The difference is that was a well-written story that drastically improved his character; this is just another example of Marvel editorial changing the comics to make them closer to the movies. It's not a writer trying to tell a good story, it's forced corporate synergy.
Eh, let's put all the cards on the table. Marvel has a woman character problem. The biggest problem they have is that they *don't* have a Wonder Woman. They only major female character they have that isn't derivative of another male hero is Black Widow. And her status is elevated because of the movies happening to pick her as an Avenger, not the other way around.
Wasp is derivative of Ant-Man. Rescue is derivative of Iron Man. She-Hulk is... well, duh. Captain. Marvel is derivative of Mar-Vell.
Scarlet Witch is kind of in the same boat as Black Widow, they're not derivative but they don't have a really strong catalog of stories to draw from, and Wanda suffers a lot from her adaptation -- it removed a lot of the 'magic' from her, at least so far.
Carol is their best bet, because her link - Mar-vell - is long dead, and her stories don't hinge on him being around. Her powers are strong, dynamic, so they'll play well on screen. She can hang with Iron Man, Hulk, & Thor power wise.
So yeah, reducing her link to Mar-vell even further *is* corporate synergy. But... I do think that they want Carol to be a big deal in the *comics* to, as we can see from the past *decade* of them pushing her since House of M. And to do that, she needs to be polished up a bit. She's got one of the *worst* backstories in comics as far as retcons, mind control, and comic weirdness.
So yeah, tweaking her origin a bit to make it more attractive lets them have other things to focus on than her and Rogue having a grudge match, or Marcus. She needs more back story to fill in her character.
I think the movie encouraged this, but really cleaning up her origin a bit and giving her backstory some pathos is probably a good thing that the comics should have been doing anyway since they want her to be a big deal. Having these bits in place *will* help smooth over the rougher bits.
Does Carol really have a strong catalog of stories to draw from?
And I don't think her backstory or her ties to Mar-Vell were holding her back from being a better character or more successful. Nor does this retcon change anything besides her origin, which was pretty simple already; her history with Rogue and Marcus is still there (and when was the last time she actually focused on either of them in her own series?).
Plus Carol wasn't a 'major' character until Marvel started making her one (she's really only a major character because Marvel says she is, her books aren't exactly flying off the shelves); if Marvel gave another female character her treatment, constantly giving her new series and putting her at the center of their big events, that character could easily have the same status that Carol currently has. There are other powerful female characters who Marvel could make a big deal too if they wanted to.
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Wasp is derivative of Ant-Man.
Rescue is derivative of Iron Man.
She-Hulk is... well, duh.
Captain. Marvel is derivative of Mar-Vell.
Scarlet Witch is kind of in the same boat as Black Widow, they're not derivative but they don't have a really strong catalog of stories to draw from, and Wanda suffers a lot from her adaptation -- it removed a lot of the 'magic' from her, at least so far.
Carol is their best bet, because her link - Mar-vell - is long dead, and her stories don't hinge on him being around. Her powers are strong, dynamic, so they'll play well on screen. She can hang with Iron Man, Hulk, & Thor power wise.
So yeah, reducing her link to Mar-vell even further *is* corporate synergy. But... I do think that they want Carol to be a big deal in the *comics* to, as we can see from the past *decade* of them pushing her since House of M. And to do that, she needs to be polished up a bit. She's got one of the *worst* backstories in comics as far as retcons, mind control, and comic weirdness.
So yeah, tweaking her origin a bit to make it more attractive lets them have other things to focus on than her and Rogue having a grudge match, or Marcus. She needs more back story to fill in her character.
I think the movie encouraged this, but really cleaning up her origin a bit and giving her backstory some pathos is probably a good thing that the comics should have been doing anyway since they want her to be a big deal. Having these bits in place *will* help smooth over the rougher bits.
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And I don't think her backstory or her ties to Mar-Vell were holding her back from being a better character or more successful. Nor does this retcon change anything besides her origin, which was pretty simple already; her history with Rogue and Marcus is still there (and when was the last time she actually focused on either of them in her own series?).
Plus Carol wasn't a 'major' character until Marvel started making her one (she's really only a major character because Marvel says she is, her books aren't exactly flying off the shelves); if Marvel gave another female character her treatment, constantly giving her new series and putting her at the center of their big events, that character could easily have the same status that Carol currently has. There are other powerful female characters who Marvel could make a big deal too if they wanted to.