Ms. Marvel Trailer Breakdown: New Powers and More!

Seeing Kamala Khan with bright, glowing fists is one of the best Easter eggs of this entire trailer. It’s not a classic Kamala Khan power, but it is a classic Ms. Marvel power – if we’re talking about Carol Danvers’ Ms. Marvel. In the comic books, before she was Captain Marvel, she was Ms. Marvel, and Kamala took up the name Ms. Marvel because she so looked up to Captain Marvel and her previous title was vacant.

When they eventually meet, Captain Marvel teases her for it but gives her approval. Those powerful, glowing fists earned Carol Danvers the nickname Princess Sparklefists, which she pretended to hate but secretly loved, so here’s hoping someone uses it for Kamala.

Kamala’s powers on the whole seem to be more tangible for the MCU, with her shooting some kind of energy to close a door, creating a protection shield, and essentially creating steps to run through the air. Having projectiles calls to mind Spider-Man, another teenage fan of heroes, and it’s a good way for her to have a non-lethal means of fighting.

One of the best parts about this version of Kamala Khan is that she can find her way through the air, even though she can’t fly. It’s an ability with some interesting limitations for writers to play with (villains could smash or maybe melt her steps), while still allowing her to be up in the sky with Captain Marvel and other heroes in the broader MCU.

The cuff Kamala puts on is a key element of her classic costume in the comics, but here it seems to be functioning in relation to her powers. Is it a source, augmenting them, focusing them, dampening them so she doesn’t accidentally take out her whole school? Making the cuffs functional is a cool way to bring her costume into her origin story, piece by piece.

Speaking of Kamala’s costume, we catch a glimpse of the final iteration of it here. Her earlier costume has that homemade feel and looks like a take on Captain Marvel’s, but her eventual costume is a salwar kameez, in a nod to her background. It’s comfortable, functional, and age-appropriate, and here’s hoping she gets to keep the Ms. Marvel lightning bolt on the front.