Warning: Contains Spoilers forSuperior Avengers #4!
One of Marvel Comics’ newestAvengerswill be familiar to fans of theMarvel Cinematic Universe, as it has been officially confirmed that the MCU’s Ghost now has a comic book counterpart, asthat version of the complicated villain, who later became a New Avenger, is integrated into Marvel Comics canon.
Superior Avengers#4, written by Steve Foxe with art by Luca Maresca and Kyle Hotz, finally reveals more details about its mysterious new heroes’ futuristic origin stories.
Later in the issue, Marvel’s new Ghost makes a move against her super-team and reveals herself and her true motives to Doctor Doom’s son.
Introducing Ava Starr; How The MCU Hero Fits Into The Marvel Comics Landscape
Superior Avengers#4; Written By Steve Foxe; Art By Luca Maresca And Kyle Hotz; Color Art By Mattia Iacono And Rachelle Rosenberg; Lettering By VC’s Cory Petit
When she sells out her team for being enemies to Doom, hell-bent on saving their futures even if it means destroying the current timeline,Ghost officially introduces herself as Ava Starr. By identifying withthe name given to the MCU’s Ghost, Marvel Comics has finally established the films’ underrated anti-hero.
The MCU’s version of Ava Starr has delivered some really cool action scenes and garnered a cult fanbase across just two film appearances, so it’s surprising that it’s taken years for Marvel Comics to formally introduce Ava Starr to Earth-616. While they now share a name,Superior Avengers’ version of Ghoststill has an origin that’s unique to the comics.
InSuperior Avengers,Doom tried to assemble a team of heroesfrom a future where his reign proved successful, but the team has been actively working against the supervillain. However, it’s revealed that Ava has actually been a victim of her timeline’s original Ghost, and she’s been disguising herself as the evil prison warden while in the Superior Avengers lineup.
Will This Version of Ava Starr’s Ghost Stick Around In Marvel Comics?
And What Could That Mean For Her MCU Counterpart?
Although the original unnamed version of Ghost was a villain and occasional anti-hero,Superior Avengers’ Ava Starr adopted the Ghost identity in an effort to save the world, if not her own future. Despite the two versions of Ava Starr in comics and the MCU being quite different, they’re both making moves to become major heroes in their respective universes.
As the revamped Avengers hero officially gets adapted beyond the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ghost is finally getting the heroic upgrade she deserves in Marvel Comics lore.
As she exposes villains to keep them from destroying the world, Ava Starr proves that she’s a worthy Avenger in Marvel Comics. Along with her MCU counterpartleveling up to the New Avengers roster,Marvel now has a chance to keep Ava Starr in the main timeline, no matter how the rest of theOne World Under Doomevent unfolds.
While this version of Ghost still remains pretty different from her MCU counterpart, giving her the same name is no mistake, and readers should expect to see more of Ava Starr in the future. As the revampedAvengershero officially gets adapted beyond theMarvel Cinematic Universe, Ghost is finally getting the heroic upgrade she deserves in Marvel Comics lore.
