‘Ms. Marvel’ Review: Latest Disney+ Marvel Adaptation Is Charming and Winsome

It’s downright audacious that Marvel is now making TV shows about Avengers superfans, but despite that thoroughly meta invitation to egomania, real-life MCU diehards are in for a treat with “Ms.

Marvel.”First introduced in a 2013 comic by Sana Amanat, “Ms.

Marvel” is the story of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a nerdy New Jersey teen obsessed with Captain Marvel who ends up gaining her own superpowers and moniker.

The Disney+ adaptation comes from creator and head writer Bisha K.

Ali (executive story editor on “Loki“), with executive producers Adil and Bilall.

Despite the young protagonist, “Ms.

Marvel” is as universal as “Spider-Man” or “Hawkeye” or any Disney+ series before it.Episode 1 introduces us to Kamala, content with her friends, family, and phantasmagoria as she daydreams through class and uploads YouTube videos about her favorite superhero, Captain Marvel.

Her dearest ambition in life is to get her driver’s license

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