Ms. Marvel #1

[skemono]

The second issue came out on Comixology this week, so this should no longer be the most recent issue. But it was still pretty hard to choose which parts of this to post.


The issue opens in a convenience store, Circle Q, where Kamala and Nakia are talking with their friend (and employee of the store) Bruno.


In walks Zoe Zimmer and Josh [last name unavailable]. Josh extends invitation to a party on the waterfront.




Back at home (presumably after school) Kamala's Avengers fan-fiction is interrupted as she's called to dinner.




Tempers flare, and Kamala goes / is sent to her room. She decides to sneak out to go to the party anyway.



The party does not go well, and Kamala stomps off to go home. However, the Terrigen mists spread over the city and Kamala blacks out, falling unconscious on the sidewalk. She wakes to see Captain Marvel reciting Amir Khusrow's "The Yellow Mustard is Blooming" in Urdu, while Captain America and Iron Man translate it to English. Kamala responds appropriately.







Around 6 2/3 pages of 20.

Comments

[glimmung]

So why are all of the birds wearing hats?

[skemono]

Since even sloths have wings now, the birds had to step up their game.

[cainofdreaming]

Same reason that Iron Man is carrying a winged sloth and Cap has a cat smile?

[razsolo]

All the animals are part of her hallucination/dream...I think it's just a cutesy thing with no real meaning behind it :)

I LOVED this book so much more than expected...I really wanted to support it anyway but part of me was scared it was gonna be a little PSA with the way Marvel's been hyping it. Kamala and her support cast are awesome, it's very much got an original Spider-Man feel to it with the cast...the writing is really witty and the art is lush. I am really looking forward to #2!

It's really good to see with this title and Mighty Avengers that Marvel are not just making a token effort at representing diversity but really producing quality books :)

[freezer]

This has a definite Blue Beetle feel to it. I like!

[rainspirit]

This comic looks great!

I love her, "DAAAAAAD" face in that panel during her dinner conversation.

[skemono]

It is great!

And yes, Alphona's art is spectacular. He also put in a lot of funny details, like the content of the newspaper her father is reading.

[sir_razorback]

Heh.. I am a Dad, and I approve this comment. :) Seen that face a time or two myself.

[kamino_neko]

'You must have some kind of weird boot fetish' is my favourite line from this issue, and there are a lot of good ones.

'Delicious, delicious infidel meat' is a close second.

[junipepper]

I loved that. I once walked by my daughter at a buffet table (family event thing) and she was saying to someone, "Oh my God, I'm starving. Let me at that tref platter!"

[darkknightjrk]

Definitely a great start to the series.

Oh, and if you guys want to get the issue, Marvel recently did a thing for SXSW where the bundled the number one issue for this, All-New X-Men, Nova and New Warriors in one digital issue "All New Marvel Now Teen Heroes," and if you use the promo code "TEEN," you can get the issue for free.

[ozaline]

That's awesome, I've been wanting to get into All New X-men, even though I already have Ms. Marvel #1

[lieut_kettch]

A bit of a change-up, with the Pakistani character (and her family) being the more secular one and the Turkish one being more religious.

Though someone should tell the colorist that Muslim does not equal brown. If Nakia is Turkish, she should be no darker than the Greeks Hercules and Elektra or Italian-American Frank Castle.

[skemono]

A bit of a change-up, with the Pakistani character (and her family) being the more secular one and the Turkish one being more religious.

A bit, but it's more to each character than being up to family, much less nationality. Kamala's brother is very religious, and Nakia's comment about her father would suggest that the rest of her family might be more secular than she is.

That's part of what I like so much, and tried to highlight with my choice of scans: the diversity of opinion, religiosity, and temperament among the Muslim characters.

[his_spiffynesss]

I like her, she's spunky.

[big_daddy_d]

1. Tried to go to freakingcool.com to look up Kamala's fanfic because that would be awesome viral marketing. Sadly the site doesn't exist. :(

2. Love Kamala's Ms. Marvel jacket!

3. Love the panel where her father chastises her brother to get a job. lol

[ozaline]

I always go to any website mentioned in any show or comic ever.

[yvonmukluk]

You forgot to mention Kamala's fic is an avengers/MLP crossover.

RIP Rainbow Toots :(

[crinos]

I just got the comics and was just about to post this.

Those aliens will think twice about menacing Unicorn Planet.

[richardak]

The scene when she asks her father for permission to go to the party reminded me of this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/07/06/the-scion-part-two. "What do you think of a tower? We just got our tax return."

[thespis]

I love all the little background gags. The note next to the cash register ("cashiers are not interested in your stories"), the sign on the door ("business hours: ALL OF THEM"), the newspaper headline ("tax on color orange approved")...

[crinos]

It still doesn't beat that one headline from Hawkeye:

Everything is Terrible: Oh God Somebody do something.

That made me laugh more than it should have.

[beyondthefringe]

This is the sort of comic I didn't know I needed until they created it.
Marvel has been doing a lot of that recently, and it's amazing. For all the hype, the missteps, and the occasional misfire, they honestly feel like they're in a new creative renaissance... while DC is floundering in the Dark Ages and burning their own history for warmth.

[espanolbot]

It's weird with DC, just like in the 1990s there is some good stuff... but just like in the 90s the bad stuff seems to be overshadowing it.

[selke]

I missed this art so much.

[skemono]

I so want to see Alphona draw Kamala with the cast of Runaways.

[filthysize]

Concern trolls are the worrrrssst.

[skemono]

Yeah, Zoe is awfully hateable. I hope she and the side characters get fleshed out a bit more in later issues. Although as discussion I read pointed out, it's kind of fun to see the white characters get to be the flat and one-dimensional ones for a change.

[firstmoonie]

As a Turkish myself, I've never heard of a name like Nakia before. The design etc. don't seem to be researched much on her. And it would have been much better if she was the fundamentalist person of group. (I suppose it's her family who plays it)

But the premise is cool anyway, I love the comic book so far. Kamala's so fun :D

[waterfall8484]

This is awesome, and I must have it. *waits impatiently for the TP*

[skemono]

Excellent...

[ablackraptor]

I'm loving this series too. I didn't really have too much interest at first, since I don't usually pick up solo ongoings about characters I know nothing about by creators I know nothing about, but the previews made it fun so I picked it up, and yeah, its REALLY awesome, both this and the next issue. Kamala's got such a great voice to her and she's a really fun, relatable character.

[crinos]

Also, rereading this, I just realized Kamala's dad works at a Bank.

They are totally setting up a thing where Kamala as at the bank with her dad and it gets robbed by super villains.

[skemono]

Kamala fighting crime in the places where her family is certainly does seem to be a thing they're going for.

[shadowpsykie]

The Cookoos: Who is Marvel_KhanMLPVenger?!?!

Loki: I don't know... but she's gaining upvotes, fast!

The Cookoos: Ok... it's time we bring out the big guns!

Loki: No, you don't mean...

The Cookoos: Yes... we're universe crossing!

[skemono]

Ha! Joke's on them--Kamala's fic was already a MLP x Avengers cross-over.