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Monica Rambeau

Monica Rambeau? Captain Marvel? Photon? Pulsar? Spectrum? Long story short, Monica has gone through many name changes since her first appearance in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16 when she was bombarded with the alien energy that granted her remarkable powers. One thing that has remained consistent? Her knack as a leader. Read up on the first female Captain Marvel.

Monica Rambeau

Monica Rambeau: Photon (2022) #1

Universal powerhouse Monica Rambeau stars in her very own all-new adventure! The hero known as Photon has been charged with making a very special, very cosmic delivery – should be light work (get it?) for Monica…if family drama doesn’t hold her back!

Strikeforce (2019) #1

NO COMPROMISE. NO MERCY. ALL NEW, ONGOING SERIES! From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can't bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!

Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #16

In this annual issue: Peter Parker learns a valuable lesson: not to judge a book by its cover. Plus: the exciting origin of the all-new, all-different, all-terrific Captain Marvel!

Avengers (1963) #227

The Avengers test the capabilities of a new heroine calling herself Captain Marvel, and then offer her team membership. The Wasp continues to put up a brave front, determined to survive the turmoil of her divorce and to succeed as team chairwoman. Enter Monica Rambeau, as the new Captain Marvel!

Marvel Team-Up (1972) #142

Black suit Spider-Man and Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau take on the nefarious P.R.I.D.E.!

Avengers (1963) #279

Doctor Druid decides to join the Avengers! Following Wasp's departure, Captain America offers young Captain Marvel the position of chairwoman. After deliberating amongst herself and her family, Captain Marvel accepts!

Captain Marvel (1989) #1

The Avenging Monica Rambeau goes supersonic in her own, high-flying adventure! Relive her past with Earth’s Mightiest and see her take down Powderkeg, Leviathan and Moonstone!

Captain Marvel (1994) #1

While at Empire State University, Captain Marvel must combat racism and violence brought on by the Sons of the Serpent.

Avengers Unplugged (1995) #5

First Appearance of Monica Rambeau of Photon! A battle of the Captain Marvels! Who will be the victor of the title by the end of this issue? Monica Rambeau or Genis-Vell?

New Thunderbolts (2004) #9

Everyone in Atlantis is dying and only one man can save them -- the person responsible for their poisoning! Which T-Bolt was willing to kill thousands of people -- and is unwilling to stop the carnage?
Also, Photon vs. Photon in a battle you won't believe! And... what's up with Songbird's new boyfriend... he looks a little... purple...
32 PGS./T+ Suggested for Teens and Up ...$2.99

Ultimates 2 (2016) #1

Who - or what - is the Cosmic Jailer? What being is powerful enough to chain Eternity itself? That is the mystery Galactus must solve - before it's too late. Ultimate problems require ultimate solutions, and Galactus will call on those who helped cure his insatiable hunger. Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, Spectrum and Ms. America! Together they are the Ultimates, protectors of the Omniverse. But now they are something more - the newest heralds of Galactus, the Lifebringer!

Nextwave: Agents of H.a.T.E. (2006) #1

RRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! Action! Excitement! Explosions! The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation©) put NEXTWAVE together to fight Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. When NEXTWAVE discovers that H.A.T.E. and Beyond© are terrorist cells themselves and that the BWMDs were intended to kill them, they are less than pleased. In fact, they are rather angry. So they make things explode. Lots of things. Starring Monica Rambeau (formerly Captain Marvel and Photon), Aaron Stack (Machine Man), Tabitha Smith (X-Force's Meltdown), monster-hunter Elsa Bloodstone and The Captain! Guest-starring Fin Fang Foom!!! If you like anything, you will LOVE NEXTWAVE!!! BOOM!!
32 PGS./ PARENTAL ADVISORY ...$2.99

Black Panther (2005) #13

"Two the Hard Way"
To every King, a bride -- and that's exactly what The Black Panther is searching for! But first, he's got to travel down South for a rendezvous with Blade, the Next Wave's Monica Rambeau, and an endless horde of good old boy vampires. Jump on board here, True Believer, as BLACK PANTHER revs up to an event of cataclysmic proportions. Part 4 (of 4).

32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99

Mighty Avengers (2013) #1

INFINITY TIE-IN! New ongoing series! FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF INFINITY COMES THE MIGHTY AVENGERS! The Avengers are light-years away in space, contending with the Builders! Thanos' marauders ransack the Earth, doing as they please! Who will stand in defense of mankind? Luke Cage! The Superior Spider-Man! Spectrum! The White Tiger! Power Man! And a mysterious figure in an ill-fitting Spider-Man Halloween costume! These unlikely heroes must assemble when no one else can-against the unrelenting attack of Proxima Midnight!