• Kamala Khan Meets Alpha Flight In Ms. Marvel #8

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    Marvel have released an unlettered four page preview of June's Ms. Marvel #8 and in it she visits the AFSS:-

    This June, as the blockbuster Civil War II heats up, Kamala Khan gets called to the front lines to join the fray! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look inside MS. MARVEL #8 – a Civil War II tie-in from creators G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa and Adrian Alphona! A new Inhuman has emerged, one with the power to predict the future. The heroes of the Marvel Universe are faced with a choice. Wield this new power to change the future as they see fit, or reject it – and allow tomorrow to unfold unaltered. As the battle lines are drawn, which side will Kamala choose? Is she ready to take a stand against her idol and mentor, Captain Marvel? Find out this June as Civil War II comes to Jersey City in MS. MARVEL #8!

    MS. MARVEL #8
    G. WILLOW WILSON (W) • TAKESHI MIYAZAWA • ADRIAN ALPHONA • IAN HERRING(A)
    Cover by Cameron Stewart
    CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT VARIANT COVER BY Siya Oum
    CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
    • Kamala gets called to the frontlines of battle--but this isn’t a fight she can embiggen her way out of.
    • Idols are tainted and Kamala must face the world with new eyes.
    • It’s time to grow up, Kamala. Who will you become?
    32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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    1. Mokole's Avatar
      Mokole - 05-31-2016
      Odd how Marvel wants to reach out to new groups with tons of 'diversity' but ignores the team that has First Nations heroes, a short guy, a red head, a mentally disturbed hero, women, men, a half-breed of a sort, on and on.
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- - 05-31-2016
      cool. More cameos the better. I dig the art too
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil - 06-01-2016
      Quote Originally Posted by Mokole View Post
      Odd how Marvel wants to reach out to new groups with tons of 'diversity' but ignores the team that has First Nations heroes, a short guy, a red head, a mentally disturbed hero, women, men, a half-breed of a sort, on and on.
      Yeah, but those are adults who have been around since the 70's & 80's.
      While there clearly is diversity AF are totally different to what they're doing with Kamala and Miles.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil - 06-01-2016
      An addition to the above, as it comes off sounding gruffer than I had in my mind:

      AF are definitely a diverse group that Marvel are wasting and should be utilizing.
      I just think it should be in addition to creating new diverse characters such as Kamala and Miles Morales.
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor - 06-03-2016
      While I have no problem with diversity, honestly I wish they'd stop getting rid of undiverse characters to bring it about. It comes across as counter to their intent (ie: 'We can't have white people! That would be racist!' without seeing the contradiction.)

      ~ Le Messor
      "He who thinks little, errs much."
      ~ from the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
    1. Mokole's Avatar
      Mokole - 06-03-2016
      Quote Originally Posted by Le Messor View Post
      While I have no problem with diversity, honestly I wish they'd stop getting rid of undiverse characters to bring it about. It comes across as counter to their intent (ie: 'We can't have white people! That would be racist!' without seeing the contradiction.)

      ~ Le Messor
      "He who thinks little, errs much."
      ~ from the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
      Oddly, my son says the exact same thing.
    1. Legerd's Avatar
      Legerd - 06-04-2016
      My question is: how do you consider this diversity if everyone is American? Sure they may be from different cultural backgrounds, but they all grew up in the same country with the same (American) culture, education, and attitudes. They all seem to behave the same way and share the same ideas, aside from skin colour I'm not seeing much that is different about them.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil - 06-05-2016
      I'm not sure which 'everyone' and 'they' you're referring to here, but Ms. Marvel is a very different culture, education and attitude. That's one of the biggest parts of the book.
    1. Legerd's Avatar
      Legerd - 06-05-2016
      "Everyone' and "they" are the new characters.
      Unless you're saying Ms. Marvel was born and raised in a different country she is being brought up in the American culture, in American school, watching American TV, reading American books/magazines, with American friends, while fighting alongside (almost exclusively) American heroes. In fact, from what I've read, it's not culture but religion that is the big difference with the character.
      However, what I'm trying to get at is the MU used to contain characters/teams from around the world, and now the few non-American characters live and work in the US, or at least within American-controlled organizations. Even AF seems to be an American-run organization now.
      IMHO, the diversity being touted is only in relation to what it is to be American.
    1. Mokole's Avatar
      Mokole - 06-05-2016
      Interesting points, Legerd, and I do agree a lot with what you're saying. A Muslim hero from the MIddle East shouldn't necessarily act like an American, nor should a Hindu from India. Cultural differences, in my experience, are a lot wider than the media typically shows.