Marvel expects me to believe Kamala Khan’s gonna die for real next week?
In the next issue of Amazing Spider-Man, Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, will die. Entertainment Weekly revealed the milestone moment yesterday evening after pages from the issue leaked online.
Kamala, who doesn’t have her own ongoing book at the moment, has been guest starring in Amazing Spider-Man here and there, mostly as an intern at Oscorp, but occasionally suiting up to rescue a lab tech. Honestly, it seemed like writer Zeb Wells (Hellions) and illustrator John Romita Jr. (Kick-Ass) have been keeping her around in anticipation of a plot line where she could have more of a co-starring role. And this is it, in a manner of speaking.
According to the a Marvel Comics news release, “Ms. Marvel makes a heroic sacrifice in the ultimate Marvel Comics manner” in Amazing Spider-Man #26. In July, the company will publish Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel, an anthology one-shot featuring stories written by Ms. Marvel co-creator G. Willow Wilson; writer of her last ongoing series, Saladin Ahmed; and Mark Waid, who wrote Kamala when she was on the Avengers and in her time as one of the feature characters of Marvel’s teen team, the Champions. The issue will be drawn by Humberto Ramos, Takeshi Miyazawa, and Andrea Di Vito.
“The heart of the Marvel Universe has stopped beating,” reads Marvel’s news release, “Now join the other heroes of the Marvel Universe, the creators of Ms. Marvel, and comic fans everywhere in honoring and remembering one of Marvel’s brightest stars!”
The cover of Fallen Friend the company released, however, looks like it’s more about Spider-Man’s guilt. And the interior image from Amazing Spider-Man #26 show Kamala surrounded largely by Spider-Man’s friends — Mary Jane, the Fantastic Four, a reformed
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