May 17, 2023

It’s Ms. Marvel’s Turn To Die

Peter Paltridge comic books, Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man, superheroes 8

It’s a misnomer that nobody dies in comic books. Actually, EVERYBODY dies in comics…they just come back to life later. Kamala Khan, the latest Ms. Marvel, is a relatively new face around the MCU, and because of this, is one of the few that hasn’t died yet. That’s about to change, folks…

Marvel announced today a comic in which Ms. Marvel dies. “The heart of the Marvel Universe has stopped beating. Now join the other heroes of the Marvel Universe, the creators of Ms. Marvel, and comic fans everywhere in honoring and remembering one of Marvel’s brightest stars!” Kamala is currently serving as an intern at OsCorp in New York City, and we guess something goes wrong there and she can’t embiggen her way out of it. Happy AAPI month, everybody.

First that horrible Mary Jane subplot and now this…is there a contest at Marvel for who can deliberately irritate their readers the most? Funny you should ask…because both ideas came from the same man (big shock). Zeb Wells wrote both stories. Ms. Marvel doesn’t currently have her own book, so she will be offed in Spider-Man #26, aka “THE MOST SHOCKING ISSUE OF SPIDER-MAN IN 50 YEARS” (ha ha ha!) Wells is fast becoming one of my least favorite people of the 2020s.

The cover of a one-shot that will be released alongside Spider-Man #26. Everybody on this cover except for Kamala has been dead before.

Of course, no one believes Ms. Marvel is DEAD dead. They never are. Many have speculated that this is a scheme to reboot Kamala without the Inhuman origin for her superpowers, which was foisted on her thanks to 20th Century Fox holding the movie rights to Marvel’s mutant characters. Now Disney owns the entirety of that studio and can put all the mutants onscreen that it wants (it just hasn’t gotten around to it yet). Poof, one death and resurrection later, Kamala is a mutant now, maybe with construct powers like her TV and movie counterpart.

Considering Kamala will have her big screen debut in The Marvels later this year, and Marvel would probably prefer some tie-in reading material, we expect this to be one of the fastest resurrections ever.

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BouleDePoilsRousse May 17, 2023 #1

It's interesting to see Kamala Khan's character development in the MCU, and now they're taking it to a whole new level by killing her off in the comics. I wonder what this means for her future. I mean they just launched her for live action tv and she have an upcoming movie.I'm curious to know if this is just a temporary death for Ms. Marvel. We all know comic book deaths are never permanent, but I wonder how they'll bring her back and what changes they might make.

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Mulee Ziraz May 17, 2023 #2

As a Muslim girl and a devoted fan of Ms. Marvel, I must admit I feel quite upset about this news. It's truly disheartening to witness the demise of the only mainstream popular Muslim superhero, especially when she held such significance to me personally. Ms. Marvel served as an inspiration and a symbol of representation that I cherished deeply. I sincerely hope that her death is only temporary, and that the creators will soon bring her back to continue her impactful journey. It's crucial for me, as an individual, to see a Muslim Superhero. I am so tired of seeing Muslims being portrayed as villains on tv and film.

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MRoberts May 17, 2023 #3

She just joined the Woman in the refrigerator club. Writers kill female characters to give male characters motivation for revenge. I am so sick of this trope.

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Tomasso May 17, 2023 #4

I have to say, Marvel knows how to keep us guessing. First, they introduce us to this amazing new character, Ms. Marvel, and now they're throwing a curveball by killing her off. We all know they rarely stick, but the journey to resurrection is where it will lead to. This is like Kevin Feige revenge against Perlmutter, he will kill off the most popular recent injuman so he can reboot her as a mutant.

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Nadeshiko May 17, 2023 #5

Kamala Khan's upcoming big-screen debut in The Marvels will not be affected by this because the comics and MCU are separate Universes.

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kevinfeb4 May 17, 2023 #6

I sincerely hope that ending her character journey was not done to appease anti-woke attitudes. In order for Kamala Khan to continue to inspire and resonate with a broad range of readers, it is critical that she be shown as a powerful, diverse superhero. Let's hope that rather than giving in to outside influences, Marvel's creative decisions are motivated by storytelling pressures.

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MoonKNight May 17, 2023 #7

The comicgaters are now celebrating that a POC female character died because they prefer while male superheroes only. I hate those jerks who makes money out of youtube by spitting hate to anything that is not straight white male.

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Riot May 17, 2023 #8

She is probably going to be replaced by a Multiverse version of her who is a mutant instead of inhuman.

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