Captain Marvel’s Ultimate Weapon is Actually Another Avenger

While it has been established in the Marvel Universe that Captain Marvel is a one-person army capable of eliminating even the strongest cosmic threats, she reveals that her greatest weapon isn’t her energy projection of invulnerability to most attacks but is actually her professional relationship with another Avenger.

Carol Danvers became Captain Marvel after she was exposed to a Kree device that activated the cosmic powers that were previously dormant inside her body–powers she inherited from her Kree mother. Those abilities include flight, energy manipulation and absorption, photon blasts, and self sustenance just to name a few. Basically, Carol Danvers became untouchable. When Danvers first became a hero, she went by the codename Ms. Marvel before taking up the mantle of Captain Marvel following the death of her longtime friend and mentor, Mar-Vell. After fully coming into her own as a hero, Captain Marvel became one of, if not the strongest Avengers. Moreover, with the seemingly perpetual assistance of one of her fellow teammates, she is made even stronger.

In Captain Marvel #29 by Kelly Thompson and Jacopo Camagni, Carol Danvers tracks down a villainous sorcerer in the hopes that she will teach her magic after Captain Marvel was denied that request by every other magic user on Earth. The person she goes to see is Enchantress who is immediately taken aback by Captain Marvel’s presence before her, especially in a situation where Carol is asking for her help. When Enchantress presses the Avenger on how she found her, as Enchantress has made significant efforts to stay hidden from the Avengers, Carol bluntly answers, “I find it hilarious you think Thor–King of Asgard, All-Father, God of Thunder, and more recently Herald of freaking Galactus–doesn’t know exactly where you are, Enchantress.”

What is interesting about Captain Marvel’s answer is that she brings up Thor without provocation, indicating that she has seemingly unlimited access to Thor’s knowledge of the whereabouts of any villain she wishes to find. Plus, Thor is evidently willing to divulge that information to Captain Marvel without question. Carol looking for Enchantress in an effort to learn magic should have brought up some red flags within the Avengers, especially after Doctor Strange already made his concerns known to every hero in the Marvel Universe regarding Captain Marvel learning magic. However, it seems as though Thor just gave Captain Marvel Enchantress’ location with no questions asked. This leads one to wonder what other villain Thor could help Captain Marvel find at the drop of a hat.

Captain Marvel has the physical might to defeat nearly any villain she battles, and since Thor is evidently willing to give her the location of any villain she is after, she can launch an attack on any and all evil doers without their knowledge. This would give her the significant advantage of having the element of surprise. Thor could use his all-seeing knowledge of the cosmos to find all of Captain Marvel’s villains as he did in this issue, and Captain Marvel could then use that knowledge to defeat those villains without them seeing her coming—this would ensure her victory. This proves that Captain Marvel’s ultimate weapon is actually her fellow Avenger, Thor.