Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Marvel 85th Anniversary Special (2024) #1In celebration of 85 years of Marvel Comics, and the release of its 50,000th comic book, Marvel has released a special issue that reveals Galactus’ greatest Herald yet: Kamala Khan. Far in the future, Wolverine and Deadpool take a tour of the Museum of Heroism, where they listen to recounts of long-lost friends’ stories. The first stop of the tour reveals the torturous task Ms. Marvel has been assigned.
Marvel 85th Anniversary Special (2024) #1 is an anthology collection of stories that span the multiverse and Marvel’s many heroes. “The Herald of Tomorrow” by Sabir Pirzada, Iman Vellani, and Stephen Byrne follows a future version of Kamala Khan, who has long abandoned her heroic days to live a peaceful life with her husband, baby, and Lockjaw.
However, when Steve Rogers arrives at her doorstep with a mission of cosmic proportion, Kamala accepts her call to duty. Now armed with the Powers Cosmic, Ms. Marvel holds the fate of Galactus and an innocent world in her hands.
Galactus’s Newest Herald is His Kindest Yet
“The Herald of Tomorrow” – Written By Sabir Pirzada and Iman Vellani; Art by Stephen Byrne
“Whoever saves a life is as though they had saved all mankind.”
Contrary to common belief, and despite his characterization as a villain, Galactus is more a force of nature than he is a heartless god. Galan of Taa was chosen to transcend his multiverse’s death and be reborn into the next as Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. As Galactus, who has been cursed with an insatiable hunger, his cosmic role is to keep the multiverse balanced. Infinite creation leads to inevitable incursion events, which Galactus has been charged to prevent through his hunger. However, Galactus understands the devastation of his powers and tries his best to resist the urges until he can’t.
The Devourer has held on as long as possible, but he has grown famished and is on the verge of death. Knowing that Kamala knows how to wield cosmic powers, and has a genuine heart of gold toward all living things, including Galactus, Steve Rogers asks her to stand in as Galactus’s Herald to help him find a safe planet to consume. Kamala agrees, not only wishing to spare Earth of Galactus’ hunger, but to help the cosmic god as well. Confiding in Spider-Man, she notes, “Whoever saves a life is as though they had saved all mankind.”
Even Galactus Respects Kamala Khan’s Potential
Ms. Marvel Will Always Be a Hero, With or Without Her Costume
Ms. Marvel has always effortlessly stepped up to her role as a hero. It’s something she wanted, and it’s something she continues to work toward. In many ways, she is one of the most genuine and honestly innocent characters in Marvel’s menagerie of heroes. To be tasked with a duty that she knows could spell certain death for an entire planet is a heavy burden to bear, but one that she finds a way to balance. Galactus’ most noble Heralds always tend to be his favorite, and that certainly includes Ms. Marvel.
Marvel 85th Anniversary Special
(2024) #1
is available now from Marvel Comics.
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