The first time I posted this on tumblr I was almost responsible for more than one heart attack. I found it very flattering. That said,but I really did have an actual Civil War idea to propose, and since this community has proven refreshingly open minded, I thought I’d share.

So, here’s the shorthand:

Kamala and her friends want to insert themselves into international conflicts that capture her attention. It starts with humanitarian crises, distributing aid and guarding civilians, and it shifts to outright engaging military forces, shaking up (dictatorial) systems of government and potentially addressing transgressions committed between other nations.

Miles and his friends object on the grounds that their presence amidst state level interventions as American actors (now supersoldiers) can and will be seen as interventionism, potentially starting a cold war or a world war.

Thus opening a dialogue around how much responsibility for the world superheroes were meant to take on, and whether they should strive to change the world or do what they can within the status quo. This combined with the very real factors at stake snowballs into an all out civil war between the superhero community.

Note: Miles doesn’t intend to act in a leading capacity, but when it’s still a mere schism within the Champions one half of the group sends him to appeal to Kamala on their behalf, and his responsibilities escalate from there. His tenure as a leader is a lot like when Charlie Brown inexplicably finds himself appointed director of his school play.

No lore, I just thought this would be funny (I’ve wanted to draw her extended middle finger for ages, and the uncensored variant is on my tumblr).

Originally this was gonna be like a mini collage with 616 above this one to show the difference, but I think I can do something like that some other time, so stay tuned.

I cosplay Kamala to C2E2 every year, so last month's convention was no different lol. I even picked up a BEAUTIFUL cover art commission by Rachta Lin!! (I like making little keychains to give away in cosplay)

Inspired by a thought I had, where any given telepath would probably recoil at the shadow hovering over her every thought.

Just now realizing she’s the shortest one in the cast

I really like Ultimate Marvel, and I really like Kamala Khan, so a long time ago I decided to blend them together. The result was, well. Ultimate Ms Marvel.

The elevator pitch is that it’s essentially Ms Marvel meets Kick Ass—the fights are bloodier and the immediate stakes are higher because it’s like what if this girl actually decided to become a vigilante, but it’s a lot deeper than that. in the Ultimate universe, New Jersey was destroyed when Cataclysm happened, and that singular event has gone on to define her life moving forward. It’s the utter helplessness she felt as everything she knew was atomized that sent her superhero fixation into overdrive—to the point that when she discovers her powers it’s hardly frightening because it means she can live out the fantasy.

But the Ultimates aren’t the same as the Avengers. So her form as a hero is a lot more aggressive and decisive.

Note: The last two pages are from 2023 so they may look a little underdeveloped lol

I debated posting this for a while. It’s not graphic, but…I’m always told seeing Kamala curse is a trip, and I doubt most people are used to seeing her depicted so…vengeful and intense, lol. I ended up censoring the swears from the original to soften the blow.

The point is to demonstrate the effect Galactus left on her. As I’ve probably mentioned a hundred times by now, in Ultimate canon, the Cataclysm event depicts the annihilation of New Jersey—The behemoth literally appears, crosses the Hudson, and atomizes the state.

Everything Kamala does afterwards is to move beyond and reclaim the power and agency that was stripped from her that day. It’s why in her dreams (and irl) she lashes out so violently. But it’s ultimately a veneer for a frightened, mournful young woman.

I made this Ms. Marvel animation yesterday. You can follow me on my other social media accounts as retrogoblin8

I kept thinking about this meme being Kamala asf bc she’s been on like most major teams now 😭😭😭😭😭

Apart from the emotional intensity she exhibits, my favorite thing about Ultimate Kamala is her costume. When I was first drafting it, I knew that 1. I the red and blue color scheme had to be inverted, 2. it had to be familiar, recognizably Kamala, and 3. simplicity is king—the human mind remembers shapes, not texture. The closest thing to elaborate detailing I allowed myself were the yellow stripes on her arms. I found it gave the burkini a sporty vibe, and, well. They just look so good on her lmao

Kamala is already a modern character to begin with, so redesigning her costume was never about updating it as Bryan Hitch did with the Avengers, but rather creating a viable alternate look both familiar and unique.

One idea I had in the planning phase was to replace the bangles with golden cuffs, like Wonder Woman, to differentiate her a little more. But the bracelet is so iconic I never went through with it.

I hope you like this fanart I made of her. I decided to draw her to promote my commissions.

Who is your favorite Ms. Marvel villain? I‘m a really big fan of Discord and the Inventor!

Trimmed my wig and made a new scarf (twice as long as the old one!! I had to carry it around so it didn’t get stepped on and choke me) for this year’s comic expo! I like the new scarf so much better than the old one. (Tunic was not made by me, it was given to me). As always, very very happy to see how much con goers like Kamala. Lots of little kids recognized me too which made me so happy.

There wasn’t a meme flair, figured I’d share something I made to send to a friend.

No lore, just thought this went hard.

Read it here!

Some of you might remember me making a sneak peek with a few of the early panels early last year, or sharing the first six pages! I'm very pleased to say that after a lot of on and off work due to being busy with university and life, I finally finished all 25 pages! It's been about 10 months since I started posting pages so it's been A Journey.

This was a LOT of fun to write and draw, and I hope to do more projects like it in the future. My brother made a few variant covers that he'll be posting within the week, and I made this variant cover for the occasion, but apart from that I'm done! Thank you to everyone who reads the comic. Now I have to figure out what I want to do next.

Made a Ms. Marvel Anniversary gif and forgot to post it here!

Hope you guys enjoy! XD

https://www.deviantart.com/captainarv/art/Miss-America-Kamala-Khan-Earth-ARV42-1235845539

Kamala Khan of Earth-ARV42 grew up admiring the newly reformed Uncanny Avengers instead, as Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) was killed during the Great Avengers Purge by Red Onslaught (HYDRA's attempted clone of Red Skull combined with the DNA of Professor X and Magneto) in 2015. Instead, she idolized its new leader, Captain America (Scott Summers) and she was one of the admins of the Avengers Fan Page.

When Orchis decided to drop the T-Bomb in order to trigger the Terrigenesis in one wide particular area, New Jersey was one of their target. As a result, Kamala Khan became affected by the Terrigenesis process, eventually triggering her Inhuman powers on elongating her body parts. Since then, Kamala decided to be a superhero under the name Miss America, in honor of late Madeline Joyce, eventually became the member of the Young Avengers.

TL;DR: Yes, Kamala is still an Inhuman here.

An aspect to Ultimate Ms Marvel I had a lot of fun developing was the relationship between Kamala and Miles Morales. I’m a heaaaaaaavy Kamiles truther, so an idea I thought would be fun was reversing the dynamic between them.

The gist is that, as someone self conscious about how well of a superhero she is, Kamala ends up fixating on…Spider-Man, a respected hero her age and in close proximity to her at school as she comes to learn. Being Ms Marvel is about reclaiming the agency and control that was stripped from her when Galactus destroyed Jersey, and Miles represents the control she desires. Because of this, her misplaced admiration initially manifests as envy and jealousy towards him. She wants to be the kind of superhero that never backs down and means something to people, but she goes about it by seeking out violence as the Ultimates and cape media has taught her at the cost of her studies and her presence in her own home, as opposed to Miles (seemingly) has it all together in a way she doesn’t. Maybe can’t.

But soon she and Miles come to actually fraternize both as heroes and regular people (as I’ve written about on my tumblr a lot, lol) and that envy reveals itself as sincere admiration, and that later reveals the romantic feelings she didn’t understand at first.

It's not exactly a massive difference from her actual design in the comics, but I'm still pretty proud of it, and I figured if anyone would have criticisms I could work into the design, it would be this sub. The darker suit is more or less just a recolor I made as a potential stealth suit for fun.