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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMs. Marvel's On-Screen Future Teased By Joe Quesada
Created in 2013, Kamala Khan is one of Marvels most recognizable characters these days. The Pakistani-American character debuted in Captain Marvel #13 and took over Carol Danvers position as Ms. Marvel. And, very quickly, fans came to absolutely adore the quirky teenager. Kamalas popularity has grown exponentially over the years as she now stars in her own comic book, cameos in the All-New All-Different Avengers, and is set to helm Marvels upcoming Champions series. So, its no surprise that fans of the teenage heroine have been begging Marvel to give the character her own on-screen debut - and now Joe Quesada has commented on whether Kamala may make that transition.
Speaking with Comic Book Resources, Marvels Chief Creative Officer explained that all of the companys best on-screen series are sourced from stellar comic books. If Marvel is a wheel, comics are the hub and everything else spokes out, he said. Movies, TV...theyre all spokes of the wheel. If you want to know what the future is, in the movies, television, video games, animation pick up the comics, because theres a very good possibility that the stuff youre reading today will eventually find itself or a version of it in one of our media outlets.
If you look at the stuff were producing in studios right now Civil War, right? Civil War was 10 year ago, and here we are, its this huge movie. Its the same thing in our television division Jessica Jones was a comic, and that was more than ten years ago, Quesada explained. According to him, comic book readers act as a litmus test that tells Marvel which of their characters and stories are doing well. So, naturally, Quesada referenced Ms. Marvels meteoric rise.
They [readers] tell us something is resonating, something is hitting a core, and thats something we should try to cultivate, he said. Another great example of this: Ms. Marvel. If we had put this book out ten years ago, it probably would never have succeeded. Not only did we find the audience, but we had the right people on the book and we had the right editor on the book, the right creators on the book. And now we have a character thats very recognizable very, very quickly. That doesnt happen a lot.
Quesada then went on to say, Who knows where Ms. Marvels going to end up. You can be sure that, somewhere down the road, she will be a part of the future of Marvel in other media.
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http://comicbook.com/2016/09/07/ms-marvel-on-screen-future-teased-by-joe-quesada/
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)The Champions is gonna be even bigger than the Teen Titans. I'm getting a real good feeling about this book.
RandySF
(58,884 posts)I remember the old roster of Hercules, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Angel and Iceman.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Yep, new Champions book with Ms. Marvel, Nova, Spiderman (Miles Morales), Totally Awesome Hulk (Cho), Teen Cyclops
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/marvel-skews-young-champions-comic-book-series-185707592.html
It's getting a lot of "heat" so it's looking good. Speaking of heat, I'm hearing a appearance by the new Ghost "Racer" is in the works. I really hope they let Robbie join the team.