Civil War: Ms. Marvel

Fair price. Great Item.

Collects Ms. Marvel issues #6-10 and Ms. Marvel Special #1I picked this up because I've been trying to read some of the "Civil War" tie-ins, but this basically felt like a waste of time for me personally. I didn't think it added anything to the "Civil War" storyline, it just reiterated that Carol Danvers sold out by joining Iron Man's side of the superhero Civil War.There were some other short stories (one that looked interesting featuring Rogue and an alternate Carol Danvers), but overall I was not a fan of this.

This does got in to the whole Civil War theme, well, the first three chapters anyway, but I felt it could have been explored more. Ms.Marvel and Wonder Man are given the task of finding a new teen age superhero and then also bringing in a rebel. They find the first by accident she wants to accompany them on the second mission and the story then revolves around her weighing up whether registration is good or bad. This is powerful stuff but I feel it could have done with a better writer (J.Michael Straczynski for instance) who could have explored it further and top greater depth, however it is s good story. The last two stories however have nothing to do with the Civil War sorry line at all and seem to be page fillers to be honest. I do not see how these were needed, Ms.Marvel appears prominently in other volumes, particularly having a spectacular battle with Falcon and I would have liked to have seen more around this and exploring Ms.Marvel's own thoughts on registration. Ultimately it does fit into the whole Civil War lore and is worth a read.

I did wonder why Marvel produced this volume for the first time this year, from an event that took place several years ago. Still, because I loved the Civil War event, and had not read this version of events, I went and bought it.I was slightly disappointed to say the least. Not because the story is set well away from the main event and has very little bearing on Civil War, but because I just don’t think that Ms Marvel (and now Captain Marvel who has her own current series) can stand up as a character in her own right in her own comic.To be fair, I am being harsh. The story of course is set during the Civil War events and therefore there are lots of references to it throughout. I am glad that it is a side story to the main event; simply popping Carol Danvers into a story that is told during the main event would be pointless and unnecessary.However, the storyline itself is just a bit weak, and so are some of the characters. It depends if you like Ms Marvel and Wonder Man, as they are the principal protagonists here. I myself am not a fan of Wonder Man, nor did I find myself gravitating towards the inclusion of another Ms Marvel from an alternative universe. Then there was the addition of Rogue, and I began to cringe, but then I’m no X-Men fan at all.Battling alternative-reality heroes from other parallel universes is nothing new, but here I just did not get the idea. Jonathan Hickman nailed it recently in his Avengers/New Avengers/Illuminati/Time Runs Out storylines, so perhaps I’ve been spoilt by all that, but here, the plot was weak.All is not lost though. There is in fact a nice storyline running concurrently throughout with the discovery of a young girl who has powers, and the turmoil that it brings to the party with the Superhuman Registration Act is spot on. That is this story’s strength, and bumps up the ratings a wee bit. There is also a separate story at the very end which is a standalone story and has no bearing to the other. This was also unnecessary and I guess it was added to beef the book into a bigger volume.Carol Danvers/Ms Marvel/Warbird/Captain Marvel is allegedly Marvel Comics’ premier heroine. Unfortunately for me, she never will be in the same league as Cap, Iron Man, Spidey, Hulk or Thor, but these are just my personal preferences. She is amazing in an ensemble cast with the Avengers et al, and I do like reading stories with her in, as long as she is a supporting character.Here, I am not a huge fan. Buy it if you want to complete your Civil War collection. Or if you’re a Ms Marvel fan, of course. If not, you might want to give it a miss, despite the good artwork.

Great book