Captain Marvel - AKA Carol Danvers - AKA Car-Ell - which means Champion in Kree, I’ll have
you know - but the more Earth-a-sysed version of Carol is a much better fit, I guess, for
a highly advanced Kree hybrid to fit into day to day living back on the pale blue dot
without stirring up too much fuss.
Ever since her first appearance in Marvel Super-Heroes No. 13 way back when in 1968
- Captain Marvel has pretty much hit every benchmark ever set by pretty much every mutant
and superhero ever in the entirety of the Marvel Universe.
Ever.
Over the years she’s developed a proficiency of being a swiss-army knife for whatever anomaly
the unforgiving Multiverse can throw at her - but, what if she was real?
What if this whole time - a very real person with the powers of Captain Marvel had existed
right beneath our noses?
Well - let’s find out.
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As per usual, I’ll be your disembodied floating voice Jack Finch - as today, we curiously
ask the question - What If Captain Marvel Was Real?
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Captain Marvel - more formally known as Carol Susan Jane Danvers - is the daughter of Joe
Danvers, Sr. - a former U.S Navy Officer and construction worker - as well as her much
more intriguing mother, Mari-Ell - a Champion of the all-encompassing intergalactic race
of highly advanced and militaristic alien conquerors - the Kree.
Now, you might ask - how on Earth does a United States Naval Officer end up dating the Champion
of an alien race?
And well - the easy answer is, it’s Marvel Comics - come on guys, what do you expect?
But the more elaborative answer would be, she crashed landed in the Atlantic ocean,
just off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts - and luckily for her, Joe Danvers was out
on a fishing trip - found her, and then the pair fell in love.
Err.
Yeah.
Not too sure about that one.
Either way - the main point of this particular hypothetical scenario is that, if Captain
Marvel was real - then of course, the Kree Empire would have to be real as well - and
to be honest, the Kree Empire don’t exactly have Earth’s best interest in mind - as
in, the majority of them would rather see our resilient little sphere being blown to
smithereens - and/or being genetically consumed into the Kree’s evolutionary process.
It’s a complicated scenario - but the long and short of it is that these guys aren’t
exactly the Take Us To Your Leader kind of aliens.
They’re the - We Want To Consume Your Planet And Add It To Our Collection kind of aliens.
But - what a minute, because while we’re on the topic of the Kree Empire - there may
actually be a smidgen of hope for us all.
Because, although we’re relatively concerned with the Marvel Cinematic Universe depiction
of Captain Marvel - portrayed by the awesome Brie Larson - there is actually much, much
more to the genesis of the Captain Marvel mantle - and if she or he was real - then,
well - things get a little bit confusing.
In fact - there have been seven different iterations of the Captain Marvel title - as
well as several off-shoots and imposters that have tried to don the blue-red and yellow
spandex suit.
The first Captain Mar-Vell - created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan back in 1967 - a year before
our girl Carol Danvers was flying high as Cheeseburger for the US Navy - was in fact
a military officer of the Kree Imperial Militia, sent with the intention to observe our planet
Earth as we developed technology for space travel and to sabotage our efforts.
Good news though, he was incredibly fond of us Earthlings and eventually sided with us,
becoming the planetary protector that we deserved.
After him though - we had Monica Rambeau, Genis-Vell, Phyla-Vell - Khn’nr - Noh-Varr
- before of course, eventually settling upon our girl Carol Danvers.
Although it may appear to be a mish-mash rewrite of a character that Marvel Comics weren’t
exactly sure what to do with - IF Captain Marvel was real, then - the fact that it is
merely a title of power to be passed down to the next worthy contender, would pose an
opportunity for our planet that could definitely serve in our favour.
So, in that case, Carol Danvers doesn’t ever need to be real - but any one of us worthy
Earthlings, going about our daily business, without even a sniff or a thought about how
the intricacies of super heroic hand-me-downs works - because it’s anyone's guess.
Hey - it could be you, me - your mum, your best friend - the postman - German Prime Minister
Angela Merkel - in fact, in the realms of Marvel Multiverse logic, any one of us could
be on the cusp of rearranging our extraterrestrial DNA before surging into the sky at six times
the speed of sound to save the planet.
And the benefits don’t stop there, either.
If you’re lucky enough to be the human being chosen to take up the Captain Marvel mantle,
then you’re looking at superhuman strength and stamina, agility and reflexes that are
off the charts of any known humanoid ever - the durability to withstand the terrifying
cosmic forces of the universe - flight - regenerative manipulation.
You’d even be imbued with hyper cosmic awareness - the ability to never be surprised by anything
or anyone ever again.
And in that case, you can say goodbye to the final season of Game of Thrones - because,
well - you already know what happens.
Also, inevitably - you’d be found out by the global powers that be, maybe even experimented
on by some government to see what’s going on beneath the hood.
Then, somewhere down the line, you’d be given the burden of protecting humanity from
everything that ever threatened it.
Asteroids and Evil Alien Empires included.
Also, the Captain Marvel mantle gives you the power of absorbing the ambient energies
within your surroundings - never having to eat, sleep - or even breathe - for the rest
of your life.
Which … well, that sounds kind depressing actually.
You’d never again have he excuse to have a lie in on a Saturday morning - because,
well, you’re Captain Marvel.
What are you doing sleeping?
Go out and save the Universe.
Oh, you want to eat that delicious Cheeseburger?
What’s the point.
You’re Captain Marvel.
Yeah … actually.
It kind of doesn’t sound that great when you put it like that, right?
Poor Captain Marvel.
Well, I suppose that’s the price you pay for near-omnipotence.
I’m just glad that it’s not me.
Well - on that slightly depressing note Question-eers - that’s the way that we see things playing
out if Captain Marvel Was Real - what about you, would you answer Nick Fury’s pager
request?
Why don’t you let us know your thoughts in the comment section down below.
Before we depart though, let’s first take a look at some of your more most entertaining
remarks from over the past few days.
Rad Circles says -- Could LBQ ever answer my question.
-- and yeah, easy one Rad Circles.
Yes.
I can.
-- Well, on that slightly pedantic note - I better get out of here before it’s too late,
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