Captain Marvel
Film · 2019 · 124 minutes · Phase Three
In 1995, Kree warrior Vers serves with the elite Starforce, haunted by fragmented memories she can't explain. After a mission goes wrong and she crash-lands on Earth, she crosses paths with a young S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Nick Fury, and uncovers that she is actually Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot caught in the middle of the Kree-Skrull war. As she recovers her past and full powers, she must decide where her loyalties truly lie and confront the Kree Supreme Intelligence that shaped her identity.
Leads to
- Avengers: Endgamecrossover · optional — Carol Danvers, introduced in Captain Marvel, arrives in response to Nick Fury's page from that film's post-credits scene and joins the final battle.
- WandaVisioncrossover · optional — Monica Rambeau, a central character introduced as a child in Captain Marvel, returns as an adult who has gained powers over the course of the series, tying her arc to that film's events.
- Ms. Marvel: Season Onecrossover · optional — Kamala Khan is established as a devoted fan of Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel throughout the season, and in the finale's post-credits scene Carol physically swaps places with Kamala, a direct crossover beat that sets up The Marvels.
- No Normal — S01E06cameo-only · optional — The episode's post-credits scene swaps Kamala with Carol Danvers, directly setting up the two characters' team-up in The Marvels, though following this episode's own story doesn't require having seen Captain Marvel.
- Secret Invasionprequel — Directly follows on from Fury's alliance with the Skrull Talos and his promise to help the displaced Skrulls find a new home, the broken promise that drives Gravik's rebellion.
- Secret Invasion: Season Oneprequel — Fury and Talos's alliance, and Fury's promise to find the displaced Skrulls a new home, were established in Captain Marvel; Secret Invasion is the direct fallout of that promise going unfulfilled for decades.
- Resurrection — S01E01prequel — Picks up the decades-long alliance between Nick Fury and Talos's Skrulls first established in Captain Marvel, now strained by the failed search for a new Skrull homeworld.
- Promises — S01E02flashback · optional — The 1995/1997 flashbacks depict the aftermath of Captain Marvel, including the promise Fury made there to find the Skrulls a new home.
- The Marvelsdirect-sequel — Directly continues Carol Danvers' arc after her destruction of the Kree Supreme Intelligence, whose fallout (Hala's civil war and Dar-Benn's rise) drives this film's plot.