First up let's tackle Captain Marvel, otherwise known as Carol Danvers. Brie Larson is playing her in the film, but in the comics, the character wasn't actually called Captain Marvel until fairly recently at least in comic years.
Danvers originally went by Ms. Marvel as an homage to the one who gave Danvers her powers, who happened to be a Kree warrior named Mar-Vell undercover as Walter Lawson. Now, as we know, Carol's origin in the movie ended up getting some tweaks, though Mar-Vell still played a big part.
Wendy Lawson revealed herself to be Mar-Vell to Carol before she died, and her Lightspeed Engine is what ended up giving Carol her powers.
Even with those changes, the major beats remain. So, who is Mar-Vell then? In the comics, Mar-Vell ended up as part of a task force who were sent by the Kree to spy on Earth. Unfortunately, he happened to be under the command of Colonel Yon-Rogg, whose jealousy put a target on Mar-Vell's back.
After an assassination attempt gone wrong, Mar-Vell ended up saving innocent bystanders from a Kree Sentry. The grateful citizens misheard his name of Mar-Vell, and thus called him Captain Marvel from that point on.
Mar-Vell was the first to use the name, but during his adventures, he saved Carol Danvers from Yon-Rogg, who was still pissed and jealous mind you. He shielded her from the blast of the Psyche-Magnitron, and while he did protect her, she also ended up absorbing some of his genetic makeup, thus changing her DNA and granting her powers.
So, you can see why she adopted the Ms. To retain their trademark, Marvel continued to produce Captain Marvel comics with various characters taking on the name following the death of Mar-Vell in Marvel's first graphic novel, 's The Death of Captain Marvel.
This was after she was changed into a human-Kree hybrid with superpowers following an explosion involving a Kree device. We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. She assumed the Captain Marvel moniker in and has remained Captain Marvel in the Marvel Comics universe to this day. Captain Marvel is out in cinemas on March 8, with Shazam! Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features?
Type keyword s to search. Related Story. Pre-Order Now. Captain Marvel Avengers: Endgame []. Marvel comic that she was introduced in her costumed guise. This is a tough one to decide. Both Carol and Billy are incredibly powerful beings. Their array of abilities makes them one-person armies. Nevertheless, Captain Marvel has a slight edge. Shazam gets his powers from magic.
Should there be an interruption in that flow, which has happened from time to time, he resorts back to Billy Batson. Though Carol has had moments where her powers waned, especially after Rouge took some of them, she has a continual power source — not only from the Psyche-Magnetron, but also her ability to absorb photon energy.
Shazam is the winner of this contest. Carol is definitely smart, no question about that. However, she doesn't have the knowledge of literally eons behind her. Shazam certainly does. He has the wisdom of Solomon endowed upon him when he speaks the magic word. That's a level of intelligence that goes well beyond the information gathered in a college or military academy.
Both superheroes have had leadership thrust upon them over the decades. Shazam has been at it longer as the leader of different Marvel Family incarnations. Today, he leads the members of his foster family in their superhero forms. On the other hand, Carol entered her leadership role while in the Air Force. She was the head security officer for a restricted base. It wasn't until that she was promoted to be the leader of an Avengers team.
Despite being a member of the Avengers since the s, Carol has had her issues within the team. In particular, her time as Warbird when the team reformed after their reappearance from an alternate universe.
Her out of control drinking during that term resulted in her suspension from the team. Meanwhile, Shazam has been an active member of various teams over his lifetime. On top of the Marvel Family, he has come and gone as a part of numerous Justice Society and Justice League incarnations.
During those times, he proved himself as an upstanding teammate. Carol wins this hands down.
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