3.5 stars

I didn't enjoy this as much as the earlier Ms Marvel collections I've read. The costume was annoying, Carol was (understandably, considering her history) less stable, and it was generally a bit less fun. But in the interests of completeness (and because I have some questions that need to be answered) I will be buying the second volume of this collection.In summary: I'm glad I read this, because I'm a completist, but it's definitely not a favourite and I doubt I'll read any part of it again.

A beautiful collection of Carol’s first reboot solo run. Gorgeous art. Fun stories (the Brood are always fun to throw in there, and MODOK and AIM towards the end are righteous sauce!). And Carol is an endearing character made all the more likable by her humanity: yes, she has incredible powers and force of will, but she makes plenty of mistakes and has plenty of misgivings about the application of that will along the way. She’s super, but HUMAN. It’s why I love her books. And Reed does a good jo...

Lacking focus. Despite what it says on the back this is a tale of Miss Marvel being quite unfocused. Some is due to including the manditory Civil War crosover stories. Whatever the cause it goes from our heroine resolving to "Live up to her potential" to being a government operative who doesn't question orders to leading a strike team that "proactively" goes after, the bad guys she ran into at the begining.

The artwork here was incredible, and the stories intense and gripping. Carol Danvers was a more likable hero here than she was in the recent film. (No offense, Brie Larson!)However, a somewhat excessive amount of profanity--albeit mostly in the form of symbols--a scene implying sex, and especially an immodest fashion sense--and not just from the title character--messed this up. I don't know why comic book artists feel the need to make superheroines dress that sultry. I grew up on female characte...

A little bit of Warren Traveler, a little bit of Civil War, little bit of inter-dimensional communication, and a little bit of counter-terrorism. I appreciated getting some more back story for one of my favorite super heroes, but of course this collection covers the era of Ms. Marvel wearing nothing but a high wasted leotard, thigh-high boots, and a sash. Reading Ms. Marvel stories makes me want to get back to the current day Captain Marvel and seeing women directly involved with the story and/o...

2.5 starsNot all that interesting, but well-paced, and it didn't suck even when Civil War shenanigans were happening. Which brings me to one noteworthy point: Carol Danvers has kind of always been a shitty cop. Her roots and mentality come from the Air Force, then she's one of the first powerful heroes to side with the U.S. gov't Superhero Registration Act, and as most of us know by now, her role in the second big Marvel Civil War event was also on the wrong side of the line. She'll betray her q...

This is the version of Carol Danvers when she went by Ms. Marvel instead of Captain Marvel. She flies around in her teeny tiny costume and her teeny tiny mask. (Why'd you bother to wear the mask? Everybody knows who you are.) Now I've given the current Captain a couple of tries - as well as finally saw the movie - and I never could warm up to her. But surprisingly, even though she's practically falling out of her swimsuit here, I liked this old version more. This Carol seemed more human, more re...

A Mixed BagI picked this up a while ago on sale, as I've enjoyed most of the Captain Marvel comics featuring Carol, and now that I've finally gotten around to this, my feelings are mixed. Probably because the stories are of mixed quality. Occasionally I felt lost, sometimes because I hadn't read the House of M, which is referred to a lot in the first issue or so, but mostly because of the scourge that is the event comic. Civil War may be great in collected volumes, but thrown in the middle out o...

This is a big collection, with 18 issues and more than 400 pages. I had already read the first third, so I jumped directly into the second big piece, which is Captain Marvel's experiences during Civil War I. It's interesting to contrast her role as Tony's second in command her to what she would end up doing in Civil War II. Most of the story focuses on interactions with Julia Carpenter and her daughter. Then there's an X-Men crossover with Rogue, Beast, and a duplicate Carol. And then the last m...

MehWhat I know about Carol mostly comes from the 70's and 80's, so I was interested in seeing what the more recent stories were like; especially after hearing how Marvel has big plans for her. If this volume is any indication, they have problems. The art is gorgeous, but the storytelling is all over the place. It only begins to gel about 80% in. The sad part is you have a lot of potential here that remains unused.

As far as "Earth's Mightiest Hero" goes, Ms. Marvel was kind of crummy at superheroing. She gets beat up (a lot), allows a bad guy to destroy a town of 3000 in Georgia, and on her SHIELD "strike team"'s second mission she loses 2/3 of her crew. The middle of this volume takes place during the Civil War arc when she was on Team Stark. The annual story was pretty good, involving a kid who had the power to make stories come to life and just happened to choose a book Carol wrote. Overall they aren't...

So.Before she was Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers went by Ms. Marvel. Mostly. She also went under the names Warbird and Binary, but I think most people recognize Carol's old moniker, especially since the new & very popular Ms. Marvel took it over as a homage to her hero.I've read most (maybe all?) of this collection before in separate volumes years ago, but since my library had this shiny new compilation available, I thought it would be a good time to revisit my first real taste of Marvel's other

This was just okay... the art was very good, but the story was just all over the place...

(rounded up from 2.5)I'm glad this version of Ms. Marvel is in the past, b/c the costume (classic or not) is legit ridiculous. There was one panel where Carol was in pain, and my first thought was "is it from the epic camel-toe/wedgie that you currently have?" And of course her boobs were so big that she almost had side-boob slippage all the time.I was rooting for the alternate universe Warbird, b/c at least she had a reasonable costume that didn't just look like body paint. In a short interview...

MehThere’s a saying that a hero is only as interesting as their villain counterpart. In the case of this slice of Ms. Marvel comics, the characters surrounding Carol Danvers far eclipse her, demonstrating that she’s not really interesting or charismatic. Arachne was a far more compelling character throughout the Civil War arc, and, frankly, I was rooting for the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme.

Spinning out of House of M, Ms. Marvel finally gets her own book for the first time in 20 years. In House of M Ms. Marvel was the world's most popular super hero. In our universe no one even knows who she is even though she was an Avenger until recently. So she determines to turn her life around. The Civil War event really derails this series midway through. It changes Carol's course into a more dour, oppressive direction I didn't care for.I did find it strange that Reed doesn't reintroduce us t...

After reading the more recent Captain Marvel comics, this is a disappointment. I suppose some of that is because the Civil War arc made some superheroes act in rather odd ways (i.e. their actions don't ring true to their characters) and this is no different. OTT dramatic scenes are played to full effect. The storylines noticeably pick up when Carol can do her own thing.Another reason for the disappointment is that we've since been spoiled by Kelly Sue DeConnick's more recent (and amazing) script...

Very inconsistent. Some parts were really awesome, others dragged on. I really like this Carol. She’s very human and endearing. She has relatable struggles and concerns, and she’s a very down to earth superhero. I just wish Brian Reed could have set her on some more exciting adventures.She struggles with the Superhero Registration Act, at one point arresting Spider-Woman (no, the other one) in front of her daughter. This was a powerful internal struggle, but it never paid off. I would have liked...

This volume includes almost 20 issues of the Ms. Marvel title. You don’t need to be familiar with the character at all to dive right in. The story takes place immediately following the big House of M storyline, but you get a brief description of that madness and it moves on. These issues give a great look at Ms. Marvel’s powers as she battles aliens and mutants, helps out SHIELD and the Avengers, and crosses paths with AIM and MODOK. There is a lot of action, but also some really good interactio...