Mar-Vell

Walter Lawson (Former Alias)

Genis-Vell (son)

Phyla-Vell (daughter)

Minister Marvel (nephew)

## History

### Early Life (1979-1995)

Mar-Vell was born in the Kree city of Magelanic to Kar-Vell and his wife Vell-Visa, growing up Mar was bullied for his physical appearance being that of a “pink kree” due to his father being a half human. He stayed to himself and his family and was taught compassion and hard work by his parents. During his teen years Vell fell in love with a young Elysius, when she was called to return to Titan, Mar-Vell joined the Kree military to occupy his time and get his mind off of her.

### Military Career (1996-2001)

Mar-Vell slowly climbed up the ranks of the Kree Imperial Guard despite his refusal to kill much to the chagrin of his superior Captain Gl-Ory. Eventually Mar-Vell’s greatness was realized by the Supreme Intelligence who promoted him to Captain for the sake of one mission.

The mission in question had Vell being sent off planet to Earth, a planet in the Sol star system that had seen a crop of superhumans popping up, the supremor believed they could use the human’s dna to advance the Kree biology and sent the one man he knew wouldn’t kill a human but would study in Mar-Vell.

### Mission To Earth (2003-2006)

Mar-Vell‘s ship landed close to Cape Canaveral, Florida just when Shield liaison Philip Lawson had arrived at the nearby air force base. Walter attempted to inspect the spacecraft and accidentally startled Vell who instinctively shot out a blast from his energy bands. Mar-Vell felt awful having taken any life even if accidentally and nearly thought about leaving back for the Kree homeworld but remember what Gl-Ory would tell him, “the mission is always the most important”.

Vell quickly took Lawson’s clothes and left his body in his hidden Kree ship, setting off for the air force base “Lawson'''s life changed forever having met Carol Danvers at Cape Canaveral, he fell in love for the first time since Elysius and started fighting crime in his Military outfit as Captain Marvel. Over time he stopped reporting to the Kree homeworld, refusing to betray the human race and revealed his identity to Carol.

During this time away from the Kree, Mar became an Avenger and began to truly feel at home on the planet. Sadly that would come crashing down when Colonel Yon-Rogg and his soldiers were sent to retrieve Lawson.

When they arrived a big battle ensued ending in Vell’s still crashed ship where Rogg revealed the body of Lawson to Danvers. Attacking Vell, Rogg accidentally caused the ship to explode including the built in Psyche-Magnitron that gave Carol a Kree physiology and seemingly revived Lawson and killed Rogg.

### Ms Marvel and Trust Issues (2007-2008)

After the secret of Lawson was revealed to Carol combined with her new powers, she tried to distance herself from Marvel feeling betrayed. Vell continually tried to convince her it was an accident and he even tried to revive Lawson. After some time she agreed to let Lawson help her train with her powers but not to continue their relationship. Over the course of her training she slowly fell in love with Marvel and even joined him as his partner Ms Marvel in the Avengers.

Around this time Marvel also attempted to make amends with Walter Lawson, joining him on some missions to shield and helping him fix his life. In reward Walter allowed Mar-Vell to use the Lawson last name as his fictional cousin Philip.

### Negative Zone (2009-2010)

With his life back on track, Mar-Vell seemed to have everything working until during a battle he was abducted by Lawson, it turns out the Magnitron combined him and Yon-Rogg who had learned how to escape from the negative zone he was trapped in. Vell’s nega bands were left with the Avengers. Taken back to the Kree homeworld, Mar-Vell is accused of treason and sentenced to death by firing squad. He is able to escape with the help of Ronan The Accuser and Zarek who force him to help in an attempted overthrow of the Supreme Intelligence. Vell is able to escape their hands and attempts to return to Earth but is hit by negative zone energy and trapped in it.

Meanwhile back on Earth, the Avengers young sidekick Rick Jones picks up the nega bands and accidentally learns he can summon Marvel from the zone for three hours at a time swapping places. This lasted for about 6 months during which Marvel was forced to work with the abrasive Jones. Eventually the Fantastic Four are able to retrieve Marvel from the Negative Zone and break the two’s link.

Getting out of the Negative Zone, Marvel immediately proposes to Ms Marvel.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

Originally, Captain Mar-Vell possessed no super-humanoid powers. However, the various Kree races had all evolved with higher strength levels than Earth humans to combat the heavier gravitation of their home worlds.

* **Kree Physiology:** Owing to his Kree physiology, Captain Mar-Vell possessed the natural attributes of the Kree race; he possessed resistance to poison, toxins and disease (systemic antidote), and a higher natural strength level and more durable body than a human, approximately twice the level.
* **Flight:** Mar-Vell also found that he could fly without the need of the rocket belt that had been part of his Kree uniform, having the ability to travel through the infinite void of space at "translight"/supra-luminal (faster-than-light) speeds unaided.
* **Nega-Band Based Energy Absorption:** Mar-Vell also demonstrated the ability, drawn from the Nega-Bands, to absorb energy into himself without harm.
* **Energy Blasts:** Eventually Mar-Vell no longer had to use the Nega Bands and could perform the same abilities with his own body.
* **Simulated Telekinesis:** He could manipulate his energies in such a way as to move people/objects about by focusing constructs around them.
* **Healing/Restoration:** Captain Marvel would eventually learn that he could use solar/photonic energy used to empower him as a means to accelerate his own recovery process.
* **Virtual Invulnerability:** He’s virtually invulnerable
* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** He healed quickly.

### Abilities

Possessed of extensive knowledge of the technologically advanced vehicles and devices of the Kree Empire, Captain Mar-Vell was considered the best soldier and warrior in the Kree Army, being highly trained and a capable hand-to-hand combatant, starship pilot, spy, marksman capable of using both blasters and ballistic weapons, swordsman and as a tactician, he was often compared to the likes of Captain America in terms of ability. Being from a highly advanced alien civilization, Captain Mar-Vell also had extensive knowledge in highly advanced Kree technology; due to Mar-Vell's upbringing in an advanced alien culture in which intelligence was superior to that of humans. Mar-Vell was capable of matching the most advanced thinkers in the Marvel Universe, as he was known to make great calculations in seconds. On top of that, Mar-Vell was highly skilled in the fields of mathematics, robotics, and mechanics to be able to pose undercover as a scientist at Cape Canaveral

### Weaknesses

* **Blackend ("Cancer").** Mar-Vell was exposed to nerve gas contained in a canister stolen by Robert Hunter, who called himself Nitro, during their fight, which Nitro lost. He was able to seal the canister of the gas, but in doing so, he himself could not avoid breathing in some of the nerve gas, which was also carcinogenic and caused cancer cells to develop over time.