Why did they name the movie "Captain Marvel"?

vegan_vicky

Why did they choose the title to be "Captain Marvel"? Firstly Carol Danvers was a pilot. And Captain is a rank in the Army. I understand the title "Captain America" because Steve was in the Army and thus the title make sense. But for Carol, I didn't get the logic behind the "Captain" title. And also nobody in the movie called her by the name Marvel, although Nick Fury did talked about the pronunciation of "Mar-Vell" and "Marvel".

Originally asked by Kushal Bhuyan on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The movie's title comes from the character's (current) name, Captain Marvel. In the comics, Mar-Vell is the original Captain Marvel. Moved by Mar-Vell’s actions, Carol took the Captain Marvel codename as a tribute and she adopted a brand-new costume as well. Source: https://www.marvel.com/characters/captain-marvel-carol-danvers/in-comics

Full answer by Raj: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/97701 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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