Carol Danvers` origin story has never been what you would call simple. She`s not an orphan from an alien planet or the victim of a radioactive spider bite. Instead, since her `60s debut, it`s been explained she was a human who was caught in a terrible accident, which--thanks to the miraculous powers of comic book science--fused her DNA with alien Kree genetic code and granted her superpowers.We`ve been assuming that Brie Larson`s live-action version of the character will be taking a similar path. However, the first Captain Marvel trailer, which implies Carol might not even remember her time as a human at first and recent developments on the comic book side of Carol`s life, have given us a pretty good indication that that will not be the case. Carol`s got a brand new origin story to work with, and it`s likely setting the stage for her MCU debut.The Life Of Captain Marvel by Margaret Stohl and Carlos Pacheco is a five issue miniseries designed to shed some new light on Carol`s early years--not necessarily by revisiting them directly but by allowing modern Carol to return home and unbury some `skeletons` in her closet. It just so happens that some of these skeletons aren`t quite ready to be laid to rest.In this week`s issue #4, Carol learned in no uncertain terms that her mother has been keeping a secret from her for her entire life, and it changes everything Carol thought she knew about the origins of her powers. It turns out that the accident was never at fault. Instead, Carol`s mother, Marie, has secretly been a Kree soldier on Earth this entire time. Marie--or rather, Mari-Ell--had been on a routine detail canvasing Earth for the Kree empire when she was blown off course and crashed into Boston harbor, where she was rescued by Carol`s human father, Joe. The two fell in love and, despite the Empire`s strict rules against such a union, were married.Life of Captain Marvel #4, art by Carlos PachecoThe explosion and accident still happened when Carol was growing up, ...
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