Another aspect of a coming-of-age story is that the protagonist is placed at odds with the society that they live in. Peter faces this in high school because he is a science nerd who does not fit into his school's culture that places an emphasis on athletes and good looks. As a result, Peter has no friends and is constantly picked on and left out of activities by his peers because they think his interest in science is too weird. Several times on page two, Peter is faced with the visual code of a hand that represents the other students blocking Peter out of their social lives. In contrast, Kamala is at odds with American society because of her family' heritage as immigrants and their nonwhite ethnicity. Kamala is a Muslim Pakistani-American
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Kamala is given several issues to explore her origin story, and as a result, seems like a much stronger and detailed character. However, I am sure that if I read and analyzed the first several issues of The Amazing Spider-Man that followed Amazing Fantasy #15, Peter's coming-of-age story would become much more interesting and have more in common with Ms. Marvel. I do think the story of Kamala is more innovative and fresh because it features a character with a diverse background that reflects the different kinds of people in today's society. I believe that Amazing Fantasy #15 being published in 1962, a time before the successes of the Civil Rights movement opened up the way for people of color to have equal rights and representative in America, has a lot to do with why there is not more representation in the comic. With that in mind, I think it would be additionally interesting to compare John Lewis from March: Book One to Peter Parker because they were both young men during the 1960s. I would also like to read the Miles Morales issues of Spider-Man, which feature a young man of color as the famed hero, and further compare his story to Peter's in order to see how Spider-Man himself has become like the innovative coming-of-age stories that his legacy has inspired. In conclusion, Kamala and Peter go through the same traditional coming-of-age journey, but Kamala's story is deeper and more innovative because it reflects the changing world around
Kamala is given several issues to explore her origin story, and as a result, seems like a much stronger and detailed character. However, I am sure that if I read and analyzed the first several issues of The Amazing Spider-Man that followed Amazing Fantasy #15, Peter's coming-of-age story would become much more interesting and have more in common with Ms. Marvel. I do think the story of Kamala is more innovative and fresh because it features a character with a diverse background that reflects the different kinds of people in today's society. I believe that Amazing Fantasy #15 being published in 1962, a time before the successes of the Civil Rights movement opened up the way for people of color to have equal rights and representative in America, has a lot to do with why there is not more representation in the comic. With that in mind, I think it would be additionally interesting to compare John Lewis from March: Book One to Peter Parker because they were both young men during the 1960s. I would also like to read the Miles Morales issues of Spider-Man, which feature a young man of color as the famed hero, and further compare his story to Peter's in order to see how Spider-Man himself has become like the innovative coming-of-age stories that his legacy has inspired. In conclusion, Kamala and Peter go through the same traditional coming-of-age journey, but Kamala's story is deeper and more innovative because it reflects the changing world around