Kamala Khan was a high school student who came into contact with the Terrigen Mist and developed superhuman abilities. She assumes the mantle of Ms. Marvel from her idol, Carol Danvers.
History[]
Kamala Khan is a fan girl through and through. She idolizes every superhero, especially the former Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers (who currently operates as Captain Marvel). One night, she snuck out of her house to go to a party. While returning home, a strange mist enveloped and formed a cocoon around her. She emerged from the cocoon and soon discovered that she had gained incredible powers. Kamala decided that with those powers came a great opportunity to become a new superhero. Taking her idol's name for herself, Kamala selflessly seeks to save those in need for no other reason than that it is the right thing to do. Kamala is a New Jersey native and is from a traditional Pakistani (Muslim) family. She has an older brother named Aamir who is an adult who still lives with Kamala, their parents and his African-American-Muslim wife, Tyesha Hillman-Khan.
In order to foil Ultron's plan to kill every human on Earth with a doomsday device powered by Black Bolt's voice, Black Widow inserted a Terrigen Crystal into the energy source, changed the death ray into a a Terrigen Mist dispersal unit. When Black Bolt screamed, he activated the process, and released the Terrigen Mist worldwide. Every human with latent Inhuman DNA were affected by the Mist, undergoing Terrigenesis. That same night, Kamala Khan was out for an evening walk. The Terrigen Mist descended upon Jersey City and she became among the affected.
When she emerged from her Terrigenesis, she discovered that she had gained shape-shifting abilities. She soon met Inferno, who told her about her Inhuman DNA. Shocked but excited by their new powers, the two teenagers decided to use them to become heroes. Kamala adopted the code name "Ms. Marvel". Inferno soon contacted her again when he discovered a stray robot created by Ultron that was not destroyed during the fight in Attilan. Ms. Marvel was astounded to also find Captain America and Iron Man also fighting the robot. Despite his discomfort with how young the new heroes were, Captain America admired their "moxie" and invited them on a tour of Avengers Tower. Ms. Marvel was exuberant to meet some of her greatest heroes. However, the tower was soon after invaded by Ghost, an enemy of Iron Man's who had also gained powers from the Terrigen wave. Ghost quickly incapacitated and abducted the other Avengers, stole Captain America's shield and Iron Man's armor, jammed every signal in the tower, and sent the roof caving in. The teenagers saved the older heroes but Ghost soon found them again, abducted Inferno and stole Friday, Iron Man's advanced AI system. Now that he had what he came for, Ghost released his hostages and used his powers to phase the ground underneath the tower to bury the heroes alive. Fortunately, Inferno was able to turn himself into a human rocket engine, overcoming gravity and bringing to tower back up. Meanwhile, Ms. Marvel was able to rush Iron Man back to his lab to engineer a way to block Ghost's powers. With the tower back online, Ms. Marvel defeated Ghost for good by repeatedly slapping him with her enlarged hands. Friday was returned to the Avengers, and just as the teens were about to go home, Iron Man admitted that the pair had earned his respect. Captain America told them that they had the potential to be Avengers someday, and gladly took a selfie with them.
Physical Appearance[]
Kamala is a slender and petite teenage girl of Pakistani descent with medium brown skin, dark brown eyes and shoulder-length dark brown hair. However, her shapeshifting powers allow her to take on a number of variations to this, mostly enlarging or shrinking her body or certain parts of it. Her civilian outfit consists of a blue and white sweatshirt with a yellow lightning bolt, blue jeans, and brown sneakers.
Ms. Marvel's superhero costume is a modified blue and red burkini with a yellow lightning bolt across it not dissimilar to the one on her sweatshirt, a long red scarf, blue boots, a blue domino mask, and a set of golden bangles on her left arm.
Personality[]
Kamala is a shy and unassuming high school student in most circumstances. When among friends, she displays a more energetic and playful side to her personality. Kamala is also a major fangirl, and some of her favorite hobbies include video games, comics, and fan fiction, especially about her favorite superheroes. As she morphs into her role as a superhero, Ms. Marvel becomes more vocal and self-confident, slowly accepting herself for everything she is. At the end of the day, all Kamala wants is a chance to be a hero, and while Captain America points out she has a way to go, her passion, energy, and strong moral compass make Ms. Marvel great hero material.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Shapeshifting: Kamala's most prominent power is her ability to stretch, expand, contract, shrink, enlarge, or compress any part of her body into any shape or size the situation demands of her, such as enlarging her hands to spank a villain or effectively changing herself into a living grappling hook to rescue Captain America and Iron Man. She also gains the proportionate strength, speed, durability, and agility of what whatever shape or size she is in.
- Accelerated Healing Factor: Kamala can heal very quickly when injured. She simply brushed off Inferno's fire, which under normal circumstance would have left a lasting burn mark. However, the more she heals, the less access she has to her polymorph abilities, so she has to return to her true form to recover completely.
Abilities[]
Appearances[]
Season 3: Ultron Revolution[]
- The Inhuman Condition (first appearance)
- The Kids Are Alright
Season 4: Secret Wars[]
- Avengers No More: Part 2
- The Sleeper Awakens
- Prison Break
- The Incredible Herc
- Show Your Work
- The Once and Future Kang
- The Most Dangerous Hunt
- Under the Spell of the Enchantress
- The Return
- The Eye of Agamotto, Part 2
- Beyond
- Underworld
- The Vibranium Coast
- The Wastelands
- All Things Must End
Season 5: Black Panther's Quest[]
- Shadow of Atlantis: Part 1
- Into the Deep
- Mists of Attilan
- The Last Avenger
- The Vibranium Curtain, Part 1 (last appearance)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This series marks the first animated appearance of Kamala Khan.
- Kamala Khan is Marvel's first Muslim superhero.
- Due to her Muslim heritage, her superhero outfit is based on the Salwar Kameez, the traditional dress of Pakistan.