Ms. Marvel's New Powers May Secretly Connect To Shang-Chi
In the upcoming series Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan's new powers could be hiding a connection with Shang-Chi’s Ten Rings. The teenage superheroine’s release trailer shows off her updated abilities ahead of her debut on Disney+. Her powers have been changed considerably, and the trailer has revealed a potential connection between the new source of her abilities and Shang-Chi.
In Marvel’s comics, Kamala Khan’s body-morphing and shapeshifting abilities are caused by her transformation into an Inhuman after being exposed to Terrigen gas. However, with the disastrous reviews of Marvel TV’s Inhumansseries and the potential visual difficulties of bringing elastic limbs and polymorph abilities to the screen, the MCU has changed Ms. Marvel’s powers. The latest Ms. Marveltrailer reveals Khan’s energy projection-based abilities mimicking her trademark stretchy punch and creating a potential connection to the Ten Rings seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings.
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In Ms. Marvel’s latest trailer, Kamala Khan discovers a pair of ancient bangles, allowing her to control unexplained cosmic energy. The adjustment to her abilities grants the character more utility than her comic book counterpart, allowing the creation of bullet-proof shields and floating steps on top of her physical abilities. The bangles bear a striking resemblance and similar characteristics as how the Ten Rings were portrayed in Shang-Chi. The Ten Rings in question were examined in Shang-Chi’s post-credits sceneby the MCU’s foremost experts in relics, Wong, Bruce Banner, and Captain Marvel, who were unable to ascertain their origin. According to the trio, the Ten Rings were older than anything encountered
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