One of the advances prior to the premiere of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness showed a person other than Steve Roger using the shield of Captain America. Tracking down this new character within the Marvel Cinematic Universe requires going all the way to the animated series. What would happen if…?, in which it was presented. It’s about the Captain Carter.
What would happen if…? is an animated series aimed at studying different possible realities within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To do so, they change some facts of the already known stories. That explains why, in the first episode of the production, it is Peggy Carter who receives the super-soldier serum and not steve rogers. So, she emerges as the bearer of the shield.
Your confirmation within Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has to do with the confrontation between realities raised by the film. At the time, Kevin Feighead of production for this saga of films, explained that it was feasible that part of what was seen in What would happen if…? was recreated at some point. Like this.
The story of Captain Carter
The facts of the first episode of What would happen if…?entitled “What if… Captain Carter was the first Avenger?”, are the following. Peggy Carter It is part of the Strategic Scientific Reserve. The narrative is in the context of WWII. She is part of those involved, as a witness, of Project Rebirth. That idea dedicated to generating soldiers like Captain America (played in the movies by Chris Evans).
When does everything get complicated? When Heinz Kruger, a HYDRA agent, learns about the experiment and attempts to steal the supersoldier’s serum. To do so, he plants a bomb in the headquarters where the experiment is taking place. Peggy Carter is aware of this, she risks her life to prevent everything from collapsing. The bomb explodes. She affects Steve Rogers, who can no longer receive the serum. Therefore, Peggy Carter decides to receive it instead of him.
After this, the character participates in multiple missions, evoking the images that were adapted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Captain America. In the following chapters of What would happen if…? He is also involved in different conflicts and events.
And in the comics?
During that year it was launched on the comic book market. Captain Carter Vol 1, with the aim of further exploring its history in a graphic key. This story is written by Jamie McKelviewith drawings of Marika Crest. As it happened with Captain America, due to different events she is out of her time.
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Therefore, her day to day is a constant pulse between the world she grew up in and knew and one that is different, alien to her. The incorporation live action of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, through his cameo in Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness, invites us to think that it will not be the last time he will be seen on screen.