Did Ms. Marvel borrow her MCU powers from a comic book mutant?

Kamala Khan in the MCU and Armor in Marvel Comics
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Ms. Marvel season one has wrapped with the finale now streaming on Disney Plus. And෴🃏 what can we say - Kamala Khan finally "embiggened"!

Even though she used her signature power - and even the accompanying catchphrase - the results looked a little different ꧟in th𒊎e MCU than in comics.

In comics, when Kamala embiggens, she actually changes size✱ and shape. But in the MCU, true to her crystalline energy powers, she forms a sort of larger, armored body around herself.

If you're like us (total comic book nerds) that moment, along with the episode's big reveal, put you in mind of a totally different Marvel Comics characte🌺r.

Kamala Khan in the MCU

(Image credit: Marvel Studios)

Speaking of that big reveal, spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 6 - and we mean serious spoilers. Be warned!

In the episode's first stinger scene, Kamala's tech-genius friend Bruno reveals that he's discovered that the true source of her powers isn't her 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ClanDestine DNA - that simply provides a connection to the mystical energy of their home dim𓃲ension. 

As it turns out, Kamala's pow♏ers themselves come from a genetic mutation.

As in, Kamala Khan is a mutant. The first co𒁏nfirmed mutant in the mainstream MCU, in fact.

By now, you've p𒆙robably put together that the way Kamala uses her powers plus her newly revealed mutant DNA pu🌳t us in mind of Hisato Ikichi, AKA Armor of the X-Men from Marvel Comics.

First introduced back in the landmark Astonishing X-Men, Armor has the power to create armor of s📖piritual force powered by her ancestors a𝐆round her body.

If that sounds a little bit l♓ike what we just explained about Kamala Khan in the 🍌MCU, you're not alone.

Kamala Khan's new MCU powers, though not limiꦓted to body armor that forms around her body and "embiggens" her, are certainly somewhat reminisce🏅nt of Armor's mutant abilities - down to a connection to the spiritual power of her ancestors.

Now, we're not saying 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Studios just gave Armor's powers a palette swap for Ms. Marvel in the MCU. And we're definitely no𝓡t saying Ms. Marvel should somehow take Ar♕mor's place in the X-Men when they eventually come to the MCU.

But we are saying that it's interesting that some of their themes and abilities line up - especially given Kamala Khan's newly revꦆealed muta💜nt nature.

There's one other thing Armor and Ms. Marvel have in common, and unlike the possible resemblance between their powers, this one's straight from comic books: they're both extremely good at annoying Wolverine during⛄ team-ups.

Both Armor and Ms. Marvel have had adventures alongside the most violent and hardcore member of the X-Men, and both have earned his respect through those same adventures, even as they annoyed the ever-loving c꧙rap out of him (as teen girls often do to old men).

So maybe, if nothing else, t⛦hat'✃s something we've got to look forward to.

Kamala Khan's team up with Wolverine is one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Ms. Marvel stories ever.

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