^I prefer Monica under the name "Photon".
Cast Captain Marvel
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Either way, I want Monica in a movie.
"Captain Photon"?
Maybe not. Tom Paris might sue for infringement.
Maybe not. Tom Paris might sue for infringement.
That's Captain Proton, not Photon.
I love Gina Torres, but Nicole Beharie would make a much better Monica.
No, just Photon, no Captain. Monica Rambeau has had many aliases over the years; Wikipedia lists Captain Marvel, Photon, Pulsar, Daystar, Sceptre, Lady of Light, Monica Marvel, Sun Goddess, and her current code name, Spectrum.
Anyway, her first appearance as Photon was two years before Voyager introduced Captain Proton.
Oh, then Marvel can sue for infringement!
I know, I know. I intentionally ran two of her names together as an allusion to Captain Proton. It was a joke!
I know, I know. I intentionally ran two of her names together as an allusion to Captain Proton. It was a joke!
"Monica Marvel." 
Monica was a Lieutenant in the Coast Guard.
Carol "is" a Colonel in the Airforce.
Steve was a private in the Army.
No one is an actual Captain except Mar-Vell?
Carol "is" a Colonel in the Airforce.
Steve was a private in the Army.
No one is an actual Captain except Mar-Vell?
Hard to say if that's true in the MCU since Captain America is often referred to as Captain Rodgers.
I think we saw Captain's bars on Roger's Army uniform. He had a NuKirk like rise in rank, going from recruit to Captain at the almost literal flip of a switch.
Well, not really, since there's a montage spanning about 3 years of the war in there.
I think that his initial "Captain" rank was honorary, part of the pageantry, but once he started to prove himself in action, it was made official.
In the original '40s comics, Steve Rogers was a private, and his double identity as Captain America was a secret. So in that context, "Captain America" was just a title, not a rank.
Captain America proved himself.
Steve Rogers pretended to be an idiot and spent most of the war peeling potatoes while Captain America was on missions. Seriously, as far as every one else on the base was concerned, Rogers was locked in a room 3 times a week and not let out until he had peeled 18 thousand potatoes.
An 80s plot saw that Steve was given 30 years of Backpay from while he was sleeping, that only added up to one million dollars, which he used to make an 0800 telephone hotline/help line so that people in danger could call him and ask for help. If he had been a Captain and not a Private one would hape that his back pay would have been millions instead of million.
After Cap spent the million, nasty baddies stepped forward and asked him to pay 30 years worth of taxes on his military backpay, which he did not have, and it feels like this might have been part of the reason he quit in the 80s.
However...
A solider, PFC, has a procces to go through to become a soldier that Steve Rogers did not go through, starting with training and ending in an oath. I'm now wondering if he really was a private at all, and it that wasn't a clever trick with paperwork that stood the test of time? At best he was "appointed" private, just like he was "appointed" Captain.
Hmmm?
His S.H.I.E.L.D. rank when he took over S.H.I.E.L.D. was "Commander".
Where the hell did that come from?
Steve Rogers pretended to be an idiot and spent most of the war peeling potatoes while Captain America was on missions. Seriously, as far as every one else on the base was concerned, Rogers was locked in a room 3 times a week and not let out until he had peeled 18 thousand potatoes.
An 80s plot saw that Steve was given 30 years of Backpay from while he was sleeping, that only added up to one million dollars, which he used to make an 0800 telephone hotline/help line so that people in danger could call him and ask for help. If he had been a Captain and not a Private one would hape that his back pay would have been millions instead of million.
After Cap spent the million, nasty baddies stepped forward and asked him to pay 30 years worth of taxes on his military backpay, which he did not have, and it feels like this might have been part of the reason he quit in the 80s.
However...
A solider, PFC, has a procces to go through to become a soldier that Steve Rogers did not go through, starting with training and ending in an oath. I'm now wondering if he really was a private at all, and it that wasn't a clever trick with paperwork that stood the test of time? At best he was "appointed" private, just like he was "appointed" Captain.
Hmmm?
His S.H.I.E.L.D. rank when he took over S.H.I.E.L.D. was "Commander".
Where the hell did that come from?
Superhero names could definitely make greater use of military ranks. The only one they seem to use is captain.
They could promote Steve to General America and make Sam Wilson Captain America.
Carol could be Colonel Marvel and Monica could be Lieutenant Marvel.
Bucky could be Corporal Punishment.
They could promote Steve to General America and make Sam Wilson Captain America.
Carol could be Colonel Marvel and Monica could be Lieutenant Marvel.
Bucky could be Corporal Punishment.
I think Frank Castle should be Corporal Punishment. Although I think he was USMC rather than Army.
They have corporals in the USMC, so it works.
Ah, I was looking at the officer ranks when I said that as opposed to NCO.
The problem is that Frank was a Captain. Wouldn't work for Bucky either, he was a Sergeant.
I don't think there's anybody who fits the Corporal Punishment motif. But then my Comics-Fu is weak these days so I could be wrong.
As far the operative post is concerned I have no idea who most of those women are.
I don't think there's anybody who fits the Corporal Punishment motif. But then my Comics-Fu is weak these days so I could be wrong.
As far the operative post is concerned I have no idea who most of those women are.
Wait? Bucky was Captain America's boss?
Dum Dum Dugan was a Corporal.
Not in the comics. Bucky wasn't even officially in the Army. He was the camp mascot. ( until he was retconned into being an under age badass assassin) In the films Rogers is a Captain, so Sgt Barnes works for him.
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