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Ms. Marvel: The Woman Who Fell To Earth

Brian C. Poole
5 min readMay 26, 2019

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Ms. Marvel: The Woman Who Fell To Earth collects the remaining stories from the first phase of the heroic adventures of future Captain Marvel Carol Danvers, culminating with one of the most controversial stories of the early ‘80s.

Feeling more confident in her role as a heroine, Ms. Marvel tangles with the amphibious villain Tiger Shark, unaware that the shape-changing Mystique is targeting her, setting her against the armored threat Centurion, an encounter she survives thanks to new allies the Avengers. A confrontation with Kree agent Ronan the Accuser reunites Carol with Mar-Vell, the original Captain Marvel. Ms. Marvel adopts a distinctive new costume in time for an encounter with a society of lizard people in the New Mexico desert, then has a re-match with alien powerhouse Deathbird, before she teams with Vance Astro to deal with a mind-controlling villain and the return of an old friend she’d feared dead. Carol is embroiled in an adventure with Spider-Man and Doctor Strange to face the threat of the Silver Dagger. Poker night with the Thing, Nick Fury, Beast and Wonder Man leads to a confrontation with a renegade military unit. Ms. Marvel confronts the lethal Sabretooth, before a personal tragedy puts her on the trail of Mystique and her new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

Ms. Marvel’s successful stint as a full-time Avenger ends with a bizarre “pregnancy” that arises out of nowhere and comes to full term within a couple days. Her “son,” Marcus, grows to adulthood in hours and reveals he’s the son of Immortus, the…

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Brian C. Poole
Brian C. Poole

Written by Brian C. Poole

Author (Grievous Angels) and pop culture gadabout #amwriting

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