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She arrives inMarvel Super-heroesNo.
Beyond her second-hand getup, Ms.
But despite the redux, Carol Danvers still felt like a knockoff of Lois Lane, with Supermans powers.
1978: Black Spandex
Carol broke away from the Mar-Vell leotard in issue No.
Unbound by her legacy, she could slowly forge a new path.
1982: Disco Rebirth
Just as progress seemed inevitable, Carol suffered a setback.
She sought sanctuary with the X-men, defeated, de-powered, and without her cosmic spark.
In 1982, however, she got her chance to burn away the past in the pages ofUncanny X-Men.
1990s Through Early 2000s: Warbird
Again, the new freedom wouldnt last.
2006: Ms. Marvel Once More
The grim Who can you trust?
Marvel years stretched well into Bushs second term.
Captain America and Aunt May were both gunned down … in the same year.
But Carol Danvers had an opening for a bright comeback in a world craving straightforward superheroics.
And change she did.
2012: Captain Marvel Finally Lands
The aha moment in the characters career.
Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick reimagined Carol as a lady Chuck Yeager in her pitch for a newCaptain Marvelseries.
No thigh-highs, no eye mask, no cleavage.
It was instantly beloved, made into fan-art iconography before the first issue even hit stands.
The new Captain Marvel was not just futuristic, but prescient.
Like her 1978 incarnation, the fully realized Carol Danvers would battle a loss of memory and identity.
But at least this time, she could do it with agency and style.
