How Captain Marvel Will Change The MCU

5. A New Power Scale

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With the likes of Thor, Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Doctor Strange, the MCU is already home to some incredibly powerful heroes with a wide range of powers.

Captain Marvel, however, is taking things up a notch. Avengers 4 writers Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus have teased that the character "is on a completely different power scale" which does fit with her abilities, among which are superhuman strength and speed, flight, energy absorption and projection, and the strength to move planets(!).

Given Carol Danvers not only has these powers, but that they're on a scale that currently doesn't even exist in this universe, means she will be opening up new possibilities with regards to how powerful characters can be in the MCU, along with the kinds of abilities we might be able to see. It's good timing for that too, with the likes of Adam Warlock and Nova on the way in Phase 4.

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