in the department of completely unexpected comics announcements

Marvel has announced a new solo Ms Marvel ongoing featuring a brand new Muslim teen character. I'm kind of stuck on solo ongoing for completely unknown character, but I will definitely be reading the heck out of it, especially as it has art by Adrian Alphona (the original Runaways guy, has also done some gorgeous stuff for Uncanny X-Force recently) and is written by a Muslim woman. And while I am skeptical of one of the promo art pieces floating around, the other is pretty fabulous.

( behold! )

Incidentally, this puts us at five female solo ongoings by mid-spring, as well as two solos featuring people of color (the other being Rhodey in the new Iron Patriot). Not that that latter is a thrilling statistic, but it is 100% better than it was yesterday.

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