Captain Marvel: 3 Familiar Faces Are Joining Brie Larson's Superhero Film

Because Captain Marvel has been through so many iterations, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige made sure to specify that Larson will be playing Carol Danvers, a character who dates all the way back to 1968. "Her origins are very much Earthbound, but her adventures and power base come from the cosmic realm," Feige said.

After debuting in 1968 as a human companion for the original Captain Marvel (the space alien Mar-Vell), she developed superpowers of her own and took on the title of Ms. Marvel in 1977. By 2012, she'd been given the Captain Marvel moniker, while Kamala Khan (Marvel's first lead Muslim character) was crowned Ms. Marvel.