“women’s liberation” movement—“This Female Fights Back!” promised the cover of her first issue—but Carol was mostly written by men, some of whom seemed baffled by feminism, or simply hostile to it. (In one storyline, when Ms. Marvel was an Avenger, she was impregnated and abducted by an alien while the rest of the team stood passively by.) At various points, Carol lost her memories and her powers, and even abandoned the Ms. Marvel name for years, going by Binary and Warbird.
