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.)
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
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
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.
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.
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