Monica Rambeau can transform herself into various types of EM energy. These days, she's called Spectrum. Before that she was known as Pulsar and then Photon, but originally she was Captain Marvel. With the Captain Marvel name being claimed by a bunch of people over the years, Monica was unfairly forced to come up with something new. She made her début as the captain in a Spider-Man comic in 1982 but quickly joined the Avengers the following year, eventually becoming its leader. Throughout her career, in a variety of comics, she's been consistently depicted as capable and a good hero. She sets a great example. Why she won't be in the Avengers movies: Let's be subtle here and ask, "How many black people do you see in the Avengers?" Yeah, the Falcon, and that's it. Fine, the situation will get a bit better with the introduction of the Black Panther. But let's ask another question: "How many women do you see in the Avengers?" Yeah, Black Widow and (now) Scarlet Witch. At this rate, it'll be the twenty-second century before the MCU sees someone who's black and a woman in an Avengers film.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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