MCU Phase 4: Predicting Every Major Character That Will Join
4. Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Marvel Comics
First Appearance: Captain Marvel #14
Like Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen, Kamala Khan made an instant impact when they debuted earlier this decade. She's the heart and soul of the Marvel Universe as it exists today, and as the MCU gears up for the arrival of one modern marvel in Carol Danvers, it should also prepare for the introduction of another in Kamala.
Introduced in 2013 by Sana Anamat, Stephen Wacker, G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona, Kamala is Marvel's most iconic Muslim superhero and one of the most important heroes they've introduced during the 21st Century. Wilson's series in particular has been lauded from start to finish, with the book itself having provided a charming, heartwarming and thoroughly enjoyable presence on comic shop shelves everywhere for the last four-or-so years.
It really is brilliant, and with Carol Danvers set to impart a cinematic legacy of her own just next year, Marvel Studios would be wise to plan for Kamala's arrival, particularly if they plan on making the 'Marvel mantle' an intrinsic element of the franchise going forward.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
