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Carol
Danvers has been many things: Air Force pilot, magazine editor ... even an
alcoholic. But with powers derived from the alien Kree and a fighting
spirit that refuses to quit, Carol defies her own weaknesses and battles
for justice as a mighty Avenger!
Real
name: Carol Susan Jane Danvers
Occupation: Adventurer, freelance writer, novelist; former Air
Force major, NASA security chief, magazine editor and CIA operative
Group affiliation: Avengers, formerly the Starjammers, frequent
ally of the X-Men
Base of operations: Avengers Mansion, New York City; Seattle,
Washington
First appearance: Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (1967)
Height:
5'11"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Powers: Warbird possesses superhuman strength, a high degree of
durability, the ability to emit concussive photon bursts and the power of
flight. Also, she can absorb various forms of energy, thus augmenting her
other abilities.
Weapons:
None
History: Carol Danvers entered the Air Force at an early age and
rapidly rose through the ranks to become one of the leading agents in
military intelligence. Following her career as a spy, she was appointed
NASA security chief at Cape Canaveral, where she encountered the heroic
Kree Captain Mar-Vell. During a battle between Mar-Vell and his Kree foe
Yon-Rogg at a hidden Kree base on Earth, Carol accidentally was irradiated
by the unknown energies of the Psyche-Magnitron, a device built by the
Kree. The radiation from this machine eventually augmented her entire
genetic structure -- granting her superhuman strength, the ability to fly
and a clairvoyant "seventh sense." With these powers, she
assumed the guise of Ms. Marvel and established herself as a champion of
Earth, even fighting alongside the mighty Avengers for a brief period.
Concurrently,
Carol worked as a magazine editor and freelance writer in New York City.
In a battle with the power-absorbing mutant named Rogue, Carol lost
virtually all her Mr. Marvel abilities, leaving her with only her
augmented genetic structure. Rogue also drained her memories, most of
which were restored by mutant mentor Charles Xavier. However, Professor X
could not return the emotional bonds linked to those memories. During this
period, Carol was a frequent ally of the X-Men -- Xavier's team of masked,
mutant heroes.
Later,
Carol was abducted by the alien Brood and subjected to an evolutionary ray
that triggered the latent potential of her augmented genes. Thus, she
became the cosmically powered mutate called Binary. No longer possessed of
strong emotional ties to people and places on Earth, Carol decided to
leave the planet and pursue new challenges as a member of the spacefaring
band of adventurers known as the Starjammers.
Returning
to Earth some years later, Carol exhausted her cosmic energies to save the
sun. Her powers severely depleted, she spent months recuperating at
Avengers Mansion. Now known as Warbird, she eventually rejoined the team.
Carol has overcome emotional emptiness, alcoholism, substantially reduced
power levels and a formal court martial before her teammates to prove
herself as an asset among Avengers.
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