An Analysis of Ms. Marvel: Superheros, Culture, and Modern Mythology

This essay examines the Ms. Marvel comic, focusing on its portrayal of a shape-shifting Muslim superhero who saves Jersey City. The analysis delves into how the comic redefines the concept of superheroes, exploring themes of cultural representation, identity, and modern mythology. The essay highlights the significance of Ms. Marvel in addressing issues like Islamophobia and the nuances of a Muslim American's life. It explores how the comic reflects philosophical, cultural, and narrative aspects of society, including good and evil, inner struggles, and feminism. The essay also discusses the criticisms faced by the character and the importance of comics as a form of visual art that promotes cultural awareness and understanding. The provided citations support the arguments made throughout the essay, offering a comprehensive understanding of the topic.

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There exists joyful and hopeful comic in the Ms.Marvel game. In the given story of Kamala
Khan who is a shape-shifting Muslim and a superhero saves the Jersey City. The creative
team who fostered the comic has created a quite intelligent an enduring story that usually
strongly soars the aspect of super heroism (Brown, Jeffrey, & Melissa Loucks, 99). It has
been used to highly redefine who superheroes really are, their stand on issues and how the
society views them.
Reading Ms. Marvel is quite significant since it makes individual readers to reflect deeply on
their own world and the Islam phobia that is much alive.
Kamala is defined as a personal tale where we view the existing intimate nuances of her day
to day life as a Muslim American young lady physically and emotionally developing in the
United States. She has the duty to be a hero and save the existing Jersey City. She says “am
from jersey city, not Karachi" It clearly evident that Kamala gradually i8dentify efficient
methods and ways of super heroism and the maintenance level of the balance of her own
personal life. We can understand and deeply feel that she has a core responsibility to
represent the human kind by offering an alternative channel that can lead to saving people's
lives (Dittmer, 114). She seems to destroy the problematic aspect that of ugly stuff that tries
to threaten the individual's ways of hope which has been strangled. She is also significant in
enabling the human kind to maintain their joy and love by keeping them safe. This is one of
the reasons why superheroes were first's created. Conversely, this is the reason why Ms.
Marvel becomes the greatest hero of the overall generation (Kent, 522). This is the most
obvious example of a superhero deemed as a modern myth as it steeps deeply within classical
mythology. Therefore a superhero is a transformation. She says that "It's almost like a reflex,
like a fake smile,"
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Comic items are typically modern mythology since they represent the modern man's way of
explaining the world that surrounds them through use of fantastical aspects. The hero
characters deal with philosophical cultural and also narrative aspects in the society. The bring
out issues such as good and evil deeds in the society, peoples inner struggles,anti-heroism
issues, feminism movements and the aspects of saving the entire society from prevailing
problems. Kamara indicates that "That's half of heroin.”
"The only power worth a snot is a power to get up after you fall down."
It is clear that comic and graphic novels provide a platform where people learn more about
other cultures in various societies. Creation of cultural awareness is very critical thus reading
stories about distinct cultures where empathy and society understanding flourish. It represents
faith and religion issues in society. It also brings out transsexual and ethnicity issues in the
society (Mills, 223).
Kamala's debut faces various criticisms. Marvel indicates that people in the society have been
constantly critiqued and ignored an informed and socially progressive environment thus does
not take into the account the existing actual truth.M.s Marvel is aware that the society sees
the fact that having a Muslim superhero is a quite a massive Deal. The society and the media
do not support Muslim heroes. However, she is strong that she quotes her father’s words
"Whoever kills one person, it is as if he has killed all of mankind..."
Comics and graphic novels are important forms of visual arts that help people in society to
express various ideas that cannot be presented in another manner.
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Works cited
Brown, Jeffrey A., and Melissa Loucks. "A Comic of Her Own: Women Writing, Reading
and Embodying through Comics." ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comic Studies 7.4 (2014): 1.
Dittmer, Jason. "American exceptionalism, visual effects, and the post-9/11 cinematic
superhero boom." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 29.1 (2011): 114-130.
Kent, Miriam. "Unveiling marvels: Ms. Marvel and the reception of the new Muslim
superheroine." Feminist Media Studies 15.3 (2015): 522-527.
Mills, Anthony. American theology, superhero comics, and cinema: The marvel of stan lee
and the revolution of a genre. Routledge, 2013.
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