10 MCU Storylines The Comics Did Better
9. The Kree-Skrull War Is More Expansive Compared To The Captain Marvel Film
Captain Marvel's debut film chose to portray the Skrulls in a more sympathetic light compared to their more sinister depiction in the comics. Although this bit of subversion worked in favour of Carol Danvers' character development, it meant that the Kree-Skrull War barely had any weight in the film.
This was rather disappointing seen that the actual conflict in the comics had a far reaching scope and featured more moral complexities than the film's depiction of a one-sided conflict. The story follows a weakened Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell, not Danvers) who requires the aid of the Avengers after his time in the Negative Zone left him at the mercy of a lethal dose of radiation.
Unfortunately, the heroes are unable to help the Kree hero due to the intervention of the Kree warrior Ronan the Accuser and the Super-Skrull, who captures Mar-Vell and forces him to build a doomsday weapon to counter the Kree's plans to turn the Earth into a base for use in the war.
The story is both intimate (it kicks off the Vision/Scarlet Witch romance) and sweeping, showcasing how a planet such as Earth can be easily caught up in the often subtle but devastating machinations of a interstellar war.