This Captain Marvel character plays a key role in several of the publisher's more epic '70s storylines, including the Kree-Skrull War. Originally tasked with infiltrating Earth's culture for nefarious purposes, Mar-Vell quickly developed warm feelings toward the human race (including his new friend Carol Danvers) and became a hero, often helping his adopted planet fend off other hostile aliens. No, that honor goes to an actual Kree warrior, known by his people as Mar-Vell, introduced in 1967 in Marvel Super-Heroes #12. Is Carol Danvers the first Captain Marvel? The film will also draw from one of the classic 1970s Marvel storylines: When Earth got caught in the middle of an ancient war between the Kree and the shape-shifting alien race the Skrulls. The big-screen Carol Danvers will have the military background, and the Kree connection and will also be suffering from amnesia when the story begins, similar to what the comic book version endured in the '80s. The Captain Marvel movie reportedly goes back to the early days of the character - though it updates the action to the '90s, rather than the '60s and '70s. She also got new powers, and operated under the names 'Binary' and 'Warbird.' In recent years, the comic book Danvers has reverted to something more like her original superhero form, as Captain Marvel: an ace pilot and galaxy-hopping champion of the downtrodden. In the decades that followed, Carol dealt with mental and emotional problems, stemming from those two traumas. Almost as soon as she returned, she had her powers and memories stolen by a troubled mutant known as Rogue. The super-powered Danvers debuted in 1977, and spent a few years as a member of the Avengers before a capricious, godlike alien named Marcus brainwashed her and spirited her away to an alternate dimension. Then she suffered a freaky accident - as so many Marvel characters do - which fused her genetic structure with an alien warrior from the Kree race. Air Force officer and security liaison, Danvers popped up as a supporting player in several late '60s comic book stories.

Larson is playing Carol Danvers, a Marvel Comics character first introduced in non-powered, purely human form in Marvel Super-Heroes #13, in 1968.

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