To be honest I don't like particularly neither of them, but the movie give Black Widow a big push, while Carol has a more interesting skill set.
Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel
Natasha Romanova aka Black Widow
To be honest I don't like particularly neither of them, but the movie give Black Widow a big push, while Carol has a more interesting skill set.
I suspect the poll results will change following the movie.
the poll was made around civil war II was happening. I can see the result being this way since even now the memory is sour in many fans eyes.
Not to mention it's mostly 616marvel bumping the thread every few months so it won't gain much traction in terms of votes
After the movie comes out, and (hopefully) does well, I wonder how many people will still argue that Carol isn't Marvel's flagship female character
As characters? Carol.
Black Widow was generic to me before Scarlet Johansson. I really like ScarJo
The J-man
The movie is out and was successful, but no, Carol still isn't Marvel's flagship female hero. You can't force flagship status, it has to be earned. Spider-Man as well as the X-Men are considered to be flagship because throughout their time of publication, they've proven to be among Marvel's most popular products, at no point needing anything other than their compelling stories and characters to prop them up. Carol doesn't have that kind of cultural success to the degree that from the 80's until the early 2000's, she was basically a supporting character among the teams that she was on, not a star player. Her following doesn't even compare to the things that are considered to be flagships of Marvel.
There isn’t one just yet. When I think of an indisputable flagship female, Wonder Woman comes to mind. She’s a cultural figure that everyone knows about and has for quite a long time. Marvel hasn’t reached the point of having someone like that yet. Maybe some day, but it takes time.
Why always this need for flagship characters?
Just like this poll! How can I compare Carol ans Natasha? They are totally different characters, they have not much things in common (maybe their past spy career, but Carol's was short while it's one of the defining abilities of Natasha). I would have understood a comparison between Natasha and Elektra, but with Carol?
I like that the Marvel Universe is diverse and populated by strong and interesting female characters like Carol, Natasha, Ororo, Sue, Jean, and countless others where no one steals the show of the other.