Marvel's New Captain Carter Fixes Its Biggest 'What If' Mistake
Warning: contains spoilers forCaptain Carter #1!
Marvel'sCaptain Carter is a variant of Captain America, but Peggy Carter is a British citizen. Despite her country of origin, Marvel continues to forget that Peggy Carter is in fact British; this was exemplified in Marvel's What If...? TV show on Disney+ back in 2021. With the release of Captain Carter #1, this officially changes as Peggy is finally asserting herself in the comics, something she wasn't given the proper change to do in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Released in 2021, Marvel's What If...? TV show was the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first foray into the world of animation. The all-powerful and otherworldly Watcher guides viewers from alternate reality to alternate reality, introducing the audience to the concept of the Marvel Multiverse (this would later be explored further in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness). The first episode depicted an alternate universe in which Peggy Carter received the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers, turning her into Captain Carter.
Related: Why Marvel Named Peggy 'Captain Carter' Instead of Captain Britain
Yet, during her exploits, Captain Carter is still commanded by American superiors during the majority of the episode. While it's true that the Americans and the British were close allies during World War II, they did have separate chains of command. She constantly answers to American commanders and pals around with Howard Stark instead of any British colleagues. That changes with the release of Captain Carter #1, which shows Peggy Carter's decidedly British roots.
In the comic, one of Carter's first lines is also an action of maintaining her own agency. «Am I still a
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