Captain Carter

**Dr. Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Carter**, also known as **Captain Carter**, is the tritagonist of the first season of the *What If* series. She appears as the titular protagonist of the first episode "What If Captain Carter Were the First Avenger" and the protagonist of the final "What If The Watcher Broke His Oath".

She is an alternate variant of Peggy Carter from Earth-199999 who was injected with the Super Soldier Serum instead of Steve Rogers, becoming the WWII hero Captain Carter. While combating her arch-nemesis the Red Skull, Peggy was transported into the 21st century and later joined the Guardians of the Multiverse to fight Infinity Ultron. She is portrayed by Hayley Atwell, as her original version.

## **Biography**

#### **Attack on SSR Brooklyn Facility**

Peggy Carter's life was the same as her original version up until the presentation of Dr. Abraham Erskine where he was going to inject Steve Rogers. At the last moment, Nazi HYDRA agent Heinz Kruger killed Erskine and Peggy's senior Colonel Phillips and wounded Rogers. Carter shot Kruger dead with a gun before he could escape vith a vial of the Super Soldier Serum, and instructed her friend Howard Stark to inject her with it instead. The process was successful and Carter was granted superhuman abilities. Colonel John Flynn refused to send to the frontlines of the war because she was a woman.

#### **Capture of Arnim Zola**

Stark provides Carter with a suit and vibranium shield, and when the Tesseract was stolen by HYDRA she secretly went on a mission to retrieve it. After effortlessly stopping a HYDRA motorcade, she was unable to find the Tesseract but captured HYDRA scientist Arnim Zola.

#### **Liberation of the Howling Commandos**

Carter led a military troop to an Austrian HYDRA facility and saved Bucky Barnes and the Howling Commandos. They were aided by Steve, know in the HYDRA Stomper armour, in fighting of the HYDRA forces and return to America. Carter would go on to lead HYDRA Stomper and the Howling Commandos on many missions throught the war. One of their missions was to ambush a train with HYDRA's leader Red Skull in it, but they learnt it was a trap, which HYDRA Stomper walked in to, and was promptly exploded.

#### **Final Confrontation with Red Skull and Transported to the 21st Century**

Mourning Steve's death, Carter forced Red Skull's plan out of Zola. Skull was going to use the Tesseract to unleash an intergalactic creature which he planned to use to conquer the world. Carter, Stark and the Howling Commandos attacked Red Skull's fortress and made it past the defences, only to discover Steve is still alive. They managed to free Steve but were too late to stop Skull summoning a portal to summon the Champion of HYDRA monster. The monster turned on Skull and destroyed him, and Carter began fighting the monster. As Stark reopened the portal, Carter bid goodbye to Steve before pushing the monster through the portal. She used her sword to cut it into pieces, but when she is sent out of the portal she is told by Nick Fury and Clint Barton it is 2011, almost 70 years after the Nazis lost the war.

#### **Approached by the Watcher**

Three years later, Carter is now a member of the SHIELD STRIKE team and a good friend of fellow agent Black Widow. On a mission, they were sent to the hijacked Lemurian Star ship, and Carter engaged in combat with the villainous mercenary Georges Batroc. Suddenly, the Watcher, a cosmic being who observes the Multiverse, told her she "had been chosen" before teleporting her to a pub where she found herself among heroes from other realities: Star-Lord, Gamora, Prince Killmonger and Thor. The Watcher and his associate Strange Supreme explained that the all-powerful being Infinity Ultron was on a conquest to destroy the multiverse, and he had chosen them to form the Guardians of the Multiverse to stop him.

#### **Battle for the Multiverse**

The Guardians of the Multiverse planned to distract Infinity Ultron and target the Soul Stone so Gamora can use her Infinity Crusher to destroy the Infinity Stones. However, Thor acidentally unleashed lightning that catches Infinity Ultron's attention and he attacks them. They manage to steal the Soul Stone before they teleported to Infinity Ultron's universe. That universe's Black Widow, the last survivor on Earth, believed they work for Infinity Ultron and took the Soul Stone from them but Carter convinces her that they are against him. Infinity Ultron arrived and fought them in an epic showdown for the multiverse itself, and the Guardians learnt that the Infinity Crusher cannot not work on Infinity Ultron due to him possessing the Infinity Stones of a different universe. He then blased Carter and Widow away, but Widow noticed an arrow that contains the consciousness of that universe's Arnim Zola. Carter jumped over Infinity Ultron and impaled the arrow through his eyes, allowing Zola to destroy the villain. Killmonger betrayed the team and attempts to use the head of an Ultron Sentry to possess the Stones, but Zola attempts to claim them as well from Infinity Ultron's body, leading the two to clash. Strange Supreme sacrificed himself by imprisoning the two of them, as well as himself, into an empty dimension for all of time.

#### **Returning To The Present**

After Infinity Ultron's defeat, The Watcher began sending the Guardians back to their realities until only Carter was left. She saw a picture of Steve on the wall of The Watcher's pub and considered returning to the past, but the The Watcher convinced her to go back to her time as the people there need her. As soon as she returned, Batroc abruptly knocked her down but Black Widow tasered him unconscious. Widow then revealed that they have recovered the HYDRA Stomper armour and have found Steve inside it, much to Carter's joy.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

**Artificially Enhanced Physiology**: After being injected by the Super Soldier Serum, Carter was transformed into a being of superhuman powers.

* **Enhanced Healing Factor**: Carter can recuparate from serious injuries which would take other humans years to heal in a matter of a few minutes, also the result of her longevity
* **Enhanced Strength**: Carter's strength is far more advanced than the average human, rivalled by the likes of Red Skull and surpassed by the likes of Thor, The Watcher and Infinity Ultron. She was able to flip a HYDRA Truck over with little effort and resist the tentacles of the Champion of HYDRA, pushing it through a portal.
* **Enhanced Durability**: Carter's body was highly durable, able to easily resist blunt force trauma that easily kill a normal human, such as a blast from Infinity Ultron.
* **Enhanced Speed**: Carter is able to run at incredible speeds, rivalling the likes of Prince Killmonger and being surpassed by the likes of Thor.
* **Enhanced Agility**: Carter can perform several gymnastic moves which average humans cannot.
* **Enhanced Stamina**: Carter is resitant to illness and fatigue, able to fight opponents even after sustaining wounds.
* **Enhanced Reflexes**: Carter's reflexes allow her to respond to her opponent's attacks with notable speed and efficiency.
* **Enhanced Senses**: Carter is able to see, hear, smell, taste and feel beyond the capacity of human beings.
* **Enhanced Intelligence**: While not as high as beings such as Iron-Man and Arnim Zola, Carter's intelligence is greater than most average human beings.

#### Abilities

**Martial Arts**: Carter is highly skilled in martial arts, even before she received the Super Soldier Serum.

**Marksmanship**: She is an expert markswoman, able to fire guns with high accuracy.

**Multilingual**: Carter can speak English and French fluently.

**Strategy**: Carter is a master strategist, coming up with several war tactics while leading the Howling Commandos on their missions.

**Spy**: Carter was able to infiltrate the Red Skull's castle and free Abraham Erskine while in a disguise.

## **Paraphernalia**

### **Equipment**

**Captain Carter's Shield**: Howard Stark invented a Vibranium shield for Carter with the Union Jack painted on it, which she would go on to use in her WWII missions and during the Battle for the Multiverse.

**Captain Carter's Pistol**: Carter used her pistol during the Liberation of the Allied Prisoners as well as many other of her missions. She also used it to kill Heinz Kruger.

**Sword**: Carter recovered a sword from the Red Skull's castle which she used to kill the Champion of HYDRA. The sword was teleported to the 21st century alongside Carter.

**Captain Carter's First Uniform**: Carter's first uniform had the Union Jack imprined on it, but Carter would later stop using it.

**Captain Carter's STRIKE Uniform**: Carter would later wear a STRIKE uniform during her STRIKE missions and the Battle for the Multiverse.

### Vehicles

**Lindworm-5 Motorbike**: Carter would briefly use a Lindworm-5 Motorbike she stole from a HYDRA agent.

## Trivia

* Captain Carter is partially based on an alternate version of Peggy Carter who would appear in the video game *Marvel Puzzle Quest*.