![]() ![]() Much like recent origin stories in the M.C.U.-such as Black Panther and Doctor Strange- Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel also works fairly well as a stand-alone adventure. II action of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and the movie that started it all: Iron Man (2008). Captain Marvel-the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s sprawling saga of Avengers, Guardians, and assorted other superheroes-takes place in the late 80s and early 90s, which positions it somewhere between the W.W. ![]() But Carol's quest for magic continues, as she truly believes it's the last hope to stop a dystopian future, even if every magic user she knows disagrees!"Ĭatch up on the best Captain Marvel stories of all time. "And that desperation is showing, both in who Carol enlists to help her and the secret she keeps from them as they embark on this adventure together. "Haunted by a doomed future, Captain Marvel is getting desperate," reads Marvel's description. A brand-new arc kicks off with artist Jacopo Camagni's supernatural talents!"Ĭaptain Marvel skips release in May, but the mystic arts and Doctor Strange storyline will continue in June's Captain Marvel's #29. "The mystic arts are Carol's one true weakness, and - haunted by her failure to stop the villain Ove - she's on a mission to correct that weakness. But the Captain's Achilles' heel is about to break," it reads. Give her a field of battle and an enemy to punch, and she's unstoppable. "Toil and trouble! Carol Danvers is a born soldier. Oddly enough, Carol and Strange's budding relationship paints the solicitation of April 21's Captain Marvel #28 in a new light. The frank (but generally still very PG-13) scene shows Carol and Strange grappling with the emotional and super-heroic ramifications of their tryst, verbally resolving to leave the incident in the past – but embracing and kissing in the final panel. On that jaw-dropping final page, Carol and Strange lay in bed together, with Carol wrapped in Strange's Cloak of Levitation. Strange stops Carol from drinking, and the two heroes – who, as Strange points out, have never been very close – commiserate over the difficulties of balancing real-life concerns with super-heroics, and their connection quickly moves into flirting, followed by a kiss… followed by what might colloquially be called a 'hook up.' But before she drinks, she's interrupted by none other than Doctor Strange, who has also had a difficult day. Disappointed with the turn of events, which culminate in an argument with Jessica Drew, Carol heads off alone to a bar, where she considers drinking whiskey (Carol's a sober alcoholic, like Tony Stark). ![]()
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