Issue 41 - Carol Danvers

Capes On the Couch - Where Comics Get Counseling

Before Captain Marvel drops in theaters this week, listen to Anthony & Doc dissect CAROL DANVERS! This is our heaviest episode yet, as we take on Carol's history and issues with authority. You won't want to miss this one - listen now!

SHOW NOTES: (Please be advised that we offer a trigger warning for sexual abuse/rape victims for this episode.)

• Introduction

  • Shoutout to AnxZenity – Gerald’s battle with anxiety & panic disorder – (4:30)

• Background (4:57)

  • Carol Danvers created by Roy Thomas & Gene Colan in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (March 1968)

  • Originally an Air Force officer working as head of security of a missile base alongside Dr. Walter Lawson, the alias of Mar-Vell, aka Captain Marvel

  • Gets caught in explosion of a Kree device called the Psyche-Magnetron, sustaining serious injuries – healed by Captain Marvel, she returns with superhuman abilities

  • Originally, abilities manifested themselves without her conscious knowledge

  • Now calling herself Ms. Marvel, she works as a human-Kree hybrid, she joins the Avengers

  • Was unaware she became Ms. Marvel until some time later

  • Avengers 200 – she is kidnapped by Marcus, the son of Immortus, and brought to an alternate dimension where he uses machines to seduce and impregnate her – their “son” rapidly ages to another version of Marcus – he takes her back to the alternate dimension after the Avengers believe she’s fallen in love with him

  • She returns to Earth after Marcus dies, and she’s attacked by Rogue, who absorbs her powers and memories – she confronts the Avengers, saying they did nothing to stop Marcus from brainwashing her

  • Lived without powers for a while, and helped the X-Men as a pilot

  • Gets experimented on by the Brood and becomes Binary – gains the power of a star

  • Later loses her powers, and uses the name Warbird – becomes an alcoholic after getting depressed about the loss of power

  • Returns to the Ms. Marvel name after House of M, and joins Iron Man’s side as an advocate for the Registration Act during Civil War

  • Joins the New Avengers after Secret Invasion storyline

  • Becomes Captain Marvel in 2012, and rejoins the main Avengers team

  • In Civil War II, she leads the heroes who want to use a pre-cognitive powered individual to arrest people before they commit crimes

  • Revealed last year that her mother was Kree, and the Psyche-Magnetron revealed her latent powers, rather than fused her DNA

• Issues (14:44)

  • Her assertiveness is used against her by some men - Been a target because of her positive traits

  • Carries the mantle of Captain Marvel and all the associated baggage (28:50)

  • Marcus incident and fallout from that (39:30)

• Treatment (47:53)

  • In-universe

  • Out of universe (56:13)

• Skit (63:04)

• Ending (69:37)

References:

• Tony Stark episode - Anthony - 9:47
• Minority Report - Anthony - 13:19
• Philip K. Dick - Doc - 13:21
• Title IX - Doc - 20:10
• The Troubles - Doc - 26:59
• Crabs in a bucket - Anthony - 28:00
• Gatekeeping - Anthony - 28:05
• Jessica Jones episode - Doc - 30:47
• Rape as Backstory - TV Tropes - Anthony - 40:31
• Rape/sexual abuse help centers - Doc - 44:43

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