Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel is a comic book character that first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 1 #13
Carol Danvers was subjected to a Kree psyche-magnitron which caused her DNA to resemble a Kree, and she became Ms. Marvel. Ex- Thunderbolts member Moonstone now poses as Ms. Marvel on Norman Osborn's Avengers.
Early History
Carol Danvers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, as the only girl of a large family. Despite the fact that Carol was extremely bright and capable, more so than any of her brothers, her chauvinistic father refused to pay for her to attend college, preferring to spend the money on his sons instead. He insisted that Carol merely find a good husband to take care of her, a sexist notion that the fiercely independent Carol refused to accept.
Carol had always loved the idea of flying, and after she graduated from high school she decided to defy her father's wishes and joined the United States Air Force. She excelled in the Air Force, becoming a skilled jet pilot and distinguishing herself enough that she was recruited into the Central Intelligence Agency. As an agent of the CIA, Carol often teamed up with fellow agent Michael Rossi, and the two became romantically involved. She also teamed up with a Canadian agent named Logan (before he became Wolverine) and the two became good friends, saving each other's lives during several dangerous missions, and it was even implied that they may have become more than friends at some point.
On one of her most important CIA missions, Carol had to infiltrate Soviet airspace alongside Logan and an American test pilot named Ben Grimm (before he became the Thing and a member of the Fantastic Four). The mission almost failed when they were intercepted by Soviet forces (led by the Black Widow) and forced to the ground. With a good amount of luck, the three managed to escape and succeeded in retrieving the mysterious metal which they had been sent to obtain. In the process, the trio formed a bond that would live on into their super-hero careers.
During what would prove to be her final CIA mission, Carol was captured by the KGB and held in Lubyanka prison, where she endured interrogation and torture. In defiance of government orders, Logan and Michael Rossi infiltrated Russia, broke into Lubyanka, and rescued Carol. The ordeal extinguished Carol's enthusiasm for being a CIA agent, so she decided to resign in order to pursue a different career.
Birth of Ms. Marvel
As Ms. Marvel, Carol quickly gained the reputation of being a formidable super-hero in her own right. She fought and defeated many super-powered villains, including Scorpion, Grotesk, MODOK and AIM, Tiger Shark, Destructor, the Doomsday Man, and others. She also acquired some persistent enemies due to her super-heroics, including the renegade Shi'ar warrior known as Deathbird and the shape-shifting mutant villainess known as Mystique. The latter plotted to destroy Ms. Marvel in secret, which eventually led to Mystique's adopted mutant daughter, Rogue, entering a fateful battle with Carol that would emotionally scar both women forever.
A new costume
First stint with the Avengers
Respect for Ms. Marvel in the super-hero community grew to the point where she was asked to join the renowned super-team the Avengers, since an opening had became available with the departure of the Scarlet Witch. Carol gratefully accepted, and though the Avengers eventually became the team that she would be most closely associated with throughout her super-hero career, her first stint with them would not end well.
Initially Ms. Marvel fit right in with the Avengers and proved to be a valuable team member, helping defeat a number of super-villains, including the Absorbing Man, Chthon, the Grey Gargoyle, the Elements of Doom, and the Taskmaster. She also single-handedly took down the mutant villain Sabretooth after he had escaped from SHIELD custody. During this time she forged friendships with other Avengers and truly enjoyed becoming part of the team. Little did she know that these would prove to be her final relatively care-free days as a super-hero.
Loss of innocence
Carol's quest for revenge was put on indefinite hold when she was suddenly hit with a bizarre and completely unexpected condition: In less than a day, she had somehow become several months pregnant. Having not been intimate with anyone for a long time, a distraught Carol explained the impossibility of her situation to the Avengers, but was further upset when they merely offered their congratulations as though the pregnancy were normal. Her pregnancy progressed at a pace far faster then normal, and within a few days she had given birth to a baby boy. As he had in Carol's womb, the boy aged at a fantastically accelerated rate, growing to manhood in the course of a single a day.
Calling himself Marcus, he revealed to Carol and the other Avengers that he was the son of the time-lord Immortus, and that he had been trapped alone in another dimension called Limbo after his father had disappeared. Marcus claimed that his only means of escape from Limbo was to teleport an Earth woman into Limbo with him and impregnate her with his essence, where he could be "reborn" on Earth after he sent the woman back. After much observation of Earth using his father's technology, he chose Carol for her strength, beauty, and other exemplary qualities, and had teleported her into Limbo and attempted to woo her. But Carol had initially rejected him, so Marcus admitted to using a "subtle boost" from Immortus' mind-controlling technology to make her fall in love with him, after which he coupled with her. He then wiped her mind of the memory and teleported her back to Earth at the exact time she had been abducted, so that no one, not even Carol herself, had known what had happened. The plan had worked, except that Marcus' presence on Earth was now causing unforeseen and dangerous fluctuations in the time stream. The only way to stop these fluctuations from causing irreparable harm to reality would be if Marcus returned to Limbo.
Carol found herself strangely drawn to Marcus despite all of this, and for some reason she could not bear the idea of him returning to Limbo alone. Announcing that she loved Marcus, she agreed to leave Earth to be together with him in Limbo. The Avengers cluelessly took Carol at her word and told her she was free to be with her "new love" with their blessing. Only Iron Man made an attempt to question if Carol really knew what she was doing, but she insisted that she was. Thor used his mystical hammer to open an extra-dimensional portal to Limbo and sent Carol and Marcus on their way.
But Marcus had made a fatal error in his scheme: He had not made provisions to halt the super-aging of his new body after it reached adulthood. He continued to age at a hyper-accelerated rate and within a matter of hours had died of old age, leaving Carol alone in Limbo. Once Marcus was dead, Carol realized that she had still been under his mind control the entire time and had not been acting of her own free will when she claimed to love him or left Earth with him. Even worse, her own friends and teammates had actually helped Marcus and never once questioned his true nature or motives, even though he had essentially admitted to using mind control on Carol. With no one to help her, Carol called upon all of her ingenuity and resourcefulness to master the technology Marcus had left behind and eventually succeeded, using it to escape Limbo and return to Earth.
Once back, Carol avoided all contact with the Avengers. Still traumatized by Michael Barnett's death and her subsequent abduction and rape by the Marcus entity, Carol decided that she simply wanted to start a brand new life, so she left the East Coast entirely and settled in San Francisco.
The Battle with Rogue
But the epic struggle had drawn the attention of the super-heroine known as Spider-Woman, who arrived just in time to witness its conclusion. Spider-Woman retrieved Carol, who was still barely alive, from the water and immediately brought her to Professor X and the X-Men. They were able to save Carol’s life and Xavier helped her recover her memories, but could not reconnect Carol to any of her past feelings. A distraught Carol realized that she had to go on with her life without her powers or her emotional connection to her memory.
Though Rogue had technically won the battle and now had all of Ms. Marvel's powers at her disposal, Destiny's prediction that Ms. Marvel would destroy Rogue proved true, in the sense that Rogue was never the same person afterward. Carol's competing personality, emotions, and memories inside Rogue's head threatened to drive Rogue insane. Because Carol was now an intimate part of her mind, Rogue also felt catastrophic guilt over what she had done to the other woman. Even her foster mother Mystique did not know what to do, so in desperation Rogue eventually turned to Mystique's enemies, the X-Men, for a solution to her condition. After many years of their help, a fully reformed and repentant Rogue would finally purge the Carol Danvers persona from her mind, but the process would be a long, hard, and often life-threatening road.
While Carol was recovering, Professor X contacted the Avengers and let them know what had happened to her. The Avengers, who had not seen or heard from Carol since she had left Earth with Marcus, came to visit Carol at her bedside, expecting to cheer her up. Instead, Carol angrily told the team off for cheerfully abandoning her to the Marcus entity, even after he had admitted to using mind control on her and violating her. The Avengers left the visit hanging their heads, finally aware that they had completely failed to protect one of their own when she had needed them most.
Carol's recovery time spent with Professor X and the X-Men made her feel like she belonged somewhere again. Her bonding with the team was made even easier by the presence of her old friend Logan, who was now Wolverine and a member of the X-Men. Though Carol's powers were gone, she still had her considerable intellect and fighting experience, so she offered to stay and help the X-Men in any way she could. During this time Carol went on various adventures with the team, including space missions.
On one mission, the knowledge of Xavier's Institute had been compromised, so Carol helped them erase their files from the Pentagon by using her previous affiliation with the military, even going so far as to dust off her old her uniform and rank to aid in the infiltration. While in the Pentagon the team came across Rogue (not yet reformed) and Mystique, who were after the same files. The Ms. Marvel-powered Rogue fought the X-Men while Carol was busy deleting the files. Mystique attempted to kill Carol once and for all, believing that her now-powerless enemy was easy prey. Instead, Carol took down Mystique with sheer anger and old fashioned fighting skill. Once Mystique lay unconscious at Carol's feet, Carol realized that she could now take her ultimate revenge on her hated enemy, but decided to spare Mystique's life.
Carol becomes Binary
To reflect her new power level, which was the equivalent of a binary star system, Carol adopted the new code name of Binary. She took on an entirely new look, wearing a red and white costume with a pair of stars on the chest. When her Binary powers were activated her skin took on a deep red color, her hair transformed into a corona of energy, and the edges of her boots and gloves resembled flame. Since Carol now had the ability to travel the stars entirely on her own, she took a temporary leave from the X-Men to in order to explore her new powers before returning to Earth.
Since Carol had no emotional connection with anyone, she decided to not only leave the X-Men, but Earth altogether. While journeying alone through space she met and joined the Starjammers, a group of space pirates. The Starjammers came into conflict with the Shi'ar Empire and Carol defeated her old enemy Deathbird, who had returned to the Shi-ar, and even successfully took on the might of Gladiator and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. She had now adventured all across the galaxy and had defeated so many powerful adversaries with her vast powers that she began to feel bored and alienated from all other life.
Desperate for a challenge, she later came across Quasar, who was trying to save the Earth from a crisis involving the sun expanding at an unnatural rate, and immediately leaped to his aid. The task proved incredibly dangerous even for a being of Carol's power level, and though she and Quasar ultimately prevailed, Carol was severely injured in the process. Quasar carried her back to Avengers Mansion on Earth and she spent many months recovering there, though she was unable to recover her link to her cosmic Binary powers. The Avengers, still painfully aware of how badly they had failed Carol the last time she was with the team, made every effort to do what they could for her this time around, and Carol decided to forgive them. Even after she had fully recovered, the Avengers invited her to stay. The Starjammers also visited Carol and invited her to join them once more, but it conflicted with her schedule with the Avengers, so she decided to remain on Earth.
Struggle with Alcoholism
Though Carol had lost her cosmic link to her Binary powers, she was able to regain her original Ms. Marvel powers of super-strength, resistance to injury, flight, and enhanced senses. In addition, she now had the ability to manipulate and project energy, which may have been a residual after-effect of her powers as Binary. For her second stint with the Avengers, Carol decided to change her code name to Warbird, though she kept wearing her signature Ms. Marvel costume.
Unfortunately, all of the trauma Carol had been through up until this point -- her boyfriend's murder at the hands of Mystique, her abduction and rape by Marcus, the stealing of her powers and memories by Rogue, her capture and torture by the Brood, and gaining and then losing godlike power as Binary -- had caught up with her and was taking a heavy toll on her psyche. True to her independent nature she never spoke of her emotional distress to her friends or teammates, and unwisely turned to alcohol as a means of coping instead. Carol went on Avengers missions while intoxicated and often made simple and inexcusable mistakes. After a couple of near-catastrophes due to Carol's uncontrolled behavior, the Avengers eventually had no choice but to expel her from the team. Iron Man, a former alcoholic himself, then helped Carol overcome her alcoholism and stabilized her powers, and in the process their friendship deepened considerably.
After her recovery the Avengers invited Carol back again, and she accepted. Later she voluntarily left the team to join SHIELD and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. During this time she set aside her Ms. Marvel costume and wore a militaristic-looking uniform with armor plating on the chest and shoulders, a costume which became associated with her Warbird code name. She also employed her expertise with dealing with super-villains to become a parole officer for the new Thunderbolts.
House of M
After the Scarlet Witch tragically went insane, she used her vast probability-altering powers to create the House of M -- an alternate reality where mutants became the ruling class of humanity, while normal humans became the oppressed class. Earth's heroes were eventually able to reverse what the Scarlet Witch had done and after reality had reverted back to normal, Carol was among the few heroes who could remember what had happened during her time in the House of M. There, she had truly realized her full potential as Ms. Marvel and had become one of Earth's most renowned and universally admired heroes, essentially becoming that reality's version of Wonder Woman. Inspired by her House of M self, Carol decided to revitalize her superhero career and become the best hero she could be. She quit her Homeland Security job and even turned down an offer to join the New Avengers. Deciding to operate as an independent superhero once again, she changed her code name back to Ms. Marvel and resumed wearing her signature Ms. Marvel costume.
Civil War
During the Civil War, Ms. Marvel decided to become pro-registration, out of loyalty to the U.S. government and also to her longtime friend Iron Man, who had offered to lead the pro-registration forces. She joined a team to help enforce the Super-Human Registration Act alongside Iron Man. She worked with Wonder Man and Arachne to help train new superheroes while also hunting down anti-registration heroes.
Carol soon learned that Arachne was a double agent who was using her position to secretly feed vital information to the anti-registration forces. Carol felt that she had no choice but to turn Arachne in. As Ms. Marvel, she hunted down Arachne, defeated her in front of Arachne’s own daughter, and took her into custody. The friendship between the two women was destroyed by this encounter, and Carol had considerable regrets afterwards. Arachne eventually escaped custody, returned to her daughter, and moved to Canada to become a member of Omega Flight.
Later, Carol paid a visit to a young Hispanic superheroine named Araña to try and get her to register. Arana admired Ms. Marvel and registered, after which Carol trained Arana to be a superhero. Unfortunately Arana would become badly injured during a mission, causing Arana's father to forbid Carol from seeing Arana again.
The Alternate Earth Warbird
Rogue later paid Carol an unexpected visit. The animosity between the two women had subsided at this point, since they were now both well aware of each other's impressive super-hero careers and realized that they should be allies. However, Carol's emotional scars ran deep and she still did not fully trust her old adversary. Rogue informed Carol of a problem -- there was now another Carol, a much more belligerent one, that was being detained at the Xavier Institute. This Carol, first encountered by Beast, was an alternate-Earth version of Carol who still called herself Warbird and wore the armor-plated Warbird uniform. It was revealed that on her own Earth, Warbird became a serious alcoholic because of what Rogue did to her, and her world eventually was destroyed while she was incapable of saving it. Warbird would then be tossed to different universes before she landed on Earth-616.
After meeting Warbird herself, Carol quickly became disgusted with her alternate-Earth counterpart's uncompromising and hostile attitude. A violent battle between Carol and Warbird soon broke out. Rogue tried to help, but Carol, in the heat of battle subconsciously thinking of the mutant as her old enemy again, lashed out at Rogue and broke her ribs. After Rogue was incapacitated, Warbird informed Carol of her true intentions -- that she had already traveled to many different Earths, killing both the Rogue and Carol of each Earth. Carol, appalled at how evil her alternate-Earth version had become, attacked Warbird again and defeated her. Warbird was taken into custody and imprisoned in a maximum-security facility. Meeting the alternate-Earth Warbird caused Carol to do some serious soul-searching, and she wondered if she ever truly forgave Rogue for what the mutant had done to her years ago.Ms. Marvel then took on an old enemy, A.I.M., as M.O.D.O.K.'s son tried to blow up Seattle by using his father as a bomb. Ms. Marvel was caught in the explosion when she attempted to stop it, but completely regenerated from it.
She regenerated yet again in the next arc, when the Puppet Master began kidnapping super-powered women from around the world. After Ms. Marvel dismantled the Puppet Master's operation and freed his captives, he took his own life by blowing himself up. Ms. Marvel realized that she could have stopped him, but didn't want to. She regenerated from the explosion and lied to her team about the Puppet Master's suicide.
The alien being called Cru suddenly appeared at the end of this arc, and revealed that 'she' was the reason that Ms. Marvel was regenerating, because a part of her was inside Ms. Marvel. It actually turned out that the Brood destroyed Cru's home planet, not the other way around. Cru unlocked Ms. Marvel's old Binary powers, giving her a chance to battle and defeat the Brood Queen. The Brood Queen killed Cru, but Ms. Marvel smartly used a bomb to make the Brood Queen explode.
Mighty Avengers
When the Mighty Avengers and SHIELD launched an attack on Doctor Doom, Ms. Marvel was again team leader, along with Iron Man. When the Sentry and Iron Man returned from the past, she flew to them, urging them to take cover before the place exploded. They survived the explosion and continued with the invasion. In the end, they prevailed and Doom was taken into custody.
Secret Invasion: The Infiltration
On a mission to Japan (which Ms. Marvel did not participate in), the Avengers discovered that the heroine known as Elektra had been replaced by an agent of the shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls. They soon learned that many more Skrull agents, in disguise as other Earth heroes, were spearheading an imminent invasion of Earth by the Skrull Empire. It was nearly impossible to determine who might be a Skrull, resulting in Earth's heroes, already paranoid from the recent Civil War, viewing each other with great suspicion. Iron Man, despite being one of Carol's closest friends, revealed to SHIELD Agent Sum that he suspected that Ms. Marvel herself may have been recently killed or captured and replaced by a Skrull.
Back in New York, Ms. Marvel was still investigating AIM and was unaware that she had fallen under SHIELD scrutiny. She performed a routine check-up, which yielded the location of a hidden AIM base. After a suspicious delivery truck with unknown cargo left the base, she decided to follow it rather than attack. It turned out that the truck contained a hostile alien life form, and after she intervened, she realized that it was a Super Skrull with the combined powers of several of the X-Men. The Skrull was too powerful for even Ms. Marvel to handle without backup, so after a quick battle she disengaged and went to see her friend William, who had urgently called her via cellphone. She found him dead on the floor of her own apartment, and as she checked his body, Agent Sum arrived, threatening to shoot her.
Realizing that she had been set up, Ms. Marvel thought fast and managed to escape Agent Sum, but was immediately confronted by more of her own SHIELD colleagues, the super-powered agents Sleepwalker and Machine Man. Unable to convince them of the truth and not wanting to attack her own teammates, she flew away but was followed by Machine Man, who eventually forced her turn and fight. During their battle a duplicate Ms. Marvel appeared, resulting in much confusion. The elite SHIELD unit known as Operation: Lightning Storm arrived and, unable to distinguish which Ms. Marvel was Carol Danvers and which was a Skrull agent, subdued both of them and took them into custody.
Carol, the true Ms. Marvel, was later freed from her cell by Agent Sum, but she sensed that something wasn't right and struck him down, believing him to be a Skrull. When he fell and didn't revert to Skrull form, she thought that she had made a mistake. But at that point the real Agent Sum entered the room, and the fallen "Agent Sum" reverted to his Skrull form -- the same X-Men-powered Super-Skrull that Ms. Marvel had fought earlier. Ms. Marvel, Agent Sum, and other SHIELD agents all attacked the Super-Skrull, eventually knocking him into the area where the second Ms. Marvel was being detained. That "Ms. Marvel" finally reverted to her true Skrull form, and revealed that William was still alive and that she had merely disguised herself as William's body in Carol's apartment in order to frame Carol. William later appeared and revealed that he was actually a Kree agent sent to Earth to investigate the recent activities of the Skrulls, as the two races were long-time mortal enemies.
Secret Invasion
In the core Secret Invasion storyline, Ms. Marvel flew with the Mighty Avengers to the Savage Land. Iron Man's armor became infected with a Skrull virus, so Ms. Marvel pulled Tony out of the armor and flew him away to the base where the fugitive New Avengers (composed entirely of non-registered heroes) were captured on their first mission. Tony told her to leave and return to the mainland, to gather the Initiative so they could be ready for the Skrull invasion. However, it was too late and the Initiative was scattered. Ms. Marvel, the only hero left in Manhattan to face the invasion, made the decision that no Skrull would get out of Manhattan alive. The battle ensued and Ms. Marvel fought the invading Skrull army harder than she ever fought a battle in her life and almost single-handedly prevented them from taking the city before their ultimate defeat at the hands of Earth's heroes.
Dark Reign
Meanwhile, Osborn decided to hand-pick his own government-sanctioned team of Avengers, mostly choosing former Thunderbolts. This team has become known as the Dark Avengers, since it is both composed of and led by former super-villains in the guise of heroes. He placed Karla Sofen, formerly Moonstone, in the guise of Ms. Marvel. Osborn's Ms. Marvel is presently suited in the classic red and blue Kree-oriented costume, and is the version of Ms. Marvel that is exposed to the public eye. She has taken on a more brutal role of crime enforcer, killing rather than apprehending dangerous criminals. The public reaction to this new Ms. Marvel has been mixed.
Some time after the apparent demise of Carol Danvers, there were various world sightings of several brightly-colored feminine energy beings, seeking special genetically engineered creations of AIM. Wherever the beings appeared, they left death in the wake of their search. While this was happening, Karla Sofen, in the guise of Osborn's Ms. Marvel, used the weapon of an AIM splinter cell against itself. In the process, she rescued an assembly of multiple telepathic genetic fetuses, engineered from both the MODOC and Storyteller protocols. She discovered that both she and the energy beings sought the "babies," and ended up doing battle with one of them.
Later, when Wolverine, Spider-Man, and even Deadpool become involved in the fight for possession of the "babies," it was revealed that the energy beings were actually Carol Danvers, split into her various Kree energy patterns. After the New Avengers helped her assemble enough of the "babies" together, their power was used to fuse Carol back into a single being, paving the way for a fateful encounter between Carol Danvers and Karla Sofen.
Powers and Abilities
Ms. Marvel’s power level has varied considerably during her time as a super-hero. When she became Binary her powers had increased exponentially, and then had taken a sudden fall when she reverted back to Ms. Marvel. As Binary she had even greater strength, comparable to Nova, and her ability to fly would allow her interstellar flight, much like Galactus’ heralds. Beast, however, theorized that she would not be able to access these enormous amounts of power unless she reverted to Binary. Ever since reverting back to Ms. Marvel, she has the same powers but at a much lower level. However, under extreme circumstances of stress, she had been able to tap into Binary’s power level, allowing her accomplish Binary-level feats as Ms. Marvel. After her power drop she is no longer able to achieve interstellar speeds, but in the atmosphere she can still reach speeds of up to Mach-3. Her training as a pilot allows her to perform complex flight maneuvers much like she did in a jet fighter.
Her base strength allows her to lift 75 tons, but as Binary, she could lift well over 100 tons. Her fighting experience allows her to control that strength and instinctively apply it to greatest effect. She can lift cars and tanks easily, and is able to tear through five-inch steel and shatter reinforced concrete. With super strength comes invulnerability. She can withstand punches from people much stronger than her, but continuous punches from people stronger than her will eventually bring her down. She is able to withstand bullets from pistols and machine gun fire, and can also absorb mortar shells and energy blasts, though extremely high-energy attacks may overload her absorbing ability.
She has the ability to attack her enemies with high-energy photon blasts equal to those of Iron Man, and as Warbird, she could tap into an even stronger energy blast. Warbird was able to absorb all types of energy and could manipulate energy to her liking to aid in combat. As Binary, she had cosmic awareness, much like the Silver Surfer. She could “see” different energy patterns and was aware of any disruptions in space. She is also able to change from Carol Danvers to Ms. Marvel almost instantaneously, much like Clark Kent can become Superman in the blink of an eye.
Apart from her powers, Ms. Marvel possesses many other abilities that she developed on her own. Her advanced military training along with her Kree warrior skills naturally makes her a very dangerous hand-to-hand fighter. When used in combination with her many superhuman powers, she becomes a truly formidable adversary. As a CIA agent, Carol developed highly advanced espionage skills, including infiltration, surveillance, interrogation, and disguise. Traveling around the world as an intelligence agent she learned to speak several other languages, such as German and Japanese, as if they were her first language. After her time in the Air Force she became a renowned fighter pilot in the Marvel Universe, and is also skilled at flying aircraft and spacecraft built by the Kree. Her advanced flying knowledge is used to great effect when fighting enemies in the air.
Because Carol's genetic makeup was merged with Captain Mar-Vell's by the Kree psyche-magnitron, she has intimate knowledge of all aspects of the Kree race, including their language, culture, customs, politics, and technology. Though she is virtually half-Kree, she has never been emotionally tied to them, and sometimes has gone against Kree authority on certain matters. During her time as Binary she spent considerable time away from Earth, gathering valuable knowledge on other advanced alien races such as the Brood and the Shi’ar.
A more passive talent Carol possesses is her writing ability. She had been a freelance journalist for some time and was also a magazine editor in New York. She is an accomplished author and has published several books, including a science-fiction novel based on her deep space adventures with the Starjammers.
Personality
Her history as a fighter and someone who has a will to do what she dreams of comes from her strong personality. She dreamed of becoming a pilot and had achieved that through hard work and through this, is independent and self-reliant. Her achievement in becoming editor-in-chief and selling a successful novel comes from being self-reliant and independent. From being editor-in-chief, she has proven to become successful in the male dominated industry of journalism and through this, has proven to be able to manage a newspaper team. In this sense, she is a feminist and has challenged many men, including Captain America in his views and is quite confrontational if someone crosses her line. Through this ability of hers to achieve, she is strong willed and this is why she has been able to achieve her career as a pilot and an editor, even though she has had many tragedies that could easily break down someone without a will like hers. She will fight to the end and has a warrior’s will and because of tragedies, she has proven to be quite resistant to mental domination. However, she has resorted to alcohol when her life had gone down the drain. Events like Captain Mar-vell’s death and losing her powers to Rogue have turned her to become an alcoholic. Because Rogue had absorbed all her powers, this included the absorbing of memories with her friends and family. She still knew who her friends and family were, but felt nothing for them. It was then Professor X who has restored her memories and finds it difficult and awkward to talk with those who she was once close with. To note, this kind of emotional disconnection is not because of her independence, but her memory loss because of Rogue. However, her military training will say otherwise. Sometimes she has had to make choices that were seen as cold and uncaring. Through this though, she has been trained to think fast in how to deal with emergency situations. She is perhaps seen as outspoken as she is very direct and assertive.
Status
Known relatives: Joseph Danvers Sr. (father), Marie Danvers (mother), Joseph Danvers Jr. (brother), Steven Danvers (brother, deceased)Citizenship: American
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Current Avenger; former Agent of SHIELD, Chief of Tactical Operations and Superhuman Liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, freelance writer and magazine editor, NASA Chief of Security, CIA Agent, U.S. Air Force Colonel
Characteristics:
Gender: FemaleHeight: 5' 11"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Alternate Realities
Earth-1610 (Ultimate Universe)
Earth-295
Earth-58163
In the House of M reality, Carol was one of the most respected heroes on Earth. When the world was changed to make mutants superior to the humans, only few of them were actually loved by the main population. Carol was one of these exceptions as she was considered the greatest hero on Earth during the House of M.Earth-2149
Earth-4732
Earth-1298
In the Mutant X reality Carol was a member of the Starjammers. She called herself Binary, but didn't possess the cosmic powers.
Earth-398
Earth-398 was created when a long-time enemy of the Avengers, sorceress Morgan Le Fay, stole the Asgardian Twilight Sword and used its mystical energies to transform reality into an entirely medieval society. Carol became 'Lady Marvel' and was a member of Queen's Vengeance: Avengers that were transformed and bewitched into serving as Le Fay's personal bodyguards. Though Carol wore a medieval-dress version of her classic Ms. Marvel costume, she physically resembled her Binary self, with reddish skin and pupil-less eyes. She was drinking buddies with She-Hulk in this reality, a precursor to her alcoholic days in regular continuity. Eventually the Avengers discovered that this particular reality was a construct of Le Fay's, and the Scarlet Witch utilized her teammates' energies to thwart the sorceress's plans and transform reality back to normal.
Earth-9997
Earth X. Carol left Earth many years ago to help the remnants of the Kree homeworld. In this reality she goes by the alias Captain Marvel.Appearances in other media
X-Men: the Animated Series
Ms. Marvel appeared in the episode, a "Rogue's Tale", which depicts how Rogue came to posses her powers.Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2
Ms. Marvel appears as a playable character in both Marvel Ultimate Alliance and its sequel.
| Super Name: | Ms. Marvel |
| Real Name: | Carol Susan Jane Danvers |
| Aliases: |
Carol Susan Jane Danvers Catherine Donovan Binary Captain Marvel Lady Marvel Warbird Cheese Burger |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Radiation |
| 1st Appearance: | Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 1 #13 |
| Appears in: | 722 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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