The New Ms. Marvel is a Muslim Girl from Jersey
Next year, Marvel Comics will be kicking off a new Ms. Marvel story line with a very new Ms. Marvel—Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American from Jersey City.
It's Hard Out There For A Heroine
Today's NY Times profiles Gail Simone, the former hairstylist who has become the first female "ongoing writer" of the Wonder Woman comic book series. Ms. Simone sees WW as a second-wave heroine, someone who stood for the burgeoning feminist movement in the 70, saying that the character is "just the best kind of…