
While she’s always thought this is who she wanted to be, she quickly discovers being someone different doesn’t solve her problems. Marvel and some of the Avengers appear to her speaking Urdu – it transforms her into Ms. After sneaking out to go to a party she’s exposed to a mysterious mist which not only induces strange visions – the original Ms. For she wasn’t born with her superpowers. However, what really makes these comics work is how much Kamala’s struggles coming to terms with her new superpower mirrors the struggles she has in finding her place in her community at large. While this sometimes is confusing for purposes of continuity, it also gives us the chance to see the character both in and out of the context of her own world and how she fits into the Marvel universe as a whole. Marvel’s own book, but also titles from other books – Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. The first three volumes collect not only the titles from Ms. Having lived and worked in Egypt as a journalist in her twenties she also has a much clearer idea of what it means to be a Muslim in the modern world than most Western writers. Her first novel, Alif the Unseen was winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel as well as having worked on various other comic titles before tackling Ms. Of course it helps the comic that the head writer is G.Willow Wilson who came to the series with an already impressive resume. Sure some of the restrictions placed on her are specific to her being Muslim, but in reality, she could just as easily be Sikh, Chinese or Indian. The overprotective parents, the older sibling who knows better and a high school community who think she’s “interesting”. A typical 16-year-old girl is most ways – loves online RPGs and writes Avenger’s fan sites – she also has to deal with the culture clashes most children of immigrants will find familiar. Kamala is the child of immigrants from Pakistan who settled in Jersey City, New Jersey. Marvel Vol.3: Crushed and the soon to be released Ms.

Marvel, Marvel has done you the sweet of repackaging them in four volumes: Ms. Marvel and brought her into the 21st Century.įor those who missed Kamala Khan in her individual comic appearances as the new Ms. However, one of the most interesting new interpretations has been how they’ve taken the character of Ms. Gay characters rub shoulders with new imaginings of traditional characters – a female Thor and a African American Captain America. It was a way of making their universe a more accurate representation of the real world.



A couple of years ago Marvel Comics began the process of rebooting some of its original characters in non-traditional ways.
