Ms. Marvel's MCU Powers May Be Linked To Eternals Technology
The Ms. Marvel trailer and certain comic book connections raise the possibility that Kamala Khan’s MCU powers are derived from the Eternals’ technology. In the comics, Ms. Marvel gained stretching abilities after becoming an Inhuman. However, it’s become apparent that the MCU has different plans for the live-action version of the character.
The first full trailer for Kamala’s upcoming Disney+ show reveals that the character will be less like Mr. Fantastic and more like DC’s Green Lantern. The footage indicates that Kamala will start out as a normal teenager before her life is changed by a mysterious bracelet. Wearing it gives Kamala the ability to produce and control purple energy constructs. Thanks to the bracelet, Kamala appears to be well on her way to becoming a powerful cosmic superhero, not unlike her idol, Captain Marvel. It’s likely that much of the show’s first season will revolve around Kamala learning to harness her new energy powers and use them for good in the MCU.
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The powers the bracelet grant Kamala in the show indicate that it’s the MCU’s interpretation of the Quantum Bands, which were highly sought-after cosmic weapons wielded by Quasar in Marvel Comics. So far, they seem to share the same function. If they are indeed the Quantum Bands, there’s a good chance that Marvel will use the Eternals to explain Ms. Marvel’s powers. In the comics, Quasar got the Quantum Bands from Marvel Boy aka The Crusader, a forgotten superhero raised by the Uranian Eternals. The group of Eternals based on Uranus entrusted Marvel Boy with the Quantum Bands in the 1950s. It’s possible that they have a similar backstory in the MCU.
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