Faiza Hussain

Infobox superhero
character_name=Faiza Hussain


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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Captain Britain and MI: 13" #1 (May 15, 2008)
creators=Paul Cornell (writer)
Leonard Kirk (artist)
alter_ego = Faiza Hussain
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species = Human
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alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
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powers=Control over living organisms to an unknown extent|

Dr. Faiza HussainComic book reference | Writer = Paul Cornell | Penciller = Leonard Kirk | Inker = Jesse Delperdang | Story = The Guns Of Avalon | Title = | Issue = 1 | Date = July 2008 | Publisher = Marvel Comics | ] , is a fictional comic book character within Marvel Comics' shared universe the Marvel Universe. Hussain was created by writer Paul Cornell, first penciled by Leonard Kirk. First appearing in "" #1 (May 2008), Faiza Hussain is used as a the title's "point of view character" [http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.3312.British_Invasion "British Invasion"] , Marvel.com, March 24, 2008] .

Characterization

Cornell has been aided in the development of this character by a panel of Muslim ladies [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=12839 DAMN BLOODY SKRULLS: CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI: 13] , Comic Book Resources, April 29, 2008] ; Mona Bayoumi, Safiya Sayed Baharun, Farida Patel, and Sohere RokedComic book reference | Writer = Paul Cornell | Penciller = Leonard Kirk | Inker = Jesse Delperdang | Story = The Guns Of Avalon | Title = Captain Britain and MI: 13 | Issue = 2 | Date = August 2008 | Publisher = Marvel Comics | ] .

Faiza Hussain, originally written in early scripts as "Faisa", is named after the former England cricket Captain Nasser Hussain and although she is a British Muslim character, creator Paul Cornell has stated he doesn't want Faiza to be a pillar for the entire British Muslim community.Not wanting her to say anything religious until in a situation where an everyday religious person would and steering her away from the normal cliches associated with Muslim characters.

Fictional character biography

Faiza Hussain is the only daughter of a family of Pakistani heritage who live in Chelmsford in Essex. A London based Muslim doctor, and British superhero fangirl, Hussain initially gets caught up in the Skrull's invasion as she is performing battlefield triage while the Skrull attack is going on around her. While attending to the wounded, alongside the Black Knight, Faiza Hussain is struck by a Skrull laser weapon, this weapon seemingly gives Hussain powers which she uses to help Black Knight fend off more Skrulls.

After the defeat of the Skrulls, Faiza Hussain became the wielder of ExcaliburComic book reference | Writer = Paul Cornell | Penciller = Leonard Kirk | Inker = Jesse Delperdang| Story = The Guns Of Avalon | Title = Captain Britain and MI: 13 | Issue = 4 | Date = October 2008 | Publisher = Marvel Comics | ] and joined MI-13 as Black Knight's stewardComic book reference | Writer = Paul Cornell | Penciller = Pat Olliffe | Inker = Paul Neary| Story = Hell In Birmingham | Title = Captain Britain and MI: 13 | Issue = 5 | Date = November 2008 | Publisher = Marvel Comics | ] .

Powers and abilities

Faiza Hussain is a trained doctor and appears to have a wide knowledge of the superhuman population. Although being an unpowered character in the first issue, Paul Cornell stated Faiza's power(s) would manifest during the first few issues of Captain Britain and MI: 13. In issue 2 this came to pass, when Faiza Hussain showed an extreme level of control over biological organisms, she was able to disassemble a human body into its component parts while keeping the subject alive and stopped a horde of Skrulls by stopping the bodies from being able to move. The extent and classification of these powers are yet to be revealed but Black Knight described them as purely defensive.

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