Captain Marvel (1989 one-shot) [Comics]

This 1989 "Giant-Sized Special!" (really double-sized, at 48 pages) explains how the Monica Rambeau Captain Marvel got her powers back after they were lost during her time with the Avengers. Rambeau, one of the Marvel Universe's few New Orleans-based heroes, takes on a job as a ship captain after moving back in with her mom and dad. On her maiden cruise, said ship is attacked by Powder Keg, a generic super-villain in an ugly costume (according to the Marvel Chronology Project, he has only made one appearance in the 21 years since this, his debut). Rambeau realizes her powers have not disappeared after all and soundly thumps him by burying him in six tons of wheat (the source of the quotation that ran on top of the Bullpen Bulletins page of every Marvel comic that month). It's never really explained how/why Rambeau has powers again, or how/why they are substantially different than her original energy powers (now she can't turn intangible, but has super-strength). Anyway, it turns out the ship was attacked because a crimelord named Ramos wants to steal a create belonging to Stark Enterprises. Ramos dresses up in a stolen power-suit to mess with the new and improved Captain Marvel, and also gets soundly thumped. The end.

It's not really bad. I actually kind of liked it. Just feeling snarky, I guess.