I have two reasons for you to take a closer look at 2020’s Captain Marvel #23, and it could spell profits in the near future.

Marvel Studios brought the house down at San Diego Comic-Con. Just when we thought that DC might steal the show, they tripped on the red carpet. Like a turtle on its back, WB struggled to get on its feet, and Marvel sprinted past them. Kevin Feige and the gang brought out the heavy artillery and wowed audiences with several surprises.

WAKANDA FOREVER

One of the biggest moments of Saturday’s SDCC panels was the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The teaser footage was beautiful, and the fans in Hall H that day were more than impressed with Ryan Coogler’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated film. Of course, the real crowd pleaser was seeing Tenoch Huerta as Namor the Submariner. 

Along with Namor, there are glimpses of his Atlantean army, and the internet community was quick to point out Namora and Attuma. Presumably, there will be more characters hailing from the undersea continent, which leads us to Captain Marvel #23. 

More times than not, Marvel has used its comics to tease things to come in the MCU. Whenever we see a concept or character being dusted off for the comics, it tends to lead to a cinematic tie-in. Such was the case with the Dark Hold. Before we learned that Scarlet Witch would use its power to become the death machine of Multiverse of Madness, there was a series of Dark Hold titles. 

How does that relate to Captain Marvel #23? In that issue, readers were introduced to Ove. Hailing from the future Earth of 2051, Ove is the Atlantean-Asgardian son of Namor and Amora the Enchantress. That gene splicing makes him a powerful character.

Is he the first of Submariner’s children? Not at all, but the fact that Ove was brought into the fold only two years before Namor makes his long-awaited cinematic debut could hint that the future king of New Atlantis will be hinted at in Wakanda Forever or sometime in the future. 

LOVE AND THUNDER

There’s more than just Ove to get you interested in Captain Marvel #23. This issue also features the first appearance of Brigid Thorsdottir. Like Ove, she comes from 2051. In that alternate reality, Thor died in a cataclysmic event that covered the globe in lethal levels of radiation. It turned Earth into a wasteland, and the remaining population went into hiding. In a survivor’s camp underneath New York City, Brigid works as a smith. A couple of issues later, she summons Mjolnir and becomes the Thor of her world.

By this point, the embargo for Thor: Love and Thunder spoilers is over. At the end of the movie, he adopts Gorr’s daughter, resurrected by Eternity, as his own child named “Love” (get it? Love and Thunder?). Although there is no explanation given, she somehow is worthy of wielding Stormbreaker.

There are many questions surrounding Love and what she could mean to the MCU future. One possibility is that she will evolve into Brigid. Again, since this is an alternate future Earth, there are plenty of avenues for Brigid to appear in a future project. After all, Kang will be the next Thanos-like linchpin for the MCU, and he is known for both time and interdimensional travel. For that matter, there’s What If…? That could be a perfect way to introduce Brigid.

VALUES

With the Multiverse and time capers opening Marvel to endless possibilities, you can’t discount the potential for either character. That may be why Captain Marvel #23, graded at a 9.8, sold for a record $80 less than a year ago. There hasn’t been a recorded sale in July, but since April, it has earned anywhere from $30 to as much as $60. 

Is this a surefire win just waiting to happen? Certainly not, but there’s no denying the potential of either character with so many MCU projects on the horizon.

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