With the upcoming movie „Wonder Woman“ the oldest female super hero will
receive her own movie after a 70 year run.
Finally a female super hero, who stars in her own film rather than just being
eye candy. This desire has also been stated at
Marvel for a long time...and „Captain Marvel“ which will come out between
the next two „Avengers“-films will give thw fans exactly that.
Academy Award winner Brie Larson will suit up and become the
iconic super hero.
Who is Captain Marvel? There are actually seven different
Captain Marvels. However the only ones that matter to
us are the first and the last one. The first Captain was a man named
Mar-Vell, who belonged to the Kree - highly developed alien military race.
We awere already introduced to one of these Kree in „Guardians of the
Galaxy“ as Ronan the Accuser is also part of that race.
As a Kree-Spy Mar-Vell was sent to earth, in order to monitor their
technological development. However since he did not want to have
anything to do with the schemes of the Kree-Regime, he joined forces with the
humans. Branded as a traitor by the Kree, Mar
- Vell remained on earth and even fought alongside The Avengers...thus
encountering Thanos.
And now let us skip forward to Captain Marvel Number 7, Carol Danvers.
Carol Danvers had an impressive past. She worked for the Air Force, the
C.I.A and also answered to Nick Fury himself.
During that time she encountered Dr. Walton Lawson, which is the alias for
Captain Marvel, which he used on earth.
During an explosion of a Kree-Device Carol was exposed to alien radiation,
which resulted in the mixing of her DNA with that of Captain Marvel.
While the explosion had no effect on the alien, Carol became a perfect
Human/Kree hybrid. Among other things she received the
knowledge and abilities of Captain Marvel.
Therefore two personalities inhabited her body from this point on.
This caused her a lot of trouble since she was not able to control these new
abilities at first. Due to her sixth sense - comparable to
Spider Man – she constantly suffered from blackouts.
While being unconscious, she always turned into Mrs.
Marvel and none of these two personalities knew about each other.
However with time Carol learned the truth and embraced her role as
Mrs.Marvel, becoming fully in charge of that persona and her abilities.
As Mrs. Marvel Carol fought for justice and
order and also partnered up with the X-Men, The Avengers, and The Guardians
of the Galaxy. The latter have been established in
the MCU already, which is why we might get a first look at Brie Larso as Mrs
Marvel in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2.
But hold on... As of now we have only referred to Carol Danvrs as Mrs.
Marvel. The story of how she received the
prestigous title of Captain Marvel is both simple as it is sad.
After the death of the first Captain Marvel Carol became his successor.
What are her abilities? Carol Danvers is a brilliant agent
(which she has already proven to the CIA and Nick Fury). In addition to
that she is a brilliant hand to hand combatant, marksman and pilot.
That alone should be convincing enough since Hawkeye became an Avenger
without any super powers as well. However thanks to the explosion of the
Kree-Device Carol also possesses all the abilities of the former Captain
Marvel. She is extremely strong, quick and is
able to endure 24 hours of fighting without getting tired.
Aside from that she is nearly invincible and can survive in space
without any problems... oh yeah and she can fly.
And as an already trained pilot she uses this ability to her advantage.
Another power is her ability to absorb energy, in order to strengthen her own
power. An ability which she can also use in a
reverse manner, by shooting photone beams out of her hands.
As we mentioned earlier she has a sense for danger, and is able to
detect threats before they reveal themselves...an ability which could
make Spider Man jeallous. At the same time she feels the changes
within the universe, which could turn her into a pivotal role when it
comes to locating Thanos.
With Captain Marvel a strong super hero with an interesting origin story
makes her way into the MCU. What do you think of Captain Marvel?
Let us know in the comment section below and if you like to learn more
about Black Panther or Thanos then check out these videos.