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''Outlawed'' is a new status quo for the teen heroes of Creator/MarvelComics. Launching with a one-shot in March 2020, it sees the enactment of a new law, called [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala]]'s Law, which means that anyone aged 21 or under is no longer allowed to be a vigilante. This, obviously, is a major problem for the many teen heroes, who, led by the Champions, will fight against this new law. The initiative sees the return of ''ComicBook/PowerPack''. ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was due back too]], but then [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic happened. The one-shot was written by Eve Ewing, who will also be writing the new ''Champions'' series.

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''Outlawed'' is a new status quo for the teen heroes of Creator/MarvelComics. Launching with a one-shot in March 2020, it sees the enactment of a new law, called [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 [[Characters/MarvelComicsKamalaKhan Kamala]]'s Law, which means that anyone aged 21 or under is no longer allowed to be a vigilante. This, obviously, is a major problem for the many teen heroes, who, led by the Champions, will fight against this new law. The initiative sees the return of ''ComicBook/PowerPack''. ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was due back too]], but then [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic happened. The one-shot was written by Eve Ewing, who will also be writing the new ''Champions'' series.



* '''''[[ComicBook/KamalaKhan Magnificent Ms. Marvel]]''''' - Issue #14-15 is a tie-in. Written by Saladin Ahmed and drawn by Minkyu Jung.

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* '''''[[ComicBook/KamalaKhan Magnificent Ms. Marvel]]''''' '''''ComicBook/TheMagnificentMsMarvel''''' - Issue #14-15 is a tie-in. Written by Saladin Ahmed and drawn by Minkyu Jung.



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* ContinuitySnarl: Kamala's Law should not have been active yet in ''2020 Ironheart''. The issue is set during the ''Iron Man 2020'' event, which explicitly starts on January 1st. ''Iron Man 2020'' itself takes place before ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}''. But Power Pack #1 is set on the very day that Kamala's Law came into force, after Alex and Julie returned to Earth after their ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'' adventures in an issue of ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' that takes place after ''Empyre''. Since it's not possible for Iron Man 2020 to be after Empyre, the timeline doesn't work out.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Kamala's Law should not have been active yet in ''2020 Ironheart''. The issue is set during the ''Iron Man 2020'' event, which explicitly starts on January 1st. ''Iron Man 2020'' itself takes place before ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}''. But Power Pack #1 is set on the very day that Kamala's Law came into force, after Alex and Julie returned to Earth after their ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'' adventures in an issue of ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' that takes place after ''Empyre''. Since it's not possible for Iron Man 2020 to be after Empyre, the timeline doesn't work out.



** ComicBook/{{X 23}} is currently off on an X-Men-related mission.
** ComicBook/{{Gwenpool}}, [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Hawkeye]] and [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Speed]] haven't been announced to appear in any Outlawed related comic.
*** Turns out Gwen is hiding on [[ComicBook/XMen2019 Krakoa]].

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** ComicBook/{{X 23}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] is currently off on an X-Men-related mission.
** ComicBook/{{Gwenpool}}, [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Hawkeye]] and [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Speed]] haven't been announced to appear in any Outlawed related comic.
*** Turns out Gwen is hiding on [[ComicBook/XMen2019 [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoa]].



* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Senator who pushed for "Kamala's Law" genuinely ''wants'' to get unsupervised teenaged vigilantes off the streets or get them trained so they don't wreck things. It's just that the law is incredibly unpopular and C.R.A.D.L.E. is going down the slippery slope. [[spoiler:And Roxxon is behind it all.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Senator who pushed for "Kamala's Law" genuinely ''wants'' to get unsupervised teenaged vigilantes off the streets or get them trained so they don't wreck things. It's just that the law is incredibly unpopular and C.R.A.D.L.E. is going down the slippery slope. [[spoiler:And Roxxon is behind it all.]]]]
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* HistoryRepeats: It's not the [[ComicBook/CivilWar first time]] the government has taken a stand against superheroes. [[spoiler:Unlike the other times, this time it's being deliberately pushed by a villainous organization.]]

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* HistoryRepeats: It's not the [[ComicBook/CivilWar [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 first time]] the government has taken a stand against superheroes. [[spoiler:Unlike the other times, this time it's being deliberately pushed by a villainous organization.]]
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** ComicBook/{{Gwenpool}}, [[ComicBook/KateBishop Hawkeye]] and [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Speed]] haven't been announced to appear in any Outlawed related comic.

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** ComicBook/{{Gwenpool}}, [[ComicBook/KateBishop [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Hawkeye]] and [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Speed]] haven't been announced to appear in any Outlawed related comic.

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Like with both ''Civil War'' and ''Civil War II'', the story is set to make the case between the autonomy of young heroes and the need to train them properly in how to act.

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Like with both ''Civil War'' and ''Civil War II'', the story is set to make the case between the autonomy of young heroes and the need to train them properly in how to act. Becomes a BlackAndWhiteMorality tale quickly [[spoiler:with the reveal it's a Roxxon plot.]]


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* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: Lampshaded when a young C.R.A.D.L.E. officer offers the "simple solution" of rounding up all of the young women of Middle Eastern descent in the greater Jersey area and then test them to find Ms. Marvel. Dum Dum Dugan ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a World War II veteran]]) immediately shouts the idea down both for practical (as a PR and resource management problem) and personal ([[EveryoneHasStandards Dugan didn't fought all of his life against fascist forces to pull this crap]]) reasons.
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* AccidentalCelebrity: Kamala's civilian identity becomes famous against her whishes when she saves an activist from a collapsing building but falls into a coma when it falls on her. When she wakes up, she is less than happy to find out that they named a law after her that specifically prohibits her from saving people in both identities.

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* AccidentalCelebrity: Kamala's civilian identity becomes famous against her whishes wishes when she saves an activist from a collapsing building but falls into a coma when it falls on her. When she wakes up, she is less than happy to find out that they named a law after her that specifically prohibits her from saving people in both identities.
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* AccidentalCelebrity: Kamala's civilian identity becomes famous against her whishes when she saves an activist from a collapsing building but falls into a coma when it falls on her. When she wakes up, she is less than happy to find out that they named a law after her that specifically prohibits her from saving people in both identities.
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* '''''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan''''' - Issue #17-18 is a tie-in. Written by Saladin Ahmed and drawn by Carmen Carnero.

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* '''''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan''''' '''''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan2018''''' - Issue #17-18 is a tie-in. Written by Saladin Ahmed and drawn by Carmen Carnero.

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* '''''ComicBook/Champions2020 #1-5''''' — Kamala's Law has been enacted, going against everything the Champions stand for. But the team isn't going away quietly. Written by Eve Ewing and drawn by Simone di Mio.

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* '''''ComicBook/Champions2020 #1-5''''' #1-10''''' — Kamala's Law has been enacted, going against everything the Champions stand for. But the team isn't going away quietly. Written by Eve Ewing and drawn by Simone di Mio.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even when the Champions expose the re-education camps are abusive and involve kidnapping teen heroes, Kamala's Law remains on the books. They have to wait for Congress to get around to repealing it and, even then, it requires significant campaigning to get it done.

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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Viv. She believes that she needs to bring her friends in to make up for the damage they did. However, she is told that doing this is actually doing more harm than good.]]

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** Vigilantes are ''already'' illegal in the Marvel Universe (it's in the name). While the Avengers were legally sanctioned by the UN and SHIELD, the majority of times that Spider-Man and other independent heroes deal with the police is having the other wanting to bring them in. Things like CRADLE and Fisk's Later Powers Act are just enforcing laws that are already on the books.
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[[spoiler:Viv. She believes that she needs to bring her friends in to make up for the damage they did. However, she is told that doing this is actually doing more harm than good.]]]]
** Bombshell is convinced that she actually did wrong due to the punishing nature of the re-education camps.



* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Unlike Civil War, ''Outlawed'' makes it clear that C.R.A.D.L.E is awful and fascist from the very get go. Even though some superheroes are working with it, the story shows the organization engaged in kidnapped and brainwashing from the get go. The Champions are, of course, shown to be virtuous and noble heroes defying a corrupt government.



* TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw: C.R.A.D.L.E. mobilizes a ''massive'' anti-teen hero coalition in a matter of days, patrolling towns with military helicopters, arming themselves with sci-fi weaponry, and quickly establishing posts in every major city in America. They also create fake crime sting operations to draw teen heroes out of hiding before taking them to what amounts to concentration camps to be brainwashed and tortured into compliance. Where is all this equipment and planning when actual supervillains attack and {{Alien Invasion}}s begin? Who knows?

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* TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw: C.R.A.D.L.E. mobilizes a ''massive'' anti-teen hero coalition in a matter of days, patrolling towns with military helicopters, arming themselves with sci-fi weaponry, and quickly establishing posts in every major city in America. They also create fake crime sting operations to draw teen heroes out of hiding before taking them to what amounts to concentration camps to be brainwashed and tortured into compliance. Where is all this equipment and planning when actual supervillains attack and {{Alien Invasion}}s begin? Who knows?knows? [[spoiler: {{Justified}} as it turns out Roxxon was paying for everything.]]
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* ContinuitySnarl: ''2020 Ironheart'' is set during the ''Iron Man 2020'' event, which explicitly starts on January 1st. ''Iron Man 2020'' itself takes place before ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}''. But Power Pack #1 is set on the very day that Kamala's Law came into force, after Alex and Julie returned to Earth after their ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'' adventures in an issue of ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' that takes place after ''Empyre''. Since it's not possible for Iron Man 2020 to be after Empyre, the timeline doesn't work out. Kamala's Law shouldn't have been active yet in the Ironheart story.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Kamala's Law should not have been active yet in ''2020 Ironheart'' Ironheart''. The issue is set during the ''Iron Man 2020'' event, which explicitly starts on January 1st. ''Iron Man 2020'' itself takes place before ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}''. But Power Pack #1 is set on the very day that Kamala's Law came into force, after Alex and Julie returned to Earth after their ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'' adventures in an issue of ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' that takes place after ''Empyre''. Since it's not possible for Iron Man 2020 to be after Empyre, the timeline doesn't work out. Kamala's Law shouldn't have been active yet in the Ironheart story.
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''Outlawed'' is a new status quo for the teen heroes of Creator/MarvelComics. Launching with a one-shot in March 2020, it sees the enactment of a new law, called [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala]]'s Law, which means that anyone aged 21 or under is no longer allowed to be a vigilante. This, obviously, is a major problem for the many teen heroes, who, led by the Champions, will fight against this new law. The initiative sees the return of ''ComicBook/PowerPack''. ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was due back too]], but then [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] and UsefulNotes/{{coronavirus}} happened. The one-shot was written by Eve Ewing, who will also be writing the new ''Champions'' series.

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''Outlawed'' is a new status quo for the teen heroes of Creator/MarvelComics. Launching with a one-shot in March 2020, it sees the enactment of a new law, called [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala]]'s Law, which means that anyone aged 21 or under is no longer allowed to be a vigilante. This, obviously, is a major problem for the many teen heroes, who, led by the Champions, will fight against this new law. The initiative sees the return of ''ComicBook/PowerPack''. ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was due back too]], but then [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] and UsefulNotes/{{coronavirus}} the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic happened. The one-shot was written by Eve Ewing, who will also be writing the new ''Champions'' series.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The Champions already had 15 members, but now expand again. Becomes a plot point in that with so many people, especially with Kamala absent, they are split on what to do and waste time arguing.
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* LawfulStupid: Dum Dum Dugan is reluctantly placed in charge of a unit of C.R.A.D.L.E. hunting down Ms. Marvel in the middle of a flood in New Jersey. Despite posssessing a military helicopter and plenty of space for passengers, Dugan's men choose to taser Ms. Marvel and try to apprehend her rather than help save lives because of the law.
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** [[ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways The Runaways]] were on hiatus until October 2020, and with the group all demoralized in the wake of their most recent setback, they are unlikely to participate (and technically, they are already complying with Kamala's Law, as they were part of the J-Team franchise.)
** ComicBook/{{X23}} is currently off on an X-Men-related mission.

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** [[ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways [[ComicBook/RunawaysRainbowRowell The Runaways]] were on hiatus until October 2020, and with the group all demoralized in the wake of their most recent setback, they are unlikely to participate (and technically, they are already complying with Kamala's Law, as they were part of the J-Team franchise.)
** ComicBook/{{X23}} ComicBook/{{X 23}} is currently off on an X-Men-related mission.



*** Turns out Gwen is hiding on [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXmen Krakoa]].

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*** Turns out Gwen is hiding on [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXmen [[ComicBook/XMen2019 Krakoa]].
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The Champions already had 15 members, but now expand again.

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The Champions already had 15 members, but now expand again. Becomes a plot point in that with so many people, especially with Kamala absent, they are split on what to do and waste time arguing.

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