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Kamala Khan Reading Order (Ms. Marvel!)

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When Carol Danvers got her promotion and officially became known as Captain Marvel in 2014, a place opened up for a new Mrs. Marvel. That’s when Kamala Khan became a Marvel superhero. She made a background cameo in Captain Marvel #14 before making her first official appearance in the anthology All-New Marvel Now! Point One #1. Co-created by writer G. Willow Wilson, artists Adrian Alphona and Jamie McKelvie, and editors Sana Amanat and Stephen Wacker, she went on to star in her own solo series shortly afterward. Her arrival marked Marvel’s first Muslim character to lead a comic book series, quickly making her a landmark figure within modern superhero storytelling.

Kamala Khan is a teenager, Pakistani-American, Muslim, and Inhuman with shapeshifting abilities (mostly elongation, shrinking…) from Jersey City. After discovering her power, she assumes the mantle of Ms. Marvel because Carol Danvers was her idol. Of course, she had to learn how to be a superhero, but she quickly joined famous teams such as the Avengers, the Champions, Secret Warriors, and more (she’s quite popular).

She rapidly got her own series and took part in major Marvel events, including Civil War II, Secret Empire, and Outlawed. She’s young, but there’s already a lot to read: several volumes of her solo comic, team books, crossovers, and even adaptations outside of comics—animated appearances, video games, and her 2022 live-action series on Disney+. Also, even if she’s still a fairly new character, Kamala has already been killed and resurrected, coming back to life with a new perspective on the origins of her powers (she’s a mutant now!), a shift that ties her even more directly into Marvel’s evolving X-Men mythology.

Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan Reading Order

Navigating through Ms. Marvel’s eras

  1. Kamala Khan: The New Ms. Marvel
  2. The Magnificent Ms. Marvel
  3. Mrs. Marvel: The New Mutant

Kamala Khan: The New Ms. Marvel Era

Written by G. Willow Wilson with art by Adrian Alphona, this first era of Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel comics has already been published in multiple formats: Omnibus, Paperbacks, Hardcover collections, and Graphic Novel TPBs. These editions collect the material originally released between 2014 and 2019.

The Ms. Marvel Omnibus Collection

In the traditional oversized hardcover format used by Marvel, the first solo adventures of Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel have been collected in one omnibus that collects what is known as Volume 3 of the series (the first two volumes starred Carol Danvers). 

  • Ms. Marvel Omnibus Volume 1
    Collects Ms. Marvel vol. 3 #1–19, Annual 1, The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #7–8, S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 and material from All-New Marvel Now! Point One.

Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan: Graphic Novel Trade Paperback

Finally, before taking a detailed look at the complete reading order published in paperbacks, Marvel Comics published a collection presented as Graphic Novel Trade Paperbacks, reprinting the essentials of the Kamala Khan by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona era, meaning Volume 3 and Volume 4, plus additional material. Previously, most of those comics had been reprinted in a hardcover collection, but it’s mostly out of print now.

Kamala Khan Reading Order: The New Ms. Marvel Era 

Written by G. Willow Wilson and art by Adrian Alphona, this run introduces many recurring elements that shape Kamala’s world: her close-knit family, her circle of friends (including Bruno and Nakia), and the everyday rhythms of her community. Kamala faces a variety of villains, from the Inventor (a bizarre clone of Thomas Edison) to rogue Inhumans and local threats that reflect the challenges of protecting a real neighborhood rather than a sprawling metropolis.

As the series progresses, Kamala becomes more connected to the larger Marvel Universe. She teams up with Wolverine, fights alongside Spider-Man, and works with S.H.I.E.L.D., experiences that broaden her understanding of what it means to be a hero. Major Marvel events also weave into her story: she deals with the fallout of Civil War II, navigates the oppressive environment of Secret Empire, and confronts the consequences her heroism has on her friendships and community.

This is when the event Secret Wars from 2015 takes place. In fact, Kamala Khan tied into the crossover event with the “Last Days” storyline. It’s an optional read in this particular case. All you need to know is that the Marvel World is rebooted. The main impact on Ms. Marvel is that Volume 3 had concluded and Volume 4 was launched, but the creative team stayed the same.

Another event. In Civil War II, Kamala Khan plays a significant role as a member of the Avengers. This time, the conflict pits Iron Man’s team against Captain Marvel’s team over the use of predictive justice—specifically, whether the heroes should act on crimes before they happen. Kamala Khan is put in a difficult position, questioning the methods being used and the moral cost of enforcing a future that hasn’t happened, while friends and allies are fighting each other.

After Civil War II, there was a change in the Avengers line-up. The young heroes like Kamala Khan and Miles Morales decide to take their distance and form their own team, the Champions.

Another event!!! This time it’s Secret Empire, during which Captain America is not what he seems and Hydra takes control of the Marvel Universe. The ten+ issues of the main event are collected in the Secret Empire paperback. During this event, Mrs. Marvel joined the Secret Warriors:

Volume 4 of the Ms. Marvel ongoing series stops here, but Kamala Khan’s adventures continue with the Champions before the launch of (not Volume 5 but) The Magnificent Ms. Marvel series with a new creative team. It’s a new era.

The time has come for the War of Realms. Mrs. Marvel took part in the fight against Malekith the Accursed’s army with the Champions to help stop the Dark Elf’s invasion of the Ten Realms. There are two tie-ins collected in the next TPB. In fact, the series was relaunched before this event. That said, reading this event is optional here.

The Magnificent Ms. Marvel Era

It’s time for a relaunch of the Ms. Marvel series. After writing Kamala Khan shaping her entire early era, G. Willow Wilson chose to step away from the character. To continue Kamala’s story, Marvel handed the reins to Saladin Ahmed, who launched a new ongoing series titled The Magnificent Ms. Marvel.

The series expands Kamala’s world, introduces new villains and mysteries tied to her family, and pushes her into more cosmic territory than ever. Visually, the book also takes on a new identity thanks to artist Minkyu Jung and, later, Ig Guara.

Outlawed Reading Order Icon

Outlawed! Superheroes under the age of 21 became outlaws in a new cross-over storyline with the Champions, The Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales and Power Pack. he event begins when a disastrous mission leads the U.S. government to pass the Kamala’s Law, named after Ms. Marvel herself, which makes all underage vigilantes illegal. As one of the most visible young heroes, Kamala becomes an unwilling symbol of the controversy. The story follows young heroes being hunted, restricted, or forced underground, while the Champions try to resist the law and defend their right to help people. Although the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the rollout of the event and its tie-in issues, Outlawed was eventually released in full. You can follow our guide for more details.

King in Black! Mrs. Marvel appeared in the King in Black event, when the ancient and malevolent god of symbiotes, Knull, attacked Earth. It was a big event, but Kamala was mostly a background character, except in the Miles Morales tie-ins. As a result, it is optional.

The Magnificent Ms. Marvel concluded its run with issue #18 (the 75th issue of Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel comics). But the young heroes came back to help the previous Mrs. Marvel, Carol Danvers, in The Last of the Marvels storyline:

Then, she got a lot of Mrs. Marvels to deal with (doppelgangers!) in the 5-issue miniseries by Samira Ahmed with art by Andrés Genolet:

Dark Web! New York is under attack in this Spider-Man/X-Men crossover in which Mrs. Marvel has to fight to help protect her city from monsters escaping  Limbo led by Madelyne Pryor, AKA the Goblin Queen, and Ben Reilly. She’s not a main character except in the two-issue tie-in Dark Web: Ms. Marvel miniseries.

For some reason, Marvel Comics decided to kill Kamala Khan in the pages of the Amazing Spider-Man #26, but this was just for a short period of time. Ms. Marvel is coming back quickly…

Mrs. Marvel: The New Mutant

Killed in Amazing Spider-Man, Kamala Khan was destined to come back as a mutant. She entered the Krakoa era at the end with the Fall of X storyline. As a result, after her official introduction during the Hellfire Gala, Ms. Marvel appears in the main X-Men book, but also goes undercover in Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant, written by Sabir Pirzada and Iman Vellani, the actress playing Kamala in the MCU. 

Gang War! New York is under attack, again! Spider-Man and the other local heroes are trying to stop the gangs from destroying the city. It’s time for Ms. Marvel to team up with Miles Morales once more. Learn more about the event with our reading order.

Actress/writer Iman Vellani and Sabir Pirzada worked on another Kamala Khan miniseries together, with artist Scott Godlewski, titled Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace, dealing with the fact that being a mutant changes the way people treat her.

Kamala Khan tried to get hold of Peter Parker, but instead, she got sucked into a mystery and an unlikely team-up to save Spider-Man:

The X-Men entered the “From the Ashes” era and Kamala Khan joined other young adult mutants in the new NYX series, written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing with artist Francesco Mortarino.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Marvel’s mutants, Kamala Khan is on a journey through time, exploring key stories of the X-Men’s past, in the Giant-Size X-Men series of one-shots. 

  • Giant-Size X-Men: Second Genesis Revisited [2026]
    Collects Giant-Size X-Men (2025) #1-2, Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse (2025) #1, Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga (2025) #1, Giant-Size House of M (2025) #1, Free Comic Book Day 2025: Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Giant-Size X-Men story).

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