4. The Death Of Mar-Vell Causes Carol To Leave Earth
Marvel Comics
In the comics, Carol Danvers first assumes the Ms. Marvel identity during an encounter with the original Mar-Vell, and she hangs around on Earth for most of the time after the fact. The only time she truly left Earth for a protracted period was during her years as Binary, where she joined the Starjammers and fought to preserve the Shi'ar Empire, and even that came during a period of immense emotional trauma.
While it's possible that both Carol and Mar-Vell could share their Kree powers for a period, it's more than likely that Jude Law's character will pass on at some point. Carol, now assuming the mantle of Captain Marvel, will then take to the stars to fulfil the responsibilities Mar-Vell never could, exploring, adventuring, and taking on the threats of the cosmos before they can ever reach Earth.
What's interesting to note is that Danvers seems to give Fury the pager, implying that she never planned to return to Earth unless it required urgent assistance. There must be a massive driving factor at play for her to leave for so long, and as far as drives go, they don't get much bigger than the death of a mentor.
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.
