High-school hero

Iman Vellani stars as a teenage superhero in Disney+'s new series

- JUDY EWENS, RICHARD MCCLURE, STEVEN PERKINS

Ms Marvel

Available: Wednesday 8 June

Genre: Superhero drama

Season: 1 Episodes: 6 (released weekly)

Kamala Khan - AKA Ms Marvel - made history in 2014 as the first Muslim superhero to have her own Marvel comic-book series. Eight years on, she breaks new ground again when she becomes the first Muslim hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

The action-packed six-part series stars 19-year-old Canadian newcomer Iman Vellani in the title role.

'This is my first job - it was my first audition, period, Vellani tells TV& Satellite Week as we join her for a video call. 'I was a huge fan of the comics, and of the MCU in general, when I was growing up.