Hey youtubers it’s Charlie and recently there’s been some reports that the Carol
Danvers Captain Marvel might be featured during Avengers 2 and even added to the roster before
the 3rd sequel.
So this video is going to be a quick breakdown of her origin story in the comics, how they
might introduce her in the movies and my top 5 Captain Marvel stories.
The Avengers roster will be changing between Avengers 2 and Avengers 3 regardless of who
they add to the team.
We’re already getting Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch and there have been so many different
team configurations, not to mention spinoffs like West Coast Avengers, that Marvel has
to start cycling characters in and out to keep the stories fresh.
You bring in a new character with a unique perspective and suddenly it’s not the billionth
movie in a row to end in a slapfight over an infinity gem.
Of all the major changes going on behind the scenes, bringing in more female protagonists
is one of the biggest priorities, Carol Danvers being the next on the list.
There have been a couple versions of the character including Carol Danvers the air force pilot,
the Ms Marvel, then Captain Marvel, which is who she is right now.
She even just saved Peter Quill’s ass in the last Guardians of the Galaxy comic.
She can go trade blows with Thor and the Hulk and she has the quick wit of Tony Stark with
the soul of Captain America.
She was born to be an Avengers even before she got superpowers.
And she’s currently flying around in space with a cat named Chewie.
In the comics she was born into a totally normal working class family and had a fairly
Lisa Simpson type upbringing.
Meaning she was way too smart for her environment and had a terrible father who did nothing
to nurture her abilities.
As a way to escape the small town hell closing in on her she joined the air force after high
school, became a pilot and rose to the rank of colonel.
She went on to become a CIA agent and worked missions with Ben Grimm before he became the
thing and Wolverine before he got the adamantium skeleton.
She even crossed paths with Black Widow when she was still a spy for the Soviet Union.
Already you can see how Danvers has pre-existing relationships with other Avengers.
Wolverine was an avenger for those who haven’t read the comics.
After working in the CIA, Danvers got upgraded to NASA and ended up working with Mar-Vell.
The Kree Captain Marvel.
During a battle with Mar-Vell’s arch nemesis, Danvers was exposed to alien radiation from
a superweapon.
During that she absorbed a bunch of Mar-Vell’s DNA giving her superpowers.
She essentially got the equivalent powers of Superman, and a sixth sense for danger.
Think of that like Spidey Sense.
That was the birth of Ms Marvel.
Later she changed the costume to the pre-Captain Marvel design.
Fun Fact, Janet Van Dyne, the original Wasp helped her make it.
In the Ant-Man movie, Janet Van Dyne isn’t around because who knows why, but her daughter
Hope Van Dyne is, played by Evangeline Lily.
They could retcon the relationship and make her friends with Hope, giving Ant-Man one
more reason to cross over with the Avengers.
Here’s where Danvers’ history gets a little funny.
She joined the Avengers initally when Scarlet Witch left, leaving an opening.
She left to have magic babies, because I guess you can’t be a mom and an avenger at the
same time.
I know that sounds weird, but when Scarlet Witch came back, she joined the West Coast
Avengers which was a new team started by Hawkeye at the suggestion of The Vision.
See how Marvel might start doing two Avengers movies in a year, one for west coast, one
for the classic team?
She was later kidnapped by an alien race called the Brood, experimented on and got even more
powerful.
She started calling herself Binary and joined the Starjammers.
She ended up losing those powers, became an alcoholic, got sober and then House of M happened.
In the alternate reality she regained her Ms Marvel powers and realized her full potential
as a superhero.
She was basically Marvel’s version of Wonder Woman.
During the Secret Invasion storyline she defended the entire city of New York from the skrulls
by herself.
Eventually she upgraded her costume to what you see here and at the suggestion of Captain
America, started calling herself Captain Marvel instead of Ms Marvel.
She just got her own title at Marvel called Captain Marvel this year that’s about 6
issues into it’s run.
She went into space just like Iron Man did last year and she’s been crossing paths
with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
She’s got the powers and the sass to outmatch Tony Stark any day of the week, so she is
the clear choice to be the next big female character in the movies.
The problem is that there are reports Marvel is hesitant to give her what’s being called
a cold-start.
As in a low-level cameo versus a full on solo movie.
So if we don’t see her in Avengers 2, it’s probably because they opted to give her a
bigger introduction in a future film or a solo film.
I’ll be sure to add updates in future videos about the movies as we learn new stuff.
But here are my top 5 Captain Marvel Stories.
Number 5 - Captain Marvel versus J’Son of Spartax
That’s right, this is the story that’s going on right now.
She goes up against Peter Quill’s father who’s trying to mine vibranium to fortify
the Spartax fleet for a new war of conquest.
In this shot here, you can see her getting ready to take on the whole fleet.
I love how her hair makes you think of Yondu’s fin.
This whole storyline right now makes me feel like instead of doing Nova in the next Guardians
of the Galaxy movie, they might just incorporate Captain Marvel.
It would be an opportunity for Chris Pratt to make some sweet Star Wars references as
Danver’s cat is named after Chewbacca.
The only thing preventing that is her human origins.
So they’ll probably start her off in an earth based movie.
Moving on to Number 4 - Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
This is the cartoon.
She debuted in season 1 as Carol Danvers the air force pilot and they did her origin story
from the comics.
If you want the easy intro to the character just watch this.
She doesn’t become Ms Marvel to season 2, but they do a Kree story and everything.
The reason I like the cartoons so much are that they don’t get bogged down with practicality
like the movies do.
The Cartoon’s just jump right into aliens, magic and everything from the comics right
away.
Number 3 is Mighty Avengers.
That’s a good comic to read in general.
The story is rumored to be the basic plot for the Avengers 2 movie.
Number 2 - War of the Marvels, this was after Dark Reign and Dark Avengers.
Carol Danvers kicks the crap out of Moonstone who had been posing as a fake Ms Marvel.
and my Number 1 Captain Marvel Story is her first solo title as Captain Marvel, the story
where she first took the name Captain.
It was right after X-Men vs Avengers.
Most of the artwork you see of captain marvel on tumblr right now is from this run.
All of the recent titles she’s in are great, so I’d at least recommend reading all of
the Captain Marvel comics.
I’m working on a new Korra video and walking dead for tomorrow.
But if you guys want I’ll totally do another Marvel Q&A.
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