When talking about Captain Marvel it is almost impossible to neglect Kelly Sue DeConnick's contributions to the character. With Jamie McKelvie's redesign signalling a new era for the character, DeConnick thrust Danvers back into the middle of the Marvel Universe and as Earth's premier intergalactic ambassador, resulting in some truly fascinating and charming tales that wasted no time at all in showing just how much butt Danvers could kick.
Travelling between solar systems, planets and galaxies, Carol often found herself slap-bang in the middle of alien disputes. There was almost a Star Trek-esque feel to these adventures, but unlike the crew of the Enterprise, Captain Marvel was never afraid to put her foot down if the occasion called for it.
In one such instance, during a battle with a group who were effectively space pirates (not the good kind, like the Starjammers), Carol hopped out of her own ship and obliterated the leading vessel. Then, in a separate incident on the planet Torfa, Carol drew a big ol' cosmic line in the sand and prevented an oncoming fleet from attacking the planet altogether.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
