A bizarre incident leaves Kamala with shapeshifting powers, and even though we’re only on issue No.
Like so many of today’s teen geeks, she spends her nights resenting her parents and writing fan fiction for online forums. Kamala is a hero in the Peter Parker tradition: dweeby, self-doubting, unpopular. It stars Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old child of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City (well, the Marvel universe’s version of Jersey City, where Iron Man, Captain America, and the like battle bad guys just across the Hudson).
Marvel, a monthly Marvel Comics series that debuted in February. Willow Wilson has done something even Superman never bothered to do: create a female Muslim superhero and turn her into an overnight marketing sensation. Superhero comics are built on amazing feats: flying, climbing walls, transforming into a giant green monster while somehow keeping your purple shorts on. Willow Wilson (who is not otherwise involved with the series, save for a wink in the form of a character name ). Marvel, which builds on the characterization established in the comics by G. Vulture is revisiting it now in honor of Kamala’s entry into television with Ms. This interview originally ran in 2014 following Kamala Khan’s comic-book debut.
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