Marvel character Carol Danvers has been through a lot. She was created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan and first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 in 1968. At that time she was a supporting character in the Captain Marvel (later Mar-Vell) saga. Carol was injured when a Kree device blew up and was in a coma. And since this is comic books, explosion + alien radiation + coma = (you guessed it) superpowers!
Yes Carol emerged from that coma like a butterfly from a cocoon. The explosion had her into a human-Kree hybrid, with that hybrid being Mar-Vell. So this was a seriously butt-kicking butterfly. She called herself Ms. Marvel (it was the 70s) and she did some serious superheroing.
But like most superheroines, the writers just seemed to like to mess with her. I really think a LOT of them are grown men with the mental capacity of adolescents. Or worse.... In Avengers #200, Ms. Marvel was kidnapped, brainwashed and raped. Yep. What did the Avengers do? Not a damn thing. The story line got so much attention that comic book critics all over went after the writing staff for it. Of course they kinda shrugged, wondering what all the fuss was about. It took over a year and comic book writer Chris Claremont to fix it. He retconned the whole incident in Avengers Annual #10 in 1981.
Chris also gave us the story where Rogue permanently absorbed all of Carol's abilities and memories. This is what originally powered Rogue in the comics. Flying, smashing Rogue is brought to you courtesy of Ms. Marvel.
As female characters are run through the wringer, Carol was Binary and then Warbird before finally winding back up with her powers and the name "Ms. Marvel".
Now the Ms. Marvel name is gone and she has a new costume, haircut and name....Captain Marvel.
As far as powers go...Carol is a pretty tough lady. She has superhuman strength (she can lift 70 tons), enhanced durability, she can fly at around 400 mph and she has a "Seventh Sense" kinda like Spider-Man's "Spidey Sense". She can also fire power blasts out of her hands. Her ability to absorb energy allows her to boost all all of these powers...with possibly no upper limit... Oh yeah and due to her military and SHIELD training and hanging out with the Avengers, X-men etc, Carol is a pilot, marksman and very good hand to hand fighter.
Comics, Marvel Comics, Comic Book News, Marvel Comics Characters, Comic Book Movie News, Comic Book Publishers, Comic Book Artists, Comic Book Movies
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Ms. Marvel - Marvel Comics
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
My favorite incarnation of the Marvel's mutant southern belle was in X-Men: The Animated Series in the 1990s. Lenore Zann pretty much r...
-
THIS is one of the cartoons that Cartoon Network and DC should have turned into a regular series. The other was of course Batman of Sha...
-
In X-Men: Apocalypse we got a younger version of Jean Grey / Phoenix portrayed by Sophie Turner. And we even got a hint of Dark Phoenix ag...
-
Although she is not a hugely popular comic book character, Zatanna Zatara is hugely popular with the fans. Everybody loves her. She was cre...
-
Harley Quinn by Peyton Riley's Costume Parlor. There are TONS of Harley Quinn cosplayers out there. But I don't think I have ever ...
-
Although I have said before that one of my favorite Catwoman artists is Jim Balent , he ties with Adam Hughes. Adam draws incredible women ...
-
Just as in the 1960s with Batgirl, Sara Lance was created specifically for television (Arrow) by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew K...
-
Although I really prefer the Caitlin Fairchild aka Fairchild from the original Gen13 in Wildstorm comics, I guess I am happy she is still ar...
-
Maisie Richardson-Sellers was born on March 2, 1992 in London, England. She has appeared on The CW series The Originals, the ABC Biblical s...
-
Original TV 'Catwoman': Angelina Jolie Would Be Perfect in the Part Julie Newmar, who starred as the Catwoman in the original "...
No comments:
Post a Comment