Issue 42 – Monica Rambeau

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction

  • Shoutout to Lolita Gentry Project – (5:24)

• Background (8:29)

  • Monica Rambeau created by Roger Stern & John Romita, Jr. in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 (October 1982)

  • A lieutenant in the New Orleans police department, she tried helping an old friend of her grandfather’s prevent the creation of a dangerous weapon, but in the process of destroying it, she was exposed to extra-dimensional energy, which gave her the power to convert her body to any form of energy – one of the men who witnessed the explosion said “the captain is a marvel”, so the media dubbed her Captain Marvel – kept the name to honor Mar-Vell, the original Captain Marvel, who had recently died – first costume created from old Mardi Gras costumes, then her grandfather’s friend created a costume for her out of unstable molecules

  • Joined the Avengers to gain control over her powers

  • Became leader of the team in 1987 – lost her powers after over-exerting herself battling Marrina, wife of Namor

  • Retired briefly from superhero duties until she regained her strength and powers

  • When Genis, son of Mar-Vell, became a superhero, he called himself Captain Marvel – after a brief argument with Monica, she changed her name to Photon

  • Rejoined the Avengers and was involved in mostly inter-galactic adventures

  • Genis-Vell wanted to get away from his father’s identity and began calling himself Photon – Monica once again had to change her name, this time to Pulsar

  • Led the Nextwave team against HATE

  • Changed her name to Spectrum, and led a Mighty Avengers team after Infinity

  • Tried to destroy the Ultimate Universe to prevent it from destroying Earth 616, but Ultimate Reed Richards was able to stop her

• Issues (13:34)

  • Starts off as legacy character even though she has no connection to the original

  • After recovery of powers, has some phobias about using her powers, especially underwater (20:17)

  • In Nextwave, constantly brags about her leadership of the Avengers (25:53)

• Treatment (31:27)

  • In-universe

  • Out of universe (35:34)

• Skit (46:21)

• Ending

References:

• J. Edgar Hoover/Ghostbusters – Anthony – 11:35
• Baby Shark – Doc – 11:50
• Michael Jordan – Doc – 15:20
• Space Jam – Anthony – 15:51
• “Space Jam” by Quad City DJs – Anthony – 15:53
• Harold Miner – Doc – 16:20
• Ric Flair – Anthony – 27:29
• The Miz – Anthony – 28:26
• “For You I Will” by Monica – Anthony – 30:57
• Redshirt – Anthony – 32:26
• “Don’t Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)” by Monica – 35:08
• Code switching – Anthony – 42:06
• “Angel of Mine” by Monica – Anthony – 55:34

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