![]() Kamala is the newest MCU child, and after some years, Disney finally has the rights to the X-Men and are attempting to set the stage accordingly. Marvel: The New Mutant, nothing that was done with this character for the mutant arc was actually done in service for the character. But the fact is, prior to Iman Vellani taking the reigns of Ms. If a creator had the story and decided that what would best serve Kamala’s character would be this new direction, I’m sure they could have made it work. I also always feel the need to say as a disclaimer that, no, Kamala becoming a mutant/Inhuman hybrid isn’t inherently a problem in itself. To act as if these drawing board stage changes are superfluous is ludicrous. It’s the early changes that are the building blocks for characters to start from and, ultimately, what was built afterward is everything we know and love about these characters. Wolverine was supposed to be a teenager with claw gloves, and Nightcrawler was originally supposed to be a DC character - these early-stage changes don’t take away anything because fans never had teenage Wolverine or Nightcrawler at DC in the first place. But drawing board changes are completely natural and part of the creative process. I always feel the need to say as a disclaimer that, yes, I know Kamala was originally planned as a mutant but was made into an Inhuman by the time of her debut because the Inhumans line was being pushed. ![]() I talked already about how the intense push for MCU synergy has always been a problem the comics have faced since the Disney buyout and rise of the MCU as a pop culture superpower, but the current direction of Kamala might be the worst yet. Poor Kamala Khan - a star that burned too bright, she was unceremoniously killed off and brought back to life all for the purpose of MCU marketing.
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