Ms. Marvel: Who Is The Red Dagger?

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With every new hero added to the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a small army of friends, family, allies, and enemies. Among Kamala Khan's supporting cast, most characters made their role somewhat clear, but one masked figure was more teased than revealed, provoking excitement from only the most devoted fans.

Kamala Khan is a teenage superhero with all the classic high school storytelling tropes mixed in with some fun secret identity foibles. A ton of her comic book storylines center around her romantic life in between the struggles against villains, and this masked figure is one of the most interesting figures in both plot lines.

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Red Dagger is a masked vigilante created by G. Willow Wilson and Mirka Andolfo in 2018. He was introduced during a rough period in Kamala's superhero career, immediately after the notorious Second Superhuman Civil War event. The young Ms. Marvel travels to her parents' native land of Pakistan, where she discovers a hero without superpowers fighting crime in the night. This hero wears a scarf and mask to hide his face while taking down villains with a set of red throwing knives. The Red Dagger is introduced as a hero first, then the comics dig into his sparse backstory.

Red Dagger's real name is Kareem, no last name given. He's a teenager from Badin, Pakistan, and his family has a friendly relationship with the Khans. Kareem's mom and Kamala's aunt Ayesha were childhood friends, and Kareem briefly lived with Kamala's grandmother in Karachi. There is a ton of Kareem's life that has not been made clear, but at some point, he took to defending the people of Pakistan, and his secret identity remains well protected. While in Pakistan, Kamala