New ‘Captain Marvel’ TV Spot Introduces a Major Future Marvel Superhero (Video)

There are so many superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at this point, but the movies have barely scratched the surface of Marvel Comics’ pantheon of heroes. “Captain Marvel” will be introducing a whole new corner of the Marvel Universe with its focus on Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) and the Kree Empire’s war with the Skrulls, but it looks like it may also be giving us our first encounter with an Earth-based character who will someday become another cosmic hero.

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The character in question is Photon, a hero in the same vein as Captain Marvel, created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Jr. in 1982. and in fact, she was known as Captain Marvel for a time before Carol Danvers picked up that mantle.

Photon’s real name is Monica Rambeau, and it would appear that in this spot we meet a young version of the character. We already knew that Monica’s mother, Maria (Lashana Lynch), was in “Captain Marvel” as Danvers’ wingman, and we’ve seen her in several trailers — she’s pictured with Danvers in the header image on this post. But we didn’t know that Monica would also show up.

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The moment comes just seconds into the TV spot, with Captain Marvel standing on the front porch of a house, asking a young girl how she looks in her iconic costume. The girls responds that she looks “fresh” and they high five.

Watch the 30-second spot right here:

Photon is on roughly the same level as Captain Marvel in terms of her powers. Her big thing is that she can turn into a being of pure energy, which would obviously have many destructive possibilities. She can also fly, fire energy blasts, phase through solid matter like Vision, and make herself invisible.

Monica gained her powers when a device capable of drawing energy from other dimensions exploded in her face, similar to the comic book origins of the Carol Danvers’ Captain Marvel herself.

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“Captain Marvel” takes place sometime in the 1990s, when Monica is, as you can see, still a child. But we know from post-credits scene from “Avengers: Infinity War” that the MCU’s Carol Danvers will be showing up in the modern day. So it’s logical to guess that an adult Monica would feature in whatever the second “Captain Marvel” movie ends up being.

Though I’d expect that the “Doctor Strange” sequel, which will likely hit theaters well before a hypothetical “Captain Marvel 2,” could also provide her origin, considering how preoccupied Strange is with dimensional energy. In the comics, however, Monica Rambeau made her debut in a Spider-Man story. So really anything is possible.

Whenever Photon shows up, it’ll be a big moment — she’ll likely be the most powerful person of color in the MCU at that point. A character who is so powerful that she would warrant her own movie. But without knowing much of anything firm about what Marvel has planned beyond “Avengers: Endgame,” it’s all just guesswork about when, if ever, Photon will take center stage.

But, hey, maybe we’ll get a clue or two in “Captain Marvel” when it lands on March 8.

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