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The Importance of Ms. Marvel as Immigrant Literature
I can think of no better way to introduce this subject than with Stephen Colbert’s reaction to the news: <this is where I would embed the video, if Comedy Central, Yahoo Video, and WordPress would...
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Ms. Marvel, #1: A Comic Book Review
There was a lot hinging on this first issue, and that’s putting it in the lightest way possible. Not only is Marvel releasing a book featuring a brand new character [in secret identity, not heroic...
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Ms. Marvel, #2: A Comic Book Review
Kamala Khan ain’t your average superheroine, and this is an idea that G. Willow Wilson et al. continue to push in the second ever installment of the brand new Ms. Marvel. Yes, she’s a teenager with...
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Ms. Marvel, #3: A Comic Book Review
This is the second cover in a row to show Kamala Khan decked out in her superhero getup, and it’s nothing like the silhouette that was #2. This is Ms. Marvel bold and heroic, an image fully supporting...
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Ms. Marvel, #5: A Comic Book Review
This is it, the final installment of this book’s first five-part story arc, and it does not disappoint. After some mild throwdowns in the last issue [a review I missed due to being abroad, and that I...
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Ms. Marvel, #4: A Comic Book Review
What better time to take a look back at the fourth issue of Ms. Marvel than today, on the eve of its sixth? As I mentioned in my last review, I missed out on this due to being abroad in a place where...
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Ms. Marvel, #6: A Comic Book Review
Not only is this the first full issue of no holds barred genuine superhero-ing as we all expect it, it’s also the first team-up the all-new Ms. Marvel has ever had and the first installment sans series...
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Ms. Marvel, #7: A Comic Book Review
If I want to be honest with all of you, which I do, the fact is that comic book characters don’t change all that much. That’s a gross overgeneralization, so let me backtrack a little: comics don’t...
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Ms. Marvel, #8: A Comic Book Review
So ends the two-part Jake Wyatt-illustrated Wolverine-guest-starring arc of Ms. Marvel, not with a bang, but with our young heroine having learned a great deal from the world’s most famous Hulk...
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Ms. Marvel, #9: A Comic Book Review
I probably should have mentioned this in my review for the last issue, but the new story arc that started with Issue #8 is titled “Generation Why”, and this week’s installment brings us to the halfway...
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Ms. Marvel, #10: A Comic Book Review
Kris Anka on covers, I heartily approve. I have been a fan of that dude for years, and his presence on this title is not the only pleasant surprise for the issue. [Unpleasantly, this review is late as...
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Ms. Marvel, #11: A Comic Book Review
As predicted in my last review, this issue does in fact feature the downfall of the villainous Inventor. What I did not foresee, however, is how Alphona would be bringing his A-game when it came to...
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Ms. Marvel, #12: A Comic Book Review
If you’re reading this comic issue to issue, like I am, I know what you’re thinking: a new Ms. Marvel, already? Not that I [or you, in all likelihood] am complaining, but the last issue did come out...
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Ms. Marvel, #13: A Comic Book Review
Look, I know I was tough on Ms. Marvel last month. It was a so-so issue, a fact that surprised me greatly considering it guest starred the Norse god of trickery. The thing is, even then I wasn’t...
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Ms. Marvel, #14: A Comic Book Review
Before we really delve into this review, can we please pause for a moment and gush over its cover? Jake Wyatt returns after providing art duties for issues 6 and 7 last year, reminding us that if he...
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Ms. Marvel, #15: A Comic Book Review
So ends the three-issue story arc “Crushed” and any semblance of a relationship that Kamala Khan and family friend [not cousin/blood relative] Kamran once had, not with a bang but with a helping hand....
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Ms. Marvel, #16: A Comic Book Review
So . . . Secret Wars. I’m sure there are a number of articles out there that could explain what exactly this event is to those new to the medium, but I’m going to try to do it in as few sentences as...
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Ms. Marvel, #17: A Comic Book Review
I’ve been waiting for this issue to come around since Ms. Marvel first hit local comic book stores roughly two years ago. Kamala Khan fights crime under the moniker that once belongs to Carol Danvers,...
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Ms. Marvel, #18: A Comic Book Review
So the world is still ending. While the final incursion was revealed back in Issue #16 New Jersey, and consequently the rest of the Marvel universe, continues to exist. That’s not to say that Ms....
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Ms. Marvel, #19: A Comic Book Review
“Qiyamat ka din to nahin hain.” It’s not like it’s the end of the world, Mr. Khan muses aloud to his family in Urdu. But it is, at least until next month when the first issue of Ms. Marvel Volume 4...
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