It turned out she had been kidnapped, brainwashed and impregnated with a version of her captor.
This issue saw Carol suddenly (heavily) pregnant with no recollection about how it happened. One of the most controversial was 1980’s infamous “The Avengers” No.
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Marvel” series as intentionally feminist, however, has not protected her from problematic depictions and story lines over the years. Marvel … is influenced, to a great extent, by the move towards women’s liberation. 1 writer Gerry Conway said of Carol in the letters section of the 1977 issue. “She isn’t your average super-heroine,” “Ms. Powers that include flight, super-strength, enhanced speed, increased resilience and the ability to absorb and fire energy blasts. But during the 2018 comic-book miniseries “The Life of Captain Marvel,” Carol’s mother was revealed to also be a former undercover Kree soldier.Įstablishing that Carol is half-Kree by birth means her powers and potential have always been her own. It was long believed that the blast grafted Mar-Vell’s alien DNA onto Carol, altering her genetics and turning her into a half-Kree superhuman. Marvel” series launched that Carol discovered that the exposure to this device gave her superpowers. But it wasn’t until years later when the “Ms. Walter Lawson - the human alter ego assumed by undercover Kree soldier Mar-Vell.ĭuring her adventures with Mar-Vell, the first Captain Marvel, the pair got caught up in the explosion that destroyed an alien device called the Psyche-Magnetron. 13 by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan, Carol was a NASA security chief keeping watch over an alien robot when she meets Dr.
It was under DeConnick’s watch that Carol officially claimed the name Captain Marvel as her own, and this fan-favorite incarnation is what transformed her into a superhero destined to become a household name.įirst introduced in 1968’s “Marvel Super-Heroes” No. But her dad’s gone now, so it’s not a thing that she’s ever going to be able to get closure on.” “She’s always been trying to prove to her dad that she’s worthy. “The single line that I use for her off the top of my head is: Crackerjack pilot races to prove dead daddy wrong,” DeConnick told The Times in 2012. When DeConnick launched her landmark “Captain Marvel” run in 2012 with artist Dexter Soy, she described Carol as “an incredibly driven individual.” A number of comic book creators have had a hand in shaping Carol and her story over the years, but the writer who has arguably had the greatest effect on her legacy so far is Kelly Sue DeConnick.
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