I went into this single issue not really expecting to like this as not only is it a super-hero-style comic but it also has annoying adverts every few pages and it's design wasn't my favourite on initial glance - I'm glad I decided to pick up this anyway as I ended up really liking it, far more than I had expected to!The story begins by introducing us to Kamala Khan who is a young girl living in the US. She's a muslim, she's been raised in a fairly strict household, and she's 16 which means that

One could not fault on the moves Marvel has made lately, especially in its publishing of comic books. One trend I've noticed is the move away from the traditional male, Caucasian superhero types into more varied racial profiles. 2012 was the year Marvel pushed the female superhero lead. Comic readers found in their comic store shelves titles with such female characters in lead rules like Red She-Hulk, Sif and Captain Marvel. There were mixed reactions but one thing was certain, book like Captain...

Ms. Marvel #1: A handy guide to Muslim stereotypes.

Okay, I was not a fan of this at all. I tried to have an open mind especially considering how excited some of my friends were for it. It didn't matter how open my mind was I hated this comic. I am a HUGE Marvel fan! I spend my free time going through comic book stores looking for X-Men, Captain America, Thor, etc. This entire issue felt like a fan fic or something that a little girl on Tumblr created. Maybe if I was younger I would have enjoyed it more but honestly at 22 years old, I couldn't st...

An awesome comic book debut -- Ms. Marvel introduces Kamala Khan, your typical 16-year-old Muslim Pakistani-American girl from Jersey City, who is endowed with the power to change her form and size. The writing in this series is so good -- punchy, funny, believable and fresh, and Kamala's daily-life struggles dovetail wonderfully (and sometimes hilariously) with the exploits of her secret alter ego. If you like the Marvel universe and are looking to check out some original new superheroes, I hig...

Teenage Muslim girl superhero? OMG fangirl squee BIG TIME! I finally, FINALLY got to read this and OMG \m/ just EPIC! Kamala is all kinds of awesome! You just can't help relating to her in some form or fashion, from her intense geekdom (loved her fanfic panels) to having strict parents to dealing with privileged "concern trolls". This was so worth the wait. Her background and her desire to be "a regular girl" are seamlessly woven in. And there are some seriously humorous moments. Kamala's dad is...

Media representation!! YES!!!What an absolutely awesome start, truly, I'm in awe - how gifted do you have to be to manage to discuss so many subjects in such a short issue?!First of all, let us start with Kamala. She is a Muslim Pakistani-American and she is so easy to relate to - her struggles with her family and their expectations of her vs. her desire to fit in and be just like everyone else, her fangirling over The Avengers and her excitement over having posted a popular fanfic, her st

Meet Kamala Khan - the new carrier of the Ms. Marvel name and a Pakistani Muslim. A brown girl with superpowers. A positive, happy, geeky brown girl who writes Avengers fanfiction when she's not working her part-time job or arguing with her parents.Kamala is relateable. The readers are Kamala. She is as obsessed with superheroes as we all are, and it's a magical thing to see. She's a dreamer. She wants to be a hero, but she's realistic. She knows there are obstacles. She knows that she's a child...

3.5 ⭐️Karmala loves Marvel comics. And unlike the rest of us she gets the chance to become a superhero. Camilla gets the ability to shape shift into anyone she wants and we follow that journey of figuring out how to use her abilities and how to save the world. The graphics itself are goofy but cute and the story kept me wanting to know more. Plus I’m a girl that loves marvel so I had to pick it up

Since I'm legally blind, reading comics is an arduous task for me. I have to painstakingly read one panel at a time, magnified on my iOS device with the aid of ComiXology's guided access. Even then, I miss a ton of the visual storytelling--there's just too much going on for me to take in.But the announcement of a Muslim Ms. Marvel made me want to put nose to grindstone, or iPad. Fortunately, the opening issue made it worth the ocular labor. Kamala is your typical Jersey high school girl--except

The only bad thing I can say about Ms Marvel #1 is that I'm annoyed that I don't have #2 in my hands.That came out wrong.

I liked it, but I'm surprised no one's said anything about how she became white by the end of the first issue. I was in love with it up to that part.

3.7 I ADORE THIS COMIC. Having a brown superhero?? Sign me up!! RTC

In just one issue, Kamala Khan has instantly won me over as the new Ms Marvel AND made her one of the most interesting characters in the Marvel U, up there with Hawkeye and Loki. G Willow Wilson's characterisation is first class and Adrian Alphona’s art is utterly gorgeous. Look out for the amazing hallucinatory splash page featuring the old Ms Marvel/current Captain Marvel, Iron Man and Captain America speaking Urdu! Read the full review here!

I've traditionally been a DC gal, forged when DC remembered how to have fun. I don't read many comics these days, but between the author and the concept, I was eager to check this one out. It's lovely. Fun, exciting, empowering (dare I say embiggening?), well-written. Good on ya, Marvel.

This incredibly controversial decision by Marvel was enough to make me go and buy a single issue comic for the first time in over a decade -- I mean, come on, a superhero from New Jersey? I had to see how this was possible, and if the climactic battle would be against a cannibalistic, behemoth Jabba-the-Hut-inspired Chris Christie on a bridge his evil minions had closed.But seriously -- or as seriously as you can consider comics about superheroes that wear spandex tights -- I bought this because...

Maybe I'm just resistant to change, I know that various other women have worn the Ms. Marvel moniker but to me it's got to be Carol Danvers, I mean I just now started to be okay with Kyle Rayner.Secondly, I really don't like this forced diversity thing. I find it cheap to just assign an existing character a new more 'PC' identity, it doesn't feel genuine to me, it feels forced. How about just creating a new and unique character that is Muslim? It is especially insulting that by the end of the co...

I disliked the first issue of Ms. Marvel. G. Willow Wilson tries to make her seem very relatable to young readers, she's the "omg, like, I love comics" type, "I write fanfiction like every teen yo", but she just comes across as obnoxious, it's not cute. Even if it tries to be "cute" and "funny", the infidel line is cringe worthy. Infidel is an religious epithet, similar to racial epithets. The word in Arabic is "kafir", whose root means "to cover", kafirs/infidels are seen as misleading, deceitf...

Believe the hype. Because it is true.Now if Marvel could just do the same for the long time female characters in its stable.