Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2

MS. MARVEL VOL. 2 by G. WILLOW WILSON ★★★★★Here is the conclusion of Kamala's first big adventure in the Marvel Universe! Collected are issues #12-19, and from the first eleven issues, I was left wondering what new things would come up for Kamala. Yet, G. Willow Wilson raises the stakes and puts Kamala in challenging situations that unfold more of her story and the mythology that she's become entangled in (again, see Inhumans for more). From a mystery love interest, to the Inhumans and New Attilan, to Ms. Marvel struggling to balance the life of a superhero and a normal teenager, this volume offers more of what fans have already been introduced to in the first volume: laughs, heart, wit, and some pain. The last few issues in this volume were bittersweet, due to the involvement with Secret Wars, and even if you were to read this after the Secret Wars event, you still feel the weight of the world on Kamala and she struggles to be someone that she thinks everyone needs. Even in the last few pages of the volume, Kamala realizes what it means to be a superhero, and that's what makes her character so powerful and relatable. I can't wait to start on her new adventures post-Secret Wars! Ms. Marvel is a character everyone should be paying close attention to. She may surprise all of us in the future.