*Marvel: Following Carol Danvers’ taking over the title of Captain Marvel, the name ‘Ms. Marvel’ was briefly up for grabs in the Marvel Universe – but not for long, as Kamala Khan, a Muslim-American teen from New Jersey, stepped up to fill the role. Seen briefly in Captain Marvel #14, Kamala’s first full appearance, and her first as Ms. Marvel, was in 2014’s All-New Marvel Now Point One, a clunkily-titled try-out book which also brought us the ‘pilots’ for two other cult strips, the Mike Allred Silver Surfer and the ‘Teen Loki’ series. Kamala, however, was the big breakout of ANMNP1, a courageous and geeky teen who fought fiercely against both super-villains and cultural misconceptions, in what could have been a heavy-handed ‘very special series’, but which, under the deft hand of scripter G. Willow Wilson, was a warm and humorous saga of friendship, family – and yes, quite a lot of super-villains. Kamala has a huge following, particularly among the ever-elusive female readership, and remains popular today, with a media adaptation imminent. We have her first costumed and powered full appearance, All-New Marvel Now Point One in VF and the first issue of her ongoing series in FN+, key appearances of a heroine embraced by the new millennium.
PICTURED:
ALL NEW MARVEL NOW POINT 1 VF £40
MS MARVEL #1 FN+ £20 SOLD