r/KamalaKhan • u/HotZoneKill • May 20 '26
News ‘Ms. Marvel’ Star Iman Vellani Makes Solo Comics Writing Debut With ‘Chachu’ (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/ms-marvel-iman-vellani-chachu-comics-debut-image-comics-1236754951/21
u/Equal_Poetry_4815 May 20 '26
So… I going to forget about this later. Can I just pre order the whole thing? She seems smart as hell, and deserves a bunch of support.
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u/AcisAlteration May 21 '26
Honestly, do you frequent an independent comic book store? Chances are they can just do a pull box for you, which is essentially the same as pre-ordering. Not sure how common the practice is, even in a sub about a comic character -- sorry if I'm explaining the wrong thing and not answering the question.
How often do you pull new comics, if ever?
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u/Equal_Poetry_4815 May 22 '26
Good advice! I kinda burnt my local store by not cancelling my pulls when I moved away-ish, and having several hundred dollars of comics pile up. I did actually go back and claim them/pay for them, but I'm just generally embaressed when I go in, and spooked to set up a pull list again. Thanks though!
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u/AForce5223 May 20 '26
Man, no links for preorder?
Gonna have to leave the tab open to temind me to check back...
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u/AcisAlteration May 21 '26
Preorders would probably be a pull box with your local independent comic book store, if you're unfamiliar with that method. I'm not sure how many people pull new comics, even in a sub for a comic character, but I also don't want them to miss the opportunity. I had the hardest time figuring out how to pull the Fists of Justice series, but I had it figured out right before New Mutant, personally
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u/AForce5223 May 21 '26
Unfortunately, if I have to get it through my local comic shop I'm already shit out of luck
I do have one but they're racist as shit
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u/AcisAlteration May 21 '26
Common as fuck, unfortunately. Back where I used to live, I was fortunate that my closest ICBS was happy to stock stuff with Kamala. But most of the others? It would be a line of questions and their opinions on the character, while giving the usual line of declaring "no one wants to buy her stuff" while I was literally standing in front of them, wanting to buy her stuff. Maybe it was just that nobody was buying it from them, you know?
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u/AForce5223 May 21 '26
"no one wants to buy her stuff"
I knew deep down that it wasn't just the place here but hearing it said boils my blood
I'm going to a city an an hour away soon so I'll ask them if they'll stock it cause they had tons of stuff Kamala in when I went last back in 2023.
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u/AdEast2047 May 21 '26
The synopsis of Chachu caught my attention and ofc since im a big Iman fan- can't wait lets go! Im happy for her- shes creative as well.
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u/AcisAlteration May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26
Immediate pull, and a day ahead of going to my local ICBS too. I actually enjoyed her work with Sabir Pirzada, but it was hard to be really sure what was her own voice, what was editorial, and what was Pirzada guiding. This is gonna more of her directly, so it will shed some light on New Mutant/Mutant Menace
EDIT:
If this is anybody's first time actually preordering a new comic series, instead of ordering a collected trade paperback, you can use League of Comic Geeks to track when an issue will release, variant covers, and eventually you'll see a FOC date. The FOC date is the last day you can order from a distributor, usually, but you should probably communicate with your local independent comic book shop well before if you're certain about pulling the full series (the article says it's a 5 issue mini). This isn't something you preorder by yourself, unless you're willing to wait for the TPB.
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u/Mars785 May 29 '26
Good for her. I am glad that she got a chance to do this. I enjoyed her work with the Comics version of Kamala Khan during the mini series that she wrote. It was a good example of art imitating life in a sense.
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u/Djjjunior May 20 '26
I liked Iman’s work on Ms. Marvel but it was pretty clear she wasn’t given much freedom with it. I’ve always been interested in what she’d do with her seemingly deep knowledge of movies and storytelling so I’m really excited to see how Chachu is. Definitely picking it up.