Tag: Muslim Superhero

MS. MARVEL Creator Interview

Ms. Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel
Ms. Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel

A teenager with everyday problems…and super powers. Sounds like Peter Parker, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man?

 

Ms. Marvel is a 21st century take on that classic comic book concept.

 

Kamala is Mighty, Marvel and Muslim.

 

This brand new hero in her own solo book comes to the Marvel Universe from a Seattle based writer.

 

Ms. Marvel is the code name now used by a teenage girl from New Jersey. When Kamala Khan develops shape-shifting powers she decides to become a hero and adopts the code name once used by her favorite Avenger, Carol Danvers.

 

Elisa Jaffe on KOMO 4 talked one on one with writer G. Willow Wilson about her love of comics and the new hero: Continue reading MS. MARVEL Creator Interview

New MS. MARVEL Revealed

Ms. Marvel courtesy Marvel
Ms. Marvel courtesy Marvel

Mighty.

 

Muslim.

 

There’s a new Ms. Marvel coming to the Marvel Universe and she’s a teenager from New Jersey. The New York Times revealed Kamala Khan is a 16 year-old Muslim girl whose family is from Pakistan. When Kamala develops shapeshifting powers she takes the former code name of the Avenger she admires – Captain Marvel. Continue reading New MS. MARVEL Revealed