(CNN)A popular new addition to the superhero comics canon, Kamala Khan’s Ms. Marvel joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) this summer. And based on the trailer for her new self-titled Disney+ series, she’s just as endearing and relatable as her comic book iteration.
the new trailer for “Ms. marvel” peppered with speech bubbles straight out of a comic book, introduces viewers to Kamala, a Muslim, Pakistani-American high school student from New Jersey who doodles and dreams of one day joining the superheroes she idolizes. Kamala, who debuted in comics in 2013 before getting her own series the following year, was Marvel’s first Muslim American superhero.
Although our teenage hero (played by Iman Vellani) will one day become one of Marvel’s most powerful crimefighters, the series seems to serve as their origin story. The Kamala we meet encounters snooping classmates who mispronounce her name and make fun of her Avengers t-shirt. She stares at a shirtless boy at a party surrounded by equally awestruck friends. And most importantly, she sees herself as a version of Captain Marvel, a cosmically powered icon in the MCU.
This daydream is pure fantasy until it’s not: the trailer doesn’t show us how Kamala gets her powers or scale (no spoilers here) – she describes them as “cosmic”.
“It’s not really the Jersey City brown girls who are saving the world,” Kamala says at one point in the trailer. But “Ms. Marvel” of the series will likely prove her wrong.
Beyond high school girls and intimidatingly attractive classmates, what enemies will Kamala face? Will her family learn her all-powerful secret? And when will she join her idol, Captain Marvel, to defend Earth from interstellar invaders? (She will appear in the upcoming Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels.)
The MCU loves a slow build, so it’s likely that neither Kamala nor viewers will get every question answered. Marvel fans have probably already started theorizing, but they’ll have to wait until June 8, when the show streams on Disney+, to see how Kamala’s story unfolds.
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