Warning: SPOILERS for Captain Marvel #14 and Guardians of the Galaxy #1

This week in Captain Marvel #14 and Guardians of the Galaxy #1, both Carol Danvers and Phyla-Vell are facing off with literal gods. Despite their adversaries being from different pantheons, both versions of Captain Marvel are showing fans that standing up to gods comes with the title.

Captain Marvel, more specifically Carol Danvers, is no stranger to taking on the universe’s most powerful forces. She has gone toe-to-toe with Thor and offered his head on a platter to Vox Supreme. While it was recently revealed that Carol had not, in fact, killed her Avengers teammates, Captain Marvel #14 sees Carol putting Thor in his place in perhaps a slightly more humiliating way. While she continues her plan to double-cross Vox, Carol has sidelined Tony Stark and Thor in the Singularity – with no mead, no snacks, and even worse no “charming mortal board games.” It seems that this Captain Marvel is not beyond adding a little insult to her injury of this particular god.

In the new Guardians of the Galaxy #1, their Captain Marvel also wants to make sure fans are aware that she is not afraid of gods. When Nova crashes the Guardians’ barbecue with dark news about rampaging Olympians, Captain Marvel (aka Phyla-Vell) and her partner Moondragon need little convincing to join the fight. When Peter doubts that their motley crew can fight gods, Phyla is not above muttering “I probably can.” Phyla is the daughter of Mar-Vell and Elysius, an Eternal from Titan. Like the other children of Mar-Vell (including her half-brother, Hulkling), she does not lack for firepower, so her boast about taking on gods is not that much of a brag.

Fans will know that Phyla has gone by other monikers in the past (much like her counterpart Carol Danvers) such as Quasar and Martyr, but it is the Captain Marvel name she uses when confronting Zeus with the fact that she has “spanked gods before.” After all, Phyla has been the avatar of Oblivion, so the Olympians must seem a little minor league to her. Unfortunately, Phyla’s encounter with Zeus, the God of Lightning, does not go as smoothly as Carol’s encounter with the God of Thunder. As things take a terrible turn for the entire patchwork crew, Phyla’s fate is unknown but seems fairly grim. The Guardians may have just gone from saving the day to holding out for a hero.

Phyla’s plight does bring out another trait that the Captain Marvels have in common. While Carol might have subdued a god, she also might have just met her match as well. Both Carol and Phyla have seen their fair share of bad decisions and deadly outcomes. Neither heroine seems to know how to quit though. In fact, when they are knocked down the hardest is when they come back the strongest. These powerful skills in common will be important for both Captain Marvels as they face off against some pretty fierce foes. Carol is not only racing against Vox Supreme’s dire countdown and her own team but pretty soon she and the Avengers have a date with Empyre. Phyla is not only facing “rebooted pirate-gods” but also, according to Nova, the collapse of the entire galaxy. (Not to mention what stories might come out of her kinship to Hulkling.)

It is a wonderful world when readers get to see both Captain Marvels in action. But it also raises the question: what incoming threat is so terrible that it might take not one but two Captain Marvels to face it?

Captain Marvel #14 and Guardians of the Galaxy #1 are available at your local comic shop and online.

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