

In order to retain its trademark, Marvel has published a Captain Marvel title periodically every few years since, leading to a number of ongoing series, limited series, and one-shots featuring a range of characters using the Captain Marvel alias. In the late 1960s Marvel gained the trademark "Captain Marvel" with its first series.


Brie Larson will reprise her role in the sequel The Marvels (2023).įollowing a trial in which DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics for breach of copyright, claiming Fawcett's Captain Marvel was too similar to Superman, the latter stopped publishing Captain Marvel in 1953. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel, portrayed by McKenna Grace and Brie Larson in Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame (both 2019), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the Disney+ television series Ms. The current and best-known incarnation of the character is Carol Danvers. Most of these versions exist in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Captain Marvel is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
