Ms Marvel
Captain Marvel’s pal and first Muslim superhero...plus TV series for others
MARVEL will be getting its first Muslim super heroine Ms Marvel on both television and films.
Studio president Kevin Feige announced that the shape-shifting character will have her own TV series on Disney’s new streaming channel.
By day Ms Marvel is Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City and knows Captain Marvel, who was played by Brie Larson in this year’s cinematic hit.
The character will then be introduced into as-yet- unannounced Marvel movies.
Other comic book heroes who will get their own shows on the Disney Plus channel, which launches in the UK next year as a rival to Netflix, include She-Hulk and Moon Knight.
Moon Knight is a former CIA agent with a multiple personality disorder – Disney’s first superhero with a mental health condition.
On screens: Still in development.
Marvel is mixing it up and plan to bring us a Muslim superhero and a superhero with mental health issues