Peggy Carter Just Became Marvel's Most Valuable Superhero
Warning: Contains a preview for Captain Carter #1
The world's most powerful nations are fighting over Peggy Carter in Marvel's new Captain Carter miniseries by Jamie McKelvie, Marika Cresta, and Erick Arciniega. When she wakes up in the present after being frozen during World War II, the titular heroine is the most sought-after military asset in the world.
This new series by Marvel Comics is based on the episode of Marvel Studios' animated series What If...? that showed an alternate reality in which Peggy Carter becomes the first Super Soldier to fight the Nazis and Hydra in World War II. While not a direct continuation of the What If...? episode, Captain Carter will explore Peggy's life in a new, unfamiliar world when she is unthawed from ice just like what happened to Steve Rogers in the original Marvel Comics timeline, and has to adapt to it while fighting to protect people as she did during the war.
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A preview shared by Marvel shows that Captain Marvel's first days in the contemporary world are not easy. During a high-ranking reunion, Peggy's «status» is discussed by representatives of the world powers. The U.S. government wants Captain Carter to go to the United States, as she is "a matter of national security." The British representative argues that Peggy was only on secondment to a U.S. division during the war and she remains a British citizen, so she has to return home. The Russians are also making a claim based on territoriality (Peggy's frozen body was likely found near Russian waters, even if the preview does not state that explicitly). It is a difficult situation with tensions rising, and it's only defused by Peggy's timely and authoritative
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