Ms Marvel gets her powers very differently in the show to the comics
Ms. Marvel episode 1 reveals how the MCU version of Kamala Khan gets her powers – and, as fans suspected from the trailer, it differs from the comics.
Warning: spoilers for the first episode of Ms. Marvel ahead. Turn back now if you have not seen the new Disney Plus show.
In the original source material, Kamala's latent Inhuman DNA is activated when Black Bolt, who showed up briefly in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, releases Terrigen Mist into the Earth's atmosphere. After being exposed to the substance, the youngster discovers she has super strength and can "embiggen" her limbs at will.
In the show, Kamala gets her powers – or at least channels them – through a bracelet once owned by her grandmother. We see her use a similar "embiggen" power, though it's through some sort of cosmic force, rather than her being able to make her physical self bigger. There's no sign of her being Inhuman, which makes this very different to the comics. However, there's a chance that Kamala's bracelet could be a Kree-style Nega-Band or a Quantum Band, which are both objects from the comics. You can about both in our deep-dive explainer on Ms. Marvel's powers.
The first episode of Ms. Marvel, titled 'Generation Why', centers on Kamala (Iman Vellani) trying to think up a way to get to AvengerCon with her bestie Bruno (Matt Lintz). Her parents aren't keen on her attending the event, but the superhero-loving teen is determined to win its cosplay competition dressed up as her fave, Captain Marvel. When her mother and father tell her she can go if she wears a Hulk-inspired costume, Kamala takes matters into her own hands and sneaks out – but not before she grabs the mystical bangle from the attic.
On stage at the convention, she
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