{"id":2379,"date":"2018-11-02T18:01:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2019-02-27T01:49:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T01:49:32","slug":"captain-marvel-powers-and-backstory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/captain-marvel-powers-and-backstory\/","title":{"rendered":"She&#8217;s The Boss: Captain Marvel&#8217;s Powers And Backstory Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Captain Marvel\u2019s long-awaited entrance to the Marvel Cinematic Universe inches closer and closer with each passing day. As anticipation continues to rise, so does the craving to know more about the incredible\u00a0Kree-human hybrid warrior. Carol Danvers has a rich comic book history that explores her wide range of abilities. If you find yourself with the means, that comic book history is a road that is worth every moment of your time. But, if you find yourself looking for a primer on the woman who\u2019s about to save the MCU, we\u2019ve got you covered.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like all superheroes, Carol Danvers has had a long list of iterations throughout her tenure in comics.<\/p>\n<h2>The Origin Of Carol Danvers, A.K.A. Captain Marvel<\/h2>\n<p>Danvers was first introduced back in 1968 and became a symbol of the feminist movement of the \u201870s. In 2012, she was reimagined by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, who evolved the character beyond her origins and shuttled her into the modern era. This evolution has resulted in her becoming one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, both cinematic and otherwise, as well as developing a loyal following of comic book readers, known as the Carol Corps.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QxrlYFjDZtg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019d expect, that comes with a pretty stacked set of powers, both super and mundane. But, at the top of that list are Carol\u2019s intelligence and ambition. In her origin, Carol Danvers joins the United States Air Force to prove her father wrong about what it is women should be doing with their time. After her time in the Air Force, she finds herself at NASA as their head of security where she falls in love with one Walter Lawson. You might know him a little better by his\u00a0Kree\u00a0name: Mar-Vell.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After an unfortunate run-in with Ronan the Accuser and then-lackey Yon-Rogg, some of Mar-Vell\u2019s\u00a0alien DNA merged with Carol\u2019s. The rest, as they say, is history. From that day forward, Carol Danvers would be imbued with the powers of the Kree race. Ronan might have made an attempt at the life of the man she loved, but Carol ought to send a thank you card for the list of superpowers she got out of it. Let\u2019s take a look at just what those special abilities look like.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Are Captain Marvel&#8217;s Powers?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/captain-marvel\/198440\">Captain Marvel<\/a>\u2019s superhuman strength and endurance are usually the first to come up on the power list, and for good reason. As mentioned above, she\u2019s one of the most powerful members of Marvel\u2019s universe, but that\u2019s not solely reliant on her physical strength. If a matchup were based on physical prowess alone, Carol would get her butt handed to her by the likes of characters such as The Hulk. Thankfully, her strength is just one of the ingredients in the Captain Marvel cocktail. Other abilities in her offensive arsenal include the ability to shoot blasts from her hands and to absorb and redistribute attacks on an explosive scale. That redistribution basically means that whoever\u2019s attacking her better hope they hit hard enough to stop her, because when she swings back it\u2019s a whole lot harder than her opponent\u2019s first strike.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2416\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2416\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2416\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-punching-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Marvel packs a superpowered wallop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-punching.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-punching-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-punching-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-punching-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Marvel packs a superpowered wallop<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes, however, the best offense is a good defense, and even though it goes against her punch-first-ask-questions-later nature, Carol\u2019s well covered in that area, as well. Along with her competency in flight (that\u2019s both with and without a plane), she can survive in space if necessary. Those two abilities would be more than impressive on their own, but we\u2019re still far from the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/characters\/captain-marvel-carol-danvers\/in-comics\/profile\">Ms. Danvers\u2019 long list of powers<\/a>. If you\u2019re going to try and kill Captain Marvel, try to avoid using poisons or air-based toxins. She\u2019s immune to most of them, you see. Villains who have tried and failed with such archaic measures shouldn\u2019t feel too terrible, though.\u00a0In addition to everything just listed, she\u2019s also gifted with a kind of precognitive sixth sense that isn&#8217;t quite on the level of Peter Parker&#8217;s Spider-sense but still makes it relatively difficult to off her no matter what you\u2019re attacking with.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>She&#8217;s Even More Powerful As Binary<\/h2>\n<p>That list of abilities is enough to make even\u00a0Thanos\u00a0shake in his space boots with or without the Infinity Gauntlet, but we\u2019re still not done. Captain Marvel isn\u2019t Carol Danvers\u2019 only alter ego, and if you thought the aforementioned was power stacked, just wait until you meet Binary. Where Captain Marvel has weaknesses and limitations (such as magic), there are currently no known limits to Binary\u2019s powers. Yeah. There&#8217;s literally no cap on her potential.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0For real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2417\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2417\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-binary-gif.gif\" alt=\"Captain Marvel as Binary\" width=\"768\" height=\"324\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Marvel as Binary<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLimitless powers\u201d is a pretty lofty phrase, but let\u2019s look through some examples to help fully explain why the Marvel Cinematic Universe is putting the fate of the world\u2019s greatest heroes in Carol Danvers\u2019 hands. For starters, Binary can control white holes. For those unfamiliar with such a thing, a white hole is thought to be the point where one universe collapses inward on another. She uses this handy power to distort energies in the space\/time continuum. Her ability to control white holes means that she could, theoretically, hold two alternate universes together for a brief period of time\u2013such as our world, a world within an Infinity Stone, and\/or the Quantum Realm. Do with that information what you will, <em>Avengers 4<\/em> speculators!\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those cosmic energies can also be used to throw blasts similar to her ability as Captain Marvel, but with the power of a star. If that\u2019s not enough for you, she can manipulate a whole host of non-physical things, extending all the way to gravity. That ability to manipulate stellar energy and gravitational pulls gives her one final skill: the ability to fly at <em>light speed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Carol Danvers Is Still Super Skilled Even As A Human<\/h2>\n<p>This impressive set of abilities outlines the super portions of Captain Marvel\u2019s life, but what about the human? It\u2019s hard to compare with such a fantastic list of powers but, those powers removed, Carol Danvers is still one hell of a remarkable character. Danvers ran several undercover missions in her time at NASA, proving herself an experienced spy. Her training in the Air Force made her an exquisite pilot and fighter. The lady also speaks several languages, both of\u00a0earthly\u00a0and galactic origins and, to top it all off, she\u2019s a talented journalist and magazine editor.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2418\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2418\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2418\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Marvel vs. Thanos\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos-500x362.jpg 500w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos-1080x781.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/captain-marvel-vs-thanos.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Marvel vs. Thanos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All of this is to say, good luck,\u00a0Thanos. Carol may be up against the Eternal (mostly) on her own after all that snapping business in\u00a0<i>Avengers: Infinity War,\u00a0<\/i>but if this list of powers is any indication, Nick Fury knew what he was doing in sending a distress signal straight to the boss of space before he, you know\u2026 disintegrated.\u00a0\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr style=\"color: #000; width: 95%; margin-left: 0;\" \/>\n<h2>FEATURED<\/h2>\n<hr style=\"color: #000; width: 95%; margin-left: 0;\" \/>\n<!-- The Grid Plugin Version 2.7.4 --><div class=\"tg-error-msg\" data-grid-name=\"Home Featured\">No post was found with your current grid settings.&#xa;You should verify if you have posts inside the current selected post type(s) and if the meta key filter is not too much restrictive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captain Marvel\u2019s long-awaited entrance to the Marvel Cinematic Universe inches closer and closer with each passing day. 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