Big letdown after that first volume, the first two issues with Monopoly are some of the worst crap I've read lately.

Stormranger's plot is firmly focused on Kamala's home life as her father's illness takes a dramatic turn. This is Ms. Marvel at its best and really allows Saladin Ahmed's writing skills to shine. Family/life dynamics he does very well; villains not so much.Each villain in Stormranger seems to be specifically tied in to a life lesson Kamala needs to learn. It's not even subtle - Kamala's voiceovers basically state the lesson she's learning from D-listers like Mr. Hyde and Monopoly. The latter was...

Saladin Ahmed continues his run on Ms Marvel with volume two! This arc wasn’t as much of a home run as the debut, but Ahmed does a nice job both moving Kamala forward while also drawing extensively from her previous stories.Kamala is very much our generation’s Peter Parker, and echoes of that parallel come up often in Stormranger. Kamala’s day trip with her buddies Nakia and Zoe is derailed; Kamala is pulled between her responsibilities and talking to Bruno about their relationship; and when her...

Loved the art style! Loved the storyline! Loved everything!!!Ms. Marvel, vol. 3: Crushed used to be my favorite Ms. Marvel graphic novel, but this volume was just perfect!

"We all fight against the worst versions of ourselves. But sometimes the worst version of us . . . is stronger than we are." -- Kamala 'Ms. Marvel' KhanRecovering nicely from the rather uneven Vol. 1: Destined, Vol. 2: Stormranger returns our young super-heroine to Earth and puts her through the usual (but no less entertaining) paces in two distinct storylines. The first is a breezy affair where a weekend road trip with gal pals is quickly derailed by the appearances of two fellow teen enemies,

Post an alien adventure, with a new costume, but also with her parents forgetting her alter-ego, and her dad suffering from a possible terminal painful condition.. what paths lay ahead for America's now 2nd most famous Kamala?Ahmed is doing pretty good at the small stuff like friendships, the Muslim household, religion and Kamala's personality, but it still feels like he's strugling to get to to grips with the overriding themes and stamping his mark on the brand as both main stories in this volu...

Ahmed and Jung bring the family drama as Kamala's dad takes a turn for the worse. I love how Kamala is torn between being with her family and going after Mr. Hyde to make sure he doesn't hurt anyone else. She really is the 21st century Spider-Man without the mopiness. I'll even overlook the straight up Venom ripoff with Kamala's costume. It would have made more sense if it actually was a symbiote. Ahmed really has the characterization and relationships down. I also like that he's bringing in som...

OK, look, I love Ms. Marvel and I have been a big fan of everything Saladin Ahmed has written up to this point, but this Ms. Marvel run is getting a big thumbs down from me.Why? Well, it's become more obvious with this volume that this whole Kamala's New Costume storyline is just a COMPLETE rip-off of Spider-Man's black costume saga.In the last volume, Kamala went to an alien planet and obtained a 'smart-costume' with a bunch of swanky new features that responded to her thoughts. If you'd care t...

Ahmeds writing some very good stories

Ms. Marvel battles old enemies and new friends (yep) in this second Magnificent volume as Saladin Ahmed picks up on lingering G. Willow Wilson plotlines to drive his own story forward.The opening two issues are fun, giving Kamala a bit of a roadtrip only to have Discord and Lockdown ruin it. I feel sorry for both of these characters to different degrees, and I'm glad Ahmed chose to revisit them. Kamala doesn't have a lot of recurring foes of her own, so keeping them around is a good choice, and

At its best, this is passable but unremarkable modern Marvel with occasional glimmers of topicality (a villainous tech-bro buying a town and turning the residents into employees into zombies; a neat paralleling of monopoly capitalism with Kamala's father's cancer). Nothing to compare with the Willow Wilson run, or Ahmed's other Marvel stuff, but acceptable in a forgettable sort of way. At its worst...look, I get that in many ways the character is an updated reprise of Spider-Man, but does that h...

Nah man, this wasn’t it. Where to start?? The sexualization of Kamala on the very first page? The repetitive storyline of Josh being involved in everything? The constant abandoning of her friends and family? I’m not impressed with these new issues of Ms. Marvel. It’s like reading a very badly drawn fanfic. At least her and Bruno finally had a moment?? That was the only redeeming part for me.

Ahmed continues his take on Kamala, with a volume focused on Kamala's ailing father and her newfound suit.

I'm not going to lie, I considered abandoning this collection a few pages into the first issue. The art wasn't the same so Kamala looked different, I didn't care for the story, I don't even really remember who Josh is... but I stuck it out, and I'm glad I did, because the following story was better. (view spoiler)[Also, KAMALA AND BRUNO YASSSSS!!! (hide spoiler)] I still didn't care for the superhero parts of it - personally, I'd just be happy with a comic about Kamala's personal life: family, f...

This story had some very interesting elements, but it was too heavy-handed and preachy, and parts of the story were rushed and cluttered. I'm not ready to give up on this second series yet, since I've so deeply enjoyed previous Ms. Marvel books and care about the characters. Still, I miss the previous creative team, and I'm not sure how long I'll continue with this series. I'll have to wait and see how it develops.

Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel discovers that her family must face a difficult time as one of her parents has a deadly disease. Meanwhile she does not know what to do about her feelings for Bruno, but they seem to grow closer and closer. Her friends always have her back and want to take her on a road trip for a quick break, where they are attacked by zombies. So not quite the weekend get-away they imagined. Can Kamala handle all of this at once? With appearances of Iron Man and Dr. Strange, this vol...

I adore Ms. Marvel, particularly her relationship with her family--and that was very strong in this volume. Of course, this story hit hard since her father is sick and Kamala had to constantly choose between protecting others and being there for him. This was deftly done--engaging and full of conflict, but also never becoming angsty. Plus... Bruno and Kamala are dating (kind of?) now! Yay! They are so adorable!

This was a good volume. I love seeing more of the other super heroes coming in, and I love seeing more of Kamala with her family and friends. The villains are pretty good as well, and I feel like it all ties together nicely.

I think I liked this better than the previous volume, but these feel very one-off-ish right now, not like it's building to something bigger. I feel bad...like, I feel like the writer is *trying* hard to get it right but just missing it a lot of times for me. There were good spots, but overall if I wasn't already so in love with the Ms. Marvel series before it was Magnificent Ms. Marvel, this wouldn't likely bring me in. The art seems so much less consistent now, too--like, I don't really need Ka...

I am still salty over the first volume in this run, and had a hard time stopping myself from screaming at the book that it was still just a Spider-man story. It was enjoyable in places and had the best visual gag I have seen in a long time. I laughed out loud when she revealed her "mask."