Warning: Spoilers for Inglorious X-Force #2

Inglorious X-Force follows Nathan Summers AKA Cable as he time travels to our future to stop the assassination of the President of the United States who is Kamala Khan AKA Ms. Marvel. However, something goes wrong, Cable is too late, and he is sent to present the day where he gathers a team consisting of all the people he believes to be the suspects to Kamala’s murder. As he leads the team on missions, he rules out suspects, but Cable fears he may be training the murderer to do the job he set out to stop in the first place.

I picked up Inglorious X-Force because Ms. Marvel is my all-time favourite Marvel character, and this is the run she currently resides in. Though it’s not a Kamala Khan focused book, she’s one of the main leads in the story. When she made her debut in the MCU as a mutant rather than an inhuman, I was unsure about her character direction, but the comics have proved me wrong, and I love Kamala as a member of the X-Men. In this issue of Inglorious X-Force, Ms. Marvel proves why she could be the most important mutant in the X-Men’s history.

Ms. Marvel’s No Kill Rule is Why She’s So Important

Ms. Marvel initially declines Cable’s offer to join his new X-Force team due to their history of espionage, black ops, assassinations. She even stops X-Force member Akihiro AKA Hellverine from killing one of the villains she’s fighting. Inglorious X-Force #2 creates a little more of a moral dilemma when X-Force faces off against an undead enemy in the form of zombies. Though the rest of the team kill with no problem, Kamala still attempts a less lethal approach, which leads to Cable trapping her in a telepathy bubble to protect her, but takes her out of the fight.

The zombie leader, Barberry Boone, gets the upper hand over X-Force, so Ms. Marvel uses her new mutant powers to create a distraction and allows Hellverine to put Boone in a lethal position. Placing herself in front of Hellverine, Kamala convinces him not to kill Boone. Archangel questions Cable as to why he would drop a rookie into the deep end like this. Cable tells the team that Kamala took a risk by sticking to her code in such a dangerous situation, and this would be the reason that both humans and mutants would follow her as President of the United States.

Ms. Marvel is More Than Just a Mutant, She’s a Leader

Ms. Marvel is no stranger to leadership. Before she joined the X-Men, she founded and led The Champions, who separated from The Avengers after her disagreement with their rash mentality during The Second Superhuman Civil War. Once again, Kamala’s dedication to her code was able to convince Hellverine not to kill, and it’s that persuasion and zeal that will help her take her leadership to the next level and lead a country. Cable sees Kamala as the future of human/mutant peace, so if she is, she would be one of the most important mutant in their history.

In the comics, Ms. Marvel has come a long way to reach the level of importance she has now. Making her mark as an Inhuman, an Avenger, leading her own team of young heroes as a Champion, and now a member of multiple X-Men teams, I believe Kamala Khan is ready to take on the next step and lead a country. She is the right person to bring an age of mutant/human peace. I could even see them bringing this new importance to Kamala’s MCU counterpart, but she still has a long way to go before she gains the same potential.

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