Captain Marvel has experienced something of a meteoric rise since being redesigned in 2012, with multiple comics and films now to her name. Carol is a true heavyweight of the Marvel universe, and one clearly set for great things in the years to come.
Given the success of Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, along with Carol's inevitable instatement as the MCU's leading figure once Phase 4 commences next year, it makes perfect sense for her to appear in Marvel's Avengers. But just because Carol entering the game almost seems like a forgone conclusion doesn't mean we can't explain why she should appear either.
First off, Danvers is a fantastic character. She has so much history - not all of it great, sure - and her power-set is among the most powerful of the Earth-based heroes in the Marvel universe. She's taken on Galactus, the Hulk and even Thanos, and while she might sound a little overpowered for a video game, there are ways of making her less invulnerable than fans may suspect she is.
Plus, with those powers, who could honestly pass up the opportunity to play as Captain Marvel?
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.
