Marvel Comics names the new Ms. Marvel!

In 2012 Marvel character Carol Danvers left her role as Ms. Marvel to take on the mantle of Captain Marvel. Since then the role of Ms. Marvel has been left untouched but thanks to writer G. Willow Wilson, Marvel fans will now have a brand new Ms. Marvel! The new character that will take on the name will be the young Kamala Khan.

Marvel is not only making the new Ms. Marvel young, 16 years old, but they are giving her a great backstory as well. Kamala comes from a Pakistani family, is Muslim, is a resident of New Jersey, and is a full polymorph! G. Willow Wilson spoke about her thoughts on Kamala being Pakistani and Muslim,

"I thought it was cool that Marvel wanted to go out on that limb and take on such a risky character -- to take on a character that had those elements to her background. Kamala is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, so she's got this real tension between her very ordinary life as an American teenager, and also the expectations placed on her to be this very good, dutiful Muslim daughter by her loving but conservative parents."

She also spoke about Kamala being a polymorph, 

"She's a polymorph. She can grow and shrink, both her whole body and specific limbs, and eventually she'll be able to transform into different people and objects, as well. We wanted to give her a very physical, visual fun power set. I didn't want to make her another sparkly, flirty kind of a character. I wanted her to look a little bit weird. We made her a true polymorph, in the tradition of Morph -- god rest his soul."

Another interesting point to Kamala is that she is a huge Carol Danvers fan so when the chance comes for her to take on the mantle of Ms. Marvel it is no surprise that she does. 

This new start to the character could bring in a lot of new fans and it'll definitely be fun to see a polymorph take on the Ms. Marvel mantle and see how she handles her regular life and her "super" life.

Ms. Marvel #1 will launch in February 2014.



Ms. Marvel family concept designs by Adrian Alphona

Source: Comic Book Resources