History ComicBook / MsMarvel2014

Kamala made her live-action debut in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Creator/DisneyPlus series ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' in June 2022, played by Creator/ImanVellani. She will make her film debut in ''Film/TheMarvels2023''.

** Bruno, at seeing "Captain Marvel" in his store, comments that [[Film/BillAndTed "Strange things are afoot at the Circle Q."]]

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** In #9, Kamala and Vick can be seen eating burgers from [[Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple Olmec]] [[JustForPun Donalds]].

* MixAndMatchMan: The Inventor. He claims to be Thomas Edison's [[CloningBlues clone]], but, due to an accident, [[spoiler:his DNA got contaminated with that of his creator's pet cockatiel, which is why he looks like [[BirdPeople an anthropomorphised bird]]. [[BerserkButton Don't let him hear you call him that, though]].]]

Kamala Khan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs nerdy]] teenage girl from a UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}i-American family of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslim]] faith living in [[{{UsefulNotes/NewJersey}} Jersey City]] -- [[AliensInCardiff not]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]], unlike most of the heroes who populate the MarvelUniverse.

** Bruno's [[Film/BackToTheFuture 1.21 Gigawatts t-shirt]] in #5.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The series in many ways feels like a modern day take on Spider-Man, being about a nerdy teenager who suddenly gains superpowers, and the problems that come with juggling superheroics and regular civilian life; in-universe, Spider-Man himself acknowledges that Ms. Marvel reminds him of himself when he was younger. Rather than being a science whiz, however, Kamala spends her time writing fanfiction and browsing social media.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Kamala's role during ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' is comparable with [[Characters/MarvelComicsSpiders Anya Corazón's]] during first ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. Both are mentored by Carol Danvers, both fight for her side (or at least do so initially, in Kamala's case), and both eventually feel bad when they start questioning themselves on whether they fight for justice or not.

* TruthSerums: In issue #12, Loki puts an Asgardian truth elixir in the punch at the Valentine's Day ball. He doesn't target it or anything, but counts on the fact that, if everybody says what they really think, he will be able to find if someone has something ''other'' than relationship troubles. {{Hilarity Ensue|s}}d. And by this we mean chaos. Which the local superheroine kind of takes issue with.

Kamala made her live-action debut in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Creator/DisneyPlus series ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' in June 2022, played by Creator/ImanVellani.

* OverprotectiveDad: Kamala's father only responds with "Very funny" when she asks if she can go to a party with boys. In later issues he tends to be the more supportive and sympathetic parent when tensions over Kamala's newfound secrecy start flaring up after she gains her powers. Only to a point, though, as he's quick to ground her when she can't fully explain herself.

For Kamala's Character page, see [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels here]].

Kamala made her Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse debut in the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' in June 2022.

Kamala is set to make her Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse debut in the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' in June 2022.

* MoodDissonance: Issue #10 deals with some pretty heavy topics, then there is the scene when the Inventor's MiniMecha appears... wearing a [[NiceHat hard hat]]. The effect is jarring to say the least.

* RealPersonFic: In-universe. Kamala, as part of her AudienceSurrogate characterization, is a devoted superhero fan and an avid writer and reader of superhero fanfic -- with the catch that these superheroes are all very much real and public figures in her world. This leads to a number of comedic incidents when she discusses these with their subjects (Wolverine in particular was not pleased to learn that a story about him got third place in popularity to "Cyclops and Emma Frost's romantic vacation in Paris"), and she's less than pleased when shipping fanfics start popping about ''her''.

* CharacterShilling: In a rare example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad for this trope, everyone loves Kamala in-universe, for good reason. She makes quite the impression on Wolverine[[note]]who is, hilariously, described in their team-up issue as "famous for not liking people[[/note]], Carol Danvers quickly decides that Kamala is exactly the right person to carry on the Ms. Marvel name, Queen Medusa of the Inhumans takes a special interest in the young woman, Spider-Man states that she reminds him of himself as a teen and he thinks she's doing fine as a superhero and person, Tony Stark likes her enough to add her to the new Avengers roster ''and help her with her physics homework''. Everyone says there's "something special" about Kamala Khan, and they're certainly right. She may not be the most powerful superhero around, but her high moral standards, amazing attitude, and pure heart make her someone easy to love, in-universe and out. The point is proven big time in ''All-New Wolverine'' -- in a story set thirty years in the future, it's revealed that Kamala was elected as President of the United States.

* CharacterShilling: In a rare example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad for this trope, everyone loves Kamala in-universe, for good reason. She makes quite the impression on Wolverine, Carol Danvers quickly decides that Kamala is exactly the right person to carry on the Ms. Marvel name, Queen Medusa of the Inhumans takes a special interest in the young woman, Spider-Man states that she reminds him of himself as a teen and he thinks she's doing fine as a superhero and person, Tony Stark likes her enough to add her to the new Avengers roster ''and help her with her physics homework''. Everyone says there's "something special" about Kamala Khan, and they're certainly right. She may not be the most powerful superhero around, but her high moral standards, amazing attitude, and pure heart make her someone easy to love, in-universe and out. The point is proven big time in ''All-New Wolverine'' -- in a story set thirty years in the future, it's revealed that Kamala was elected as President of the United States.

''Ms. Marvel'' is an ongoing monthly title published by Creator/MarvelComics, which launched in February 2014. It was originally written by Creator/GWillowWilson, with rotating art by Adrian Alphona (''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'') and Takeshi Miyazawa. This run is split into two sections due to a relaunch post-''ComicBook/SecretWars'', which are counted as the third and fourth volumes of the ''Ms. Marvel'' title -- the first two cover Carol Danvers' tenure. In 2019, Creator/SaladinAhmed took over as the new writer and retitled it ''ComicBook/TheMagnificentMsMarvel''. In 2021, the series saw another relaunch under the title of ''ComicBook/MsMarvelBeyondTheLimit''.

Following an initial run of nineteen issues, this title was put on hold for ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'', concluding with a four-issue story arc that saw Kamala meet her idol and namesake, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]. ''Ms. Marvel'' returned with a new volume in the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel universe that emerged from ''Secret Wars''. See ComicBook/MsMarvel2016 for more info.

* AdultFear:
** Kamala's friend Bruno calls her parents after Kamala runs away from the party in the first issue. None of them are thinking about Terrigen mists or transformations, but they're scared that she might be attacked or hurt when wandering the city alone.
** Bruno's grandparents are worried about his brother on the night of the Terrigen mists, as they're worried that something might happen out in the all-obscuring fog.

''Ms. Marvel'' is an ongoing monthly title published by Creator/MarvelComics, which launched in February 2014. It was originally written by Creator/GWillowWilson, with rotating art by Adrian Alphona (''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'') and Takeshi Miyazawa. This run is split into two sections due to a relaunch post-''ComicBook/SecretWars'', which are counted as the third and fourth volumes of the ''Ms. Marvel'' title -- the first two cover Carol Danvers' tenure. In 2019, Creator/SaladinAhmed took over as the new writer and retitled it ''The Magnificent Ms. Marvel''. In 2021, the series saw another relaunch under the title of ''Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit''.

Following an initial run of nineteen issues, this title was put on hold for ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'', concluding with a four-issue story arc that saw Kamala meet her idol and namesake, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]. ''Ms. Marvel'' returned with a new volume in the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel universe that emerged from ''Secret Wars'' -- and she even joined the [[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers (All-New, All-Different) Avengers]]!

Kamala is notable for being one of the most prominent (and heroic) Muslim characters in popular culture; she was co-created by Wilson (a Muslim convert herself) and Marvel editor Sana Amanat -- a Pakistani-American Muslim woman not unlike Kamala -- who currently serves as their Director of Content & Character Development.

* AffectionateNickname: By Volume 2, citizens of Jersey City have begun to call Ms. Marvel "Big M", and her friend [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Spider-Man]] occasionally calls her "Marv".

* AliensInCardiff: The series is set in Jersey City, NJ. [[LampshadeHanging The first issue opens pointing out that they are twelve miles away from Manhattan.]]

[[folder:''Ms. Marvel'' Vol. 4 (2016-2019)]]
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Following the Earth's destruction and recreation, Ms. Marvel's adventures continue as a member of the Avengers and, later, the Champions. As she battles against foes ranging from former friends to living computer viruses, Kamala finds herself wondering if leading her double life is possible at all.
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* AllForNothing: One story had the Shocker decide to go to New Jersey to get away from the other superheroes and creates a strange wormhole that he claims will give him brand new powers. [[spoiler:Not only does the wormhole do nothing but spit him right back into Brooklyn, he didn't get his powers, landed in a construction dumpster and is spotted by the ComicBook/MilesMorales Spider-Man doing his homework.]]
* AloneAmongTheCouples: By issue #2, Kamala learns that both her best friend and her uptight older brother have started dating people without her noticing (although Aamir objects to the term "dating").
-->"Everybody has a girlfriend except me!"
* AlternateUniverse: When Kamala and Shocker get caught up in his flawed wormhole generator, Bruno, in trying to rescue them, [[spoiler:sees several possible versions of Kamala's future: in one, he and Kamala get married (in a traditional Pakistani ceremony, no less); in another, she and Red Dagger are seen dancing in front of the Karachi skyline; a third shows Khan of the ComicBook/{{Exiles}} in her post-apocalyptic world; and in a fourth ''she becomes President of the United States''. This last one was previously used by Tom Taylor in the final issues of his run on ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', which showed President Kamala being irritated by Laura breaking into the White House so they could talk, instead of using her status as leader of a major nation (Madripoor) to make an appointment.]]
* AmphibianAtLarge: When Kamala learns that her friend Bruno, who's been crushing on her for as long as they've known each other, is now dating Mike Miller, she demands to know how they met. It turns out that it was in the middle of Kamala's superhero duties, where the two bonded while Ms. Marvel was battling an enormous frog.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: When they fear that the world is going to end, Bruno admits his feelings to Kamala. [[spoiler:She admits that she loves him in return, but is not emotionally at a place where she is comfortable dating, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and tells him not to hold out for her]].]]
* {{Animesque}}: Takeshi Miyazawa's issues look pretty much like manga in color.
* BadassNormal: The occasional guest-star Pakistani hero Laal Khanjeer (Red Dagger) is a self-taught master of LeParkour and [[KnifeNut knife throwing]]. Kamala is clearly a little impressed that someone can become a superhero just by deciding to and working at it, rather than acquiring exotic powers by chance.
* TheBusCameBack: Singularity, who went MIA since the end of ''ComicBook/AForce'', reappears in issue #34.
* ContinuityNod: In issue #34, Bruno sees various possible timelines. Two of which are President Khan from the "Old Woman Laura" story arc in ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' and Khan from the ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' relaunch. As well, Singularity mentions having met her in "the wars", a nod to Kamala showing up in the ''ComicBook/AForce'' series during ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''. Unsurprisingly, Kamala doesn't remember it due to the Richards Family making sure they didn't.
* CrystalLandscape: In Issue #38, the first videogame-like area that Kamala is transported to is a pink landscape dotted with giant blue crystals.
* {{Cyberbullying}}: A sapient Internet virus targets Zoe Zimmerman, eventually outing her as a lesbian to her school.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: In issue #31, [[spoiler:Kamala reveals to her friends at her sleepover that she is Ms. Marvel. Their response is that they've known for a long time, and point out that Kamala isn't ''that'' good at hiding her secret identity. They just didn't want to tell her until they thought she was ready to talk about it]]
* FashionVictimVillain: [[invoked]] After Knox, creator of the Inventor, is released from prison, he tries to re-establish his past reign of terror by convincing people that the Inventor has returned... by walking around in a cheap cockatiel costume.
* FirstKiss: Kamala has hers with fellow superhero Laal Khanjeer/Red Dagger. However, it coincides with Bruno's return from his study abroad in Wakanda, causing Kamala to freak out about the ramifications. She's still very new to the world of romance, and seeks out Sheikh Abdullah to give her guidance.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When the fight is over after the school dance, the teenagers are back to discussing their relationships again and Zoe is dancing. In storms the police, who are completely ignored by all of them.
* FunWithAcronyms: Hope Yards Development and Relocation Association, the villain group from the first story arc. [[spoiler:H.Y.D.R.A., in other words.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: In the first story arc, Ms. Marvel's image is used by the Hope Yards project without her permission while she's too busy getting used to her role as an Avenger to notice. Even after exposing Hope Yard's sinister agenda and putting a stop to it, she's considered a sell-out who had only opposed Hope Yards once it was revealed to be headed by an actual supervillain. This got worse during Civil War 2, though her reputation began to recover afterwards.
* IdenticalGrandson: Issue #36 run shows a flashback to 1257 focusing on Kamala's ancestor, Kamilah of Samarkand, who's the spitting image of her 21st Century descendant. The sequence also shows counterparts to Kamala's closest friends, such as the Italian knight Sir Brunello (identical to Bruno Carelli, down to an implied crush on Kamilah), Sir Josuah (Josh), and Lady Zoë (Zoe Zimmer); while these aren't stated to actually be their counterparts' ancestors, they look identical to them and share their personalities.
* IdiotBall: Kamala's decision to use copies of herself to lighten her workload. Even without Bruno hammering into her what a bad idea it is, a sci-fi geek like Kamala would surely have seen this idea fall flat a hundred times on TV. Could be excused due to the lack of sleep from all her time superheroing and schoolwork and trying to help her family, which is why she wanted the clones to begin with.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Kamala's reason for turning down Bruno after his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. She acknowledges that she loves him in return, but feels that her being a superhero is more important than her personal happiness.
* JustFriends: [[spoiler:Zoe tells Naika that she understands if she can't return her feelings but would like if they could still be friends. Nakia agrees to that.]]
* LampshadeHanging: In Issue #22, after Kamala [[spoiler:reveals her identity to Josh/Discord]], the latter comments that in hindsight a part of them had always known, since a domino mask isn't exactly heavy-duty concealment.
-->"That mask doesn't exactly cover a whole lot, you know?"
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Aamir's parents are hesitant when he announces his intention to marry Tyesha, his African-American girlfriend, as they'd prefer he marry a nice Pakistani girl. Their opinion is swayed when Tyesha demonstrates knowledge of traditional Pakistani Muslim traditions, such as the bride living with the family until the husband can afford to buy an apartment. Aamir also helps his case when he points out that they set Kamala up with a Pakistani boy in the past, and that being from the same ethnic background didn't preclude the boy in question from being a complete [[TheSociopath asshole]]. Tyesha's parents are also hesitant, since they're Christians (Tyesha converted in college), but they are swayed when Yusuf gives a heartfelt speech about treating Tyesha like a daughter.
* MesACrowd: In issue #4, Kamala finds herself overwhelmed by her responsibilities (school, superheroing, being an Avenger, her brother's wedding) so resorts to using Bruno's artificial "human" experiment for this. Doubly bad idea considering the replicas are made by copying the stuff ''Loki's lightning golems'' are made of. And revealed in issue #5 to have been a ''really'' bad idea because Kamala's skin was tainted by an experimental neurotoxin when Bruno took the sample to make the clones, who are now replicating on their own.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Harold, a WWII veteran living in a retirement home, is about half the height of the teenaged main characters.
* MistakenForTerrorist: When Amir gets arrested he assumes it's a case of this and gives police a piece of his mind before being told that it is not the reason, but that [[spoiler:a new law makes them round up all people with superpowers]].
* MythologyGag: One of the potential future Kamalas that Bruno sees in Issue #33 is Khan of the ComicBook/{{Exiles}}.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: In Issue #38, when various characters are transparent to game-like areas, Bruno is found after having transformed into a shaggy minotaur with hoofed legs.
* PassThePopcorn: Loki's reaction to Bruno and Mike's attempts at a summoning is to just stand back and watch their fumbling attempts at magic. He only appears when they hit the ridiculousness level he would even pay to see, and he brought literal popcorn too.
* PostModernMagik: Bruno has no magical skill himself but he can sample the lightning golems Loki left for the school and combine that with Kamala's DNA to make simple-minded clones. He's also capable of using it to 3D print pretty much whatever animate thing he wants. Parodied later on when he attempts to summon Loki using Hipster iconography (glasses, franchise coffee cups) in a summoning circle.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: If there was ever a sign that the Marvel universe at large suffers from this, it's the issue where Kamala and Bruno compete in a science fair against Miles Morales. Kamala's team makes floating water, Miles' makes a generator that converts static electricity into energy, and Bruno brings a '''portable cold fusion generator that can fit in his pocket'''. Somehow none of this results in the world changing overnight and energy companies throwing enough money in Kamala, Bruno, and Miles' faces to let them retire.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Naftali, who first shows up in issue 25, well into the overall comic's second run, is depicted as already being a close and long-time friend of the main characters. This is internally justified through his attending a Jewish ''yeshiva'' instead of the public school the others do, though his supposedly close friendship with Kamala, and the pep talk he gives her, come off a bit hollow as a result.
* SecretSecretKeeper: When Kamala reveals herself to [[spoiler:her friends, she discovers that they had already knows for a while]].
* ShoutOut:
** In issue #7, Miles Morales (thanks to his SpiderSense, of course) says [[Franchise/StarWars "I feel a disturbance in the Force"]].
** In #11, Hijinx mockingly calls Becky "Comicbook/JudgeDredd Franchise/{{Barbie}}".
** In the same issue, Becky says "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} A wild Ms. Marvel appears]]."
** As Kamala and Laal Khanjeer ride the New Jersey rails in #23, Finbar [=McBride=] from ''Film/TheStationAgent'' can be seen standing outside his depot in New Brunswick.
** In Mike's introduction, there is a girl behind her that looks like a human [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]]. There is also a cameo of a turtle with a helmet who resembles Tank.
* SkunkStripe: The unfortunate Skunk Girl, who has been granted, basically, skunk powers by the Terrigen mists (and didn't want them at all), gets this as one side-effect. As Kamala notes, it's the one part of the deal which is kind of cool.
* SummonBiggerFish: You've a bunch of random Kamala clones running around? Some even giant? This calls for a clone [[spoiler:''T. rex'']]! What could possibly go wrong?
* TrappedInTVLand: In the final issue, an interdimensional portal of some kind opens up behind the Circle Q slushy machine, sucking Kamala and her friends into a fantasy video game version of Jersey City, where they level up and unlock achievements by recalling who they are and how much they've grown.
* TruthSerums: In the 50th issue, Kamala teams up with [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Spider-Man]] when he finds a weird purple rock. When it's activated, Miles suddenly confesses his crush on her.
* UnexpectedlyRealMagic: Played with and ultimately subverted: when some of Kamala's friends think that they need to summon Loki, who they refer to as "hipster Viking dude", and try a ludicrous made-up ritual using hipster iconography. Loki does eventually show up, not because the ritual worked but because he had already been keeping the school under surveillance and couldn't stand how silly it all was anymore. [[PassThePopcorn He even brought popcorn.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After the [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Incursions]], people at Kamala's school have gotten very used to Loki's lightning golems hanging around.
* VillainousGentrification: In Issue 5, Kamala and the residents of New Jersey discover that a local avenue has been massively renovated by a new corporation. She is aghast to find her superhero image being used without permission for the company's billboards, and that her favorite Serbian-Vietnamese grocery store has been replaced by luxury condos. [[spoiler:Investigating the operation, Kamala discovers that the rebuilding is planned for the entire city and run by Hope Yards Development and Relocation Association, aka none other than HYDRA. Their next plan? Hypnotizing all the current residents of New Jersey and making them all move out of town.]]
* WhamEpisode: In issue 11, this is the fallout from ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'': [[spoiler:Captain Marvel calls Kamala a traitor and severs all ties with her. Bruno wakes up from his coma, but is now permanently disabled. He blames Kamala for what happened and for ignoring her friends, and reveals that he plans to leave New Jersey to go attend school in Wakanda. The issue ends with Kamala trying to convince him not to go, only for Bruno to shun her and say he never wants to see her again.]]
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[[folder:''The Magnificent Ms. Marvel'' (2020-2021)]]
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A new chapter in Ms. Marvel's heroic career opens when she's transported to an alien world whose people believe her their long-prophesied savior. On returning to Earth, she finds herself pitted against literal corporate zombies and out-of-control alien technology, but none of this may be as terrifying as the specter of mortality.

''The Magnificent Ms. Marvel'' is the first arc to not be written by G. Willow Wilson, and is instead written by Saladin Ahmed.
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* AdultFear: At the end of the first story arc, the Khan family learns that [[spoiler:Yusuf is terminally ill]].
* AlienSky: Saffa's sky is yellow during the daytime and purple at night.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:After more than their fair share of "will they or won't they?" moments throughout the various series, Kamala and Bruno finally share one]] in ''Magnificent'' #9.
* BystanderSyndrome: In issue #8, Kamala muses on why this bystander syndrome is so tempting in the first place: there are some problems in the world that just seem unstoppable, and it's tempting to just let them grow when chances are you'll just keep getting defeated.
* DistantPrologue: The first issue begins hundreds of years in the future, with a Saffan father telling his child about the legend of the Destined One -- that is, the events of the story.
* DramaticIrony: In the prologue, the storyteller's descriptions of the Destined One and her deeds are juxtaposed by the opposite of each description happening -- he describes her boldness as she panics while a villain shoots at her, her noble and solemn bearing as she gags over the smell of a spilled dumpster, and the respect she commanded among her people as a store owner chews her out for thrashing his shop.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: In issue 1 (Legacy #58), Muneeba finally tells Yusuf that Kamala is Ms. Marvel. He's the first person who doesn't figure it out on his own, and Kamala had a reason why she didn't tell him -- as she expected, he's angry that she's risking her life!
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Saffan culture is visually based on the Arabic caliphates.
* FishOutOfWater: In her first two volumes, Kamala mainly sticks to Jersey City, with the more outré adventures occurring when she's part of a team. In Volume 3, she spends a good deal of time out of J.C., first on the distant planet of Saffa when they mistake her for their "Destined One" and then in central New Jersey when a road trip with Nakia and Zoe causes her to cross paths with Lockdown, Discord, and the sinister start-up Rubicon.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The comic's first adventure has Ms Marvel working with a purple-skinned (and shirtless) space hunk. [[spoiler:Her mother, who's along on this occasion, is less than happy about this]].
* HeroicSacrifice: The Saffan magicians [[spoiler:need to give up their lives to power their interplanetary teleportation -- one of them allows himself to be consumed this way to get them to Saffa in the first place, and the sole surviving one does so again to get the Khans back to Earth]].
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In the second story arc, the people taken over by Monopoly are reduced to a shambling, zombie-like state where they can only follow his orders while mindlessly droning "Report! Report!"
* PlanetaryRomance: The first plot arc drops our heroine into a classic ''Franchise/FlashGordon''-style planetary romance story, complete with a RaygunGothic visual aesthetic, alien hunks with colorful skin and minimal clothing, and a whole load of SchizoTech.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Parodied in the annual, where Kamala complains about how, despite living in a world of superscience, flying palaces and fantastic vehicles, nobody seems to have come up with a good way to deal with global warming or to at least temperature-control cities.
* SuperRegistrationAct: The law that's the crux of ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'', which several issues of this run overlap with, is ironically named after her due to an accident where Kamala nearly dies during a superhero battle. As a result, a law is passed calling for the apprehension of all teenage vigilantes, who are seen as dangers to both society and themselves.
* WhamEpisode: In Issue 5, Kamala and her parents return to Earth after saving the planet Saffa, with a new nanotech Ms. Marvel costume. However, when Kamala talks to her parents, she realizes that [[spoiler:the Saffan magicians have removed their memories about her double life, followed by her father announcing to her that he is dying of some incurable illness.]]
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[[folder:''Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit'' (2021-ongoing)]]
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* {{Doppelganger}}: Kamala spends much of the second issue chasing a duplicate of herself that's running around Jersey city commenting increasingly serious crimes.
* JustFriends: Parodied during the Bollywood song sequence, where Bruno sings a romantic serenade about how he and Kamala are ''just friends''.
-->''Every time you open the door my heart flutters as you walk in the store -- but I swear we're only friiiiiieeeeends and nothing mooooooooooooore!''
* LineOfSightAlias: When her parents as her where Qarin is from, Kamala panics and says that she's from "Churrostan", since she happened to be eating churros at the moment.
* MythologyGag:
** In the first issue, when musing about potential alternate selves and the way her shapeshifting works by moving matter. between her past and future selves, Kamala wonders if some of them are "regular" superheroes who got their powers [[ComicBook/SpiderMan by being bitten by radioactive spiders]] or [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange by studying under an ancient one]].
** In the second issue, one of the future Kamalas is seen reading a ''ComicBook/SpiderHam'' picture book to her child.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Downplayed as Parental Affection Squick -- in the first issue, Kamala finds her parents being mushy and affectionate to be seriously off-putting.
-->''Parental affection... it's almost enough to make me lose my appetite...''
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay:
** Done unintentionally in the third issue. When Kamala is confronting the doppelgänger, she mentions that she "could murder ten gyros right now". Nakia remarks that that's definitely their Ms. Marvel, since it's a well-established character trait of hers that she's a BigEater.
** In the fourth issue, Kamala convinces Nadia that she's the real Ms. Marvel by reminding her of a specific snack they shared when they were getting Nadia's citizenship paperwork sorted out.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Qarin can take on the appearances of other people.
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* HumanLadder: In Issue 6, Wolverine uses Kamala as one to reach an actual ladder and climb out of a sewer.

[[folder:''Magnificent Ms. Marvel'' (2020-2021)]]

''Magnificent Ms. Marvel'' is the first arc to not be written by G. Willow Wilson, and is instead written by Saladin Ahmed.

''Ms. Marvel'' is an ongoing monthly title published by Creator/MarvelComics, which launched in February 2014. It was originally written by Creator/GWillowWilson, with rotating art by Adrian Alphona (''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'') and Takeshi Miyazawa. In 2019, Creator/SaladinAhmed took over as the new writer and retitled it ''The Magnificent Ms. Marvel''.

Following an initial run of nineteen issues, this title was put on hold for ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'', concluding with a four-issue story arc that saw Kamala meet her idol and namesake, ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}. ''Ms. Marvel'' returned with a new volume in the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel universe that emerged from ''Secret Wars'' -- and she even joined the [[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers (All-New, All-Different) Avengers]]!

For Kamala's Character page, see [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels here.]]

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Visited in issues #6 and #7. It is large and labyrinthine enough to have several giant or weaponized alligators, a DeathTrap, etc. without ''anybody noticing''.
* AdultFear:
** Kamala's friend Bruno called her parents after Kamala ran away from the party in the first issue. None of them were thinking about Terrigen mists or transformations, but they were scared that she might be attacked or hurt when wandering the city alone.
** Bruno's parents were worried about his brother on the night of the Terrigen mists, as they were worried something might happen out in the all-obscuring fog.
** When Creator/SaladinAhmed took over as the writer of the book, the Khan family learns that [[spoiler:Yusuf is terminally ill]].

* AllForNothing: One story had the Shocker decide to go to New Jersey to get away from the other super heroes and creates a strange wormhole that he claims that would give him brand new powers. [[spoiler:Not only does the wormhole do nothing but spit him right back into Brooklyn, he didn't get his powers, landed in a construction dumpster and is spotted by the ComicBook/MilesMorales Spider-Man doing his homework.]]

* AloneAmongTheCouples: By issue #2 of the relaunch, Kamala learns that both her best friend and her uptight older brother have started dating people without her noticing (although Aamir would probably object to the term "dating").
-->"Everybody has a girlfriend except me!"
* AlphaBitch: Zoe Zimmer, who specializes in {{Stealth Insult}}s disguised as questions and concerns about Islam. Kamala initially thinks she is [[InnocentBigot simply ignorant]] [[DumbBlonde that what she says is hurtful]], but later issues make it clear that Zoe is very aware that what she says is harmful. The final issue before the relaunch has her admit that she is mean because she is jealous of the easy friendships Kamala and others have, [[CharacterDevelopment and she tries to get better]]. After an eight-month TimeSkip, Zoe has joined Kamala's core group of friends.
* AlternateUniverse: When Kamala and Shocker get caught up in his flawed wormhole generator, Bruno, in trying to rescue them, [[spoiler:sees several possible versions of Kamala's future: in one, he and Kamala get married (in a traditional Pakistani ceremony, no less); in another, she and Red Dagger are seen dancing in front of the Karachi skyline; a third shows Khan of the ComicBook/{{Exiles}} in her post-apocalyptic world; and in a fourth ''she becomes President of the United States''. This last one was previously used by Tom Taylor in the final issues of his run on ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', which showed President Kamala being irritated by Laura breaking into the White House so they could talk, instead of using her status as leader of a major nation (Madripoor) to make an appointment.]]
* AmphibianAtLarge: When Kamala learns that her friend Bruno, who's been crushing on her for as long as they've known each other, is now dating Mike Miller, she demands to know how they met. It turns out that it was in the middle of Kamala's superhero duties, where the two bonded while Ms. Marvel was battling an enormous frog.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:
** When they fear that the world is going to end, Bruno admits his feelings to Kamala. [[spoiler:She admits that she loves him in return, but is not emotionally at a place where she is comfortable dating, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and tells him not to hold out for her]].]]
** [[spoiler:Zoe gives Nakia one, after she's informed that the Doc.X virus is going to release her love-letters to the world and out her as gay. Nakia is flattered but ultimately doesn't feel the same way.]]
* {{Animesque}}:
** Jake Wyatt's fill-in issues, complete with {{Chibi}}-like reactions from Kamala.
** Also Takeshi Miyazawa's issues, which look pretty much like manga in color.
* AscendedFangirl:
** Kamala writes ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]'' {{fanfic}}, a panel in ''Marvel [=75th=] Anniversary Celebration'' #1 hints at her having been an American superhero fan since she was a toddler, and even her friends call her fandom a "''sad nerd obsession''".
** This has not slowed down since she got powers of her own; the first ''All-New All-Different Avengers'' Annual followed her evening reading fanfic after a hard day of crimefighting. It also revealed that [[spoiler:Miles Morales]] is fanfic writer too, and their favorite board's moderator is none other than [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]].

* BadassNormal: The occasional guest-star Pakistani hero Laal Khanjeer (Red Dagger) is a self-taught master of LeParkour and [[KnifeNut knife throwing]]. Kamala is clearly a little impressed that someone can become a superhero just by deciding to and working at it, rather than acquiring exotic powers by chance.
%%* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Kamran.]] Well, ''almost'' boyfriend anyway.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Towards the end of the first issue, when Kamala is talking to visions of Captain Marvel, Iron Man and Captain America, Captain Marvel explicitly tells her that her wish "is ''not'' going to turn out the way you think." She wakes up from her shell looking like Carol Danvers with her {{Stripperific}} Ms. Marvel outfit. She quickly learns that such an outfit is not exactly comfortable.
-->'''Kamala:''' ...This leotard is giving me an '''epic''' wedgie.

* BigBad: The Inventor is the primary villain of the first arc. He uses vagrant teenagers as personal muscle and [[spoiler:living batteries for his machines]], and he is able to build cartoony robots to act as weapons.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** When Aamir (her actual big brother) sees her acting strange after returning home, and after she tells him 'something strange' happened to her, his first instinct is to pull her into a hug and assure her he will make it better... by getting a group of 'brothers from the mosque' to beat up whoever hurt her.
** Many heroes and secret agents she encounters tend to have this reaction. Wolverine tries to make her more wary about the not-so-fun side of fighting evil and puts in a good word for her with Captain America, Spider-Man is immediately receptive of how she hasn't had much experience with higher level baddies and tries to take on the more dangerous role in their fight with Dr. Minerva, and when she encounters Phil Coulson in ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'', he's clearly aware of how young she is and openly admits that he's become protective of her.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:After more than their fair share of "will they or won't they?" moments throughout the various series, Kamala and Bruno finally share one]] in ''Magnificent'' #9.
* BigEater: Kamala's powers burn a lot of calories. After getting stomped by the Inventors' goons, she's about ready to clean out the fridge.
* BilingualBonus: There is spoken and written Urdu(a language spoken in Pakistan) and Arabic (the language the Quran was written in) scattered throughout the series.

* BreakoutCharacter: Kamala herself in the greater Marvel Universe. The sales of the comic far exceeded original expectations, even easily outselling the former Ms. Marvel's new series, and by the end of 2014 she was already showing up in major guest spots in other comics, such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' With her cross-cultural appeal credited with drawing female Muslim readers into buying comics, many critics started calling her the new Spider-Man.
* TheBusCameBack: Singularity, who went MIA since the end of ''ComicBook/AForce'', reappears in issue #34.
* BystanderSyndrome:
** In issue #8, Kamala muses that half of heroism is ''not'' thinking and acting like this.
** Coincidentally, in issue #8 of ''Magnificent Ms. Marvel'', she muses on why this bystander syndrome is so tempting in the first place: there are some problems in the world that just seem unstoppable, and it's tempting to just let them grow when chances are you'll just keep getting defeated.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Kamala initially shouted commands when using her powers [[HowDoIShotWeb when she was trying to understand how they worked]]. The commands themselves are not actually necessary, but she continues to use them out of habit. However, she has seldom used "Disembiggen!" and never used it if she was trying to shrink down so she can hide.
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[[folder:C-D]]

* CanineCompanion: Lockjaw is sent by Medusa to be Kamala's protector. [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe She adores him on sight]].
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Kamala's parents quickly blame her for Aamir's problems. It's jarring because she is the younger sibling.

* CerebusRollercoaster: The tone of stories may vary from lighthearted to more dramatic, sometimes switching from one to another. ''Civil War II'' pushed the series into darker tones for a while but it seems to be going back to lighthearted since end of Discord arc.

%%* ChasingAButterfly: Lockjaw on the cover of issue #8. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
* CluelessDudeMagnet: Kamala herself is a fairly chaste hero and not the best at recognizing when other people are romantically interest in her, but a number of male characters (her own age, thankfully) have expressed interest in her. These include her own crushes like Bruno, Kamran, and Laal/Red Dagger, but also a few fellow heroes in various team-up books such as ComicBook/{{Nova}}, Miles Morales, and Inferno.
* ContinuityNod:
** Kamala is shown to have a friendly relationship with Phil Coulson. This is because they previously met and teamed up in an issue of Creator/MarkWaid's ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' series.
** In issue #34, Bruno sees various possible timelines. Two of which are President Khan from the "Old Woman Laura" story arc in ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' and Khan from the ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' relaunch. As well, Singularity mentions having met her in "the wars", a nod to Kamala showing up in the ''ComicBook/AForce'' series during ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''. Unsurprisingly, Kamala doesn't remember it due to the Richards Family making sure they didn't.
* ContinuitySnarl: Despite what's seen in issue #12, there was no time when Loki worked for the All-Mother (he quit in issue #5 of ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'') ''and'' Odin was also around (he was freed from his self-exile in ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'', which takes place right ''after Loki:[=AoA=]'' #5).
* CorporateConspiracy: In Volume 5, Kamala and the other residents of Jersey City discover that the [[FunWithAcronyms Hope Yards Development and Relocation Association]] plans to [[VillainousGentrification massively renovate the city]]. It's actually a front for ComicBook/{{Hydra}}, who want to TakeOverTheCity.
* CrystalLandscape: In Issue #38 of the second run, the first videogame-like area that Kamala is transported to is a pink landscape dotted with giant blue crystals.

* CutenessProximity: While everyone else runs in terror at the stallion-sized bulldog coming down the street, Kamala reacts to Lockjaw by gleefully declaring him the "''cutest most humongous thing''" she's ever seen, and gives him a big hug. The moment is explicitly an illustration of Kamala's heroic qualities: when everyone else responds to something strange and unusual with fear, she responds with love and acceptance, and thus gains herself a new, loyal, friend.
* {{Cyberbullying}}: A sapient Internet virus targets Zoe Zimmerman, eventually outing her as a lesbian to her school.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Kamala's friend Nakia tells her that fakon (fake bacon) is "not that terrible".
* {{Determinator}}: When Wolverine declares someone as stubborn as he is, that's saying something.
* DogWalksYou: The cover of issue #8 contains a textbook example, which repeats several times in the issue itself.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** In issue fifteen, after Kamala is kidnapped by [[spoiler:Kamran]] he explains that everything that made her vulnerable was something she did of her own free will, despite the fact that when Kamala realized something was up she repeatedly insisted that he stop. She even wonders if what happened really was her own fault. It sounds a lot like a sexual assault victim being told that she should have been more careful when confronting the person who assaulted her. [[WordOfGod The author tweeted]] that "''[[https://twitter.com/GWillowWilson/status/598860428890910720 I wanted to talk about consent in a fun, accessible way, without making the world into a terrifying place]]''."
** Ms. Marvel reams on Kaboom for attacking people just because she has Inhuman powers — like Kamala does. See MistakenForTerrorist.

* DoWrongRight: Kamala’s friends scold her when she repeatedly smells bacon ("delicious infidel meat"), saying she should either ''eat'' the bacon or stop smelling it.
-->''Chow or chow not, there is no smell.''
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Wolverine has no healing powers anymore when he guest-stars, so it is up to Kamala to fight a giant alligator after Wolverine is injured.
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[[folder:E-F]]
* EverybodyKnewAlready:
** In vol. 2 #31, [[spoiler:Kamala reveals to her friends at her sleepover that she is Ms. Marvel. Their response is that they've known for a long time, and point out that Kamala isn't ''that'' good at hiding her secret identity. They just didn't want to tell her until they thought she was ready to talk about it]]
** In issue 1 (Legacy #58) of ''Magnificent Ms. Marvel'', her mother finally tells her dad that Kamala is Ms. Marvel. He's the first person who didn't figure it out on his own, and Kamala had a reason why she didn't tell him -- as she expected, he was angry that she was risking her life!
%%* ExpressiveMask: Her superhero costume is par for the course in expressiveness.%%Meaning?

* FashionVictimVillain: [[invoked]] After Knox, creator of the Inventor, is released from prison, he tries to re-establish his past reign of terror by convincing people that the Inventor has returned... by walking around in a cheap cockatiel costume.
* FirstKiss: Kamala has hers with fellow superhero Laal Khanjeer/Red Dagger. However, it coincides with Bruno's return from his study abroad in Wakanda, causing Kamala to freak out about the ramifications. She's still very new to the world of romance, and seeks out Sheikh Abdullah to give her guidance.
* FishOutOfWater: In her first two volumes, Kamala mainly sticks to Jersey City, with the more outré adventures occurring when she's part of a team. In Volume 3, she spends a good deal of time out of J.C., first on the distant planet of Saffa when they mistake her for their "Destined One" and then in central New Jersey when a road trip with Nakia and Zoe causes her to cross paths with Lockdown, Discord, and the sinister start-up Rubicon.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: After being exposed to the Terrigen Mist, Kamala receives a vision of Captain Marvel, Iron Man and Captain America. They explain that they are "faith", and she is seeing them as she needs to see them.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** Plenty in this comic, ''especially'' in the Adrian Alphona issues. One thing to look out for are the names written on items such as magazines and posters.
** When the fight is over after the school dance, the teenagers are back to discussng their relationships again and Zoe is dancing. In storms the police, who are completely ignored by all of them.
* FunWithAcronyms: Hope Yards Development and Relocation Association, the villain group from the first story arc of the 2015 relaunch. [[spoiler:H.Y.D.R.A., in other words.]]
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[[folder:G-H]]

* GrandfatherClause: Kamala says that, [[TemptingFate if she were Ms. Marvel]], she would wear the "classic, [[{{Stripperiffic}} politically incorrect]] [[LeotardOfPower costume]] and kick butt in [[CombatStilettos giant wedge heels]]." The second issue has her realize that extremely long hair will get blown into your face by the wind, giant wedge heels are not comfortable to walk in, and politically incorrect costumes give epic wedgies.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: One adventure has Ms Marvel working with a purple-skinned (and shirtless) space hunk. [[spoiler:Her mother, who's along on this occasion, is less than happy about this]].
* GroinAttack: Kamala uses the laser of one of Doyle's robots on his groin. Understandably, he swore revenge.
* GroundedForever: Kamala's punishment after her parents find out that she snuck out to the party in the first issue.

* HeroInsurance: Kamala takes a lot of steps to try and avoid collateral damage, a trait more noticeable during her period on the Post Secret Wars Avengers team.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: In the first story arc of the re-launch, Ms. Marvel's image is used by the Hope Yards project without her permission while she's too busy getting used to her role as an Avenger to notice. Even after exposing Hope Yard's sinister agenda and putting a stop to it, she's considered a sell-out who had only opposed Hope Yards once it was revealed to be headed by an actual supervillain. This got worse during Civil War 2, though her reputation began to recover afterwards.

* HeroesLoveDogs: Especially giant, teleporting bizarro ones.
* HerosFirstRescue: The first person Kamala rescues is a drunk Zoe at the waterfront after an also-drunk Josh accidentally pushes her off the dock. Kamala changes into Carol Danvers and fishes her bully out, saving her life. This starts an urban legend of a young Carol Danvers somehow showing up in Jersey City, and starts Kamala on her path to becoming a hero.
* HiddenDepths: Thanks to Loki's use of Asgardian truth elixir, Zoe's football player boyfriend Josh snapped and revealed that he is actually sick and tired of people assuming he is a DumbJock, he is actually fairly smart, a good student and likes math. Ironically, he snapped because Zoe revealed that she looks down on him whenever he goes monosyllabic.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The Inventor is a clone of UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison whose genetic material was contaminated by a cockatiel. While the real life Thomas Edison was a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive ruthless businessman]] who once electrocuted an elephant just to prove that alternating current was dangerous, the Inventor is a MadScientist with no qualms about [[spoiler:using teenagers as living batteries for his machines.]] However, [[spoiler:it's implied at the end of the arc that the "real" Inventor is the guy who cloned him]].

* HowDoIShotWeb: Kamala has a lot of difficulty in first understanding her powers. They start off tied to her emotional state (shrinking when she feels small, turning into Carol Danvers when she thinks of Captain Marvel) and she is unable to control them willingly at first.
-->'''Kamala:''' I wonder if I can do it again, this time on purpose. '''[[ByThePowerOfGreySkull TRANSFORM!]]'''\\
''[{{beat panel}}]''\\
'''Kamala:''' Nope.

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[[folder:I-J]]
* IdenticalGrandson: Issue #36 of the second run shows a flashback to 1257 focusing on Kamala's ancestor, Kamilah of Samarkand, who's the spitting image of her 21st Century descendant. The sequence also shows counterparts to Kamala's closest friends, such as the Italian knight Sir Brunello (identical to Bruno Carelli, down to an implied crush on Kamilah) and Lady Zoë (Zoe Zimmer); while these aren't stated to actually be their counterparts' ancestors, they look identical to them and share their personalities.
* IdiotBall: Kamala's decision to use copies of herself to lighten her workload. Even without Bruno hammering into her what a bad idea it is, a sci-fi geek like Kamala would surely have seen this idea fall flat a hundred times on TV. Could be excused due to the lack of sleep from all her time superheroing and schoolwork and trying to help her family, which is why she wanted the clones to begin with.
* IHaveYourWife: The Inventor abducts Lockjaw to blackmail Kamala, or at least lure her into a trap.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler:Vick]] accidentally shoots Kamala in the stomach with what he believed was an unloaded gun while trying to rob Bruno's store.

* ImTakingHimHomeWithMe: Kamala's reaction to meeting Lockjaw, in contrast to everybody else who ran for their lives. She also used the "He followed me home, can I keep him?" line on her parents.
* InSeriesNickname: Loki is pretty much renamed the "{{Hipster}} [[HornyVikings Viking]]" by the characters, and doesn't seem to mind it at all.

* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Averted. When Kamala begins to research superpowers in the third issue, she cannot find anything helpful as every search she tries leads her to web-pages about video games and fiction that have transformation and superpowers.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Kamala's reason for turning down Bruno after his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. She acknowledges that she loves him in return, but feels that her being a superhero is more important than her personal happiness.

* JustFriends:
** Despite having a long-standing infatuation, Bruno is content to just be friends with Kamala instead of pushing for something more. At least, until the world looks like it's going to end, when he levels with her.
** [[spoiler:Zoe tells Naika that she understands if she can't return her feelings but would like if they could still be friends. Nakia agrees to that.]]
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[[folder:K-M]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Kamala is beside herself with glee when she first meets Wolverine (much to his annoyance), and when she gets saved by Spider-Man. And when she met Carol Danvers... oh gosh. Reached its peak when she was asked to join the Avengers, although she did have a minor moment afterwards when she met the original Nova shortly after his resurrection (although she notes that [[FandomNod some of his online fans put even her to shame in this department]]).
* LampshadeHanging: In Issue #22 of the second run, after Kamala [[spoiler:reveals her identity to Josh/Discord]], the latter comments that in hindsight a part of them had always known, since a domino mask isn't exactly heavy-duty concealment.
-->"That mask doesn't exactly cover a whole lot, you know?"
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Invoked during the climactic battle with the Inventor, where Kamala describes his as evil, conceited, nihilistic, a megalomaniac -- and a bird. In-universe, this is justified because being called a bird is his BerserkButton.
-->'''Kamala:''' What do I ''think''? I think you're a wannabe evil genius who thinks he's saved the future when really he's just given up on it. I think you're a megalomaniac with some sort of Pied Piper complex... I think you're a ''bird.''

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Wolverine's notion towards Kamala [[spoiler:taking him on her back]] when he was hurt in issue #7. Unfortunately Kamala, being herself, had [[SubvertedTrope already "Pictagrammed" it]].

* MalignedMixedMarriage:
** Aamir's parents are hesitant when he announces his intention to marry Tyesha, his African-American girlfriend, as they'd prefer he marry a nice Pakistani girl. Their opinion is swayed when Tyesha demonstrates knowledge of traditional Pakistani Muslim traditions, such as the bride living with the family until the husband can afford to buy an apartment. Aamir also helps his case when he points out that they set Kamala up with a Pakistani boy in the past, and that being from the same ethnic background didn't preclude the boy in question from being a complete [[TheSociopath asshole]]. Tyesha's parents are also hesitant, since they're Christians (Tyesha converted in college), but they are swayed when Yusuf gives a heartfelt speech about treating Tyesha like a daughter.
** This is also the reason why Kamala's parents won't let Bruno, who is Italian-American, date her, regardless of how much they like and trust him. Aamir explains to him that they do this in order to ensure their cultural lineage is passed down.
* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: The Terrigen bomb, which activated the Inhuman abilities of people throughout the region.

* MesACrowd: In issue #4 of the second volume Kamala finds herself overwhelmed by her responsibilities (school, superheroing, being an Avenger, her brother's wedding) so resorts to using Bruno's artificial "human" experiment for this. Doubly bad idea considering the replicas are made by copying the stuff ''Loki's lightning golems'' are made of. And revealed in issue #5 to have been a ''really'' bad idea because Kamala's skin was tainted by an experimental neurotoxin when Bruno took the sample to make the clones, who are now replicating on their own.
* MidnightSnack: After the failed rescue attempt in issue #5 Kamala has to raid the fridge at night thanks to her [[CastFromHitPoints powers coming from her life force]].
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Harold, a WWII veteran living in a retirement home, is about half the height of the teenaged main characters.
* MistakenForTerrorist:
** Kamala fears that this will happen to her and her mosque if her powers become public.
** Invoked when Kamala finds a fellow Inhuman tearing up Jersey City, with a heavy dashing of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, as she's very angry about how he's decided that he gets to hurt anybody he disagrees with in a manner that will just spread fear and hatred of everyone who looks like him,.
--->'''Kamala:''' It's always the same. There's always that one group of people who think they have special permission to terrorize anybody who disagrees with them. And then everybody else who looks like them suffers.
** When Amir gets arrested he assumes it's a case of this and gives police a piece of his mind before being told that it is not the reason, but that [[spoiler:a new law makes them round up all people with superpowers]].
* MistakenIdentity: Kamala's first shapeshifting in public wound up looking like Carol Danvers herself, so when she immediately leapt into heroism a lot of bystanders thought she was Captain Marvel, although they were confused as to why she had seemingly gone back to wearing her old costume... much less had a giant hand. As she continues to look like Carol Danvers in later issues, the people she encounters do not seem sure how to address her, backtracking over calling her "''Ms.''" and "''Captain''".

* MixAndMatchMan: The Inventor. He claims to be Thomas Edison's [[CloningBlues clone]], but, due to an accident, [[spoiler:his DNA got contaminated with that of his creator's pet cockatiel, which is why he looks like [[BirdPeople an anthropomorphised bird]]. [[BerserkButton Don't let him hear you call him that, though]].]]
* MoodDissonance: Issue #10 deals with some pretty heavy topics, then there is the scene when the Inventor's MiniMecha appears... wearing a [[NiceHat hard hat]]. The effect is jarring to say the least.
* MoodMotif: In the first issue, Kamala sees Iron Man, Captain Marvel and Captain America singing the first verse of the traditional qawwali "''Sakal bun phool rahi sarson''", a song about a joyous trip to the shrine of the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya. This sounds like the ''qawwali'' is only a reminder of Kamala's heritage and beliefs, but the ''second'' half of the song mentions someone absent from this procession who promised to be there, tying the song to Kamala's having disobeyed her parents by sneaking out and to Marvel itself, for both the in-universe superheroes and the comic industry seem to be saying that someone like Kamala should not only be one of them -- but she should have been among their number before. See more about the motif [[http://urdu-sufi-poetry.blogspot.com/2010/11/amir-khusro-sakal-bun-phool-rahi-sarson.html here]].
* MoodWhiplash: The jump into the ''Civil War II'' tie-in, going from light-hearted science fair competition with Miles Morales into Kamala watching as her entire life falls apart around her ears.

* MushroomSamba: Kamala thinks this is happening to her after her Inhuman transformation shows her a vision of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]], and ComicBook/IronMan. She thinks it was caused by the small amount of vodka she was tricked into drinking at the party.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When an Inhuman calling herself Kaboom starts ranting about the superiority of Inhumans and refers to humans as a "subspecies", Kamala [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything (a Muslim and second-generation Pakistani-American, remember)]], loses her cool and hits Kaboom hard enough to nearly kill her. Kamala panics and runs away once she realizes what happened.
* MythologyGag: One of the potential future Kamalas that Bruno sees in Issue #33 is Khan of the ComicBook/{{Exiles}}.
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[[folder:N-R]]
* NiceHat: Kamala's ushanka (the correct name for a "Russian furry hat") is starting to become iconic. It can be seen cropping up other places in the comic, such as on a pigeon during her Inhuman transformation.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The Inventor is a [[spoiler:mad scientist/cyborg/clone/bird-man]].
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Unsurprisingly, mostly invoked given the books target audience. The most blatant reference is in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #2 when [[spoiler:Spider-Man and Kamala accidentally switch bodies; Peter-as-Kamala blows an important school assignment (a spoken presentation) because he's taken unaware by her menstrual cramps. When learning of this, Kamala-as-Peter is mainly concerned that he may have screwed up her grade and seems ''incredibly'' blasé about him having to attend to her body's intimate needs, only snarking "Welcome to being a teenage girl."]]
* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: Kamala was a fanfic writer herself before she acquired her powers. This draws attention to the existence of fanfic about superheroes within the world in which they exist. She gets to inflict this trope on ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} when she meets him.
--->'''Ms. Marvel:''' My ''Wolverine-and-Storm-in-space'' fanfic was the third-most upvoted story on Freaking Awesome last month!\\
'''Wolverine:''' Oh, my God.\\
'''Ms. Marvel:''' I had you guys fighting this giant alien blob that ''farts wormholes!''\\
'''Wolverine:''' Sounds great, kid. ... Wait -- so what was the ''most'' upvoted story?\\
'''Ms. Marvel:''' Umm... Cyclops and Emma Frost's romantic vacation in Paris?\\
'''Wolverine:''' This is the worst day of my life.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: In Issue #38 of the second run, when various characters are transparent to game-like areas, Bruno is found after having transformed into a shaggy minotaur with hoofed legs.

* PassThePopcorn: Loki's reaction to Bruno and Mike's attempts at a summoning. The jerk only appears when they hit the ridiculousness level he would even pay to see. And yes. Brought literal popcorn too.
* PlanetaryRomance: The first plot arc after her comic becomes ''The Magnificent Ms. Marvel'' drops our heroine into a classic ''Franchise/FlashGordon''-style planetary romance story, complete with a RaygunGothic visual aesthetic and a whole load of SchizoTech.
* PoliceAreUseless: So mercilessly inverted. Not only are they ''not'' useless, but outright act as TheCavalry to be called in by our heroes. After they see that they have a teenage superhero in their town they're just glad she is the type who would help fight street-level crime. Kamala actually has a "safe call" system set up with Bruno: if she calls him, lets his phone ring twice, then hangs up, he's to call the cops to wherever she is, because she's in over her head. That said, they do prove useless when professional supervillain [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Shocker]] comes into town; their initial attempt to charge him gets them blasted away by his gauntlets, and then he fakes surrender only to blast them a second time. That’s the sort of thing that makes them happy to have a superhero in town.
* ProtectiveCharm: As compensation for the trouble they caused, Loki wards the school in issue #12, which takes the form of huge "lightning golems" that protect the school while proclaiming how awesome Loki is.
* PostModernMagik: Bruno has no magical skill himself but he can sample the lightning golems Loki left for the school and combine that with Kamala's DNA to make simple-minded clones. He's also capable of using it to 3D print pretty much whatever animate thing he wants. Parodied later on when he attempts to summon Loki using Hipster iconography (glasses, franchise coffee cups) in a summoning circle.
* POVCam: The first couple of pages of issue #8 are apparently ImpendingDoomPOV until it's revealed to be Lockjaw's perspective, later we also get some panels of the {{Robocam}} of an [[MurdererPOV attacking]] HumongousMecha.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: One of the Inventor's {{Death Trap}}s, and later robots, is literally powered by an unconscious runaway; the saved kid also tells Kamala and Wolverine that there are others.
* RageBreakingPoint: When rogue Inhuman Kaboom goes on her "sub-species" rant, it pushes just about ''all'' of Kamala's buttons. She knocks her unconscious with one ''really'' hard punch.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: If there was ever a sign that the Marvel universe at large suffers from this, it's the issue where Kamala and Bruno compete in a science fair against Miles Morales. Kamala's team makes floating water, Miles' makes a generator that converts static electricity into energy, and Bruno brings a '''portable cold fusion generator that can fit in his pocket'''. Somehow none of this results in the world changing overnight and energy companies throwing enough money in Kamala, Bruno, and Miles' faces to let them retire.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Naftali, who shows up in issue 25 of Vol. II, is depicted as already being a close and long-time friend of the main characters. This is internally justified through his attending a Jewish ''yeshiva'' instead of the public school the others do, though his supposedly close friendship with Kamala, and the pep talk he gives her, come off a bit hollow as a result.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Kamala can shift her clothes along with herself when she changes shape or size. However, this is stated to take more effort, to justify giving her a costume and domino mask.
* RhetoricalRequestBlunder: As Kamala didn't really know who she was dealing with during her argument with Loki, her sarcastic suggestion that he magically ward the school is met by Loki deciding that that's actually a smart idea and doing it.
-->'''Ms. Marvel:''' Okay. You really wanna help? Use your sparkly green power to keep this school from getting trashed by robots again.\\
'''Loki:''' Ward the school? That isn't a terrible idea, actually... *he promptly does it*\\
'''Ms. Marvel:''' Whoa. And I thought I was totally kidding...

[[/folder]]

[[folder:S-T]]

* SecretIdentity:
** Kamala is very protective of her identity, and early on, she freaks out that if anyone besides Bruno learns the truth, they'll "sell [her] to science". When in-costume, she only identifies herself as Kamala when talking to an adult superhero she trusts, such as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Medusa|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/CarolDanvers, and ComicBook/IronMan.
** As a member of the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers, she takes great pride in teasing both [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Miles]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam]], the two other members of the team her own age, because they both revealed their real names to her while she has kept hers secret from them. When Miles (in his own book) suggests that since he trusted her with his identity, she should do the same, Kamala tells him that just means she's smarter than him. Nowadays, all three of them know each others' secret identities (Miles worldlessly figures it out in ''Ms. Marvel'' #7, and Kamala reveals herself to Sam as part of a IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight when he fell under Blackheart's HatePlague spell in ''Champions'' #9.

* SecretSecretKeeper: The second-to-last issue before the relaunch reveals that [[spoiler:Kamala's mother]] made the connections to Ms. Marvel's identity months ago. Later, she reveals herself to her friends only to discover they too already knew for a while at that point.
* SewerGator: Encountered in issues #6 and #7 both in [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]] ("''megagator''") and [[WeaponizedAnimal armed]] with [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] variety.

* ShipperOnDeck: One of the first things Kamala does when Spider-Man rescues her is state that she's an ''avid'' shipper of him and Carol Danvers, and pesters him for details when she hears they went on a date.
* ShipTease:
** Issue #4 sees Bruno blurting out why he thinks Kamala is awesome. Kamala wants to hear more, but Bruno gets embarrassed.
** The entirety of Kamala's crossover story with Ghost Rider Robbie Reyes in ''Secret Love #1''. [[spoiler:Turns out, their relationship is strictly platonic, but still awesome.]]
** Issues leading up to ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers gave her moments with the second Nova. After that series' first story arc it bounced between him and Miles Morales.
* ShoutOut:
** When Bruno admonishes Kamala on [[DoWrongRight smelling forbidden bacon but not eating it]], he advises her "Chow or chow not, there is no smell." Kamala responds with "Thanks, [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]]."
** Bruno's co-worker at the convenience store is named "[[Film/{{Clerks}} Chatty Bob]]."
** There is a brand of hot sauce in Bruno's convenience store called "[[Series/ChappellesShow Dylan's Hot Fiyah]]."
** ''Magical Pony Adventures'' is Earth-616's counterpart of our ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4'', complete with names such as "Rainbow Toots".
** When trying to research her new powers, Kamala kept finding web-pages dedicated to ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft World of Battlecraft]]'' instead of anything helpful when searching for "''Polymorph''"[[note]]there is a spell by that name in ''World of Warcraft''[[/note]].
** The Creator/{{Konami}} code can be seen written on a wall in the sewers.
** A newspaper clipping in Kamala's room is from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com Fluffington Post]].
** Bruno, at seeing "Captain Marvel" in his store: [[Film/BillAndTed "Strange things are afoot at the Circle Q."]]
** Bruno's [[Film/BackToTheFuture 1.21 Gigawatts t-shirt]] in #5.
** In #8, a guy who looks an ''awful'' lot like Marty [=McFly=] is sat behind Kamala in her class. And as a bonus, there's a doodle of the original Film/TeenWolf in his book -- another Creator/MichaelJFox role.
** In #9, Kamala and Vick can be seen eating burgers from [[Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple Olmec]] [[JustForPun Donalds]].
** Kamala goes into Doge speak when she first meets ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}:
--->'''Kamala:''' Wow. Such Athletic. Very Claws. So Amaze.
** Assorted uses of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "embiggen" and "cromulant"]]
** Kamala after hacking an Inventor robot in #11: [[VideoGame/ZeroWing All Your Bots Are Belong To Us]]
** Bruno called Loki's improvized LoveLetter ''Series/DowntonAbbey weirdo crap''.
** The water taxi Bruno takes to New Attilan in #15 is called [[Series/GilligansIsland the Minnow]]. The boat's captain looks like the Skipper and there's a pelican on the roof of the boat wearing Gilligan's trademark bucket hat, too.
** [[spoiler:Kamran]]'s scream of rage after being defeated by Kamala: [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan KHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!]]
** The hot dog stand Kamala visits during ''Comicbook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' has "[[Music/WuTangClan Ol' Dirty Mustard]]" and "[[Music/BeastieBoys Mild Sauce For Sucka M.C.'s]]."
** There's a childhood photo of Kamala dressed like [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Leonardo]].
** One issue opens with Kamala fighting [[Franchise/MortalKombat a group of ice-themed ninjas]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} who all sport metal headbands with leaf symbols on them]].
** In issue #19 during ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Last Days]]'', when Kamala reconciled with Nakia:
--->'''Kamala:''' ''[jokingly]'' [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Do you wanna build a snowman?]]\\
'''Nakia:''' ''[amused]'' Do not even start with ''Frozen'' references. Do not even start.
** In 2016 issue #7, ComicBook/MilesMorales (thanks to his SpiderSense, of course) said [[Franchise/StarWars "I feel a disturbance in the Force"]].
** In Vol. 2 #11, Hijinx mockingly calls Becky "Comicbook/JudgeDredd Franchise/{{Barbie}}."
** In the same issue, Becky says "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} A wild Ms. Marvel appears]]."
** As Kamala and Laal Khanjeer ride the New Jersey rails in #23, Finbar [=McBride=] from ''Film/TheStationAgent'' can be seen standing outside his depot in New Brunswick.
** in Mike's introduction, there is a girl behind her that looks like a human [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy.]] There is also a cameo of a turtle with a helmet who resembles Tank.
* SickeninglySweethearts:
** Several on the Valentine's Day ball, like Josh and Zoe, then the truth serum punch kicked in and showed [[SubvertedTrope how many of them actually weren't]], [[spoiler:like Josh and Zoe]].
** Aamir Khan and Tyesha Hillman certainly qualify, and once their respective parents get over the culture shock, they're happy to welcome them into the family.

* SkunkStripe: The unfortunate Skunk Girl, who has been granted, basically, skunk powers by the Terrigen mists (and didn't want them at all), gets this as one side-effect. As Kamala notes, it's the one part of the deal which is kind of cool.
* SlippingAMickey:
** Although Kamala wishes for more freedom and independence from her parents, she is still devoutly Muslim and refuses to drink alcohol. When she goes to a [[WildTeenParty party]] and is offered a drink, she asks if there is any alcohol in it and is assured that it is just orange juice. Once she drinks it, they add "plus some vodka". She promptly does a SpitTake.
** Loki put a TruthSerum in the punch when he crashed a Valentine's Day dance.
* SoProudOfYou: Kamala's mother tells her this [[spoiler:when she reveals that she knew for some time that Kamala was the new Ms. Marvel.]]
-->"You're at a difficult age. Your father and I were worried you would get involved with drugs or with friends who were bad for you. If the worst thing you do is sneak out to help suffering people, then I thank God for having raised a righteous child."
* SpiritualSuccessor:
** The series in many ways feels like a modern day take on Spider-Man, being about a nerdy teenager who suddenly gains superpowers, and the problems that come with that; in-universe, Spider-Man himself acknowledges that Ms. Marvel reminds him of himself when he was younger. Rather than being a science whiz, however, Kamala spends her time writing fanfiction and browsing social media.
** Kamala's role during ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' is comparable with ComicBook/AnyaCorazon's during first ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. Both are mentored by Carol Danvers, both fight for her side (or at least do so initially, in Kamala's case), and both eventually feel bad when they start questioning themselves on whether they fight for justice or not.
* SpitTake: Kamala's reaction after she is told that the orange juice she drank also had vodka in it is to spit it out in shock.
* StealthInsult: Zoe gives the appearance of being very [[GenkiGirl perky and friendly]], but uses her "questions" about Islam and Kamala's Pakistani background to make derogatory comments about their culture and traditions. [[SubvertedTrope Bruno and Nakia already can see what she's doing]] and he refers to her as the "concern {{troll}}"; only Kamala herself thinks Zoe is genuinely bubbly.

* StupidCrooks: [[spoiler:Bruno's brother Vick]] tries to rob the Circle Q and winds up robbing Bruno himself when Bruno switches shifts with Chatty Bob. He apparently cannot even unload his gun properly, [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace and accidentally shoots Kamala with a gun that he claims is empty]].
* SummonBiggerFish: You've a bunch of random Kamala clones running around? Some even giant? This calls for a clone [[spoiler:''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs T-Rex]]'']]! What could possibly go wrong?
* SuperRegistrationAct: The law that's the crux of ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'' is ironically named after her.
* SuperStrength: A RequiredSecondaryPower for some of the shapeshifting that she does.
* TakeAThirdOption: A villain tells Kamala that she should "get with the program or get out of the way." Kamala chooses Option C: Get IN the way.
* TeensAreMonsters: Kamala's class has to analyse an article claiming this. Nakia is outraged that someone can just write off a whole generation like this, and Kamala points out that it's dangerous too as every generation has to solve the problems the previous one created. Kamala later uses the same article [[spoiler:as a way to tell the Inventor's brainwashed teens that they are not solving anything by letting themselves get turned into organic batteries]].
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Kamala lampshades this when she mentions she needs one.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: One of Kamala's reasons for not wanting the authorities to see her and her new powers, [[spoiler:and why she reveals herself to Bruno.]]
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Loki's [[PlayingCyrano "help"]] on his Valentine's day visit suggest this, but realistically it was probably more, well, Loki [[{{Troll}} being Loki]]. Also the other characters found it not romantic but ''very'' creepy.

* TrainingMontage: After a disastrous first attempt to rescue Vick from The Inventor's minions, Kamala spends the next day with Bruno testing her absolute limits.
* TrappedInTVLand: In the final issue of G. Willow Wilson's run, an inter-dimensional portal of some kind opens up behind the Circle Q slushy machine, sucking Kamala and her friends into a fantasy video game version of Jersey City, where they level up and unlock achievements by recalling who they are and how much they've grown.
* {{Troll}}:
** Kamala's friends Nakia and Bruno refer to Zoe as the "concern troll", since she asks questions about Islam and Nakia's Middle Eastern backgrounds so that she can make condescending remarks.
** Loki, whose sole consistent trait throughout all continuities is his troll-ness.
* TruthSerums:
** In issue #12, Loki put Asgardian truth elixir in the punch at the Valentine's Day ball. He didn't target it or anything, just counted on that, if everybody said what they really thought, he will be able to find if someone had ''other'' than relationship troubles. {{Hilarity Ensue|s}}d. And by this we mean chaos. Which the local superheroine kind of took issue with.
** In the 50th issue, Kamala teams up with [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Spider-Man]] when he finds a weird purple rock. When it's activated, Miles suddenly confesses his crush on her.

[[folder:U-Z]]
* UnexpectedlyRealMagic: Played with and ultimately subverted: when some of Kamala's friends think that they need to summon Loki, who they refer to as "hipster Viking dude," they try a ludicrous made-up ritual using hipster iconography. Loki does eventually show up, not because the ritual worked but because he had already been keeping the school under surveillance and couldn't stand how silly it all was anymore. [[PassThePopcorn He even brought popcorn.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After the [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Incursions]], people at Kamala's school have gotten very used to Loki's lightning golems hanging around.
* UnwantedAssistance: Pretty much every bit of "help" from Loki. He actually genuinely want to help, he is just terrible at it and also a troll.

* VillainousGentrification: In Volume 5, Kamala and the residents of New Jersey discover that a local avenue has been massively renovated by a new corporation. She is aghast to find her superhero image being used without permission for the company's billboards, and that her favorite Serbian-Vietnamese grocery store has been replaced by luxury condos. [[spoiler:Investigating the operation, Kamala discovers that the rebuilding is planned for the entire city and run by Hope Yards Development and Relocation Association, aka none other than HYDRA. Their next plan? Hypnotizing all the current residents of New Jersey and making them all move out of town.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Kamala's primary superpower. She has been shown to be able to change [[{{Sizeshifter}} the size]] and shape of her body, the color of her skin and hair, and even the clothing she's wearing. By [[http://allnewmsmarvel.tumblr.com/post/77183012333/dont-worry-kamala-misses-you-too issue #2]], her shapeshifting can even have different parts of her upper body showing different outfits simultaneously[[note]]though as that was during her initial panic at finding herself a shapeshifter, it has yet to be seen whether she can do that consciously[[/note]], and she's revealed in #2 and #3 to have SuperStrength when she's "''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever embiggened]]''" herself or even [[PartialTransformation just her hand]][[note]]in #2 scooping out both Zoe ''and'' a noticeable portion of the mudbank from the river in her hand, then in #3 ripping out an entire locker room bench and its supports -- and cracking the bench itself in half[[/note]]. Issue #5 expands this even further by having Kamala transform into a store mannequin. By #6, she can transform into completely non-humanoid shapes such as a sofa, or flatten herself to be almost as thin as paper (seen in ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #2).

* WhamEpisode:
** Volume 2, issue 11, which is the fallout from ''Comicbook/CivilWarII'': [[spoiler:Captain Marvel calls Kamala a traitor and severs all ties with her. Bruno wakes up from his coma, but is now permanently disabled. He blames Kamala for what happened and for ignoring her friends, and reveals that he plans to leave New Jersey to go attend school in Wakanda. The issue ends with Kamala trying to convince him not to go, only for Bruno to shun her and say he never wants to see her again.]]
** Volume 3, issue 5: Kamala and her parents return to Earth after saving the planet Saffa, with a new nanotech Ms. Marvel costume. However, the WHAM comes in when Kamala talks to her parents [[spoiler:and realizes that the Saffan magicians have removed their memories about her double life, followed by her father announcing to her that he is dying of some incurable illness.]]
* WhamLine: From issue 18, where Kamala's mother [[spoiler:reveals that she already knew that her daughter is Ms. Marvel]].
-->'''Muneeba:''' Oh, ''beta''... [[spoiler:[[SecretSecretKeeper I know]].]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Subverted. When Kamala Khan first gets her shapeshifting powers, she uses them to look like her idol, Carol Danvers (in her "swimsuit" Ms. Marvel costume). She quickly learns changing your outside doesn't change anything about who you are inside. . . along with many practical downsides of a typical superheroine outfit.

Following an initial run of nineteen issues, this title was put on hold for ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'', concluding with a four-issue story arc that saw Kamala meet her idol and namesake, [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]. ''Ms. Marvel'' returned with a new volume in the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel universe that emerged from ''Secret Wars'' -- and she even joined the [[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers (All-New, All-Different) Avengers]]!

Kamala is set to make her Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse debut in the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Series/MsMarvel2022'' in June 2022.