Episode 8: Ms. Marvel / Captain Marvel

Me: *Reading Ms. Marvel #1* near the boutique*

Sweetie Belle: *Sees me and runs up to me* Hello Nick!

Me: Hello Sweetie Belle!

Sweetie Belle: *Looks at his comic* Who's that? She looks cool!

Me: Oh, her name is Ms. Marvel.

Sweetie Belle: Ms. Marvel?

Me: Ms. Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, is one of the must important super-heroines in Marvel history. She was 与えられた powers because she looked up to Captain Mar-Vell, and wanted to be equal with him

Sweetie Belle: Why did she want to be equal and not superior?

Me: Well, Ms. Marvel was created during the 60's, when second-wave feminism was a big thing.

Sweetie Belle: That's interesting.

Me: However, people saw her as a weak hero, as she only fought street-level thugs instead of powerful villains. Marvel had decided to change this, starting in Ms. Marvel #20*.

Sweetie Belle: I'll admit it, she sounds AWESOME!

Me: *Nods* However, they had her 登録する the Avengers in a pretty controversial issue...

Sweetie Belle: Well what happened?

Me: In Avengers #200*, she was mysteriously impregnated, and gave birth to a child who grew to the age of an adult in one day. She then fell in 愛 with the man, named Marcus Immortus, who had impregnated her in the first place.

Sweetie Belle: Yikes.

Me: Yeah...things would only get worse for her. When Rogue was a villain, she absorbed her powers and personality in Avengers Annual #10.

Sweetie Belle: Well...I hope things have gotten better for her nowadays...

Me: Oh, they have. She's actually taken the Captain Marvel mantle, starting in Captain Marvel #1*.

Sweetie Belle: Hooray! I'm gonna start 読書 Captain Marvel comics!

Me: Y'know, she's been lauded as being a good role model for young fans.

Sweetie Belle: I'm gonna ask Rarity to make me a Captain Marvel costume!