Captain Marvel goes to war.
Carol Danvers will lead a strike force over the skies of Battleworld in a new Secret Wars: Warzones book.
Marvel announced Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps by writers Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kelly Thompson and artist David Lopez.
The book introduces a new Captain Marvel. In the birth of Battleworld a new Marvel reality and Carol Danvers emerges.
“This is our Carol if the situation had been different,” DeConnick told Marvel.com. “She comes from a different world, but her personality traits are essentially the same.”
“All the core stuff is the same,” Thompson added. “She’s got powers. She’s a hero. She’s a pilot. I think that is one of the things I find most interesting about [this series] actually. She’s a very defined person and changing her environment and circumstances—she’s still that person.”
DeConnick confirmed this Danvers is not an Avenger but part of an elite squadron. The book will introduce Hala Field as the home base of Carol’s squadron and see the return of Helen Cobb and all the women Carol has admired. Cobb was Carol’s mentor from the first arc of the first volume.
This launch expands Marvel’s commitment to diversity which is paying off with a diverse, devoted fan base.
“It’s really meant to be a celebration of all of the women, and not even just women, all of the fans who flock towards Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers, who are really saluting her while they’re reading about her at the same time,” Marvel Editor Sana Amanat told Fast Company.
Amanat edits Ms. Marvel and was recently promoted to Marvel’s Director of Content and Character Development.
Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps launches June 10th.
By Editor