Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) First Appearance: Captain Marvel #14 Value by Grade

Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) first appeared in Captain Marvel #14, published by Marvel. The source puts it this way: "she just appears in one panel as an anonymous bystander admiring the exploits of Captain Marvel".

PriceCharting values for Captain Marvel #14 (2013) by CGC grade, based on recorded sales and updated September 25, 2026:

• CGC 2.0: $12.00
• CGC 3.0: $15.00
• CGC 4.0: $18.74
• CGC 6.0: $27.08
• CGC 7.0: $59.00
• CGC 8.0: $90.00
• CGC 9.0: $96.00
• CGC 9.2: $103
• CGC 9.4: $94.00

The spread from CGC 2.0 ($12.00) to CGC 9.4 ($94.00) shows how much condition matters on a key issue. Restored, trimmed or incomplete copies sell far below these figures, and reprints and facsimiles (see below) are worth a small fraction. Grade and restoration are confirmed by a grading service such as CGC or CBCS; prices move with the market and the character's popularity.

• Background cameo, not named or on cover: there is no mention of Kamala in the story outline — she just appears in one panel as an anonymous bystander.
• Series/volume to look for: the issue to look for is Captain Marvel #14 from the 2012 series.
• Distinguishing this cameo from her later full reveal and own series: reading guides list All-New Marvel NOW! Point One (2014) #1 (also known as Ms. Marvel Infinite #1) and Captain Marvel (2012) #14 and #17 together as related extra reading, separate from her own ongoing series.

• Indicia: the small print on the first page or inside cover gives the issue number, date and publisher; reprints usually say so there.
• Cover price and barcode: a price or barcode format that did not exist in the year printed means a later edition.
• Paper and staples: decades-old newsprint is tan at the edges; bright white pages on an old date are a warning sign.
• Restoration: color touch, trimmed edges and married covers are common on expensive keys; a grading service can detect them.

Shoot the front cover flat, straight on, in even light, then the indicia page and the back cover. Include the top edge and staples in one frame. The app reads the title, issue number and cover and matches it against the checks above; the indicia photo settles most reprint questions.

Kamala Khan's first appearance is in a Captain Marvel comic, but the Captain Marvel name itself goes back further. Marvel's first Captain Marvel, the Kree soldier Mar-Vell, first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December 1967), created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, and got his own Captain Marvel #1 in May 1968. Carol Danvers, today's Captain Marvel, first appeared in the next issue, Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (March 1968), as a US Air Force officer, created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan. She became Ms. Marvel in Ms. Marvel #1 (January 1977) and took the Captain Marvel name in July 2012 under writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Wikipedia).

Older still is Fawcett's Captain Marvel, who debuted in Whiz Comics #2 (1940); after DC's lawsuit Fawcett stopped publishing him in 1953, and the character is now known as Shazam. Marvel took the trademark in the late 1960s, after M.F. Enterprises had published its own Captain Marvel in 1966, and has kept publishing the name to hold it (Wikipedia).

PriceCharting values retrieved September 25, 2026:

• Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (1967), first Mar-Vell: $40.19 ungraded, $48.95 in 4.0, $89.00 in 6.0, $275.00 in 8.0, $362.80 in 9.2, $6,350.00 in 9.8. A 9.2 sold for $350 on August 31, 2026.
• Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (1968), first Carol Danvers: $42.50 ungraded, $57.00 in 4.0, $125.99 in 6.0, $374.09 in 8.0, $1,380.00 in 9.2, $3,276.04 in 9.8. PriceCharting notes that some of these grades are estimates from sales in other grades.

Carol's debut is the more valuable book from 9.2 down; in 9.8, Mar-Vell's debut is higher. Kamala Khan's own cameo, Captain Marvel #14 (2013), is listed above at $12 to $103.

Wikipedia lists these holders of the name at Marvel:

• Mar-Vell: 1967 to 1982; his death came in the 1982 graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel
• Monica Rambeau: from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 (1982)
• Genis-Vell: from 1993
• Phyla-Vell: from Captain Marvel vol. 5 #16 (2003)
• Khn'nr: in Civil War: The Return (2007)
• Noh-Varr: Marvel Boy, first appearing in Marvel Boy #1 (2000)
• Carol Danvers: from 2012

Kamala Khan took the Ms. Marvel name that Carol gave up, not the Captain Marvel name.

Carol Danvers first appears on screen in Captain Marvel (2019), played by Brie Larson. Wikipedia notes it grossed over $1.1 billion, the first female-led superhero film to pass that mark. The same film turned Mar-Vell into a woman: Annette Bening plays Dr. Wendy Lawson, a Kree scientist (Wikipedia).

Wikipedia's Carol Danvers article does not address her sexual orientation. One of the other Captain Marvels is LGBTQ: Phyla-Vell, who briefly claimed the title around 2003 and 2004, says she is attracted to Moondragon in Captain Marvel #25 (September 2004) (Wikipedia). Marvel's first openly gay character to come out was Northstar, in Alpha Flight #106 (1992).

Research and drafting were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed on this page. Prices are the figures shown by the named source on the date given; they change with the market.