Ms. Marvel

"Who's up for a little first contact?"

―Carol Danvers^[src]

Carol Danvers is a friend of Janet Van Dyne. She worked with Dr. Philip Lawson, until he was found out to be the Kree scientist also known as Captain Marvel. After encountering the 459, she was exposed to the cosmic energy that was flowing over Lawson, Carol was transferred to a hospital for recovery, where she discovered she had gained powers from her exposure.

She later became Ms. Marvel and joined S.W.O.R.D. and later the Avengers.

Biography

Carol and Phil — Captain Philip Lawson and Major Carol Danvers

Carol Danvers was a U.S. Army Major who was tasked as second-in-command to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Extra-Terrestrial Division known as S.W.O.R.D.. She worked alongside Dr. Philip Lawson in a special satellite base in Colorado. She apprently knew Wasp before she joined S.W.O.R.D. After an attack by a 459 Sentry, Lawson revealed himself to be a Kree warrior/scientist known as Captain Marvel. During the battle, an explosion caught both Marvel and Danvers in the middle, causing Danvers to be exposed by the cosmic energy flowing around Mar-Vell. Carol was transferred to a hospital for recovery, where she discovered she had gained powers from her exposure.

Joining the Avengers

Later, Danvers returned to S.W.O.R.D. as second-in-command at Damocles Base. As the Kree landed their ship and got on the ground, Carol questioned Captain Marvel's motives behind allowing the Kree to invade her planet, as she had thought all the time he was in space he was fighting for the rights of the planet. She was quickly brushed aside by a few Kree soldiers. When the Kree attacked, she teamed up with Iron Man, "Captain America", and The Hulk against Ronan and The now-enemy known as Mar-Vell. After the battle, both were insprisoned in Area 42 and Iron Man offered Ms. Marvel a spot on The Avengers which she excitedly accepted.

Leaving the Avengers

She often helped the Avengers on occasions. Her membership with the team was celebrated at a diner with Iron Man, Wasp, Hawkeye and Captain America, they were attacked by Griffin, whom the other Avengers let her fight due to her being the newest. She stayed with the Avengers until Iron Man told his teammates about the Skrull infiltration and accused one of them of being a Skrull spy before they fight among themselves. After their clash, Iron Man left the team along with Ms. Marvel, and Black Panther leaving only Hulk, Wasp, Hawkeye and "Captain America" left on the team.

Skrull invasion

118 — Ms. Marvel teams up with the Skrull Avengers, whom she did not know were Skrulls at the time, to fight the real Black Panther and the Wakanda forces.

While working for S.W.O.R.D., she noticed a Skrull ship crashing. She called in her former Avengers teammates and went up to the ship. The ship contained all of the Avengers, claiming they had been captured by the Skrulls and escaped because of Hulk's rage destroying their prisons.

When Black Panther arrived at the scene, she was convinced by the Avengers that he was a Skrull and attacked him with them.

She was convinced that Black Panther was himself when Wasp and Hawkeye came to assist him. After the Skrulls were defeated by the Avengers, she apologized to him for mistaking him for a Skrull. She interrogated the Skrull impersonating Iron Man and questioned his involvement with his species. After the interrogation, she left Wakanda with Wasp and Hawkeye to defend Earth from the Skrulls.

She helped Iron Man, Thor, and Hawkeye find Captain America and Spider-Man after the Serpant Society attacked them.

Assault on 42

When Ms. Marvel, Thor, Captain America, and Wasp took Whirlwind to Prision 42, Annihilus attacked them. The prisioners helped them fight him and his Negative Zone Bugs. Blizzard, Radioactive Man, and Whirlwind were killed. Ms. Marvel protected the portal with some SHEILD agents. She was about to destory the gateway so the bugs could not get to Earth and destory life when Abomination and The Leader came and disrupted the sheilds protecting Annihilus. The avengers defeated him and the bugs fled. The prisioners were either taken to Hydro-Base or sent back to their cells.

The Return of Ultron

Ultron, a previous foe of the Avengers, returned with a new AI: Vision. The robot attacked a few Avengers in Wakanda and faced Carol when he abducted Wasp. While saving Wasp, she encountered a few robotic versions of the Avengers, including a robotic version of herself. This lead to confrontation between her and her robotic counterpart, resulting in her as the winner. After Vision saved Wasp and defeated Ultron, she welcomed Vision to join the Avengers, after repairs.

Virus

Soon after defeating Ultron, an unknown virus was passed around New York. The disease made the contractor look like Red Skull and become very weak in strength. Ms. Marvel fought off Doc Samson when he lead an invasion on the Avengers Mansion in an attempt to quarantine the team. Ms. Marvel fell while fighting him a couple of times, due to the virus eating her away. After Doc Samson got into Iron Man's room that he was keeping everyone in, Ms. Marvel knocked him out cold. Before she could fully celebrate her victory, she gave into the virus and was picked up by Iron Man and taken to recover.

Appearance

She is a female human having her hair in an elastic band. She has blue eyes, blonde hair and an average female body.

Later, she wears her hair out (and it seems much longer). Her hair is also brighter than it was before she gained her powers (possibly because of Kree infusion). Her hair colour and slight body changes could be possible because of the accident. She also wears a scarf around her neck.

Personality

She's a headstrong and cool person with a kind heart and a love for adventuring. She sometimes get emotional on current situations. She takes responsibilites seriously. She also has a great sense of humor.

Relationships

Captain Marvel

As Dr. Phillip Lawson, she worked with him for three years as friends. Inspired by his name, she named her hero name Ms. Marvel after him. But since she misunderstood him of the Kree attack on Earth, her relationship became bitter.

Iron Man

Ms. Marvel seems to get along with Iron Man very well and they seem to have a very good relationship it is unknown if she is Iron Man's crush from the comics.

Wasp

Wasp and Ms. Marvel have a friendly relationship. They talk about Wasp's relationship with Hank. This is makes them currently the only Avengers to talk about romance or romantic relationships with other members. Wasp was glad when she first joined the team, because, this meant she would no longer be the only female Avenger. Wasp was the only member of the team that did not pick a side when Hawkeye was accused of being a skrull.She also tried to convice Ms. Marvel not to fight as well as the other avengers.

Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Strength: Ms. Marvel, thanks to her perfectly amalgamated alien Kree/Human physiology, is superhumanly strong to an unknown limit. Hawkeye implies that she is just beneath the Hulk and Thor in levels of physical strength. She was able to repeatedly dish out hits to the villains Griffin and Ronan the Accuser to great effect. Her strength can be augmented by absorption of various types of energy. By doing so, she was able to defeat both Ronan and his Universal weapon.

Superhuman Durability: Carol's skin, bones, and tissue are far harder and resistant to damage when compared to an ordinary human. Like her physical strength, Carol's maximum durability has been compared to her teammates Hulk and Thor, who ware both incredibly durable themselves. She has withstood being blasted and struck repeatedly by Ronan the Accuser, and didn't seem to be effected by Griffin biting into her leg and throwing her around, holding a conversation with Wasp and Hawkeye at the same time. Her durability is increased by the fact that she is able to absorb energy, both by the fact that most energy based attacks are rendered ineffective, and because the absorption of said energy acutally increases the amount of damage her body is capable of taking.

Flight: Carol is able to soar through the air at high speeds and with great manuverability. Her top speed is unknown. Her flight speed could presumably be increased by the absorption of energy.

Energy Projection: Carol is able to project bursts of yellow energy from her hands as a form of ranged combat. These blasts can vary in power, depending on the amount of energy Carol has currently absorbed. It appears as though her body generates its own energy, since she is still able to utilize the blasts without having previously absorbed energy.

Energy Absorption: Carol is able to absorb various kinds of energy, such as the cosmic energy produced by Ronan's Universal Weapon. This energy serves to increase her other abilities, allowing her to become far stronger, take more damage, fly faster, and produce even more powerful energy blasts. This power also means that most energy attacks are rendered completely ineffective against Carol, leaving foes with such powers defenseless against her. She was able to use this power to render the extremely powerful Ronan the Accuser unconscious, when attacks by the more physically imposing Hulk had failed. If Carol attempts to absorb massive amounts of energy, it may overload her and cause her pain. When she is fully charged, Carol's body becomes a black silhouette and she glows brightly with yellow energy. The amount of energy she can absorb is unknown but she displayed the ability to absorb massive amounts of Galactus's energy when he attacked Earth in the series finale.

Trivia

She returned in Season Two and joined the Avengers as Ms. Marvel.
In the comics the mantle of Ms. Marvel was taken by former criminal Moonstone. After the Dark Avengers disbanded she returned to being Moonstone and Carol returned as Ms. Marvel.
Ms. Marvel is the first Avenger who's origin is seen on screen.
Ms. Marvel is the first female Avenger to join the team since it's inception.
During a featurette on a season one DVD, it was stated that the producers always wanted to do Ms. Marvel, but were unsure of how to adapt her properly. Which is why in season one, she appeared unpowered.

Appearances

Avengers Members
Founding Members
Iron Man • Thor • Hulk • Ant-Man • Wasp
New Members Season 1
Captain America • Black Panther • Hawkeye
New Members Season 2
Captain America (Skrull) • Ms. Marvel • Vision • Red Hulk • Spider-Man