As of 2025, Marvel Studios has not officially committed to a "wicked" Carol Danvers in live-action. The Marvels (2023) showed a more humorous, team-oriented hero. However, with the multiverse saga in full swing, rumors persist of a Secret Wars storyline featuring a "Dark Captain Marvel" from an alternate reality. Leaked concept art (unconfirmed) from Avengers: Secret Wars suggests a potential confrontation between the heroic MCU Carol and a grizzled, scarred, "Wicked" variant wearing Kree battle armor.
If Marvel Studios learns anything from the grassroots popularity of this content, they would be wise to lean into the demand. A What If...? season 3 episode fully dedicated to a "Wicked Captain Marvel" origin story seems inevitable. Until then, fans will continue creating their own darker visions in fan films, mods, and digital art.
| Platform | Content Available | |----------|------------------| | Disney+ | What If…? S2E4 (“What If… Captain Marvel Were Brainwashed?”), Marvel Zombies (2024), Avengers Assemble (S5) | | Hulu | MODOK S1E5 (“If MODOK Were… Evil Captain Marvel?”) | | Marvel HQ (YouTube) | Clips from Moonstone vs. Carol fights | | Prime Video | Dark Avengers: The Movie (fan-animated, unofficial) | | Game Pass / PS Store | Marvel’s Avengers – Binary DLC; Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite | wicked captain marvel xxx an axel braun parody
The Marvels (2023) took a different, even more subversive turn. It introduced the concept of the "wicked" through chaos. The film’s central conflict—that Carol, Kamala Khan, and Monica Rambeau keep swapping places whenever they use their powers—is a narrative nightmare. It is wicked in the colloquial sense: frustrating, uncontrollable, and darkly funny.
Where traditional sequels try to out-grim the original, The Marvels embraced absurdity. The most "wicked" moment is not a death, but the planet where the inhabitants communicate only through song. Carol is forced to sing. This is a diabolical piece of entertainment content for a character often criticized as too serious. It punishes the hero (and the audience’s expectations) with pure, silly joy. It suggests that the worst fate for a cosmic-level hero isn't death—it's embarrassment. As of 2025, Marvel Studios has not officially
To understand the "Wicked Captain Marvel" phenomenon, we must first look at the source material. Mainstream Marvel comics have occasionally flirted with darker versions of Carol Danvers. The 2012 storyline Avengers: The Enemy Within touched on her self-destructive tendencies and guilt, but the real turning point came with alternate reality tales.
In Exiles, a reality-hopping series, readers met a version of Carol who had become a brutal empress. In Marvel Zombies, she was part of a cannibalistic undead horde. However, the most significant influence on "Wicked" fan content is the Civil War II narrative. In that 2016-2017 event, Carol Danvers championed predictive justice—arresting people for crimes they hadn't yet committed—putting her at odds with almost every other hero. While the comic intended to present a difficult ethical question, many fans interpreted Carol’s actions as authoritarian and "wicked." This single storyline became the bedrock for countless fan edits, debate videos, and dark roleplay scenarios. The Marvels (2023) took a different, even more
While live-action MCU films have kept Carol Danvers firmly in the heroic camp, animated projects have been braver. Marvel’s Avengers Assemble (season 5) featured an arc called "The War of the Realms" where a manipulated Carol becomes a herald of the fire demon Surtur. Her design—blackened armor, cracked helmet, and red eyes—became an instant cosplay sensation and a template for "Wicked" fan art.
More recently, X-Men ’97 (2024) did not feature Captain Marvel directly, but its dark, serialized tone inspired a wave of fan animations on YouTube. Using AI voice cloning, creators produced shorts titled "What If Carol Danvers Joined Magneto?" In these, a "Wicked Captain Marvel" helps Magneto dismantle global governments, not out of mutant loyalty, but out of cynical exhaustion with human politics.