WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Captain Marvel #24 by Kelly Thompson, Lee Garbett, Belen Ortega, Antonio Fabela, and VC's Clayton Cowles, on sale now.

The future can be frightening, especially when it's a desolate and decrepit nightmare. Carol Danvers has been thrust thirty years into the future, finding few survivors who are trying to withstand both the elements and the mysterious tyrant Ove. Carol is lucky that she's around at least a few familiar faces, and that so far all of the new ones have been friendly, but she's about to meet with a stranger on their own turf. Ove might not be an immediately recognizable name, but his lineage is one of the most powerful the Marvel universe has seen so far.

Ove's sanctuary is a bright and shining gold monolith nestled in the devastated remains of New York City, surrounded by a forcefield that protects it from the outside world. It isn't surprising to see such an ostentatious display from someone who is obviously a descendant of the oftentimes flamboyant Namor. Ove greets his guests and walks them through the streets of his personal oasis, answering their questions with confidence, mentioning that he is also half Asgardian when he inquires as to Brigid's lineage. He's also the spitting image of his father, the former king of Atlantis.

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He tells her about growing up, watching his parents tense relationship over the difference in their heritages, each believing that Atlanteans or Asgardians were innately better than the other. This same attitude would help push Namor into abandoning humanity, choosing instead safeguarding Atlantis and ensuring its survival in the wake of whatever great calamity was next to come. Though Atlantis did survive while humanity as a whole fell, the citizens didn't stay loyal to Namor. After witnessing a failed attempt on his father's life in their own palace when he was a child, Ove became tense and stern, and when the next assassin came a decade later and succeeded in killing the king, Ove was already prepared to escape with his mother to the surface. There they discovered others with power, and began building his sanctuary.

Carol is hesitant to believe any of what Ove says, and rightfully so, though what he told her about his parents is almost certainly true. Once the sanctuary has gone quiet for the night, Carol and her allies begin investigating the compound without interference, coming across a locked vault. Carol blasts their way in, and finds Magik, chained to the floor, her shackles glowing with some sort of mystical energy. Before Magik can explain what has happened, Ove  arrives with his mother by his side -- the Asgardian evildoer known as the Enchantress.

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Introduced in 1964's Journey into Mystery #103's "The Enchantress and the Executioner!" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Enchantress has been terrorizing heroes such as Thor for a very long time. She's had some heroic moments, but none of them lasted long, and it doesn't seem like she is up to any good now.

Even though much of Ove's story might have been true, it still doesn't make up for him leaving out how his sanctuary is really maintained, with his mother's magic enslaving others and forcing them to use their powers according to her whims. Captain Marvel's new nemesis has one truly incredible set of genes, but it's unfortunate that he seems to have taken up his mother's villainous ways.

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