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| Here's another odd variant cover, since I had no blank one to use |
Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel is another
attempt to bring more diversity to Marvel’s line-up. She is a Pakistani-American
and she is of Islamic faith. It is not often you see either of these traits
represented in Superheroes. Simon Baz aka Green Lantern (yes, another one) is
really the only other character of similar origins that I am aware of from the
big two.
Of course, Kamala Khan was not the first
to bear the name of Ms. Marvel, in fact she was the fourth but the person of
note is Carol Danvers, who I mentioned in my Earth’s Mightiest Heroes review
(take a look on the hub page) although I mistakenly named her as Miss Marvel
rather than Ms. Marvel, apologies for that, cannot be assed to go and correct
them.
But whilst she shares the name of Carol
Danvers' former alter-ego (she became the full Captain Marvel) her powers are
completely different, she’s more a shape-shifter type but I believe she can’t
change into someone else, it’s more about growth and shrinkage of various parts
of her own body.
We’ve met Ms. Marvel before. She plays
the role of the carer for property damage (and has some awful dialogue) in All
New All Different Avengers and she was a guest star way back in S.H.I.E.L.D.
#2. The main title has earned massive critical praise in the past, can that
continue here? Well, let’s finally dig into Ms. Marvel #1-4 and find out.
