Kamala ka hamla: Marvel comics introduces Muslim girl superhero

November 06, 2013 18:44

Marvel comics is reintroducing Ms Marvel but this time she is Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenage Muslim girl living in New Jersey. Kamala has closely followed the career of Carol Danvers, who now goes by Captain Marvel, a name she inherited from a male hero.

As Kamala discovers her powers, she takes on the code name Ms Marvel, something that Carol called herself when she began her superhero career, reported New York Times. Marvel, which originally debuted the character in the 1960s, is planning to bring the new series in February.

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