We're now a month away before Ms. Marvel premieres on Disney+ with the titular hero making her official debut in the MCU. However, as revealed in the trailer, Ms. Marvel's powers are going to be different from the comics. Instead of having elastic powers, she will have light construct powers similar to Green Lantern. So why did they decide to change her powers in the character's MCU iteration?
Speaking with Empire, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige defended their decision of changing Ms. Marvel's powers when she gets introduced next month by saying that it is not an "exact translation" from the comics and stating that it has something to do with it being more specific to the MCU.
"We adapt the comics; it’s not an exact translation. [Kamala] came about in a very specific time within the comic-book continuity. She is now coming into a very specific time within the MCU continuity," he said. "And those two things didn’t match. What we will learn about where those powers come from, and how they come about, is specific to the MCU."
Despite the changes, Feige assured fans that the "big, giant hands and arms" are still part of the hero's powers albeit in a different way. "You will see great comic splash panels in some of our action sequences. If you want big, giant hands and arms, well they’re here in spirit, if not in stretchy, plastic-type ways," he said.
Feige also stated that Ms. Marvel's powers also have something to do with how she will connect to "her other friends" when she becomes part of The Marvels which will also connect "to her own past and her heritage and lineage."
"It taps into the future of her story as it connects to her other friends that she will meet in the upcoming film The Marvels," he said. "She’s interested in knowing, ‘Great, does that mean I’m an Asgardian? Did I get hit with gamma rays?’ No, it’s seemingly none of those things. It goes to her own past and her heritage and lineage."
Whether you agree or disagree with Marvel Studios' decision on changing Ms. Marvel's hero, you have to recognize that at least it comes with a good intention on their part and it has to make sense within the MCU, especially the fact that they haven't introduced the Inhumans yet. Of course, we have to wait and see until its premiere to see how they actually handled the changes and if it actually works.
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Ms. Marvel is set to premiere on Disney+ on June 8.
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