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This is X-Men United #5. This is one of two lines she has in the whole issue. I have yet to read United #6, where she also appears, to be fair.

In the spirit of non-duality and recognizing that her being an Inhuman in the first place was the idea of a (eventually) MAGA-enforcing Israeli-American CEO instituting a different corporate synergy over the personal choices of a Muslim creator somewhere before 2013, it's not even "mutants bad". But Kamala rarely gets to be Kamala in this shift and that's why it will ultimately be considered an objective failure by all perspectives. Her time on the Avengers honestly had a lot of the same problems, but this is more pronounced because she isn't on the core team. On the artist -- but also on most artists she gets -- but it's also a part of it that she almost never gets drawn with her original, "more ethnic" nose too. It all points towards corporatization and simplification. Kamala is an asset because she can be representational, but that representation can also threaten a status quo of homogeny. Her role "has" to be "South Asian who doesn't reflect much", which is counter-intuitive to how she was originally written. She could be a mutant who is self-reflective.

During Nyx, she was often more like a pet of Sophie's than a friend. There was the occasion where a friendship between her and Sophie actually showed, but the problem of Kamala being reduced to a starry-eyed fan was there even with the kindest and most patient reading. Kamala can't even get a word in edgewise without Sophie clipping her -- and what Sophie is cutting off is arguably less of what Kamala would suggest in the first place. Why the Avengers? There are mutants involved with the Champions. The Champions could reasonably be invoked, but they don't exist anymore.

Kamala is getting turned into an accessory in a way that has little to do with the label of mutant, but how writers fit her into mutantdom isn't helping.

The Small World with Groot overlay had a corresponding, location-locked comic exclusive with the Marvel Unlimited app that can only be accessed while in the queue for Tokyo's Small World attraction. I'm not looking for every page. I'm just a fan of Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan trying to read every issue where she shows up and League of Comic Geeks says she appears in the 2025 Infinity Comic, #2, in a supporting role. I was wondering if anyone happened to have the page(s) where she appears.

MU lets you screenshot the comics freely. I've screenshot whole issues with no problems. I don't even know if these particular comics are still available, since the overlay has recently ended, but I wanted to give this a shot. Thank you in advance for reading.

So, spoilers, solicits for a future Black Cat issue, written by G. Willow Wilson, are indicating Felicia will become a mutant and even be with the X-Men. If this was some backdoor way of getting to write Kamala again, it's just a stunning landing. This will be interesting.

The whole issue is Doreen growing up (well, actually, first her parents meeting, shtupping, and then pushing her out 9 months later, tail and all). The recently late Will Murray contributed the scene of Doreen at age 15. I've always had a warm spot for it, because it's such a "calm before the storm" moment for her -- she has Monkey Joe and she finds her purpose as a chipper commander of chompers. It's one of many gradual origin stories in this comic.

RIP Will Murray, and thanks for all the nuts.

#1 Ms. Marvel

#2 Moon Girl

#3 Inferno

#20 Karnak, on a team of 5 others

Also #2, Devil Dinosaur, but bumped down to #4 because look at how angry he is over some rando's boots in his head

Under 1:10 by nuking the speedways from orbit

Stephen Wacker, one of the quieter co-creators of Kamala Khan, is geared to replace CB Cebulski, aka Akira Yoshida, as Chief Editor at Marvel. Sana Amanat also has the prominent position of VP of Content and Character Development, which has likely kept Kamala on life support during Cebulski's tumultuous tenure as Chief Editor of Marvel Comics, which started in mid 2017. Cebulski is the one who pulled the plug on and shelved a lot of fan favorites from the 2010s in general -- besides liking manga and pretending to be a Japanese writer, the guy hasn't been great for BIPOC characters. Any wins since his promotion have been squeezed in.

Amanat regularly credits Wacker as her mentor and it was Wacker who basically said "Sana, you have an interesting life. You need to create a new character out of some of your experiences". The second image in the post shows Wacker proudly wearing a Ms. Marvel shirt and the third image is an interview (caveat, I haven't watched it yet that can be found here. We owe Mr. Wacker a lot. I have high expectations that I am prepared to have dashed, but, between despair and hope, I'm choosing hope.

Does this mean Kamala will continue to be a mutant/Inhuman hybrid? Of course. That probably wasn't Cebulski's choice. But, look, the chances of getting a **good** solo for Kamala are also good. What's bogged down Kamala for years hasn't been an X-gene coexisting with Kree-altered DNA, but rather a general lack of opportunity for her to shine under the circumstances. I'm going to tell you a secret: If you reread Ms. Marvel's GWW stories, and you pretend that being made to be Inhuman was the status quo change, the frequent mentions of "I feel so... inhuman" **become** ham-fisted. You can convince yourself to feel like it's forced. Self-fulfilling prophecy. If you **want** to be annoyed, you'll get annoyed. You're also reading the mutant hybrid stories when you're older, more jaded, and aware of corporate shenanigans than you were when you read the purely Inhuman era. Give yourself (and Kamala) a bit of grace and let's keep moving forward

Wacker is good for Kamala. This could qualify as a miracle. It's early to call, but it can only be bad if the wrong creative team is put together (less likely to happen when someone who cares is in the chief seat) or Wacker suddenly decides to change his entire outlook on a character he believed in since before the concept art was drawn.

For those unfamiliar, a pillow fort is the safe place of the long-time inhabitant Kinger in the Amazing Digital Circus. He could really use with a finchie, honestly

It's mainly to promote her new Chachu limited series, that she's writing and starts in August, but you can ask her anything, including Ms. Marvel related. Just make sure it's limited to two clear questions and respectful. Also, for the love of everything, please read through everyone else's questions before asking yours -- there's a lot of repeats of the same questions, and, honestly, it's kind of impressive how many of them are specifically "Which DC character would you want to write if you could?" I'm not judging anyone for that already being the case -- I'm just cautioning everyone here against repeated questions.

You can find the AMA over on League of Comic Geeks. You have until July 9th in the US to ask her questions. You do have to have a League account to participate, but they're free and, honestly, it's a great comic tracking site. They even have a mobile app. Getting an account is useful to a comics fan anyway. You also don't have to ask her questions -- you can also voice your appreciation for her work.

It's startling what Hollywood elites will do to rob a rightful monarch of their voice

I recently replayed Reignited after news dropped of Realms Beyond. I played Reignited for the first time in 2022 and loved it. It was my first time actually beating 2/3 of them, and my first time playing Ripto's Rage at all. I played the everliving daylights out of Year of the Dragon. That was my comfort game as a kid. I would speedrun that game before I knew what speedrunning was. So, naturally, YotD is the one that's burned most into my memory.

Generally, people love Reignited and so do I. Some of the complaints tend to center around changes though. Nothing changes without changing wrong, even a little bit. It's part of the transitional process and time passing. I love Reignited for what it is, and I'm glad the same devs are doing the next proper installment.

That much said, to connect to the actual post image: Hunter used to have a charmingly sleazy Christian Slater tone to his voice. He wasn't just the basic surfer bro he was portrayed as in Reignited. The purple villagers of Enchanted Towers all sounded like magician/comedian Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller fame. I'm not sure if Hunter was supposed to have a Slater vibe, but I am 100% certain that the Penn impression was entirely intentional. Turning them into pretentious coffee shop yuppies actually does psychic damage to one of my favorite levels from the original Year of the Dragon. I don't hate every change, but I hate this one.

The trouble for these original vibes is that they're pretty dated back to the 90s when the games debuted. I get not wanting to copy everything note for note. But expressing discomfort with these change has been bugging me for around four years and I never really had a space to say it before now. I will collect my free internet validation now and I welcome all discussion about the specifics of the changes (not just these two) from different perspectives -- just don't let it get too wild and out-of-hand Reignited slander, please.

Issue 23, Post-Secret Wars, written by G. Willow Wilson, Northeast Corridor (Part One), with penciling by Diego Olortegui and coloring by Ian Herring. It's the start of that two-parter with Red Dagger and the runaway train.

Kamala stops in a YaYa (Wawa? What's that?) for snacks and there's two guys who I've always thought are meant to allude to two other Jerseyites -- Jay and Silent Bob, with a color palette swap. "Norse Kevin Smith isn't real and can't hurt you." (Norse Kevin Smith kindly hands you your favorite flavor of chips). Diego Olortegui would maybe be able to answer, but I feel like Not-Jay mentioning Red Bank is pretty much a confirmation -- that's Kevin Smith's hometown. That means GWW probably initiated the reference.

What has me bringing this up is that, in the recently released Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past, there's something in it for Ms. Marvel fans. Spoilers for the comic: >!Honestly, some heartwarming (and, given the on-brand lewd and crude humor of the issue, surprising) recognition for Kamala sharing Jersey. Canonically, Kamala Khan is the only significant Marvel character who knows that these two fools gave up their best stash to save the universe. That's a thing now. It's actually kind of the best writing she's had since Iman and Sabir's Annual. I'm not kidding. Go see for yourself. Although, be warned, a lot of the humor is very self-referential of writer Kevin Smith's film work. If that's not your bag and you just want the Kamala inclusion, just skip to the end when Jay and Silent Bob go back to Jersey. It's genuinely very sweet. I enjoyed it, along with the rest of the issue. I wish there was a Kamala variant cover to go along with her significance to confirming Jay isn't **100%** full of $#!T.!<

Something annoys me about how the more recent of Kamala's best stories (written by Iman Vellani and/or Sabir Pirzada) have been collected in trade paperbacks. The two minis are collected separately, and the annual that's connected to them isn't in either of them (image 5 is collected in the TPB in image 6 and that's it, since it was part of the Infinity Watch mini event). One of the Kamala TPBs gets yet another reprint of Garden State of Mind, which was Kamala's first developed appearance (not counting a conceptual cameo towards the end of a Captain Marvel run).

My feeling is that there should be a digest TPB that contains the following:

New Mutant #1-4 (2023)

Mutant Menace #1-4 (2024)

Then Dark Web #1-2 (2022)

(even though DW would functionally be a flashback that goes back to before Kamala died in Amazing Spider-Man #26, but it leads directly to a conflict in the annual, and the minis should be at the front of the book, not DW. Pirzada wrote these two, so they belong)

Ms. Marvel Annual #1 (2024)

Honorary mention: the one-shot written for the 85th Anniversary issue for Marvel Comics should be in the TPB to. Herald of Tomorrow, where Kamala is a a herald for Galactus. Vellani wrote that too. (Images 8-9)

People generally like all these stories, even if they don't like the mutant/Inhuman hybrid.

You could even still include Garden State of Mind story by GWW if you wanted. It's short.

Dishonorary mention: technically, it would also make (chronological) sense to include issues of ASM where Kamala appears (including the one where she dies, followed up by Hellfire Gala (2023) where she gets resurrected on Krakoa). They would go between Dark Web and the annual after. But people actually like the Vellani/Pirzada material, and you wouldn't try to ruin it.

Thoughts?