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** In-universe, Mar-Vell has this reputation. On one occasion, when the [[ComicBook/SilverSurfer Silver Surfer]] was trapped in Death's realm Mar-Vell appeared to help him escape. The Surfer later learned that wasn't Mar-Vell at all: it was a manifestation of his desire for some sort of symbol of hope.

* AlternateSelf: 616 Monica Rambeau has an AlternateUniverse counterpart, from a "universe" distinct from the reglar Marvel [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] no less, coming from "Earth A" rather than being identified by any numeric code. AlternateReality tourism is the only fantastic thing Monica of Universe A is really interested in however, and otherwise detests the superpowers Monica 616 has come to cherish. Non the less A Monica is still a good person who will use her gifts to help people if she encounters such a situation, [[ContrivedCoincidence which she usually does]].

* ArchEnemy: During her first Avengers stint there were two attempts to give her one in the form of a manipulative psychiatrist who became the second Moonstone, and the SpacePirate Nebula, but neither stuck. As of the CerebusRetcon to ''Nextwave'' The Beyond Corporation as a whole have been cemented in the role. Not even the knowledge the executives of the company were [[CosmicEntity cosmic beings]] could diminish Monica's desire for revenge and when a seemingly human run Beyond Corporation later resurfaced Rambeau [[Comicbook/LukeCageHeroForHire hired]] Comicbook/DaughtersOfTheDragon to investigate it.
* BadLiar

* BerserkButton: Beyond Corporation became one for her, once the CerebusRetcon described below came into play. Even a seemingly unrelated, seemingly legal organization using the name sets off Rambeau's suspisions in ''Comicbook/SpiderManBeyond''.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Monica Rambeau had no idea there had been a Captain Marvel before her, and felt ashamed when she learned the papers had been comparing her to a dead man. Ben Grimm assured her that he likely wasn't the first "Thing" either(this was a [[ContinuityNod reference]] to the giant purple African crocodile from ''Lorna, the Jungle Girl'', before the comics code pushed Marvel back into superheroes).
* TheLeader

** When Thanos sent an invasion force to Earth, Spectrum lead a group who came to be known as "The Mighty Avengers"(the official Avengers team were in space). She suffered a crippling blow in the skirmish however, and Luke Cage stepped up as leader by the time they had become an established team. Spectrum acted as TheLancer after recovering.

* MayDecemberRomance: Strikes up a relationship with Adam Brashear, the Blue Marvel. he was a super since the Korean war (so he's at least in his seventies), she isn't anchored to any real world event so thanks to ComicBookTime maybe in her thirties. In the meta sense Monica first appeared in the 80s while Adam was retconned into the universe in 2009. No matter how we count this is a couple with a huge age difference.

* TheMole

* RoguesGalleryTransplant

* CelestialBody: Genis-Vell has several costumes that make it look like he is literally made of the night sky, which causes him to pick up several {{embrassing nickname}}s like "Star Face" and "Space Face".

* NinetiesAntiHero: Zigzagged. Despite originating in the 90s, he wasn’t much of one with his only crime being that he [[DrunkWithPower abused his power and]] [[BullyHunter got revenge on a bully]] that the [[ComicBook/SilverSurfer Silver Surfer]] [[WhatTheHellHero disapproved of]]. Dialed to 11 during his insanity.

* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: Genis chains up TheCosmicEntity Eternity and proceedes to crush Eternity to death in an effort to get ride of his own cosmic awareness, which Genis can't stand to the point it is driving him insane. His plan works, but in his regained clarity Genis realizes he just destroyed the universe, save for himself and another CosmicEntity, the "friendless" Entropy. Entropy encourages Genis-Vell to help bring the universe back, even though doing so will probably drive Genis insane again, and Genis oblidges, but shooting Entropy in the head.

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Kamala Khan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs nerdy]] teenage girl from a UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}i-American family of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslim]] faith living in [[{{UsefulNotes/NewJersey}} Jersey City]] -- [[AliensInCardiff not]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]], unlike most of the heroes who populate the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.\\

* DoesntTrustThoseGuys: When a new Beyond Coporation surfaces and buys out Park Industries, Rambeau has suspicions, inspite of its good public relations and perfectly legal activities. She ends up hiring Daughters Of The Dragon, instructing them to make sure it is as clean as it appears to be.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Monica Rambeau had no idea there had been a Captain Marvel before her, and felt ashamed when she learned the papers had been comparing her to a deadman. Ben Grimm assured her that he likely wasn't the first Thing either.

* AbortedArc: Before it was decided that the mysterious Captain Marvel who had been glimpsed during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' was the "returned" Mar-Vell (see Back from the Dead below), it was intended to be the recently introduced character Gravity, who had somehow been given the costume and the role of Earth's protector. One can only assume it would have eventually been revealed just who gave Gravity the costume and the job.

''Nextwave'' ended after only twelve issues, but Monica continued to appear throughout the greater Franchise/MarvelUniverse following its cancelation. She was [[LaResistance anti-Registration]] under ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's leadership during the ComicBook/CivilWar, teamed up with Carol Danvers (the newly-minted Captain Marvel) while on a mission in the Gulf of Mexico, and even helped to take down ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. She also starred in the ''Series/SexAndTheCity''-esque limited series ''Marvel Divas'', alongside Firestar, ComicBook/BlackCat, and ComicBook/{{Hellcat}}.

Though Monica has only ever really appeared in comics and not much else, 2019's ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' features her mother Maria as a major supporting character, as portrayed by Creator/LashanaLynch. This version of the character, a [[TheNineties 90's]] contemporary of Carol Danvers' in the US Air Force, notably uses the callsign "Photon", which is also one of the many names Monica has used over the years. Monica herself appears in the film as a child, played by Akira Akbar. The adult version of Monica shows up in the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Series/WandaVision'', portrayed by Creator/TeyonahParris.

* BroughtDownToBadass: At the end of ''Avengers: No Road Home #10'', Monica joins Blue Marvel, Ms. America, Hulkling, and Toni Ho in the middle of a battle with some supervillains after returning from the war against Nyx, she states that she used up so much energy keeping Vision alive that she has changed from being an energy-being in human form to a superhuman with great energy powers. She says that she is no longer an immortal light being and has returned to being a flesh-and-blood human with limits. She still retains her full powerset, including energy-form transformation, flight, speed-of-light movement, and full electromagnetic-spectrum manipulation, but she is no longer agelessly immortal and cannot generate the same scale of power output as before. Given that she was experiencing some FantasticAngst along the lines of WhoWantsToLiveForever, she finds this more or less a relief.

* NamedByDemocracy: It was the general public who decided she was their Captain Marvel now, which Rambeau eventually accepted. This is why Rambeau tends to be salty about other people just claiming the title, though she has admitted Danvers, the Vell siblings and Varr have their own claims of varying validity.

* ActionGirl: Take a military law enforcement officer and give her free reign of the entire electromagnetic spectrum at light speed. One of the single most dangerous superheroes in the Marvel Universe, Rambeau's likely underused specifically because she's a story breaker; her power is really only limited by her scientific knowledge and her imagination. An attempt to de-power her in the late '80s didn't really take, and she was back to her classic power set by the time of the "Operation: Galactic Storm" crossover.

* AmplifierArtifact: His Nega-Bands.
* BabiesEverAfter: Genis’ future with Songbird. [[HappyEndingOverride It sadly doesn’t go well.]]
* DeaderThanDead: Zemo cut him up into pieces, then scattered those pieces throughout time.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith
* AGodAmI: When you have access to the Power Cosmic, it's not much of a stretch to consider your self as such.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Baron Zemo no less]].

* ShootTheDog: Via complicated time-travel hijinks, he learned his future son would one day turn evil and insane. Genis vowed to kill him as a child to prevent this ever happening.

*** {{ComicBook/Thanos}} considered Captain Mar-Vell to be this, to the point that he decided to welcome Mar-Vell into death's embrace personally. Later on during the Infinity War, he described Quasar (who had inherited Mar-Vell's role of protector of the universe) as a poor replacement to Mar-Vell. During one of his other brushes with ultimate power Thanos even briefly resurrected Mar-Vell to speak to him, and after the conversation when Mar-Vell asked to be allowed to return to his rest Thanos let him go. And when he encountered Lord Mar-Vell of the Cancerverse, he noted that he was much less impressed by him than he had been by the true Mar-Vell.

* CameBackWrong: Mar-Vell has been summoned as a zombie or otherwise undead minion a few times. On one occasion, he was summoned as part of the Legion of the Unliving (this iteration specifically made up of deceased Avengers). He completely demolished Monica Rambeau, his successor at the time. He did this both by delivering a BreakingSpeech (which was especially effective because Monica struggled with the weight of his legacy) and by the fact he was much, much more experienced.

* DisappearedDad: Captain Marvel never met any of his children: [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Hulkling]] was kept by the Skrulls, and Genis and Phyla were created using his DNA after his death.

* HeroKiller: Nitro's debut also is also the incident that'd cause Mar-Vell's death.

* HopeBringer: In-universe, Mar-Vell has this reputation. On one occasion, when the [[ComicBook/SilverSurfer Silver Surfer]] was trapped in Death's realm Mar-Vell appeared to help him escape. The Surfer later learned that wasn't Mar-Vell at all: it was a manifestation of his desire for some sort of symbol of hope.

* HyperAwareness: His Cosmic Awareness.

* NeverLiveItDown[=/=]OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Mar-Vell is best known as "that guy who died from cancer", both in-universe and out. As a career soldier, he ([[spoiler:actually Khn'nr]]) wasn't happy to find out he died on a sickbed instead of in battle.
** He's also gone down in Kree history as a traitor, despite acknowledgement from the Kree Supreme Intelligence that he's a hero (in fact, the red-and-blue costume Mar-Vell is most known for wearing is basically the uniform of elite heroes of the Kree).

* SpiderSense: Cosmic Awareness, once appointed Protector of the Universe, Mar-Vell seemed to control it well enough that whenever universal threats or changes occurred that related to him he could but perceive them. When his posthumous son Genis took the power on it drove him crazy because he couldn't fully control it and kept getting [[GoMadFromTheRevelation more information then he needed on possible outcomes]].

* WorthyOpponent: This is part of the reason Earth became a battlefield between various spacefaring empires. Mar-Vell was sent as part of a team to investigate Earth after the defeats of both a Kree Sentry and Ronan the Accuser at the hands of the Fantastic Four. The Skrull Empire wondered why such a valiant and decorated war hero would be sent to such a backwards world and decided to investigate by sending in the Super-Skrull. After Mar-Vell defeated the Super-Skrull, the Skrull Empire decided that if the Kree Empire sent someone of Mar-Vell's stature to protect Earth, it must be valuable.
** Later on, the news of Captain Mar-Vell's impending death due to cancer was described as causing mixed feelings among the Skrulls, their happiness at his death being tempered with disappointment and sadness that so great a warrior would die in a sickbed instead of in battle (ideally with the Skrulls themselves). The Skrull Empire eventually sent one of their top generals to visit Mar-Vell and present him with the highest decoration of the Skrull Empire, praising him for his courage and skill before wishing him a swift death and great rewards in the afterlife.

* AlternateSelf: 616 Monica Rambeau has an AltnernateUniverse counterpart, from a "universe" distinct from the reglar Marvel [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] no less, coming from "Earth A" rather than being identified by any numeric code. AlternateReality tourism is the only fantastic thing Monica of Universe A is really interested in however, and otherwise detests the superpowers Monica 616 has come to cherish. Non the less A Monica is still a good person who will use her gifts to help people if she encounters such a situation, [[ContrivedCoincidence which she usually does]].

''Nextwave'' ended after only twelve issues, but Monica continued to appear throughout the greater Franchise/MarvelUniversefollowing its cancelation. She was [[LaResistance anti-Registration]] under ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's leadership during the ComicBook/CivilWar, teamed up with Carol Danvers (the newly-minted Captain Marvel) while on a mission in the Gulf of Mexico, and even helped to take down ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. She also starred in the ''Series/SexAndTheCity''-esque limited series ''Marvel Divas'', alongside Firestar, ComicBook/BlackCat, and ComicBook/{{Hellcat}}.

* ActionGirl: One of the single most dangerous superheroes in the Marvel Universe. She's likely underused specifically because she's a story breaker; her power is really only limited by her scientific knowledge and her imagination. An attempt to de-power her in the late '80s didn't really take, and she was back to her classic power set by the time of the "Operation: Galactic Storm" crossover.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: She's the second Captain Marvel -- though it should be noted that Mar-Vell is technically considered "pink" and not white. Fittingly, Monica's nemesis [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] claims to be the granddaughter of Thanos, who in turn singled out Monica's predecessor, Mar-Vell, as his greatest nemesis. It doesn't work as well for Moonstone, since the man preceding her was a Captain America villain.

* ArchEnemy: During her first Avengers stint there were two attempts to give her one in the form of a manipulative psychiatrist who became the second Moonstone, and the SpacePirate Nebula, but neither stuck. As of the CerebusRetcon to ''Nextwave'' The Beyond Corporation as a whole have been cemented in the role.

** When caught on Sanctuary II, she claimed hyperspace had made it difficult to use her powers. Nebula then shot her to prove otherwise, though Nebula was planning on killing her anyway.

* BerserkButton: Beyond Corporation became one for her, once the CerebusRetcon described below came into play.

* ComboPlatterPowers: All of hers relate to energy and light:

** {{Flight}}: She can fly, obviously.
** FusionDance: Because she's basically an energy being when her powers are active, she can merge her form with allies to supercharge any energy based powers they have, such as with She-Hulk (gamma radiation), Captain Marvel (photons), or Blue Marvel (anti-matter).

** SuperSpeed: Monica can move at the speed of light.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: Monica blames herself for the disaster that kicks off ''Civil War II'' (though there's a lot of that going around), thinking she could've immobilized Thanos herself. Potential blame is alleviated since the tactic she proposed is soon shown to not work on Thanos.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: {{Downplayed|Trope}}: After her powers activated in New Orleans she freaked out and flew to New York while looking for help, activating Spider-man's danger sense. However, their similar senses of humor quickly put him at ease, and he suggested that The Avengers could give her the help she needed.

* MidSeasonUpgrade: Proxima Midnight used anti photon particles to try and kill Spectrum, but her life was saved by Blue Marvel, who specializes in containing {{antimatter}}. Since photons are product of, rather than matter in of themselves, and "anti photons" [[HowUnscientific aren't even supposed to exist]], his efforts to reverse the process were less that perfect, but ended up making Rambeau much stronger than she had been before.

** Rambeau willingly joined Nebula's crew of space pirates when she happened to be on Sanctuary II while Nebula's crew infiltrated it and warped it to the Skrull's Empire. She proceeded to undermine their attempts to takeover the empire until she could find a way back to Earth. Nebula didn't exactly inspire loyalty when she tested Rambeau's use by shooting her in the chest though.
** Nebula (or possibly Ravonna Renslayer impersonating her) returned the favor by having Dr. Druid as a mole in The Avengers, with the specific task of turning them against Rambeau.

* NoSell: Shortly after ''Infinity'', the Mighty Avengers go up against a Nuhuman who can slow down time around herself. Since Monica can move at the speed of light, it doesn't really do anything to slow her down.

** Nebula was created specifically to antagonize Monica, but as Rambeau faded into obscurity, Nebula became more associated with Firelord, as she destroyed his home planet with Sanctuary II, and ComicBook/SilverSurfer by association. Even as Rambeau started to return to prominence Nebula moved on to [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]] when he tried to reform, then ComicBook/{{Gamora}} specifically after Nebula [[TheStarScream turned Graces against her]] and ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' in general, after the group got a movie.

* ScreeningTheCall: On the receiving end from her mother at one point, who was blocking Mon's phone-calls because she didn't want Monica getting hurt again. Please note Monica was a grown woman at this point.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Monica ''attempted'' to make her team subscribe to this (for humans at least) during her time with Nextwave, but not only was it a pretty lost cause, when pushed (or injured) she'd just throw in the towel and say "screw it". Afterward, she will kill if the situation absolutely requires it, but she'll hate doing it.
* TookALevelInBadass: Not that she was exactly a slouch beforehand, but she gets a power-up in ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'', thanks to a combination of Adam Brashear and one of Thanos' goons trying to kill her. By the time of ''Captain America & the Mighty Avengers'', she's able to make an EldritchAbomination go "uh-oh" just by showing up in a bad mood. In ''Last Days'' it's made clear she's become capable of cracking planets open if she wanted to. The opening issues of ''Ultimates: Squared'' suggests she's beginning to develop a form of cosmic awareness.

Introduced as a lieutenant of the UsefulNotes/NewOrleans Harbor Patrol, an accident involving an energy weapon exposed Monica to extradimensional energy, giving her a multitude of energy-related powers. She can convert herself into any form of energy on the electromagnetic spectrum, absorb and manipulate energy, and travel at the speed of light while flying in her energy form. Because of this, she's described as an "Alpha Level" superhuman by [[ComicBook/TheFalcon Sam Wilson]], and is quietly one of the most powerful heroes in the entire MarvelUniverse.

''Nextwave'' ended after only twelve issues, but Monica continued to appear throughout the greater MarvelUniverse following its cancelation. She was [[LaResistance anti-Registration]] under ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's leadership during the ComicBook/CivilWar, teamed up with Carol Danvers (the newly-minted Captain Marvel) while on a mission in the Gulf of Mexico, and even helped to take down ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. She also starred in the ''Series/SexAndTheCity''-esque limited series ''Marvel Divas'', alongside Firestar, ComicBook/BlackCat, and ComicBook/{{Hellcat}}.

Kamala Khan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs nerdy]] teenage girl from a UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}i-American family of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslim]] faith living in [[{{UsefulNotes/NewJersey}} Jersey City]] -- [[AliensInCardiff not]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]], unlike most of the heroes who populate the MarvelUniverse.\\

* KilledOffForReal: One of the comic book examples that actually ''stays'', unlike most characters outside of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Uncle Ben Parker]].

* ButNotTooBlack: There was a bit of a mini-controversy for the second volume of ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'', when she debuts a new, short hairstyle with her hair straightened, whereas in previous appearances Monica always wore her hair naturally with her dreadlocked look being the most remembered one. This was later addressed in an issue where Monica was shown to be horrified when a little black girl said she wanted to straighten her hair to look like Monica's, and she's since gone back to her dreadlocked look.

* PatriotInExiles: One of his defining characteristics was that despite being exiled and branded a traitor to the Kree for his defense of Earth, he still considered himself "a man of the Kree". While he opposed the machinations of the Kree Supreme Intelligence on multiple occasions, the Supreme Intelligence was still more than willing to call on him for aid if the Kree homeworld of Hala was in peril as it knew his love of their homeworld was far greater than any wariness he might have. In fact, on one occasion he was resurrected long after [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfCaptainMarvel his death]], realised Hala was in danger, and immediately [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed himself]] to save her.

* TheAgeless: Blue Marvel concluded that Rambeau's "human" form was anything but, that even when not actively using her powers she had gradually moved beyond several human limitations, including age related organ degeneration. She can still be killed though, even in her shifted states, as Blue Marvel came to these conclusions after averting Rambeau's demise at hand of Proxima Midnight, then experimenting to determine what other medical needs and limitations Monica might have. However, defeating Nyx in ''ComicBook/AvengersNoWayHome'' took its toll, and she's apparently no longer immortal - somewhat to her relief.

* CerebusRetcon: The ''entirety'' of Nextwave became a whole lot darker when it was revealed to be a kidnapping plot by evil Beyonders and not a silly Elseworlds plot. Monica didn't take the revelation well.

* KilledOffForReal: One of the comic book examples that actually ''stays'', unlike [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica the other Cap]].

*** {{ComicBook/Thanos}} considered Captain Mar-Vell to be this, to the point that he decided to welcome Mar-Vell into death's embrace personally. Later on during the Infinity War, he described Quasar (who had inherited Mar-Vell's role of protector of the universe) as a poor replacement to Mar-Vell. During one of his other brushes with ultimate power Thanos even briefly resurrected Mar-Vell to speak to him, and after the conversation when Mar-Vell asked to be allowed to return to his rest Thanos let him go.

* TheAgeless: Blue Marvel concluded that Rambeau's "human" form was anything but, that even when not actively using her powers she had gradually moved beyond several human limitations, including age related organ degeneration. She can still be killed though, even in her shifted states, as Blue Marvel came to these conclusions after averting Rambeau's demise at hand of Proxima Midnight, then experimenting to determine what other medical needs and limitations Monica might have.

* BreakingTheFellowship: She lead The Avengers twice when then regular leaders, Captain America and The Wasp, happened to be out of commission. The former lieutenant did such a good job that Captain America decided to make Rambeau the permanent leader of the group, but from that point on her leadership became much less effective. This was because she didn't realize Dr. Druid was secretly undermining her, even though he was also openly undermining her at every opportunity. To be fair to Rambeau, no one else realized Druid was TheMole either, leading to The Avengers eventually reconciling and reassembling.

* BroughtDownToBadass: At the end of ''Avengers: No Road Home #10'', Monica joins Blue Marvel, Ms. America, Hulkling, and Toni Ho in the middle of a battle with some supervillains after returning from the war against Nyx, she states that she used up so much energy keeping Vision alive that she has changed from being an energy-being in human form to a superhuman with great energy powers. She says that she is no longer an immortal light being and has returned to being a flesh-and-blood human with limits. She still retains her full powerset, including energy-form transformation, flight, speed-of-light movement, and full electromagnetic-spectrum manipulation, but she is no longer agelessly immortal and cannot generate the same scale of power output as before.

** FusionDance: Because she's basically an energy being when her powers are active, she can merge her form with allies to supercharge any energy based powers they have, such as with She-Hulk (gamma radiation) or Blue Marvel (anti-matter).

* HardLight: After being healed and evaluated by Adam Brashear, she's no longer sure if she's a human being who turns into light, or a being of pure light that turns into a very convincing hard-light human.

* JerkassBall: He and Rick Jones really don't like one another.

* {{Sucksessor}}: Not at first, but gradually, culminating in his undignified and pretty permanent death.

A US Air Force pilot who joined up because her father refused to fund her way through college, instead supporting one of her brothers who had lower marks than her, she became the USAF's top pilot and left the service a Lieutenant-Colonel. She spent time in Air Force Intelligence, teaming up with Wolverine, and then joined NASA. Her first appearance had her become the sidekick of Captain Mar-Vell and she later got powers like his via the Kree Psyche-Magnitron [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve (basically a wishing machine)]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: It’s never made entirely clear what disorder his insanity is. Judging from how much excessive emotional turmoil he undergoes, his alcoholism, his self-destructive behavior, his suicidal tendencies and attempts, his extreme emotional reactions and his potential delusions all seem to indicate he suffers from untreated PTSD.
* AccidentalMisnaming: Both before and after his Captain Marvel career, the press kept mistakenly referring to him as Captain Marvel, much to his and Monica Rambeau’s annoyance.

** ILoveNuclearPower: The EM spectrum is technically a step below this, but infrared and ultraviolet radiation, and gamma radiation are still options for her, and she can use them to share with or power up those who benefit from the trope.

* AbortedArc: Before it was decided that the mysterious Captain Marvel who had been glimpsed during ComicBook/CivilWar was the "returned" Mar-Vell (see Back from the Dead below), it was intended to be the recently introduced character Gravity, who had somehow been given the costume and the role of Earth's protector. One can only assume it would have eventually been revealed just who gave Gravity the costume and the job.

* BackFromTheDead: Mar-Vell. [[spoiler:But not really.]]
** He ''does'' literally come back from Death's realm in the AlternateContinuity of ''ComicBook/EarthX.''

* CerebusRetcon: The ''entirety'' of Nextwave became a whole lot darker when it was revealed to be a kidnapping plot by cosmic beings with an obsession with controlling narrative and not a silly Elseworlds plot. Monica didn't take the revelation well.

Cloned from the DNA of the Kree warrior Mar-Vell, Genis-Vell was implanted with false memories making him believe he was instead Starfox's son. He was then artificially aged so that he'd be ready to face Mar-Vell's enemies. He inherited the title of Captain Marvel, but succumbed to the madness of Cosmic Awareness as he became nearly omnipotent and sought to "fix" the universe. He redeemed himself afterwards and became part of the Thunderbolts, where he took the title of Photon and was killed by Baron Zemo. He'll make his return in Last of the Marvels.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Both before and after his Captain Marvel career, the press kept mistakenly referring to him as Captain Marvel much to his and Monica Rambeau’s annoyance.

** Nebula was created specifically to antagonize Captain Marvel Monica Rambeau, but as Rambeau faded into obscurity, Nebula became more associated with Firelord, as she destroyed his home planet with Sanctuary II, and ComicBook/SilverSurfer by association. Even as Rambeau started to return to prominence Nebula moved on to [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]] when he tried to reform, then ComicBook/{{Gamora}} specifically after Nebula [[TheStarScream turned Graces against her]] and ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' in general, after the group got a movie.

** He ''does'' literally come back from Death's realm in the AlternateContinuity of ''Comicbook/EarthX.''

* BlackAndGreyMorality: She opted to help the Skrull Empire over Nebula's space pirates when caught between the two, because Comicbook/{{Galactus}} just ate the throne world and put the Empire in disarray, making them more sympathetic to her. That and Nebula was using Sanctuary II to destroy more planets. Her aid would do nothing to stop the Skrulls from trying to conquer Earth in the future... but they have collectively proved less problematic than Nebula.

* MayDecemberRomance: Strikes up a relationship with Adam Brashear, the Blue Marvel. he was a super since the Korean war (so he's at least in his seventies), she isn't anchored to any real world event so thanks to ComicbookTime maybe in her thirties. In the meta sense Monica first appeared in the 80s while Adam was retconned into the universe in 2009. No matter how we count this is a couple with a huge age difference.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Fans demanded an explanation as to why Comicbook/{{Blade}}, Luke Cage, Brother Voodoo and Comicbook/BlackPanther had to spend any time with a vampire outbreak in New Orleans while a woman with [[StoryBreakerPower light based superpowers and light speed movement]] lived in the city while being just as aware of the problem as they were. The {{handwave}}s range from Rambeau having amnesia to that particular Rambeau being displaced from the alternate "Universe A" where she had no experience with her powers yet while the 616 version was off doing something else.

** Karla Sofen was once an unremarkable EvilMinion in Comicbook/CaptainAmerica and didn't do anything overtly criminal until she antagonized the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] as the second Moonstone. She didn't regularly face any protagonist besides Hulk until she met Rambeau, but after Rambeau lost both the titles of Captain Marvel and Photon, Moonstone II became a rival to Genis-Vell as Photon and then the EvilCounterpart to Carol Danvers as Miss and Captain Marvel.
** Nebula was created specifically to antagonize Captain Marvel Monica Rambeau, but as Rambeau faded into obscurity, Nebula became more associated with Firelord, as she destroyed his home planet with Sanctuary II, and Comicbook/SilverSurfer by association. Even as Rambeau started to return to prominence Nebula moved on to [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Loki]] when he tried to reform, then Comicbook/{{Gamora}} specifically after Nebula [[TheStarScream turned Graces against her]] and ''Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' in general, after the group got a movie.

After being [[SuperEmpowering exposed to Terrigen Mist]], Kamala discovers she has [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] DNA and her latent {{shapeshifting}} power become apparent. Inspired by her heroine [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], who had recently abandoned the Ms. Marvel title to become Captain Marvel, Kamala decides to use her newfound abilities to protect her home and those in need.\\

For a period of time, Marvel found himself accidentally "merged" with teenage singer Rick Jones (the same kid who was involved in the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk's origin) so that only one of them could exist in the universe, with the other one stuck in the [[AnotherDimension dimension]] called the [[AntiMatter Negative Zone]] until the one on Earth struck together his "nega-band" bracelets, causing them to switch places. (Writer Roy Thomas has admitted that this was done as a nod to the original Captain Marvel, who was a child who could turn into an adult superhero.) It was later revealed that this was ThePlan of the Supreme Intelligence, who was really a MagnificentBastard whose ultimate goal was to jumpstart the evolutionary potential of the Kree race via Rick Jones's genes. Eventually, Marvel finds a way to bring back Rick from the Zone and they resume their lives.

** Karla Sofen was once an unremarkable EvilMinion in Comicbook/CaptainAmerica and didn't do anything overtly criminal until she antagonized Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk as the second Moonstone. She didn't regularly face any protagonist besides Hulk until she met Rambeau, but after Rambeau lost both the titles of Captain Marvel and Photon, Moonstone II became a rival to Genis-Vell as Photon and then the EvilCounterpart to Carol Danvers as Miss and Captain Marvel.

Despite his death having occurred over thirty years ago and him unusually staying dead (save for a brief return during ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''), he and his legacy still exert a powerful influence on the Marvel Universe today. His children [[ComicBook/{{Quasar}} Phyla-Vell]], Genis-Vell, and ComicBook/{{Hulkling}} remain prominent supporting players.

* CallingYourAttacks: In ''Nextwave'' she'd come up with fancy names for various things she could do with her powers and scream them dramatically while showing off.

* MayDecemberRomance: Strikes up a relationship with Adam Brashear, who served in the Korean War.

** LightEmUp: Can produce visible light.