Dear Marvel: Peggy Carter meeting Captain Marvel is literally the only thing I want from you. No pressure.

We learned a lot of things about the future of the MCU at San Diego Comic Con 2017, including an incredible new Black Panther clip and poster, Ant-Man and the Wasp casting news, a Thor: Ragnarok trailer, and a thrilling first look at Avengers: Infinity War.

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There was also a drawing showing Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) in costume, and some information about the upcoming movie: Specifically that it’ll be set in the early 1990s, feature a Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who’s still got both eyes, and introduce the shape-shifting Skrulls to the MCU.

That Captain Marvel is set in the ’90s isn’t just exciting because we’ll presumably get lots of nostalgic references and very rad fashion, but also because it would facilitate the return of a fan favorite Marvel character who has unfortunately passed away in present time: Peggy Carter, played by Hayley Atwell.

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It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to imagine that Captain Marvel and Peggy Carter would cross paths during this time period. Peggy was still the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 1989 (as witnessed in the Ant-Man flashback scene), and would presumably continue to fill that role at least through the early ’90s (note: Howard Stark is executed by the Winter Soldier in 1991, which has likely affected Peggy a great deal). And if future Director Fury is going to be making an appearance, we can probably expect that S.H.I.E.L.D. will play a significant role, too.

It’d be interesting to see a scene between Larson’s Carol Danvers and what has up until now been the closest the MCU has had to a leading lady. The Peggy we caught up with in 1989 was still very much the sharp, capable woman that we know from Captain America: The First Avenger and the (sadly) short-lived Agent Carter TV series, and we imagine she could be a great, useful ally for Carol in the battle against the Skrulls.

Adding Peggy Carter to Captain Marvel is also an obvious way to bring more female characters into Marvel’s first female-led superhero movie. As much as we hope that Marvel takes several cues from the excellent Wonder Woman, one way they could potentially one-up DC here is to fill Captain Marvel‘s supporting cast with (diverse!) female characters, avoiding the trap of surrounding Carol with a bunch of male characters and painting her as the exception rather than the rule.

Here’s hoping Peggy returns to the MCU in Captain Marvel (and that they #RenewAgentCarter already)!

‘Captain Marvel’ hits theaters on March 8, 2019