What exactly is going on with Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel right now? She recently died a high profile (and controversial) death in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #26. And as of X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 #1, she's officially been resurrected as a mutant, something that was foreshadowed by Marvel Comics weeks in advance.
Now the deed is done, the changes to Ms. Marvel have been made, and Kamala Khan is about to start moving on from her resurrection, with August 2's X-Men #25 by writer Gerry Duggan, artist Stefano Caselli, colorist Marte Gracia, and letter Clayton Cowles setting the stage for the next chapter of her life - and adding some complications to her death and return.
So what's it all about? How did she become a mutant? And what's next for Kamala Khan?
Spoilers ahead.
Ms. Marvel was resurrected on Krakoa just before the 2023 Hellfire Gala, an annual party on Krakoa that welcomes humans and others from around the Marvel Universe to the usually insular island. Before the party, Charles Xavier explains to Kamala that she was able to be resurrected on Krakoa because of her latent X-gene (the genetic component that gives mutants their unique powers), confessing that he has known that she's secretly a mutant for some time.
Xavier explains that she is also an Inhuman, making her heritage one-of-a-kind. But because Kamala underwent terrigenesis (the process by which Inhumans gain their powers), her X-gene never actually manifested her powers.
As a result, Kamala's mutant powers have yet to be unlocked, and are still fully unknown. Xavier explains that there are many mutants whose powers haven't manifested, but Kamala's unique Inhuman/mutant nature means there may be special circumstances to her awakening as a mutant -
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