Captain Marvel Subtly Retcons Her Most Disturbing Moment
Warning: contains spoilers for Captain Marvel #38!
Marvel's Captain Marvel has a very long history within comics, spanning decades — so her backstory would naturally be subject to the occasional retcon over time. While Carol Danvers has changed powers, outfits, teams and locations constantly, she is first and foremost a hero in the Marvel Universe and as such is very reluctant to kill her opponents, even during times of war. She wasn't always like this, however, and thoughCaptain Marvel #38 attempts to retcon away her disturbing and violent past, fans of the character know better.
In current comics continuity, Carol Danvers has begun a new story arc in which she teaches the new superhero Binary about life on Earth. Created from her own energy after being imprisoned in a space coffin by the villain Vox Supreme, Binary appears to have all the powers of Captain Marvel but no experience in using them, and Captain Marvel is forced to explain concepts like retaliation, pain, and even death. Unfortunately, Carol is mysteriously transported to an unknown location, leaving Binary to fend for herself (and learn from Spider-Woman and Hazmat in Carol's absence).
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In Captain Marvel #38, written by Kelly Thompson with art by Juan Frigeri and Alvaro Lopez, readers catch up on Carol Danver's story seemingly after much time has passed (or none at all; this world might be illusionary while Binary continues to exist in the same timeframe). Danvers lives in an alien landscape on an unknown world. After traveling for days, she approaches a massive alien dragon (that was threatening alien civilians) and slays it with a sword. «I don't relish killing anything, but I cannot
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