WOMEN OF MARVEL: MS. MARVEL
Kamala Khan, AKA Ms. Marvel, is the Marvel Universe’s biggest fan, known for her fanfiction and unabashed enthusiasm. Explore what it’s like for a fan to become a hero with a handful of fan-favorite Ms. Marvel reads!
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The Origin
In Ms. Marvel (2014) #1
Writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Adrian Alphona team up for Ms. Marvel’s origin run. Kamala Khan was an ordinary girl from Jersey City—until she was suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Super Hero?
Visiting Pakistan
In Ms. Marvel (2015) #12
Ms. Marvel’s journey to Karachi and first meeting with local hero Red Dagger. Reconnecting with her family in Pakistan was an important growing point for Kamala, both as a young adult and hero!
Spider-Man Team-Up
In The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7
A great Spider-Man team-up and a fun read. Makes our list alone for Kamala asking Spidey if he’s “actually dated Carol Danvers,” and that she “ships Spider-Marvel.”
Ms. Marvel by Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung
In Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1
There’s no such thing as business as usual in Kamala’s corner of the world. Creators Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung steer Ms. Marvel through fresh trouble when aliens start wreaking havoc on Jersey City. And they seem weirdly interested in Kamala…make that her entire family.
Interdimensional Ms. Marvel
In Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit (2021) #1
Try this whole run. After a run-in with a mysterious figure in Chicago, Ms. Marvel returns home to Jersey City after visiting her cousin. But the unexplained weirdness follows her, since she’s accidentally set off an interdimensional chain of Kamalas...who are now crashing into her world!
Ms. Marvel and Red Dagger
In Love Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #1
Read through issue #6! In the first story arc from Marvel Unlimited’s romance anthology, Kamala Khan and the mysterious Red Dagger cross paths for a high-stakes museum heist! Ms. Marvel and Red Dagger have shared a kiss…but not their secret identities. Will they find the courage to take off the masks and give love a chance? Writer Nadia Shammas nails it.
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant
In Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant (2023) #1
This huge chapter of Kamala’s story is co-written by the MCU’s own Kamala Khan, Iman Vellani, and Sabir Pirzada of both DARK WEB: MS. MARVEL and her Disney+ series! Fresh off her world-saving death, Kamala has been brought back via Krakoan Resurrection Technology. What a way to learn that she’s a mutant! The bad news? Her debut at the Hellfire Gala didn’t go as planned and now mutantkind at large is hunted worldwide.