Line #18 ComicBook/CaptainCarter


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4	''Captain Carter'' (subtitled ''Woman out of Time'' for the collected edition) is a limited series from Creator/MarvelComics, written by Creator/JamieMcKelvie (who also contributes the cover art) and illustrated by Marika Cresta, with color art by Erick Arciniega.
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6	The series is connected to the shared Franchise/MarvelUniverse, but set in an [[AlternateUniverse/MarvelUniverse alternate universe]] where ComicBook/PeggyCarter became a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII superhero, taking the super-soldier role normally occupied by ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (Steve Rogers).
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8	Frozen for almost 80 years, Peggy’s reawakened in the modern world and faces a new set of challenges.
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10	Although this [[ComicBook/Exiles2018 isn’t the first comic series]] to imagine a world where Carter takes Rogers’ place in some way, the series was announced not long after the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What if…?]]'' introduced a Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse version of the concept, and it follows some aspects of that story.
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12	The first issue was released March 9, 2022.
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15	!!''Captain Carter'' provides examples of:
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17	* AliensInCardiff: Batroc in Immingham, a rather small [[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Lincolnshire]] town.
18	* AllInTheManual: The series never specifies which of Marvel's many {{Alternate Universe}}s it's set in, but an issue of ''ComicBook/BetsyBraddockCaptainBritain'' later mentions that it's Earth-76.
19	* AlternativeSelfNameChange: A minor one for a supporting character. Lizzie Braddock rather than [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Betsy Braddock]]. And Lizzie's grandfather was Jacob Braddock in this world, not John.
20	* AlternateUniverse: The story is set in one ([[AllInTheManual later labelled]] as Earth-76). The Prime Minister offhandedly mentions a Fantastic ''Five'' instead of Four. Despite the character similarities, it's not set in the ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' series' universe either, as Peggy goes from WWII to modern day as a HumanPopsicle (in the same way as Captain America), not by crossing an interdimensional portal.
21	* BlandNameProduct: Used throughout the NewspaperBackstory pages.
22	** Social media giant mys-tech is a ContinuityNod to Creator/MarvelUK's omnipresent EvilInc Mys-Tech, but the industry, font and lower case logo also make it clear that it's referencing Website/{{Facebook}}.
23	** ''The Morning Sentinel'' is clearly based on British broadsheet newspaper''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Guardian]]''.
24	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Prime Minister, "Harry Williams", is actually the vampire John Falsworth. His main Marvel Universe (Earth-616) counterpart is better known as Baron Blood]].
25	* CanonImmigrant: This particular take on Captain Carter is heavily inspired by the ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If…?]]'' animated version.
26	* CaptainPatriotic: Invoked by Prime Minister Harry Williams, who wants Peggy to be Britain's "greatest hero", complains that nearly all of the current superheroes are American and states her presence in Britain's hour of need would signal the nation's return to global significance.
27	* CassandraTruth: This is everyone's first reaction [[spoiler:to hearing about vampires being real, and that Williams is one. "Willams"/Falsworth has been running on this all his existence.]]
28	* CoincidentalBroadcast: The second issue starts with TV screens showing the Prime Minister being interviewed about the Hydra attacks and proposed changes to the anti-terrorism laws. Breaking news talks about a new attack and then Peggy's shield shatters the TV screen, which is revealed to be in an electronics shop, as the story shifts to the action.
29	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Unsurprisingly, Carter looks like the actress portraying her in the MCU, Creator/HayleyAtwell.
30	* ComicBookTime: Downplayed, as the montage of present day [[NewspaperBackstory newspaper stories]] opening the second issue are clearly dated April and May 2022, with the newspapers opening the fourth issue later in May, but captions within the story itself are more generic.
31	* CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit: It’s the popsicle variant rather than time travel, and it’s not intentional, but between that and nobody cutting off her pay[=/=]pension by officially declaring her dead Peggy wakes up to find her bank balance is looking pretty good.
32	* ContinuityNod: Lots of them in opening newspaper montages.
33	** The second issue includes a "Carter Vexes Vixen" headline. Vixen was a recurring villain in the Marvel UK ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'' stories.
34	** A newspaper in the fourth issue has a "free phone for every reader" offer from social media giant mys-tech (written in AllLowercaseLetters in a font that's [[BlandNameProduct oddly similar]] to the Website/{{Facebook}} logo). Mys-Tech was the BigBad for Marvel UK's 1990s books, an EvilInc corporation led by immortal magicians who'd made a DealWithTheDevil.
35	** The fourth issue's montage also mentions the apparent death of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk U.S. nuclear energy expert Bruce Banner]] in an experimental accident, a [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor figure seen fighting a dragon during an Icelandic storm]], a [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Canadian hermit whose genes might unlock eternal youth]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Professor Max Eisenhardt]], expert on mutants, caught up in a row at a London university.
36	** There‘s also a half-seen headline asking whether "-oni really created" "-al intelligence", which seems to be a reference to Marvel UK's Nakasoni Corporation and ''ComicBook/{{Digitek}}''.
37	* CyanidePill: The first Hydra assassin takes one after the attack on the bus, preventing Peggy from interrogating him.
38	* {{Cyborg}}: This version of Tony Stark is a cyborg, with a synthetic body built around his original brain and spine - although he appears totally human until he uses his powers. His hand splits and disassembles, revealing machinery, whenever he deploys a HandBlast.
39	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: This version of S.T.R.I.K.E. split from S.H.I.E.L.D., ostensibly to allow the UK government to make its own decisions and reduce red tape. In practice, that's making it much harder for them to work with foreign intelligence agencies. Brexit is never mentioned, but it's very familiar language (and consequences) for British readers.
40	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Peggy finds herself in this situation. For her, World War II was only weeks ago.
41	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The electronics shop seen in the second issue is owned by Stark Industries. Tony Stark turns up in the third issue.
42	* GovernmentConspiracy: As of the second issue, it's clear that the Prime Minister has his own agenda. The veiled threats about the fate of Lizzie's family and the end-of-issue ambush he arranges confirm that he's prepared to assassinate people to continue it. [[spoiler:And all of that's before he's revealed as an actual PresidentEvil, a fake identity for vampire John Falsworth]].
43	* HandBlast: Tony Stark's preferred weapon. This version of Stark is a cyborg and his artificial hand can split apart to reveal a concealed blaster.
44	* HumanPopsicle: Peggy’s been frozen in ice since the last days of World War II.
45	* InSpiteOfANail: Downplayed, but [[spoiler:Harley still ends up as a cyborg after a throat injury, just as her counterpart in the 'main' Marvel universe (Earth-616) did. It's downplayed because we don't see her using the same sonic powers]].
46	* JurisdictionFriction: Carter's rediscovery sets this off briefly between the Russians (salvage rights to the seabed where the Hydra craft was found), the United States (who came up with the Super Soldier Serum) and Britain. Things had degenerated to an acrimonious shouting match before Peggy interrupted them (by smashing the tables between the representatives), confirmed her citizenship status, and expressed a desire to go home.
47	* JustFollowingOrders: Prime Minister Harry Williams tries to use a variant of this, with a touch of MyCountryRightOrWrong. His internment camps and deportation orders for asylum seekers may be inhumane, but those policies reflect the "will of the people", so he doesn’t accept much responsibility for them.
48	* MindOverMatter: Lizzie Braddock's revealed to have telekinetic powers.
49	* MythologyGag:
50	** The first issue shows Peggy in a red jacket, standing out in a crowd of grey, echoing the red hat crowd scenes in ''Series/AgentCarter''.
51	** The energy guns used by Hydra attackers in the second issue are identical to those from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.
52	** There's a "[[ComicBook/MotormouthAndKillpower Motormouth + Killpower]]" poster in Harley's apartment.
53	* NewspaperBackstory: The first issue opens with a newspaper montage page establishing what happened to Peggy in the 1940s. The second issue uses a similar montage for the present day, showing her initial activities as a superhero.
54	* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Peggy's shield, as you might expect. Batroc initially thinks she's thrown it away in response to his challenge. Then it ricochets and hits him in the back of the head.
55	* PredecessorVillain: Baron Von Strucker and Zemo are initially positioned this way. The modern Hydra is continuing their war and using Zemo's technology for weapons.
56	* PresidentEvil: Harry Williams, the British Prime Minister. [[spoiler:Who's actually the vampire [[CanonCharacterAllAlong John Falsworth]]]].
57	* PunchAWall: At the start of the first issue, just after Peggy's been revived, representatives of several nations are squabbling over her future as if she's property, not a person. Peggy's in the room while all this is happening, and eventually ends the debate by punching - and breaking - the meeting table.
58	* RaceLift: A RaceLift/ChangingTheMajority example. In the original ''ComicBook/MotormouthAndKillpower'' series, Harley was white. In Captain Carter's alternate universe, she's Black.
59	* RefusalOfTheCall: After being defrosted, Peggy is not interested in becoming Britain's national superhero and tries to stay anonymous. However, Peggy winds up stopping assassins from killing bystanders and the British public immediately gushes over her.
60	* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Tony Stark is Howard Stark's grandson here instead of his son.
61	* TheReveal: Prime Minister Harry Williams is [[spoiler:John Falsworth, the vampire better known in the main (Earth-616) universe as Baron Blood]]. And the blonde woman who confronted Peggy and Tony [[spoiler:is Lady Jacqueline Falsworth, whose Earth-616 equivalent is the super-fast vampiric superhero Spitfire]].
62	* SuperSoldier: Captain Carter herself, as an alternate version of Captain America.
63	* ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: Unsurprisingly, as an alternate Captain America, Peggy lives and breathes this trope.
64	* WriterOnBoard: Downplayed, as it's well integrated into the story and fuels plot. Carter's version of the UK reflects a lot of the nation's real 2022 political challenges, including nationalistic nostalgia, the 'hostile environment' for asylum seekers and the UK's post-Brexit approach to international cooperation and world politics. Jamie [=McKelvie=] has been outspoken about much of this on social media, and the alternate world setting gives it a little distance from real events.
65	* WrittenByTheWinners:
66	** Peggy is not happy with her international team of World War II commandos being written out, replaced with the idea that Britain's champion did it all herself.
67	** More broadly, the post-war end of the British Empire is handled this way, with references to Operation Legacy, the Windrush generation and the Partition of India all airbrushed out. The narrative is that the Empire benevolently granted independence to the colonies. As Harley points out, the reality is more complicated.
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