Ms. Marvel #29
Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #29 is the first appearance of Malik Khan — Kamala's newborn nephew, the son of her brother Aamir and sister-in-law Tyesha — a character who subsequently recurs across Kamala's comics adventures and represents one of the series' most grounded, humanizing story beats: a superhero pausing her world-saving duties to witness new life enter her own family. The issue also marks the first time Kaylee Kirk is identified by name, setting up the revelation in the very next issue that she is in fact the returned cybervillain Doc.X wearing a human face, threading a tight continuity across G. Willow Wilson's final stretch on the title. Taken together, these two debuts encapsulate what made Wilson's run distinctive — the domestic and the fantastical given equal narrative weight — making this issue a meaningful capstone moment in one of Marvel's most culturally significant runs of the 2010s.
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The issue was written by G. Willow Wilson, pencilled and inked by Nico Leon, colored by Ian Herring, and lettered by Joe Caramagna, with editors Sana Amanat and Mark Basso, under Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski. It falls within the 'Something New' story arc and carries a cover date of June 2018, with a street date of April 18, 2018. The cover — credited to Valerio Schiti and Rachelle Rosenberg — is a homage to classic Archie Comics imagery, part of a wave of Archie-homage variant covers Marvel produced during this period. Wilson's tenure on the Kamala Khan title ran for more than 50 issues across both the Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 numbering, and #29 sits near the conclusion of that historic run before Saladin Ahmed took over with the relaunched Magnificent Ms. Marvel.
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- First appearance of Malik Khan (Earth-616), the infant son of Aamir Khan and Tyesha Hillman-Khan, and Kamala Khan's nephew.
- First appearance of the character identified as Kaylee Kirk — revealed in the following issue (#30) to be the cybervillain Doc.X in a new human guise.
- Written by G. Willow Wilson; interior art by Nico Leon (pencils and inks); colors by Ian Herring; letters by Joe Caramagna.
- Part of the 'Something New' story arc, which spans issues #29–30 of Ms. Marvel Vol. 4 (2015 series).
- The standard cover is an Archie Comics homage, painted by Valerio Schiti and Rachelle Rosenberg — a widely noted visual novelty for the issue.
- Supporting cast in this issue includes Red Dagger (Kareem), Bruno Carrelli, Nakia Bahadir, Zoe Zimmer, and Sheikh Abdullah, reflecting the full ensemble Wilson built over her run.
- The issue was collected in the 'Ms. Marvel: Something New' trade paperback (ISBN 978-1302931674), which collects Ms. Marvel (2015) #25–38.
- Edited by Sana Amanat and Mark Basso; published under Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski; cover-dated June 2018.
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Reprinted in Ms. Marvel #9 (2018), Ms. Marvel #5 (2019), Ms. Marvel: Something New GN-TPB #[nn] (2021)
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