Hey everybody, guess what ? It's Captain Marvel day,Yay. I personally haven't gone to seen it yet,( still waiting for everywhere to be a little calm) so far, I have only seen positive reviews about the movie. Though am not surprised, it's Marvel (it's what they do) And Captain marvel seems to be exceeding expectations . So today we going to take a dive into the history; (Movie and Comic) of the first female hero of the Marvel universe.
Carol Danvers as she is known as, has been around for as long as Marvel Comics has been publishing a character named Captain Marvel. She was created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan in 1968. She made her debut, as the head of security at the base where Captain Mar-Vell , a Kree superhero was working in disguise as a scientist . An accident happened in the lab, which gave Carol Danvers her powers. Through the years, she has had PLENTY of other jobs and superhero code names such as: Ms. Marvel, Warbird, and Binary among other Spy identities she took up, seeing as she is an officer of the United State Air Force. But the name that really stuck was Captain Marvel and it has been so for the last few decades.
From what I can gather from the trailer and friends who won't shut up, the movie, tweaked Carol's origin story a bit, but still kept the spirit of it. In the comics, there's an accident with a psyche-magnitron (basically a high tech wishing machine) which results in Mar-Vell's DNA grafting onto her human DNA. That didn't exactly happen in the movie, but we still got the energy blast with Yon-Rogg and Mar-Vell present, though we didn't see any powers from Mar-Vell being transferred to Carol, plus Carol powers are considered uniquely her own. Also just like in the movie or rather trailer that I watched. We see Carol having issue with her memories. Carol having messed up memories is a thing that has happened three major times - her split personality when she first got powers as Ms. Marvel, when Rogue accidentally took all her memories, and when she exacerbated a lesion and again forgot all of her memories/who she was. (It's like her thing). She is always having trouble knowing who she is or was.
And to the villains, The Skrulls. The Skrulls were basically the second ever "official" villains of the Marvel Universe, first appearing in Fantastic Four #2. They quickly became perhaps the single most important alien race in Marvel's stable. The Kree propaganda that Skrulls will “silently infiltrate and take over” planets is basically the plot of Marvel’s Secret Invasion event, where it was revealed that a number of Marvel characters had been replaced by Skrull doubles. And speaking of the Kree, Like the Skrulls, the Kree were introduced in the pages of Fantastic Four, a little bit later (in 1967). They are greatly talked about in Marvel Agent of Shield, another great show of Marvel you should watch. We get to see that Ronan the Accuser in the movie, having last been seen meeting his fate in Guardians of the Galaxy (20 years later). This makes sense seeing as Ronan was an integral piece of the comic book version of the Kree-Skrull War.
Originally the Captain Marvel title belonged to Mar-vell. Way long before Carol Danvers was Ms. Marvel, Warbird, Binary, or Captain Marvel( lot of names, that explains the split personality) . He came into his own a few years later, with a much-improved costume and became a very cool piece of Marvel Comics mythology, thanks in no small part to the efforts of Thanos creator Jim Starlin. In the comics, Mar-Vell dies of cancer after an encounter with a radioactive villain, rather than the way she is dispatched here.
I gotta say I am kinda more interested in Nick Fury. I am really looking forward to knowing who the shield boss really is. I know his history from the comic but I just want to see how the cinematic universe will explain his history. No one really knows much about him and it will be fun to see him in action, without all the high tech gear. Also kinda want to see what the ending, post scene, then post-post scene ending will be like. It's Marvel ,they have a way of keeping me glued to my seat watching the credits roll just so I can see a 10 second footage and get excited about it for the next 2 months.
Anyway that will be all for now without me giving myself spoilers which I think i already did.
Till next time Be a Marvel.
Carol Danvers as she is known as, has been around for as long as Marvel Comics has been publishing a character named Captain Marvel. She was created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan in 1968. She made her debut, as the head of security at the base where Captain Mar-Vell , a Kree superhero was working in disguise as a scientist . An accident happened in the lab, which gave Carol Danvers her powers. Through the years, she has had PLENTY of other jobs and superhero code names such as: Ms. Marvel, Warbird, and Binary among other Spy identities she took up, seeing as she is an officer of the United State Air Force. But the name that really stuck was Captain Marvel and it has been so for the last few decades.
From what I can gather from the trailer and friends who won't shut up, the movie, tweaked Carol's origin story a bit, but still kept the spirit of it. In the comics, there's an accident with a psyche-magnitron (basically a high tech wishing machine) which results in Mar-Vell's DNA grafting onto her human DNA. That didn't exactly happen in the movie, but we still got the energy blast with Yon-Rogg and Mar-Vell present, though we didn't see any powers from Mar-Vell being transferred to Carol, plus Carol powers are considered uniquely her own. Also just like in the movie or rather trailer that I watched. We see Carol having issue with her memories. Carol having messed up memories is a thing that has happened three major times - her split personality when she first got powers as Ms. Marvel, when Rogue accidentally took all her memories, and when she exacerbated a lesion and again forgot all of her memories/who she was. (It's like her thing). She is always having trouble knowing who she is or was.
And to the villains, The Skrulls. The Skrulls were basically the second ever "official" villains of the Marvel Universe, first appearing in Fantastic Four #2. They quickly became perhaps the single most important alien race in Marvel's stable. The Kree propaganda that Skrulls will “silently infiltrate and take over” planets is basically the plot of Marvel’s Secret Invasion event, where it was revealed that a number of Marvel characters had been replaced by Skrull doubles. And speaking of the Kree, Like the Skrulls, the Kree were introduced in the pages of Fantastic Four, a little bit later (in 1967). They are greatly talked about in Marvel Agent of Shield, another great show of Marvel you should watch. We get to see that Ronan the Accuser in the movie, having last been seen meeting his fate in Guardians of the Galaxy (20 years later). This makes sense seeing as Ronan was an integral piece of the comic book version of the Kree-Skrull War.
Originally the Captain Marvel title belonged to Mar-vell. Way long before Carol Danvers was Ms. Marvel, Warbird, Binary, or Captain Marvel( lot of names, that explains the split personality) . He came into his own a few years later, with a much-improved costume and became a very cool piece of Marvel Comics mythology, thanks in no small part to the efforts of Thanos creator Jim Starlin. In the comics, Mar-Vell dies of cancer after an encounter with a radioactive villain, rather than the way she is dispatched here.
I gotta say I am kinda more interested in Nick Fury. I am really looking forward to knowing who the shield boss really is. I know his history from the comic but I just want to see how the cinematic universe will explain his history. No one really knows much about him and it will be fun to see him in action, without all the high tech gear. Also kinda want to see what the ending, post scene, then post-post scene ending will be like. It's Marvel ,they have a way of keeping me glued to my seat watching the credits roll just so I can see a 10 second footage and get excited about it for the next 2 months.
Anyway that will be all for now without me giving myself spoilers which I think i already did.
Till next time Be a Marvel.
