WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Captain Marvel #28 by Kelly Thompson, Jacopo Camagni, Espen Grundetjern and VC's Clayton Cowles, on sale now.
In Captain Marvel #28, Carol Danvers still finds herself reeling from her defeat at the hands of Ove. In the title's previous storyline, "The New World," she traveled forward in time, to the year 2052. In this dystopian era, she faced off with Ove, the son of Namor, the Sub-Mariner, and the Asgardian sorceress Amora, the Enchantress. Thanks to his mother's help, Ove performed a spell that allowed him to reach the past -- aka the present day of the Marvel Universe. Now, the villain's whereabouts are unknown, and Carol knows the threat he represents.
Since she lost the fight the first time she faced him, Carol dreads a rematch. But this time, she wants to be ready. If she wants to beat him, then she'll need to become a master of the mystic arts. And to do that, she will need a teacher: the Enchantress herself. Now that she is back in the present, Carol tells her friend Jessica Drew all about what happened to her in the future. This conversation allows Captain Marvel to realize that she is vulnerable to magic and that if she has any hope of defeating Ove, she needs to learn about magic herself. Logically, she visits the Sanctum Sanctorum and asks Doctor Strange for help. Given that the two have recently grown into something of an item, the Sorcerer Supreme is reluctant to help, but he eventually agrees.
However, what Carol doesn't know is that the first location they visit, the Bar With No Doors, is meant to help her -- not to teach her magic. She then realizes that Doctor Strange is unwilling to become her teacher, so she then sets off on a tour of the Marvel Universe's practitioners of magic, to find someone who will be willing to help her. Unfortunately, Doctor Strange got to all of them first, and they all turn her down. Doctor Voodoo, Wiccan, Magik and even the Scarlet Witch all agree that this isn't the right course for Captain Marvel.
Therefore, with no other options left, Carol turns to her final recourse. She knows that this is a bad idea, but since no one else will help her, she has no other alternative. Somewhere in the wilderness of British Columbia, she tracks down the Enchantress to ask for her help. Now, the issue ends before Amora can give her answer, but the cliffhanger heavily implies that she will accept.
Captain Marvel turning to Enchantress to become her magical teacher is certainly an interesting twist, given that Carol intends to learn to harness this power in order to defeat Amora's future son. This creates a tension between the two characters, especially if Carol chooses to keep that information from her teacher. But if she tells her all about Ove, there's no telling how Enchantress might react. The Amora from the future recognized that her son was dangerous, but she stuck by his side because he was her kin, and she could do the same. However, there's a chance that the Enchantress from the present shares her future counterpart's aversion to Ove -- and since she might not see herself as his mother, she could turn into an actual, powerful ally.
This just goes to show that "The New World" wasn't a one-and-done storyline. It was the beginning of an important new arc for Carol Danvers, which has propelled her into uncharted territory.
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