History ComicBook / CaptainMarVell

And in an age when ComicBook/JeanGrey, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, ComicBook/GwenStacy ([[ComicBook/SpiderGwen sorta]]) and even Mar-Vell's enemy ComicBook/{{Thanos}} have all [[ComicBookDeath returned from the dead]] (and that's only sticking with examples within Marvel), Mar-Vell is still usually considered the last great symbol of death meaning something in comics. Aside from Uncle Ben.

This "Captain Marvel" was an alien (from the Kree, a race that looked ''[[HumanAliens exactly]]'' [[HumanAliens like humans]] except for a [[RubberForeheadAliens blue-skinned minority]] that rules them.) His name actually ''was'' Mar-Vell and he ''was'' a captain in the Kree army. He came to Earth as part of mission to investigate Earth's space technology achievements (later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by saying that Earth was located near a strategically important space warp.) Mar-Vell is sent to Earth while being monitored from orbit by the rest of his crew, which included his girlfriend Una and his superior, Colonel Yon-Rogg. Mar-Vell discovers he's [[ContrivedCoincidence the exact lookalike of an American senator]], who has just been murdered, so he takes over his identity to further his mission.

Monica was regularly featured in ''"Avengers"'' vol. 1 #227-294 (January, 1983: August, 1988). With most of her appearances written by Roger Stern. She has had several subsequent appearances among their ranks, typically in storylines involving reserve members called back to action, not as one of the regulars. She also starred in two one-shot ''"Captain Marvel''" publications, one in 1989 and the second in 1994. She has not been forgotten though as she has since had appearances as a member of ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} and the Marvel Divas, and is currently featured as a major character in the 2013 ''Mighty Avengers'' relaunch. She changes her codename a few times (the first two changes were as a direct result of Genis-Vell), most recently taking the name Spectrum.

* YourCheatingHeart: What made the Una-Mar-Vell-Carol Danvers love triangle so uncomfortable in the Captain Marvel comic book. For all his thoughts and declarations of love for Una, he didn't do much to push Carol away. In fact, he was not above making the occasional DeclarationOfProtection.
** It was later revealed that he once had a dalliance with a Skrull princess, the resulting offspring being Hulking of the Young Avengers.

And in an age when ComicBook/JeanGrey, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]] (sorta) and even Mar-Vell's enemy ComicBook/{{Thanos}} have all [[ComicBookDeath returned from the dead]] (and that's only sticking with examples within Marvel), Mar-Vell is still usually considered the last great symbol of death meaning something in comics. Aside from Uncle Ben.

* DeathIsCheap: Notably averted, as Mar-Vell is pretty much the only major Marvel superhero who died and has never been ressurected. This is because everyone seems to agree it would be distasteful to reverse a memorable, touching, and realistically (for superhero comics) depicted cancer death.

* NeverLiveItDown: Mar-Vell is best known as "that guy who died from cancer", both in-universe and out. As a career soldier, he ([[spoiler:actually Khn'nr]]) wasn't happy to find out he died on a sickbed instead of in battle.

And in an age when ComicBook/JeanGrey, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, and even Mar-Vell's enemy ComicBook/{{Thanos}} have all [[ComicBookDeath returned from the dead]] (and that's only sticking with examples within Marvel), Mar-Vell is still usually considered the last great symbol of death meaning something in comics. Aside from Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy.

Despite his death having occurred over thirty years ago and him unusually staying dead (save for a brief return during ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''), he and his legacy still exert a powerful influence on the Marvel Universe today.

* IHaveManyNames:

And in an age when Comicbook/JeanGrey, Comicbook/BuckyBarnes, and even Mar-Vell's enemy [[Comicbook/{{Thanos}} Thanos]] have all [[ComicBookDeath returned from the dead]] (and that's only sticking with examples within Marvel), Mar-Vell is still usually considered the last great symbol of death meaning something in comics. Aside from Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy.

!! Comicbook/CarolDanvers
In July 2012, a new ''Captain Marvel'' series was launched, with Carol Danvers taking on Mar-Vell's title, while [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 teenager Kamala Khan]] uses the Comicbook/MsMarvel name.

* AbortedArc: Before it was decided that the mysterious Captain Marvel who had been glimpsed during Comicbook/CivilWar was the "returned" Mar-Vell (see Back from the Dead below), it was intended to be the recently introduced character Gravity, who had somehow been given the costume and the role of Earth's protector. One can only assume it would have eventually been revealed just who gave Gravity the costume and the job.

* KilledOffForReal: One of the comicbook examples that actually ''stays'', unlike [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica the other Cap]].

%%* TheGoodCaptain

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Mar-Vell appears in the 2019 film ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' -- which features Carol Danvers in the title role, not Mar-Vell -— albeit with some significant changes.

Mar-Vell appears in the 2019 film ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' -- which features Carol Danvers in the title role, not himself— albeit with some significant changes: [[spoiler:namely, that this version of the character is a woman, as portrayed by Creator/AnnetteBening. Disguising herself as a human named Dr. ''Wendy'' Lawson, she's shown to be a mentor of Carol's in the top-secret Project Pegasus, using her cover to develop technology that could end the Kree-Skrull war. While trying to protect her work with Carol, their aircraft is shot down by Yon-Rogg and his Starforce, which ultimately leads to Mar-Vell's death. However, Mar-Vell's work is protected from the Kree Empire when Carol shoots and destroys it; the ensuing explosion gives Carol her powers. Later, Mar-Vell appears as Carol's customized AI in the Supreme Intelligence]].

As seen in the [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvel]] article, that name has been applied to various characters in American ComicBook history. This article is about the ones created by Creator/MarvelComics.

As seen in the Captain Marvel article, that name has been applied to various characters in American ComicBook history. This article is about the ones created by Creator/MarvelComics.

The betrayal from his own people (and the eventual death of Una) leads Mar-Vell to adopt Earth (and the name Captain Marvel) as his own. He had a brief relationship with ComicBook/CarolDanvers, a NASA security agent, who later becomes a superhero herself (and eventually taking on the mantle of [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]]). He gains new powers from an Earth scientist, and later, from The Supreme Intelligence, a supercomputer who is the Kree's true ruler. He also gained his more famous, red-and-blue costume from it.

The betrayal from his own people (and the eventual death of Una) leads Mar-Vell to adopt Earth (and the name Captain Marvel) as his own. He had a brief relationship with Carol Danvers, a NASA security agent, who later becomes a superhero herself (ComicBook/MsMarvel). He gains new powers from an Earth scientist, and later, from The Supreme Intelligence, a supercomputer who is the Kree's true ruler. He also gained his more famous, red-and-blue costume from it.

And in an age when Comicbook/JeanGrey, Comicbook/BuckyBarnes, and even Mar-Vell's enemy [[Comicbook/{{Thanos}} Thanos]] have all [[ComicBookDeath returned from the dead,]] Mar-Vell is still usually considered the last great symbol of death meaning something in comics. Aside from Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy.

Mar-Vell appears in the 2019 film ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' —which features Carol Danvers in the title role, not himself— albeit with some significant changes: [[spoiler:namely, that this version of the character is a woman, as portrayed by Creator/AnnetteBening. Disguising herself as a human named Dr. ''Wendy'' Lawson, she's shown to be a mentor of Carol's in the top-secret Project Pegasus, using her cover to develop technology that could end the Kree-Skrull war. While trying to protect her work with Carol, their aircraft is shot down by Yon-Rogg and his Starforce, which ultimately leads to Mar-Vell's death. However, Mar-Vell's work is protected from the Kree Empire when Carol shoots and destroys it; the ensuing explosion gives Carol her powers. Later, Mar-Vell appears as Carol's customized AI in the Supreme Intelligence]].

For a period of time, Marvel found himself accidentally "merged" with teenage singer Rick Jones (the same kid who was involved in the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk's origin) so that only one of them could exist in the universe, with the other one stuck in the [[AnotherDimension dimension]] called the [[AntiMatter Negative Zone]] until the one on Earth struck together his "nega-band" bracelets, causing them to switch places. (Writer Creator/RoyThomas has admitted that this was done as a nod to the original Captain Marvel, who was a child who could turn into an adult superhero.) It was later revealed that this was ThePlan of the Supreme Intelligence, who was really a MagnificentBastard whose ultimate goal was to jumpstart the evolutionary potential of the Kree race via Rick Jones's genes. Eventually, Marvel finds a way to bring back Rick from the Zone and they resume their lives.

Mar-Vell will appear in the 2019 film ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' --centered on Carol Danvers, rather than himself.