Marvel Comics is planning an early 2017 launch for a new Captain Marvel series featuring Carol Danvers that will be written by the bestselling YA novelist Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures).  Spanish artist Ramon Rosanas (Astonishing Ant-Man) will provide the art for this post-Civil War II saga that will deal with Captain Marvel’s newly-enhanced position as one of the top superheroes in the Marvel pantheon due to her high profile role in the current Civil War II crossover event.

Captain Marvel has become one of Marvel’s most successful female superheroes, and thanks to her upcoming appearance in the first Captain Marvel film (see “Captain Marvel Writers Announced”), which will star Brie Larson (see “Brie Larson as Captain Marvel?”), and which is slated to debut on the big screen in March of 2019, this character is on a upward swing of recognition with the mainstream public as well. 

Back in 2012, in dire need of more female representation in its books, Marvel announced that Carol Danvers, then known as Ms. Marvel, would become Captain Marvel in a new series written by Kelly DeConnick (see “From Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel”), and then relaunched the series in 2014 (see “Marvel Announces New Captain Marvel Series”), and 2015 (see “Agent Carter Showrunners Take Over Captain Marvel”). 

Now after the events of Civil War II, Captain Marvel has a much more exalted position in the Marvel Universe, a level of respect and responsibility that Stohl told The Hollywood Reporter will provide plenty of conflicts, both internal and external, for the character: “She can't undo the events of Civil War II, and those events will have changed everything — most of all Carol herself.  Captain Marvel has suddenly become a household name — so what now? While she finds herself at the top of her game, she'll also discover that being there means that game is more dangerous and complicated than ever.”