Appearing in "Second Chance!"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Leaves Woman Magazine)
Supporting Characters:
- Woman Magazine (Main story and flashback)
- Lynn Anderson (Cameo)
- Frank Gianelli (Main story and flashback)
- Tracy Burke
- J. Jonah Jameson (Only in flashback)
- Sharon Cole (Cameo)
- Unnamed other employees (Main story and flashback)
- Sam Adams (First appearance)
- Michael Barnett
- Arabella Jones
Antagonists:
- Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani)
- Thieves
- Williams
- Harry
Other Characters:
- U.S. Air Force (Photo)
- Michael Rossi (Photo)
- Joseph Danvers, Sr. (Photo)
- Marie Danvers (Photo)
- Joseph Danvers, Jr. (Photo)
- Steve Danvers (Photo)
- Daily Bugle (Name only)
- Vogue (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- Glamour (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- M.O.D.O.K. (Referenced)
- Carol's old NASA friends
- Stark International
- Harry, security guard
- Unnamed security guard
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
- Avengers (Referenced)
- Shigon (Invoked)
- National Security Council (Referenced)
- Henry Gyrich (Referenced)
- Lord of the Black Nebula (Invoked)
- Numerous unnamed civilians
- Melissa
- NYPD
- NYFD (Referenced)
- NASA (Referenced)
Races and Species:
- Human-Kree Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Shi'ar
- Mutants
- Skrulls (Referenced)
- Ducks (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York State (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Murray Hill (Main story and flashback)
- 39th Street and Second Avenue (Main story and flashback)
- Daily Bugle Building (Main story and flashback)
- Woman Magazine Offices (Main story and flashback)
- Daily Bugle Building (Main story and flashback)
- 39th Street and Second Avenue (Main story and flashback)
- Murray Hill (Main story and flashback)
- Greenwich Village
- Carol's Apartment
- Manhattan Bridge (First appearance)
- Lower East Side
- Pier 30
- East River
- Midtown (Main story and flashback)
- Brooklyn (Mentioned)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York State (Main story and flashback)
- Tokyo, Japan, Asia (Referenced)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Pama, Kree Galaxy (Invoked)
- Hala (Invoked)
- Black Nebula (Invoked)
Items and Concepts:
- Ms. Marvel's Suit
- Pulitzer Prize (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- Disco (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Vehicles:
- Intercontinental ballistic missile (Mentioned)
- Freighter Duncan
Synopsis for "Second Chance!"
Carol Danvers is laid off from Woman Magazine by J. Jonah Jameson due to their creative differences as to where the magazine is supposed to go. Leaving the Daily Bugle Building and changing into Ms. Marvel, she is attacked by Deathbird, who is in the area. Their fight is short, however, and Deathbird escapes.
Returning to her apartment as Carol Danvers, she finds that her friends and colleagues have thrown a surprise party to try and boost her morale. Carol learns that Tracy was offered Carol's former job, and she also becomes the object of affections of three men: Frank Gianelli, Michael Barnett, and Sam Adams. When Michael feels emasculated around her, Carol takes offense and flees the situation as Ms. Marvel.
She comes across Deathbird, who has hired a group of thieves to rob a Stark Industries warehouse for material to build a ship to escape back home. During the battle, a man and his daughter are threatened. However, Ms. Marvel manages to fight off Deathbird, who escapes after dropping rubble on her. Furious that Deathbird escaped, it turns out not to be a total loss for Ms. Marvel when the father and his daughter thank her for saving their lives.