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This article is about the Marvel Comics character. For the television series, see Ms. Marvel (TV
series).
Ms. Marvel

Kamala Khan and Carol Danvers on a variant cover of

Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel #1 (November
2017).
Art by Olivier Coipel and Laura Martin.
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Ms. Marvel #1 (January 1977)
Gerry Conway (writer)
Created by
John Buscema (art)
 Carol Danvers
Sharon Ventura
Characters
Karla Sofen
Kamala Khan
Ms. Marvel
Series publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre • Superhero
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Ms. Marvel is the name of several ctional superheroes appearing in comic books published by
Marvel Comics. The character was originally conceived as a female counterpart to Captain Marvel.
Like Captain Marvel, most of the bearers of the Ms. Marvel title gain their powers through Kree
technology or genetics. Marvel has published four ongoing comic series titled Ms. Marvel, with the
rst two starring Carol Danvers and the third and fourth starring Kamala Khan. The Carol
Danvers version was the highest-ranked female character on IGN's Top Avengers list, coming in at
#11.[1]

Contents
• 1 Carol Danvers
• 2 Sharon Ventura
• 3 Karla Sofen
• 4 Kamala Khan
• 5 References
Carol Danvers
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 Main article: Carol Danvers
Carol Danvers, the rst character to use the moniker Ms. Marvel, rst appeared in Marvel Super-
Heroes #13 (March 1968) by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gene Colan as a non-superpowered
of cer in the United States Air Force. After being caught in an explosion with the Kree superhero
Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel #18 (November 1969), Danvers resurfaces in Ms. Marvel #1
(January 1977) with super powers resulting from the explosion, which caused her DNA to merge
with Captain Marvel's. As Ms. Marvel, Danvers becomes a mainstay of the superhero team The
Avengers, beginning in The Avengers #171 (May 1978). Danvers goes on to use the codenames
Binary[2] and Warbird.[3] In July 2012, Danvers assumes the mantle Captain Marvel in honor of
its deceased, original bearer, Mar-Vell, after Captain America tells her that Mar-Vell would want her
to have it.[4]

Sharon Ventura
Main article: Sharon Ventura
Sharon Ventura, the second character to use the pseudonym Ms. Marvel, rst appeared in The Thing
#27 (September 1985), by Mike Carlin and Ron Wilson, as a stunt performer with the Thunderiders,
where she met The Thing. In The Thing #35 (May 1986), Ventura volunteered for Power Broker's
experiment to receive superpowers in order to join the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation with
The Thing, taking the name Ms. Marvel. Ventura later joins the Fantastic Four herself in Fantastic
Four #307 (October 1987) and, after being hit by cosmic rays in Fantastic Four #310 (January
1988), Ventura's body mutates into a similar appearance to that of The Thing and receives the
nickname She-Thing.

Karla Sofen
Main article: Karla Sofen
Dr. Karla Sofen, the supervillain known as Moonstone, rst appeared as the gun moll of Doctor
Faustus, in Captain America #192 (December 1975) by Marv Wolfman and Frank Robbins. In The
Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #228 (October 1978), Sofen becomes the psychiatrist of the villain
Moonstone, also known as Lloyd Bloch. Sofen tricks Bloch into giving her the meteorite that
empowers him, and she adopts both the name and abilities of Moonstone. During the "Dark Reign"
storyline, Sofen joins Norman Osborn's group of Avengers, known as the Dark Avengers, as the
doppelganger of the previous Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, receiving a costume similar to Danvers'
original (Danvers wore the Warbird costume at the time).[5] Sofen becomes the title character of the
Ms. Marvel series beginning in issue #38 (June 2009) until Danvers takes the title back in issue #47
(January 2010).

Kamala Khan
Main article: Kamala Khan
Kamala Khan, created by Sana Amanat, G. Willow Wilson, and Adrian Alphona, is the fourth
character to take the name Ms. Marvel. Khan rst appeared in Captain Marvel #14 (August 2013)
and is a 16-year-old Pakistani-American from Jersey City, New Jersey, who idolizes Carol Danvers.
Khan was given her own Ms. Marvel series, which premiered in February 2014, becoming Marvel
Comics' rst Muslim character to headline her own comic book.[6] The rst collected volume of this
series, Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal, won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.[7]
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Ms. Marvel, a live-action television series centered on the Kamala Khan version of the character,
debuted on Disney+ on June 8, 2022, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[8] Khan is played by
Iman Vellani.[9] Vellani will reprise her role in the live-action lm The Marvels (2023).[10]

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