Girl power — Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel.
IF KAMALA KHAN could have watched the Ms. Marvel finale, she’d have freaked out. Because, being the biggest MCU fan there is (albeit one who literally exists within the MCU), she would have been the prime target for its double-whammy of revelations.
First came the news that Kamala’s (Iman Vellani) friend Bruno (Matt Lintz) had found an oddity in her DNA — in his words, a “mutation” (accompanied by a musical flourish of the old X-Men animated series theme). Then, in a mid-credits sting, came a cameo from Kamala’s idol, Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel (aka Carol Danvers) — who appeared suddenly in Khan’s bedroom just as our young hero is sucked into her wardrobe.
Have they somehow switched places, bringing Carol back to Earth and sending Kamala to who-knows-where? Or, as in the early pages of Ms. Marvel, has Kamala transformed herself into Carol? Expect answers next year in Nia DaCosta’s Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels, teaming the duo up with Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). In typical MCU style, theMs. Marvel sting riffs on the comics without being a straight-up adaptation. “I’m happy we did a version of [Kamala transforming into Carol]. I was hoping we’d be able to get this in the show,” says Ms. Marvel co-creator (and executive producer on the series) Sana Amanat. “It’s a fun little wink to the comics, and a wink of what’s to come.”