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This article contains major spoilers for the finale of "Ms. Marvel." From the streets of Jersey City to the superhero underworld of Karachi to the horrors ...

For those in need of a quick refresher, 2019's "Captain Marvel" laid out the 1990s-set origin story of how ace pilot Carol Danvers found herself stripped of her memories, imbued with immensely powerful energy-based abilities, and taken to utterly alien worlds to put her powers to good use. The location-swapping incident with Kamala may provide the answer of how "The Marvels" will begin. Though some may believe this is an example of Kamala's shapeshifting powers in action, transforming her into the legendary Captain Marvel that she's always wanted to be, it's far more likely that both Kamala and Carol have literally switched places. Though perhaps not interrogated quite as in-depth as the source material did, this integral facet of her personality (combined with the valuable lessons imparted by her parents) clearly led her on the path to becoming a selfless superhero in her own right. The introductory chapter of Kamala's story came to a stirring close with today's season finale, tying up all the loose ends from last week's sweeping romance and finally establishing young Kamala as the superhero she was born to be. We've come a long way since the first "Iron Man" in 2008, where much of the only nonwhite presence consisted of Afghan terrorist antagonists embodying every eyeroll-worthy stereotype that persisted throughout the so-called War on Terror. Things couldn't be more different on the newest Disney+ series, led by Iman Vellani's star-making turn as Kamala Khan and bolstered by an impressive attention to detail in its Muslim representation.

Ms Marvel has drawn to a close, ending its run as one of the most acclaimed Disney Plus shows to date. Iman Vellani won praise for her role as Kamala Khan ...

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Most Ms. Marvel fans are not going to be surprised by the cameo, but the season finale appearance came at just the right time. It seemed pretty clear since the ...

Danvers (Larson) looks around the teenager’s room, which is more or less a shrine to the superhero, and instantly realizes something bad has occurred. Collapsing on her bed at home after overcoming the Department of Damage Control, Kamala Khan (Vellani) is suddenly ripped away by a blast of energy that appears to emulate from her bangle. And sure enough, she does in the post-credits scene.

Ms. Marvel on Disney Plus has already reinvented Kamala Khan from her comic book origin. But the show had one final twist for viewers: Kamala's DNA is ...

Marvel Studios has yet to announce any concrete plans for the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But some major opportunities for the company to do so are swiftly approaching. With Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the licensing of X-Men characters is no longer a hurdle. And at Marvel Comics, mutant status started to be an editorial planning point of nonzero significance, as it could very directly determine how available the character would be for broader use by the rest of Marvel Entertainment and the Walt Disney Company. But ironically there have never been more consequences to revealing that a non-mutant character is a mutant in Marvel Comics, due to the current status quo of the X-Men. Right now, in Marvel Comics, every mutant on Earth has protection under international law as a citizen of the living island of Krakoa, access to Krakoa’s global network of teleportation gates, and to mutant resurrection, a kind of de facto immortality. Absolutely not, which is what makes this mind-blowing for fans of Marvel Comics. In fact, Kamala is kind of the opposite of a mutant. That same year, one of the publisher’s rising stars, Squirrel Girl, was cheekily retconned out of the mutant status we’d been told she had for years. The companies’ licensing agreements meant that mutant-associated characters couldn’t appear in MCU movies, and non-mutant associated characters couldn’t appear in X-Men movies. “‘If any of [Kamala’s family] put the bangle on, would they have powers?’ The answer was always no, from a character perspective, no.” But however the cast and crew took it, in the show, Kamala shrugs it off. I was just blessed and lucky enough to be able to share that with Iman and everybody else.” “It was hilarious,” he told Marvel.com, “because she just was like, ‘This is so cool.’ She couldn’t believe that I was saying this to her. seemed off.” He tells her that there’s “something different” in her genes.

The 'Ms. Marvel' finale has big implications for the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — from that bombshell musical cue to that intriguing end-credits ...

And Kamala's mutant genes weren't the only surprise in the Ms. Marvel finale. Ms. Marvel's mutant lineage is also a major departure from the comics. That reveal is accompanied by the familiar notes of the 1990s animated X-Men show, teasing that yes, Kamala is a mutant. No Marvel project is complete without an end-credits scene, and after the episode concludes, we see a brief glimpse of Kamala back in her room. Theoretically she and her brother Aamir should have similar DNA, but Kamala's genetic makeup looks a bit different. Marvel's latest Disney+ saga introduced Iman Vellani as the titular hero, a bright-eyed high schooler taking her first steps toward superheroism.