Captain Marvel

Parallels Collide: ‘Captain Marvel’ Takes Half A ‘Wonder Woman’ Approach When it comes to superhero flicks, there are bound to be some similarities. With Marvel announcing in 2016 they would be following DC’s lead in bringing one of its biggest female characters to the big screen, it’s hard not to look at the pre-production factors without finding some similarities. The Marvel heroine we’re talking about today is Carol Danvers a.k.a Captain Marvel. No, not DC’s Billy Baston also known as Shazam and Captain Marvel and certainly not the CW’s Supergirl who is known as Kara Danvers. No relation. For anyone who might be unfamiliar with Carol Danvers, she was originally known as Ms. Marvel before she took on the mantle Captain Marvel from Mar-Vell…

While in the same year only 12% of Marvel comic credits also belonged to women. The credits for comics include writers, editors, artists, colorists, and more. But the comics industry has come a long way from its golden age, Marvel currently has a podcast called The Women Of Marvel, which is run by a group of females who work for Marvel Comics who talk about the Marvel Universe, and other feminist issues within that topic. In May of 2015, Marvel published its first all-female superhero team…

Robert: So, in your experience, four tenths below the Commanders average, how detrimental is that to someone’s career? Captain Rink: None whatsoever. Robert: Would that be evidence by the fact that he actually received a promotion? Captain Rink: Yes, absolutely. Robert: Okay, and again, I know that you said you had no knowledge of the conversation that he alleged that you had with him, but did that conversation play at all into the statement in the FITREP or making my .4 below your…

“This court has determined regardless of supposed good intentions, Captain Wallace, you did aid in the death of Admiral Hawthorne by restraining the use of his arm,” Admiral ‘Round’ said, or so I referred to him. His girth surpassed his height so much so that he found need to stretch his arms and roll forward to reach the desk in front of him. “Therefore, you will be removed from service in the Royal Navy and no longer receive benefits associated with a member there of.” There were a number of…

Life Server A financially strained Valerie, learns she will be blocked from classes. She reads an email, “Urgent: Please pay your tuition, in order to continue your education.” This is Valerie’s last semester of law school. She visits Academic Advising asking, “Would it be terribly bad if I postponed one semester?” Her advisor responds, “Fill out this form and we will see you upon return.” Valerie despises everything; as she can’t ask her struggling parents for help. Valerie, now needs a job. …

similar that they might as well be the same character. Jason Todd is a DC character created in March 1983 as a sidekick for Batman to replace his first prodigy, Dick Grayson. Bucky Barnes is a Marvel character created in March 1941 as a sidekick for Captain America. The two boys share several critical personality traits, but overall are very different. In Life James Buchannan “Bucky” Barnes was born March 9, 1925. Bucky’s father died in combat and his mother from some mysterious illness,…

With the help of Iron Man (Tony Stark), Thor, The Incredible Hulk (Bruce Banner), Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Captain America they protect New York City and the rest of the world against Loki, brother of Thor, and his army. Nick Furry, being the director of S.H.I.E.L.D, assembles the Avengers team to fight against Loki and to get the Tesseract. Jeffery Anderson stated in The Examiner that “This movie has it all: gorgeously clear action, humor, suspense and even passion” (Anderson). The Avengers…

Captain America Civil War is the first summer blockbuster movie of 2016. The third film in the story of Steve Rodgers made $678.4 million worldwide, surpassing Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The film made $200 million overseas before it released in the United States and China, the two largest movie markets in the world. Civil War puts Team Captain America against Team Iron Man with a couple of returning superheroes. We see Black Widow (Scarlett…

things don’t appear to be changing any time soon. It’s a great time to be alive for Marvel fans. With dozens of film on the way in the coming years (maybe even another decade), there definitely won 't be any shortage of super heroes actions. With new films constantly being added to the list, here are a few that will have comic books fans feel like they’re in heaven. Ant-Man and the Wasp An Ant-Man sequel, titled Ant-Man and the Wasp is now set to release in 2018. Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly…

Civil War is the largest (to date) production in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It divides The Avengers against each other by forcing them to take sides either in agreement with the Sokovia Accords or against them. The Sokovia Accords are an act to register all enhanced humans, restrict use of their powers and control their missions. This is in response to multiple incident’s where collateral damage left thousands dead. Captain America and those that agree with him are against signing the act,…