Avengers (or what’s left of them, anyway) assemble: This text comprises spoilers for “Marvel Zombies” season 1, episode 4.
Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff is each the large powerhouse and the large villain of the “Marvel Zombies” animated sequence. Nevertheless, that does not imply she’s routinely absolutely the strongest character on the present. In actual fact, there’s some proof that the sequence is not-so-stealthily Harry Potter-izing the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s model of Kamala “Ms. Marvel” Khan (Iman Vellani) into somebody much more necessary and probably stronger than the undead Scarlet Witch herself.
The ultimate 10 minutes of the “Marvel Zombies” season 1 finale put Kamala Khan on par with Wanda — who, it ought to be famous, is a chaos magic zombie queen who however treats Kamala as nearly an equal for some motive — and a Hulk variant that holds the facility of the Infinity Stones, as Ms. Marvel finds herself in the course of a face-off between these two abnormally sturdy figures. Throughout this confrontation, Wanda outright states that whereas Kamala is simply too weak to instantly take her on (for now, at the very least), they have been each destined to be there. In actual fact, the undead Scarlet Witch herself is not sturdy sufficient to “repair” the world by pulling off no matter stratagem she goes for within the intentionally obscure last moments of the episode, and she or he particularly wants Kamala’s powers for her plan.
Begrudgingly and out of choices, Kamala decides to go together with Wanda’s plan, solely to finish up trapped inside a faux “regular” actuality á la “WandaVision,” whereas zombie horror continues to be taking place behind the veil. That is a lot of consideration for an omnipotent zombie witch to offer to a teenager who’s hitherto been comparatively unimportant within the grand scheme of issues … until Kamala is secretly sturdy sufficient to harm Wanda and her plans.
Marvel Zombies is gunning for a second season, and Kamala Khan may very well be its centerpiece
The cliffhanger ending of “Marvel Zombies” season 1 is significantly much less healthful than the shocking origin story of the present’s title (i.e. Stan Lee’s time period of endearment for Marvel followers). It additionally proves that creators Bryan Andrews and Zeb Wells’ present wish to preserve telling its story and reveal what’s up with the phantasm Wanda created. It stays to be seen how, precisely, both a second season or Wanda’s plans would play out, however in the interim, we are able to definitely pin some educated guesses on the clue board.
Simply being featured in the identical climactic season 1 sequence because the Hulk and the Scarlet Witch is a fairly good indication that the “Marvel Zombies” iteration of Kamala is approach extra {powerful} than she appears to assume, and the best way Thor shortly acknowledges her as a worthy Avenger earlier on the present appears to again this up. Kamala’s energy set within the comics is pretty eclectic, and that goes double for her arduous gentle skills within the MCU. Each they and the legendary quantum band behind them appear to have loads of untapped potential, which “The Marvels” has already explored. With all indicators pointing towards “Marvel Zombies” embracing Kamala as a protagonist and the individual with the potential to deliver down a villain of zombie Wanda’s stature, I would wager that the sequence is laying the groundwork for an enormous energy upgrade-slash-reveal.
Certainly, contemplating that a number of extra skilled “Marvel Zombies” characters already deal with her as a Very Necessary Individual, it appears all of the extra seemingly that Kamala Khan will really change into one. “Marvel Zombies” is keen on ignored MCU heroes, so Kamala may but develop into the strongest character on the present — supplied “Marvel Zombies” will get that second season, that’s.
“Marvel Zombies” is now streaming on Disney+.
