Judgment Day Gave Captain Marvel a Heartbreaking Family Reunion
The following contains major spoilers for Captain Marvel #42, available now from Marvel Comics.
While Marvel's Judgment Day has shaken the world to its core, Earth's Mightiest Heroes have taken it upon themselves to quell the threat of abject oblivion. While the likes of Iron Man and Captain America have left for the front lines, Captain Marvel has found herself dealing with the crowds of panicked, occasionally possessed, and otherwise ordinary citizens. Carol has also been given a long overdue chance at the family reunion she never really had before, and won't ever get again.
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Captain Marvel #42 (by Kelly Thompson, Andrea Di Vito, Nolan Woodard, and VC's Clayton Cowles) finds the titular hero tirelessly trying to save a single city block's worth of civilians caught in the grip of some unseen madness. With her sister Lauri-Ell at her side, Carol does the best she can to mitigate any damage and avoid casualties in spite of the pressing threat, all while the Progenitor watches them both with a keen eye for detail. For Carol, the Progenitor has chosen to appear quite aptly as the original Captain Marvel, while for Lauri, the recently resurrected Celestial has taken on the admittedly less recognizable yet infinitely more meaningful appearance of the heroes' long-lost mother.
Judgment Day Brings Back Captain Marvel's Long-Lost Mother
First introduced as Marie Danvers all the way back in 1977's Ms. Marvel #13 (by Chris Claremont and Jim Mooney), Mari-Ell was originally raised on Hala, the Kree homeworld long torn apart by civil war. After rising through the ranks of the Kree military, Mari-Ell was tasked with journeying to Earth and giving birth to a human hybrid in a bid to produce an impossibly powerful asset to the war effort. After giving birth to Carol, Mari-Ell, then Marie, cut off all contact with her homeworld, all in the hopes of giving her daughter the kind of loving family and happy childhood she never knew.
Unfortunately, this decision to care so deeply for her child meant Mari-Ell had made an enemy of the Kree empire, something which would lead to her tragic death at the hands of an elite Kree Kleaner. Worse still, Carol's half-sister Lauri-Ell wouldn't make her own presence known until over a year later in Captain Marvel #18 (by Thompson and Cory Smith), long after losing the chance to ever meet her mother in life. As the product of an artificial embryonic process, Lauri was only born of Mari-Ell in the most technical sense. Though she certainly carries with her Mari-Ell's strength and battlefield prowess, she has also proven to be a similar font of caring and compassion, just not one she would ever recognize as having been inherited.
Mari-Ell's Impact On Captain Marvel's Family
In the years since making her debut, Lauri has struggled with her origin and her place within her family. Luckily, Carol hasn't had any trouble making Lauri feel both wanted and loved in every way she can. No matter how tangential their relation might be, Carol has been steadfast in her belief that she and Lauri are no less siblings than anyone other sisters. And, now that Lauri has gotten her mother's approval, she might finally be able to stop worrying whether that is true.
Of course, the Mari-Ell which Lauri was deemed worthy by wasn't actually her mother, but merely a Celestial bearing that visage. On the other hand, it doesn't matter all that much that it wasn't actually Lauri's mother who judged her. So long as Lauri got to see her mother's face smiling down upon her, then she has been given the approval that has eluded her one way or another. Catharsis, like so many other emotions, isn't particularly picky about the details of such a meaningful moment, and there is no reason for Lauri to be either. At least, not as long as she can choose to simply enjoy it instead.
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