Captain Marvel #12 features a brawl for the ages as Captain Marvel takes on the newly appointed All-father of Asgard, Thor. This story is being touted as the “Dark Captain Marvel Saga” a la The Dark Phoenix Saga, so it was a given that things were going to get dark, but nobody could have predicted the grim way their bout ended.

Warning: full spoilers ahead for Captain Marvel #12 by writer Kelly Thompson and artist Lee Garbett!

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The issue kicks off with Carol Danvers sucker-punching Thor and attempting to kill him. She’s dressed in a new black-and-red costume with a mask that completely covers her face, and after Thor wallops her in the head with Mjolnir and her mask flies off, he’s shocked to see that his fellow Avengers teammate is the one assaulting him.Thor tries to reason with Carol but she doesn’t offer the slightest hint as to why she’s after him. The battle rages on as they trade earth-shattering blows that send them crashing from one side of the globe to the other and eventually out into space.Thor gains the upper hand and makes it clear that Carol doesn’t have what it takes to beat him. He’s a god, plus he has the power of Mjolnir in his hand. That’s when Carol makes a daring play to beat him: she blasts Mjolnir out of his hand, but before Thor can call it back, the hammer teleports out of sight.The “Binary” aspect of Carol’s power gives her control over “white holes” that siphon energy from another universe, so it could be that she sent Mjolnir to another universe -- the one place Thor wouldn’t be able to easily summon it back. That's just speculation, but either way, Carol found a way to successfully banish Mjolnir, which left Thor exposed long enough for her to take advantage and knock him out with a massive photon blast.But that's not the worst of it for Thor. The issue ends on a particularly grim note as Carol presents Thor’s decapitated head to a villain known as Vox Supreme. That's right: Carol appears to have killed Thor!Vox Supreme and Carol have a short exchange where we learn that Vox Supreme has tasked her with killing five more Avengers and that she only has 16 hours left.Obviously there’s a lot more at play here than the issue lets on. Thor is alive and well in Marvel’s other books, plus he’s got a brand new series coming out soon, so he can’t really be dead. (Can he?) Not to mention, it isn’t like Carol to take orders from anyone, let alone some villain, so Vox Supreme must have some sort of sway over her -- and it must be something serious if she’s not only following orders but seemingly killing her teammates on the Avengers.What do you think of Captain Marvel #12? Let us know in the comments.

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