Marvel revealed the new creative team for Captain Marvel. They recruited the women behind the acclaimed Agent Carter television series.
Kelly Sue DeConnick announced she’s leaving the book after transforming Carol Danvers into Captain Marvel, inspiring the Carol Corps fan base and taking the Avenger to new creative heights.
The showrunners of Marvel’s Agent Carter will be the new writers of Captain Marvel revealed in Fast Company.
Tara Butters and Michelle Fazekas will be joined by artist Kris Anka (Uncanny X-Men) and Captain Marvel will be based at her own space station when the series picks eight months after the events of Secret Wars.
“This is really meant to be the next level for Captain Marvel,” Editor Sana Amanat told Fast Company. “Carol is really meant to be a soldier and a commander, and also a diplomat. We’re really trying to build up this space complex and this space world. You’ll really feel like there’s an extension of the Avengers world into space, but not necessarily lost out in the Guardians of the Galaxy cosmos. It’s rooted in Earth but also an extension into the galaxy.”
Amanat confirmed S.W.O.R.D. (Sentient World Observation and Response Department), will not be part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now and that leads to Danvers’ new role.
“One of the first things that happens when she comes to the station is they’re going to come upon a ghost ship, what seems to be a ghost ship,” says Fazekas. “No crew, or a dead crew. What we’ll find out over the first six issues is that it’s not a coincidence that it’s headed towards Earth and Captain Marvel.”
“She’s so different than Captain America or other superheroes. Does she even want this?”
DeConnick’s approach to Danvers was she’s a female Chuck Yeagher and reflected in her new costume and her personal mission to be the best.
“We love the fact that she wanted to be a test pilot, someone who tests boundaries,” said Butters. “I feel that’s brought into her superhero character, where she’s pushing herself. Sometimes she takes risks that she shouldn’t take” added Fazekas.
Watch for the new Captain Marvel #1 coming this fall.
By Editor