Ms Marvel #50: The End

I can’t say I’m sorry or surprised to see Ms Marvel end at #50 (although I do like the cover homage).

I started reading the book with high hopes but over the first 16 or 17 issues, was frustrated by the lack of development of a decent supporting cast and even more frustrated by the lack of development of the main character herself.

Carol Danvers has a pretty interesting history and a lot of potential – but it felt like Carol wasn’t really been looked at too much; Ms Marvel was the focus to such an extent that any attempt at a normal life by Carol was completely ignored.

It didn’t help that the book seemed to try a ‘bold new direction’ every six issues or so, either – that just added to the feeling that it was being made up on the run.

And yes, I know that everything’s made up on the run, but the feeling I got was that the thrust of the first arc – ‘being the best hero she could be’ – got thrown out once Civil War hit. After that, the ‘roaming agent of SHIELD’ arc got thrown out with Secret Invasion (which I picked the book up for) – and so on and so forth.

I suspect that more than any other book – except perhaps Thunderbolts - Ms Marvel has been bounced around at the whim of the big events in the Marvel Universe, but while a lot of the Thunderbolts developments at least felt somewhat organic, Ms Marvel‘s changes in direction always felt too artificial.

So no, I’m not sorry or surprised to see it go and I hope for a relaunch under a different writer that can do the character justice – you know, I happen to know David Gallaher has some ideas for Carol…

Tags: Captain Marvel, Marvel, Ms Marvel

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