamina of Atlas: Using Atlas' stamina, Shazam/Captain Marvel can withstand and survive most types of extreme physical assaults, and heal from them. Additionally, he does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe, and can survive unaided in space when in Captain Marvel form. In some stories, the stamina of Atlas makes Captain Marvel nearly invulnerable.

Z is for Power of Zeus: Zeus' power, besides fueling the magic thunderbolt that transforms Shazam/Captain Marvel, also enhances Marvel's other physical and mental abilities, and grants him resistance against all magic spells and attacks. The hero can use the lightning bolt as a weapon by dodging it and allowing it to strike an opponent or other target. The magic lightning has several uses, such as creating apparatus, restoring damage done to the hero, and providing fuel for magic spells. The current-continuity version of Shazam is able to personally generate and control lightning for various uses.

A is for Courage of Achilles: This aspect gives Shazam/Captain Marvel the courage and bravery of Achilles and, in one story, it is claimed to give him fighting skills.[ In the Trials of Shazam! mini-series, this was changed temporarily to Achilles' near invulnerability. It also aids the hero's mental fortitude against most mental attacks.

M is for Speed of Mercury: By channeling Mercury's speed, Shazam/Captain Marvel can move at superhuman speeds and fly, although in older comics he could only leap great distances and even out run Superman. This also gives Marvel the ability to fly to the Rock of Eternity by traveling faster than the speed of light.

Black Adam

Black Adam was a corrupted, ancient Egyptian predecessor of Captain Marvel, who fought his way to modern times to challenge the hero and his Marvel Family associates. Since the turn of the 21st century, however, Black Adam has been re-defined by DC Comics writers Jerry Ordway, Geoff Johns, and David S. Goyer as a corrupted antihero attempting to "clear his name". Featured roles in such comic book series as Justice Society of America (JSA), Villains United, Infinite Crisis, and 52 have elevated the character to an unprecedented level of prominence in the overall "universe" of DC Comics characters.

He has similar powers as Shazam.

Time to send in the Suicide Squad

A few weeks ago Warner Bros revealed their line up of DC comics movies. Among the movies announced were some of the most popular superheroes ever. Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Flash are well known. We will be looking at the lesser known properties in Suicide Squad, Shazam and Cyborg. First up is Suicide Squad.

The Suicide Squad first appeared in The Brave and The Bold #25 (1959). The modern Suicide Squad (created by John Ostrander and Ryan Scott in the aforementioned Legends #3) is an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences. The group operates out of Belle Reve Penitentiary, under the directorship of Dr. Amanda Waller. Thus, the Suicide Squad's existence helps to explain why many convicted villains in the DC Universe roam free without having heroes tracking them down—until they, inevitably, attempt or commit another crime.

Members:

Amanda Waller: A government agent who oversees the group.

Deadshot: an expert marksman and assassin.

Deathstroke: an expert at everything.

Harley Quinn: Joker's girlfriend.

Black Manta: arch nemesis of Aquaman.

Other members: One of the best features of the team was that they would enlist any villain they would need to complete a job. There is no real set roster.

Here comes the Black Panther

Last week Marvel announced their slate of films. New heroes joining the Avengers are Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans. We will take a look at the new faces and theorize how they may be brought to the big screen and how they fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Last but not least is Black Panther.

Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 created by the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Black Panther is the first black superhero in mainstream comics.

The Black Panther is the ceremonial title given to the chief of the Panther Tribe of the advanced African nation of Wakanda. In addition to ruling the country, he is also chief of its various tribes (collectively referred to as the Wakandas). The Panther habit is a symbol of office (head of state) and is used even during diplomatic missions. The Panther is a hereditary title, but one still must earn it.

In the distant past, a meteorite made of the (fictional) vibration-absorbing mineral vibranium crashed in Wakanda, and was unearthed. Reasoning that outsiders would exploit Wakanda for this valuable resource, the ruler at the time, King T'Chaka, like his father and other Panthers before him, concealed his country from the outside world. T'Chaka's first wife N'Yami died while in labor with T'Challa, and his second wife Ramonda was taken prisoner by Anton Pretorius during a visit to her homeland of South Africa, so for most of his childhood T'Challa was raised by his father alone. T'Chaka was murdered by the adventurer Ulysses Klaw in an attempt to seize the vibranium mound. With his people still in danger, a young T'Challa used Klaw's sound weapon on Klaw and his men, shattering his right hand and forcing him to flee.

Ulysses Klaw

T'Challa was next in line to be the king of Wakanda and Black Panther, but until he was ready to become the leader of the nation, his uncle S'yan (T'Chaka's younger brother) successfully passed the trials to become the Black Panther. While on his Wakandan walkabout rite of passage, T'Challa met and fell in love with apparent orphaned teen Ororo Munroe, who would grow up to become the X-Men member Storm. The two broke off their relationship due to his desire to avenge his father's death and to become the type of man who could suitably lead Wakanda, but they would see each other over the years when they could.

T'Challa earned the title and attributes of the Black Panther by defeating the various champions of the Wakandan tribes. One of his first acts was to disband and exile the Hatut Zeraze—the Wakandan secret police—and its leader, his adopted brother Hunter the White Wolf. He sold off small portions of vibranium to scientific institutions around the world, amassing a fortune which he used to arm himself with advanced technology. Later, to keep peace, he picked dora milaje ("adored ones") from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training. He then studied abroad for a time before returning to his kingship. T'Challa next invited the American superhero team the Fantastic Four to Wakanda, then attacked and neutralized them individually in order to prove himself worthy as his people's defender and to test the team to see if it could be an effective ally against Klaw, who had replaced his shattered right hand with a sonic weapon. After the ruler made proper amends to the superhero team, the four befriended and helped T'Challa, and he in turn aided the heroes against the supervillain the Psycho-Man.

T'Challa later joined the Avengers, beginning a long association with that superhero team. He first battled the Man-Ape while with the group, and then met the American singer Monica Lynne, with whom he became romantically involved. He helped the Avengers defeat the second Sons of the Serpent, and then revealed his true identity on American television. He encountered Daredevil, and revealed to him that he had deduced Daredevil's secret identity.

Powers: The title "Black Panther" is a rank of office, chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan. As chieftain, the Panther is entitled to eat a special Heart-Shaped Herb which, in addition to his mystical connection with the Wakandan Panther God, grants him superhumanly acute senses and increases his strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, and agility to Olympic-levels. He has since lost this connection and forged a new one with another unknown Panther deity, granting him augmented physical attributes as well as a resistance to magic. His senses are so powerful that he can pick up a prey's scent and memorize tens of thousands of individual ones. Following his war with Doom, T'Challa loses his enhanced abilities only to once again establish a connection with the Panther God.

As king of Wakanda, the Panther has access to a vast collection of magical artifacts, advanced Wakandan technological and military hardware, as well as the support of his nation's wide array of scientists, warriors, and mystics. The Wakandan military has been described as one of the most powerful on Earth. His attire is the sacred vibranium costume of the Wakandan Panther Cult.

He is a skilled hunter, tracker, strategist, politician, inventor, and scientist. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from Oxford University. Considered one of the eight smartest people on the planet, he is a genius in physics and advanced technology, and is a brilliant inventor. He also has been granted the strength and knowledge of every past Black Panther.

T'Challa is a rigorously trained gymnast and acrobat and is a master in various African martial arts as well as contemporary martial arts and fighting styles that belong to no known disciplines.

The chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan is one of the wealthiest people in the world, though financial estimates are difficult given Wakanda's isolation from the world's economy and the uncertain value of Wakanda's vast vibranium reserves and extremely advanced technologies.

In Black Panther volume 3, writer Christopher Priest expanded the Panther's day-to-day arsenal to include equipment such as an "energy dagger", a vibranium-weave suit, and a portable supercomputer, the "Kimoyo card". In Black Panther volume 4, writer Reginald Hudlin introduced such specialized equipment as "thrice-blessed armor" and "light armor" for specific tasks, and for a short while outfitted him with the Ebony Blade of the Black Knight.

Doctor Strange is on call

Last week Marvel announced their slate of films. New heroes joining the Avengers are Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans. We will take a look at the new faces and theorize how they may be brought to the big screen and how they fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Next up is Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange first appeared in Strange Tales #110 created by the Steve Ditko, the artist who co-created Spider-man.

Doctor Stephen Strange is a brilliant but egotistical neurosurgeon who only cares about wealth from his career. A car accident damages his hands, shattering the bones. The damage effectively ends his ability to conduct surgery, since his hands now tremble uncontrollably. Too proud to take a teaching job, Strange desperately begins to search for a way to restore his hands, consulting various doctors, homeopathic treatments and traveling around the world to remote regions for exotic cures, all to no avail.

The Ancient One

He exhausts his funds and is reduced to homelessness and is forced to perform "back alley" medical procedures for cash. Depressed and still searching, Strange locates a hermit called the Ancient One (who is actually the Earth's Sorcerer Supreme) in the Himalayas. The Ancient One refuses to help Strange because of his selfishness, but senses a good side that he attempts to bring to the surface. He fails, but Strange's goodness appears when he discovers the Ancient One's disciple, Baron Mordo, attempting to kill the old man. After Strange selflessly thwarts Mordo (later to become Strange's most enduring antagonist), the Ancient One teaches him the mystic arts. 

Baron Mordo

After completing his training, Strange returns to New York and takes up residence within the Sanctum Sanctorum, a townhouse located in Greenwich Village which is guarded by Strange's personal servant Wong.

Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum

Wong

As the Ancient One's disciple, Strange encounters the entity Nightmare, and miscellaneous other mystical foes before meeting Dormammu, a warlord from an alternate dimension called the "Dark Dimension". Strange is aided by a nameless girl, later called Clea, who is eventually revealed to be Dormammu's niece. When Strange helps a weakened Dormammu drive off the rampaging Mindless Ones and return them to their prison, he is allowed to leave unchallenged.

Clea

Powers: Strange is a practicing magician who draws his powers from various entities (such as Agamotto, Cyttorak, the Faltine, Ikonn, Oshtur, Raggadorr, the Seraphim, and Watoomb, and artifacts (such as the Cloak of Levitation which enables him to fly, the Eye of Agamotto whose light is used to negate evil magic, the Book of the Vishanti which contains knowledge of white magic, and the Orb of Agamotto which is used as a crystal ball) which enable him to perform various magical feats.

In addition to his magical abilities, Strange is also a skilled neurosurgeon (although he can no longer practice due to minor nerve damage to his hands rendering him unable to perform the finer details of such operations) and is trained in several different martial arts disciplines.

Doctor Strange has been described as "the mightiest magician in the cosmos", and as "more powerful by far than any of your fellow humanoids" by Eternity, the sentience of the Marvel Universe. He has held the title of Sorcerer Supreme from 1973 (with the death of the Ancient One) to the present, except during an interruption from 1992 to 1995. He relinquished the title once again in 2009, but reclaimed it in 2012 when he proved himself willing to protect the world even without the title.

The evil Dormammu

Calling Captain Marvel

Last week Marvel announced their slate of films. New heroes going the Avengers are Doctor Strange,Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans. We will take a look at the new faces and theorize how they may be brought to the big screen and how they fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Up next is Captain Marvel, one of the few legacy characters in the Marvel Universe. Many people have gone by the name Captain Marvel however we will be focusing on Carol Danvers who will appear in the upcoming movie.

Carol Danvers first appeared in Marvel Superheroes #13 (1968) created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan.

The Original Captain Marvel

The character debuted in the title Marvel Super-Heroes as an officer in the United States Air Force and Security Chief of a restricted military base, where Danvers meets Dr. Walter Lawson, the human alias of alien Kree hero Captain Marvel. In a later story, Danvers is caught in the explosion of a Kree device, after being kidnapped by Yon-Rogg. Although Captain Marvel manages to save her life, Danvers sustains serious injuries.
(Again the Kree favor heavily in this story just like with the Inhumans. Ronan the Accuser was a member of the Kree race and appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy.)

Danvers resurfaces with superhuman abilities and becomes the hero Ms. Marvel in a self-titled series in January 1977, at first written by Gerry Conway and later by Chris Claremont. In the series, it is revealed that the energy exposure from the explosion of a device called the "Psyche-Magnetron" caused Danvers's genetic structure to meld with Captain Marvel's, effectively turning her into a human-Kree hybrid. Ms. Marvel guest-starred in Defenders and The Avengers. The character then had a series of semi-regular appearances in The Avengers, with additional appearances with the Defenders, Spider-Man, the Thing, and Iron Man. In one of these stories, the mutant terrorist Mystique kills Michael Barnett, Ms. Marvel's lover.

Ms. Marvel

In Avengers Annual #10 Ms. Marvel is attacked by the mutant Rogue. At this time Rogue permanently absorbs her memories and powers. This is why Rogue has the super strength and flight abilities. Professor X restores her memories but not her powers. Carol Danvers is now a regular human being.

Rogue absorbs Ms. Marvel's powers and gains flight and super strength. Rogue stops being a villain and becomes a force of good.

Carol Danvers as Binary

During an adventure in space with the mutant team the X-Men, Danvers is changed courtesy of experimentation by the alien race the Brood into a newly empowered character called "Binary". Drawing on the power of a cosmic phenomenon called a white hole, Danvers becomes capable of generating the power of a star. As Binary, the character has a number of encounters with the X-Men, New Mutants, the British team Excalibur as well as a solo adventure.

Danvers was also used extensively in the storyline "Operation Galactic Storm". By the conclusion of the story the character had lost her connection to the white hole she drew her powers from, reverting to use of the original Ms. Marvel powers, but retaining the energy manipulation and absorption powers she had as Binary, albeit on a smaller scale.

After several more team and solo appearances the character then rejoins the Avengers with the new alias Warbird. Writer Kurt Busiek adds a new dimension to the character and casts her as an alcoholic, struggling to come to terms with the loss of her cosmic powers and memories. Danvers disgraces herself during the "Live Kree or Die" storyline and is soon suspended from active duty.

Carol Danvers as Warbird

In July 2012, Carol Danvers assumed the mantle of Captain Marvel in an ongoing series by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Dexter Soy. Danvers sports a revamped costume to complement the codename. DeConnick stated at 2012 WonderCon that the series would reflect on what the legend of Captain Marvel means to Danvers, how she handles that responsibility, and how the rest of the Marvel Universe reacts to her assumption of it. Danvers also rejoins the main Avengers team as Captain Marvel in vol. 5 of The Avengers and in the spin-off series, Avengers Assemble, also written by DeConnick. DeConnick said, "You might know this -- I have a certain affection for [Carol Danvers]. And I decided, 'Well, if I'm deciding, there will be a slot available for her as well.'" In 2013, Carol Danvers starred in the Captain Marvel / Avengers Assemble crossover storyline, "The Enemy Within". In the story, Danvers and her Avenger teammates battle Yon-Rogg, the Kree commander who was responsible for the explosion that caused Danvers to receive her powers, and in defeating the Kree Danvers loses her memories. In November 2013, Marvel announced that Danvers would be joining the Guardians of the Galaxy beginning in Free Comic Book Day: Guardians of the Galaxy (May 2014) by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli.

Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel

If I had to guess how Marvel Studios will use her I would say that she would be the link that connects the earthborn Avengers to the cosmic Guardians of the Galaxy. In doing the Avengers she adds much needed firepower in the battle with Thanos.

Powers: Carol Danvers initially possessed superhuman strength, endurance, stamina, flight, physical durability, a limited precognitive "sixth sense", and a perfectly amalgamated human/Kree physiology that rendered her resistant to most toxins and poisons. As Binary, the character could tap the energy of a "white hole", allowing full control and manipulation of stellar energies, and therefore control over heat, the electromagnetic spectrum and gravity. Light speed travel and the ability to exist in the vacuum of space were also possible.

Although the link to the white hole was eventually severed, Danvers retains her Binary powers on a smaller scale, enabling her to both absorb energy and project it in photonic form. She can still also survive in space. While she lacks a constant source of energy to maintain the abilities at their previous cosmic level, she can temporarily assume her Binary form if empowered with a high enough infusion of energy.

Danvers possesses superhuman strength and durability, can fly at roughly six times the speed of sound, retains her Seventh Sense, and discharge explosive blasts of radiant energy, which she fires from her fingertips. She also demonstrates the ability to absorb other forms of energy, such as electricity, to further magnify her strength and energy projection, up to the force of an exploding nuclear weapon. When sufficiently augmented, she can withstand the pressure from a 92-ton weight, and strike with a similar level of force, although Hank Pym theorized that this likely was not her limit. Danvers cannot absorb magical energy without consequence, though she aided Dr. Stephen Strange in the defeat of the mystic menace Sir Warren Traveler.

Carol Danvers is also an exceptional espionage agent, pilot, hand-to-hand combatant and marksman.