Captain Marvel









About





Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories of another life as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers. With help from Nick Fury, Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secrets of her past while harnessing her special superpowers to end the war with the evil Skrulls.









Captain Marvel may be making her big screen debut in 2019 but she has appeared on the small screen—in animation form—many times before. She popped up on animated shows like X-Men: The Animated Series, Avengers Assemble, and Guardians of the Galaxy, animated movies like Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, and even video games like Marvel VS Capcom Infinite and Lego Marvel Avengers. Multiple actresses have voiced the character, too, but Grey DeLisle seems to be a favorite as she has been the voice of Captain Marvel seven times in multiple formats.









In 2015, it was announced at New York Comic-Con that Captain Marvel was going to get her very own Young Adult novel, written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale. Since the announcement, there have been no updates on when this book will be released, if at all. However, considering the Captain Marvel movie is coming any day now, there’s a good chance talks will resume about the novel!









There have actually been multiple people, and even aliens, who have gone by the name Captain Marvel—more on that later—but the most common and popular one is Carol Danvers. She became half Kree and half human after she was caught in a Psyche-Magnetron explosion with Mar-Vell—a Kree warrior—and her DNA merged with his, resulting in her gaining powers.









Danvers has a loyal following of fans known as the Carol Corps who meet up at conventions dressed in Captain Marvel attire, from simply wearing t-shirts to going all out in full Captain Marvel gear. Carol Corps member Ally Pelphrey describes the group as a, “fantastic example of what female-driven fandom spaces are at their best: welcoming, supportive, loving, [and] nurturing.” There is even a subgroup known as the Carol Corps Yarn Brigade, which is a knitting club.









Danvers consistently makes it on lists of the top and most powerful Avengers, appearing as either Ms. Marvel or Captain Marvel, and more often than not as the highest ranked female superhero. IGN has her ranked as number 11 on their list of the top 50 Avengers, CBR has her at number 10 on their top 25 most powerful Avengers list, and Screen Rant has her all the way up at number 6 on their 20 most powerful members of the Avengers list.









Since there was already a Captain Marvel when Danvers made her debut in Marvel Super-Heroes #13in 1968, she was simply introduced as a fighter pilot for the US Air Force. Unlike most superheroes, though, she didn’t have a typical origin story, as she would stay a civilian in the comics for years before she gained her powers.









Before Captain Marvel makes her debut on the big screen in the self-titled movie, there were plans to have her appear in two separate Marvel properties—a cameo in Age of Ultron and a much bigger role in Jessica Jones. In fact, Captain Marvel was supposed to be Jones’s best friend/sidekick but ended up being replaced by the character Trish Walker, who the writers felt was a better fit for Jones.









Danvers may have been introduced in the comics in 1968 but it would take nearly ten years before she would become a superhero, and over 40 years before she would take on the mantle of Captain Marvel. Danvers originally went by the name Ms. Marvel from 1977 to 2012 before finally switching to Captain Marvel.









Captain Marvel will see a lot of characters return to the MCU as well as the introduction of brand new ones, or more specifically, brand new races. The main villains of the film will be Skrulls, which are an alien race that can shapeshift. This will be the first time this race appears in the MCU.









Danvers is not only a heroic woman but also a hero for women, specifically when she was going by the name Ms. Marvel, which was seen, at the time, as a feminist symbol and a statement for women’s rights. Back then, the abbreviation “Ms.” was starting to be used by more and more women over the abbreviations “Miss” and “Mrs.” It was also the name of a feminist magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem. For a female superhero to also chose that title was a powerful and uplifting message for women of all ages.









Captain Marvel has quite the list of superpowers, ranging from generic ones like super strength, super speed, and flight to a few that are less common, like psychic powers and the ability to absorb energy and project it as an energy blast. It’s no wonder that she is considered one of the most powerful superheroes in the Marvel comics and—according to Kevin Feige—soon to be the most powerful in the MCU







