Once, an average comic book superhero was male and wore his pants on the outside of his trousers. We’ve been thrown some female heroines along the way: Wonder Woman, Lara Croft and Ms Marvel. The female presence in comics has been growing over the years. But the latest announcement by Marvel Comics that a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim American girl from New Jersey will be one of their lead charactershas been creating a stir, and for all the right reasons. Kamala Khan is the new Ms Marvel.
The series editor at Marvel, Sana Amanat says the series is a "desire to explore the Muslim-American diaspora from an authentic perspective". Khan can grow and shrink her limbs and her body and ultimately, she'll be able to shape shift into other forms.
