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Ms. Marvel #1 (Vol. 3)
Author: G. Willow Wilson
Artists: Adrian Alphona and Ian Herring
Release Date: February 2014
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Source: Bought and Owned
Genre(s): Superheroes, Graphic Novel
Rating: ★★★★★
Review Spoilers: Moderate
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I think I knew that I was going to love Kamala Khan the second they announced plans for her to take over the Ms. Marvel title from Carol Danvers. Marvel was taking a big step in bringing a Pakistani American superhero to the forefront and I was so totally on board with that. A female, Muslim character in an pretty much white male dominated superhero line up? Headed up by some super dedicated, awesome talent, too? I almost couldn’t believe it. And then I actually got to meet when Ms. Marvel #1 finally came out and I swear.
I fell in love with Kamala Khan after the very first panel.
In the interview I linked up above Kamala’s story is compared to Peter Parker because she’s just an ordianry girl who comes into powers, has to learn to control them, and decide what to do with them. Plus she’s got the whole aliteration name thing going for her, too. But for me Kamala is far more relatable than Peter. She’s a nerd from the new age who has grown up with the Internet. She writes Avengers crossover fanfiction, fangirls over Carol Danvers, and fanatically checks Tumblr. She’s a fangirl. It’s glorious. If there is ever a hero I can relate to out there it’s Kamala.
The book deals with so many things I feel like you just don’t see in other series. It’s all just so real. The way Kamala is caught between her Pakistani and American heritage, the way her mother sort of scoffs at her fangirling, how she has to deal with ignorant classmates…
Of course, then at the end the Terrigen Mists roll in and Kamala gets her powers…
Basically, ext issue is going to be so awesome.
Final Thoughts:
Kamala Khan is my hero. Straight up. I will support this comic from here to eternity. I am so excited to see how she develops as hero in her own right. She’s going to be great. I just hope she doesn’t give up her fanfiction!
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