Marvel Just Put Another Nail In The Inhumans MCU Coffin

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 6.

Ms. Marvel just made the biggest change from Marvel Comics yet with Kamal's origin story, deviating from her status as an Inhuman and putting another nail in the latter group's MCU coffin. While Ms. Marvel made plenty of controversial changes to the titular hero's comic book counterpart, the biggest came in a way that all but destroys any hopes of future MCU Inhuman stories. With the shocking reveal in the Ms. Marvel finale, the MCU has next to no ongoing characters that can be tied to the Inhumans in any way.

The move is likely due to the terrible critical reception of ABC's Inhumans, something that Marvel Studios have clearly tried to avoid aside from the concept of the multiverse. As the reaction to the show was so poor, and Marvel wanted to lay the groundwork for their own version of the MCU X-Men and mutants, Kamala's change makes a lot of sense. Although, this will come as a disappointment to any Inhuman comic fans wanting to see them properly represented in the MCU, as did Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

The specific Ms. Marvel change that spells disaster for the Inhumans' chances in the modern MCU is the reveal from Bruno that she is in fact a mutant. While setting up the potential arrival of one of Marvel's most celebrated properties with the X-Men, this change completely distances the character from her much-maligned Inhumans roots. As a result, the Ms. Marvel origin story change is perhaps the most damaging development for the group since the much-maligned Inhumans series itself.

Doctor Strange's Illuminati Slaughter Clearly Didn't Go Far Enough For Marvel

Anson Mount as Black Bolt missing his mouth in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Anyone still holding out hope for an Inhumans revival will be forgiven for getting their hopes up in Doctor Strange 2. In the film, upon being brought before the Illuminati on Earth-838, Doctor Strange is introduced to Blackagar Boltagon/Black Bolt. This character is the King of the Inhumans and was played by Anson Mount from the Inhumans TV show. However, his cameo appearance was short-lived as was the rest of the Illuminati's. Shortly after being introduced, Black Bolt was gruesomely killed by Scarlet Witch by having his head blown up from the inside. While the role was only initially included as a cameo from the start, including a link to the Inhumans TV show before having him slaughtered will have left any fans hoping for an Inhuman resurgence upset.

This slaughter, however, clearly wasn't enough for Marvel Studios. When Ms. Marvel was announced, many were excited over the prospect of being introduced to one of the more famous Inhumans of recent Marvel Comics in Kamala Khan. Again though, Marvel Studios chose to change Kamala's character from the comics to move away from any possible Inhuman links. From the change of her powers becoming more cosmic-based, to the straight-up confirmation of Ms. Marvel episode 6 that Kamala is a mutant, the MCU's only ongoing Inhuman option has been replaced with a mutant-cosmic origin.

While there is still a tiny sliver of hope that Marvel Studios might announce an Inhuman project for Phase 5 or beyond, any hopes that they will come from connections to Black Bolt or Ms. Marvel have been squashed. With Marvel Studios seemingly planning to focus on the X-Men over the Inhumans, as evident by the change of Kamala's origin, it makes the likelihood of seeing both teams in the MCU at the same time slim, to say the least. With Ms. Marvel officially giving the MCU their first confirmed mutant, outside of Professor X's equally short Doctor Strange 2 cameo, what seems to be the final nail in the Inhumans MCU coffin has been hammered home.

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