This week , Marvel in truth start teasing Infinity , its next big cosmic , Infinity - Isidor Feinstein Stone - powered comic ledger event . But in the process , it also jokily offered an Easter egg that links not just two upcoming superhero blockbuster , but the full Marvel Multiverse to the one occupied by DC Comics . Sort of .
This week ’s Infinity Countdown Prime , from Gerry Duggan , Mike Deodato Jr. , Frank Martin , and Cory Petit , does a bunch of setup for what ’s to come in in what will eventually be Marvel ’s large event series for the yr . This sentence , alternatively ofsuperheroes fighting each otherorextremely inexpedient story about fascism in the US , Infinity is about the paying back of the Marvel cosmos ’ greatest menace , the Infinity Stones . Countdown Prime is essentially all about putting everything into situation and rent us all know where each stone is in Marvel ’s multiverse at large , and more significantly , who has them — and who ’s after them .
A quick recap : Logan hashad his hands on the Space Oliver Stone for a while , the Mind stone is presently on Earth , the Nova Corps is in ascendency of the tops - plus - sized Power Stone , thecrazy Hank Pym / Ultron Hybridhas the Soul pit , Kl’rt the goddamn Super - Skrull is back and has the Time Stone , and the Captains Marvel have the Reality Stone .
Oh yes , that ’s right . Captains Marvel . And that ’s where Infinity Countdown Prime makes its brash homage not just to the chronicle behind the Marvel mantelpiece , but to Marvel ’s longtime comics rival . In one single splattering page it ’s revealed that the Reality Stone — which can grant its wielder approach to the Multiverse at large — in the hand of not just “ our ” Captain Marvel , Carol Danvers , but in the hand of every Captain Marvel in world , admit Monica Rambeau , the first distaff Captain Marvel ; Mar - Vell , the Kree warrior who originally hold the title ; and then … well , an surplus enigma pattern in blue and red :
The colour are different , and we do n’t get to see that much of the mystery figure , but the costume is obvious to keen - eyed risible devotee . That boot , that half - mantle , and particularly that wristband … remind you of anyone ?
The history of the Captain Marvel characters of DC and Marvel Comics is jolly well - sleep with at this tip . The grapheme formerly have it away as Captain Marvel was first created by Fawcett Comics in the 1940s , but DC Comics — at the meter named National Comics — action Fawcett , argue that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman , precede to the character being put on ice . Eventually , DC licensed the Captain Marvel family of characters from Fawcett ( and as of the ‘ 90s , officially owned them ) , but in the clip between that Marvel capitalized on the eccentric name being in limbo and launch its own Captain Marvel comic , an entirely freestanding character that began the legacy we still see today with Carol Danvers .
Since DC brought Fawcett ’s Captain Marvel into its cartoon strip in the ‘ 70s , it had to brand the character reference under the name Shazam , ultimately make that the name of the fictitious character outright when DC launched its “ New 52 ” reboot in 2011 . Now , both characters have movies coming out in 2019 , which is a wonderful confluence of coincidence , but justly here in 2018 , they also sneakily shared a splash page together in a Marvel comic . Kiiind of ( stick in overly spectacular wink here ) .
It ’s a cute piffling manner to acknowledge the very long and very weird account behind the Captain Marvel name .
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