Kamala isn't a total stranger to the title - she's been a supporting character in a background role as an intern as OsCorp since the current volume of Amazing Spider-Man launched, and even had her own limited series tie-in to the recent Spider-Man/X-Men: Dark Web crossover. A brutal interpretation, but I think a fair one given the way it appears Marvel has seemingly been capitalizing on her impending death as a marketing tool for Spider-Man since earlier this year. That feels like doing a disservice to Kamala as a character in service of another 'shocking' moment in Peter Parker's arsenal of life-altering traumas, and a potential ratings bump when they bring her back down the road. So that's the pragmatic part of the question possibly answered.īut that doesn't address why Kamala Khan, herself an MCU headliner with multiple longrunning solo titles of her own under her belt, is dying in a Spider-Man story that has barely included her. The trend has reached a point where you can basically just about time out how long a movie will be released from the time of a character's death - and lo and behold, The Marvels is just about six months away with an early November release date in North America. Marvel has a habit of killing off characters who are about to star in upcoming films or otherwise taking them off the board in some way, only to give them a big, triumphant return to coincide with their new movie or series. But in this case, why is Kamala Khan's death the big, shocking moment of a Spider-Man story in which she's been a bit player at best? Maybe that's a silly question, given that superheroes are killed and reborn on a regular basis - some even dying multiple times in a single story or issue. But… Why kill off Kamala Khan in a Spider-Man comic?

Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 by Mark Waid