Warning: Spoilers ahead for Outlawed #1
Champions dealt with, Marvel's resident teenage superhero team. After a lot of destruction in their wake, the government decides that enough is enough and training is needed due to what they see as inexperience. While its official name was the Underage Superhuman Welfare Act, the government decides to rename it in Outlawed #1, and the change is significant.
This isn't the first time that the U.S government in the Marvel Universe has enacted legislation directly pertaining to the actions of superheroes. The most notable one was, of course, the Superhuman Registration Act, mandating that all superheroes had to with the government or else be viewed as criminals engaging in illegal vigilante activity. This started the first Civil War event, splitting the superhero community in two, with Iron Man leading those in of the act, and Captain America leading the charge for those wanting to retain their freedom of choice and anonymity. The event was also the base inspiration for the Civil War MCU film. Now, this new law about underage superheroes may just cause as big of a rift.
The act becomes law in Ms. Marvel, becomes injured saving Kabua from the collapsing high school. In critical condition, the government decides to rename their Underage Superhuman Welfare Act, now called Kamala's Law.
It's important to note that the government does not know that Kamala Khan is Ms. Marvel. During the collapse, she was not in costume. This means that despite the government forming task forces to apprehend underage superheroes and putting up wanted posters for Ms. Marvel, they've named the law after her, the teenage superhero who would fight the law most if she weren't comatose in the hospital. It will be very interesting to see how other teen heroes such as Spider-Man Miles Morales and Nova will react to the new changes. Not only that, but older heroes as well such as Captain America, Captain Marvel, or even original Spider-Man Peter Parker, who himself started his superhero career in high school. Who knows what comes next for the teen heroes of the Marvel Universe, but one thing is for sure: it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Outlawed #1 is on comic book store shelves now.
