Captain Marvel: 20 Easter Eggs And References Explained
19. Torfa
Marvel Comics
The first mission Starforce are sent on leads the team to the planet known as Torfa. In the film, Torfa is a desolate planet home to members of the Skrull diaspora, but it actually plays a different role in the comics.
Although once again depicted as a refugee planet, those who reside on Torfa have actually been displaced by the war against the Builders, which was depicted in the events of Jonathan Hickman's Infinity. Carol heads toward the system during the events of Higher, Further, Faster, More, where she opposes an enemy fleet from attacking the planet's inhabitants.
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.
