Ms. Marvel
Avengers Con – Marvel fans love something meta and what could be more meta than an up-and-coming hero, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), visiting a Marvel convention in a Marvel show? The jokes and references were flowing, all to set up Kamala’s first big action set piece and introduction to the Marvel universe.
Ms. Marvel gets her name – It shouldn’t have worked. In the comics, the Captain Marvel-obsessed Kamala Khan takes the name Ms. Marvel in honor of her favorite superhero, who had used the moniker for years. But in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not only had Carol Danvers only just arrived on the superhero scene, she had never been called Ms. Marvel. So how could the Ms. Marvel TV series explain this discrepancy away? By having the hero’s sweet, supportive father (Mohan Kapoor) reveal while “Kamal” in Arabic means “perfect, in Urdu it means “marvel.” While Kamala loves that she (technically) shares a name with Captain Marvel, Dad provides the kicker: “You are, and always have been, our Ms. Marvel.”
