Ms. Marvel, Mr. Fantastic, and the Limits of Elastic Body CGI

May 15, 2022

Ms. Marvel, Reed Richards in 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'.

SPOILER ALERT: This post discusses a spoiler character from ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.

Fans of Kamala Khan were surprised to see a major change in the character’s powers in her Disney+ series debut. In the comics, Kamala’s powers come from an explosion that activates the Inhuman genes in her DNA. Her powers manifest as “morphogenetics”, meaning that that she can stretch, expand, or compress her body. The comics explain this power as Kamala “sharing her mass through time with different versions of herself.” Kamala’s elastic body abilities mirror Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic’s own stretchy abilities.

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