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Now lets jump into todays list of the Top 10 Captain Marvel Weaknesses.
#10 Split Personality During the beginning of her comic book run
Carol Danvers had a difficult time coming to terms with her new powers and her new identity.
Because of this she developed a sort of split personality between Carol Danvers and her
superhero alias of Ms. Marvel.
After leaving NASA Carol began working as a writer and editor for Woman Magazine which
was an offshoot of the Daily Bugle.
However she would routinely black out and transform into Ms. Marvel, costume change
and all.
It took the help of the extradimensional Titan Hectate and the Kree warrior Ronan the Accuser
to fix her fragmented mind and realize that she was both Carol and Ms. Marvel.
#9 A Weak Mind
Although ripe with physical powers it seems as though Captain Marvels mind is still weak.
More often than not she becomes the subject of a mental or psychological power and is
unable to fight it.
In one shining example Marcus the son of Immortus was so obsessed with Carol that he brainwashed
her into falling in love with him.
Like some sort of creepy cupid.
He was even able to kidnap Captain Marvel to use the technology from Immortus to see
this twisted plan through.
Once under his control this gave birth - literally and physically - to one of the weirdest DC
pregnancy scares in comic book history.
It didnt stop there, he then convinced her to leave Earth to live in Limbo with him and
the Avengers just wished them well as they went on their way.
They legit did not even try to stop Marcus from taking her to Limbo.
#8 Power Loss Captain Marvel is indeed a powerful superhuman,
but that doesnt necessarily mean shes well protected by other superheroes and supervillains.
Rogue for example completely destroyed her life after hearing a prophecy from a mutant
by the name of Destiny that Ms. Marvel was going to be responsible for destroying Rogues
life.
Attempting to thwart this prophecy Rogue used her power absorption abilities against Carol
at a fight on the Golden Gate Bridge.
However what she didnt expect to happen was that this process would also absorb Captain
Marvels thoughts and memories.
This made the loss of Carol Danvers powers permanent for the foreseeable future.
This is a prime example that Captain Marvel is susceptible to other powers that can drain
her of her own.
#7 Depletion
A big chink in Captain Marvels powers is what happens when she faces a significant force
that causes her to exert a lot of her off-the-charts powers.
When she maxes herself out it can cause her to be put out of commission for a long time.
In one example as Binary she used up all of her power to save the Earths Sun, when she
came back to Earth her powers were severely depleted leading to her spending months in
the Avengers Mansion to recover.
I guess she finally forgave them for just letting her leave the planet with Marcus while
under mind control.
#6 Memory Loss Thats right from time to time even Captain
Marvel experiences a form of alzheimers.
As I mentioned Rogue did some serious damage when she removed her thoughts and memories.
Professor X was able for the most part to restore her memories, but unfortunately couldnt
get her emotional bonds linked to the memories to come back.
This psychological scarring developed a brain lesion when she would use her powers.
Every time she took flight she would lose her memory due to the damage on her brain.
Because of this she would routinely lose her memory and end up joining a new team until
it returned.
We saw her in the comics joining Starjammers as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy after
flying into space to escape Yon-Rogg.
#5 Easily Controlled (show photo https://bit.ly/2C67MlG)
Marcus brainwashing Carol is the tip of the iceberg compared to what MODOK was able to
do.
She has zero protection from telepathic or mental powers and after having a few run-ins
with MODOK it gave him a thirst for vengeance.
Again though he used these powers for superficial means making her believe that he was handsome
and desirable.
#4 Magic Energy Captain Marvels main powers are energy absorption,
but this powers comes full stop at the introduction of magic and magical energy.
Her powers are completely ineffective when facing magical heroes or villains and require
the assistance of other heroes to help out.
Doctor Strange for example has helped her out on several occasions, especially when
it came to conflicts with the magical Warren Traveler who was claiming to be a Sorcerer
Supreme.
Strange would have to intervene to stop his attacks on Captain Marvel and after he escaped
leaving a chain reaction explosion it would take their powers combined to just contain
it.
So shes not entirely useless when it comes to magic, but its definitely not her forte.
#3 Possession Similar to how Captain Marvel has little resistance
to brainwashing and mind control she also cannot fight against possession.
When the telepathic being Shadow King possessed her he also inhabited her body.
While in control he did things like send Captain Marvel to attack Rogue, for which I dont think
she would be too upset over.
Im sure it was already on her to do list.
Her lack of superhuman mental abilities leaves her wide open to become taken control of and
easy prey for those who have extraordinary mental capabilities.
#2 Alcoholism As you can tell from this list already, Ms.
Marvel has been through a lot of mental trauma, so its not too surprising that she turned
to the bottle to solve her problems.
Instead of seeking help for these psychological traumas she developed a drinking problem.
While with the Avengers team she even went on missions while drunk.
This led to her making simple mistakes that almost resulted in some pretty catastrophic
events.
Luckily Iron Man realized she had a problem and was able to assist her enough to start
recovery for her alcoholism.
However upon having to answer for her actions while intoxicated in a formal court-martial
by the Avengers she just quit to avoid punishment.
#1 A Sad Existence Perhaps one of her greatest weaknesses stems
from that last point.
She felt she was unable to seek assistance with her psychological problems because Captain
Marvel isnt like most heroes or even villains for that matter.
She has this Kree part to her thats unemotional, but the other half is human which has flaws
on its own.
When she was with the Avengers she discovered that her powers were depleting, but chose
to hide it from the team as well as her drinking.
Its a sad existence being both Kree and Human that not many beings can relate to.
It however is what makes Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel.
The fact that she has this Kree side that is a fighter and the human side that she leads
by is an example of two warring personalities in her head.
And that has been the Top 10 Captain Marvel Weaknesses.
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