This trick comes in handy when, visiting Bruno at the Circle Q where he works, she instinctively takes a bullet from a burglar for her best friend. Once she gained more control over her gifts, the rookie do-gooder develops trademark moves like enlarging her fists, as she utters her de facto battle cry, “Embiggen!”Įarly on in her exploits, Khan also uncovers the ability to heal from any injury by transforming back from her empowered form to Kamala. She first uses these powers unconsciously upon emerging from her Terrigenesis cocoon looking like her role model, Carol Danvers, the current Captain Marvel. Marvel, Kamala has gained the ability to extend her limbs, alter her appearance, and shift shape in several other manners. Of course, with the good comes the bad, and during Kamala’s tenure protecting her home, she has butted heads with the likes of new threats such as the human/bird hybrid The Inventor and a Hydra sect operating subversively out of Jersey City.Īs Ms. Marvel included the mutant Wolverine, her fellow Inhumans, and, in a landmark moment for the burgeoning crusader, Captain Marvel herself, who happily endorsed her young protégée. In the course of becoming a local hero, Khan would encounter various peers in the super-powered community, always with enthusiasm and unbridled joy. Marvel name, and with the help of her friend-and unrequited crush-Bruno Carrelli, a tech wizard in his own right, dedicated herself to cleaning up the criminal element of Jersey City. Choosing to become part of Captain Marvel’s legacy, the youngster adopted the discarded Ms. Upon having her Inhumanity awakened and discovering she could now extend her limbs, alter her appearance, and shift shape in other manners, Kamala immediately crafted a costumed identity in line with her heroes. Prior to her metamorphosis, the Muslim American youth dealt with problems like balancing her family’s religious and spiritual beliefs with the society she lived in, not to mention fitting in at school and other typical problems facing a girl her age. When Black Bolt of the Inhumans released the Terrigen Mist into Earth’s atmosphere, transforming and empowering several latent members of the super-powered race, even the silent monarch could not have guessed the effect his actions would have on teenager Kamala Khan-or in turn, how Kamala would affect the world around her.

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