Summary
Warning: Spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man #54!OneSpider-Manvillain just got thoroughly dismantled byMs. Marvel. Kamala Khan has steadily been on the rise up the Marvel ladder ever since making her first appearance on-panel in 2013, followed by her debut as a superhero that same year. For the longest time, she was primed as one of the Marvel’s Universe’s best young heroes, but she’s slowly becoming something more.
Ms. Marvel shows off her skills at the expense of Kraven the HunterinThe Amazing Spider-Man#54 by Zeb Wells, Ed McGuinness, Mark Farmer, Mark Morales, Wade von Grawbadger, Marcio Menyz, and VC’s Joe Caramagna. When Spider-Man is in danger, Ms. Marvel tries to come to his rescue, but Kraven (or, rather, his cloned son) has other plans.
Kraven makes it clear that Ms. Marvel can’t intervene unless she goes through him - so she goes through him, pretty defiantly at that, and off-panel. This is just one of the recent examples of Kamala’s growth.
Kamala Khan Has Officially Outgrown Being Marvel’s Jr. Hero
While it’s tempting to think of Kamala as Marvel’s fresh-eyed face, she’s a tried and true hero who’s ready to do some mentoring of her own.
Ms. Marvel Decisively Defeats Kraven the Hunter
Kamala Beats Kraven Without Breaking a Sweat
When the Green Goblinplots to take over Spider-Man’s body, Ms. Marvel is ready to leap in and help Peter out,alongside The Living Brain, former Spider-Man hater J. Jonah Jameson, former Lizard Dr. Curt Conners, and the former arms of Doctor Octopus. However, Kraven’s clone wants the Goblin vs. Spidey to reach a final conclusion, if only to see if his father’s fears about Peter Parker were justified. One moment, he’s refusing Kamala entry into the fight, and a few pages later, she’s standing tall above Kraven’s unconscious body, berating her friends for not helping her out.
In this issue, she does off-panel what Spider-Man struggled for 35 years to do on-panel: beat Kraven the Hunter.
It doesn’t look like Kamala Khan needed much help with Kraven, but then again, that’s been a consistent theme for her lately.This summer, Marvel has continued to showcase how Ms. Marvel is steadily improving as a hero. In the issue prior, Ms. Marvel dons Doc Ock’s arms and masters them easily. In this issue, she does off-panel what Spider-Man struggled for 35 years to do on-panel: beat Kraven the Hunter. Elsewhere, a potential future shows thatan adult Ms. Marvelwill accomplish her biggest triumph.
Ms. Marvel is Outgrowing Her Rookie Phase
She’s More Than Just a Teenage Hero
Ms. Marvel has remained 16 years old since her first appearance, and as such, she’s been lumped in with the next generation of teenage heroes.While she’s always ranked among the very best thanks to her pedigree, it seems like Marvel is setting her up to become one of the brand’s best, biggest heroes, period. Her progress has been accelerating at an alarming rate ever since making her MCU debut, and especiallysince being re-branded as a mutant. By easily taking down a classicSpider-Manfoe,Ms. Marvelshows that her stock continues to rise, and her evolution is taking her to her peak as a character.
