Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
Ratings189
Average rating4.2
My first comic book read - I really enjoyed it. While I'm neither Pakistani or Muslim, it was relatable to me as a South Asian.
I liked the coloring and illustration very well done. I went in not knowing anything about this comic/graphic novel I must have mistakened it for Captain Marvel like the movie but I loved the difference. This one highlighted a pakistani girl name kamala and possessing super powers involving her hands to fight evil. Love a good graphic novel/comic that highlights other cultures. I got this through my libraries libby app so I'll have to look into see if there is more than 1 volume. would love to read more in the future.
Honestly, I thought I was reading a Captain Marvel comic book. As the graphic novel was referencing her in the beginning I still thought it might be. Though it wasn't. 8 and I was pleasantly surprised that this had a great storyline and I now want to read more. Also, it references a Ms. Marvel that was actually Captain Marvel.... at some point in the past. So much to catch up on. My entire history of Captain Marvel is: 1) The new Captain Marvel Movie 2) The Super-Informative history from Alamo Drafthouse prior to seeing the Shazam movie (who apparently used to be Captain Marvel... like a long time ago.)But.... this isn't even about Captain Marvel! It's about Ms. Marvel (not that one!) and it's great. Going to have to get another one and see what happens next.
Aww man, I really love this. Wilson is a breath of fresh air, and so are all the characters she creates here.
I would really like to enjoy this, but I just can't. This feels like some cheap disney channel live action show.
Superheroes aren't really my thing. My husband recently went to go watch the Avengers movie without me, because I don't care and I don't know who half the characters are anyway. So when this comic started throwing out superhero names and appearances like Captain Marvel and [insert other random superhero name I've already forgotten], I ... have no idea what to do with that.
But I think this one is good and important because of its inclusivity/portrayal of normal life when one is not the white Christian majority, rather than its superhero story. I think it probably could have thrown Captain Marvel out entirely along with most of the other superhero stuff, and I still would've liked Kamala and her friends and her discovery of her own superpowers and how that messes with her identity and sense of self. I liked the familial aspects, and the fact that Kamala is a teenage girl that doesn't have everything figured out, and that she makes mistakes, and that I learned more about Muslim faith than I knew before. (Though I wish her family had been a little more fleshed out, which might happen in future issues.) I enjoyed this a lot.
Great new comic!
I do not read many comics, but I have heard so many good things about this one that I had to try it. And I'm so glad I did! This character is great. She is struggling with who she is and who her family and culture expect her to be. The family and the culture are not the bad guy either. The family is loving and the culture is just a way to live a life. It is a great story with a new set of characters that show us ‘different' can still be normal. And becoming a superhero is hard for anyone.
This is a fun superhero origin story, with a new kind of American hero - a Jersey girl of Pakistani extraction, who battles her own identity issues and her family's expectations at least as much as bad guys.
This was an intriguing start, but I felt like there should have been more story - it's more the setup for an adventure than an adventure itself. Still, I can't complain, given that it was free to read on Kindle Unlimited. I'll definitely check out the next volume!
I think this is a really cool start. There are some great messages here that we should all take to heart, especially people who wish they could be someone else– or look like someone else.
Does it seem a bit stereotypical, thus far? A bit, but it is a superhero comic! It does add some new flare and definitely has a diverse cast for more people to relate to.
Is how she gets her powers ridiculous and confusing? ....yeah, I'll give you that. It is one of those things that I hope will be explained more later.
I think it is a good start to a comic series and I may pick up the next one.
Solid comic with a likable protagonist.
Too much of the modern decompression for my taste, as this entire TPB doesn't contain one complete story.
I haven't read comics in years, but I've recently started to get back into them, and this one has me hooked! I am so proud of the creators for making this story, for making this character. More please!
I understand all the hype surrounding this, but I really didn't enjoy it... I think it's just not for me. I was bored and uninterested in the characters the entire time. Maybe I'll read the next one later on and see if it gets better.
This was the most fun I've had reading a superhero comic in years. Kamala is a great, well-rounded character, and Wilson does a phenomenal job of portraying her character, her life, and her heroics.
(Note: read as single issues on Marvel unlimited, rather than as a proper TPB)
So I guess I read graphic novels now? I've been hearing a few friends rave about this one, so I thought I'd pick it up, and it was pretty fantastic. Kamala Khan is a 15-year-old Pakistani-American Muslim just wishing she could be blonde and fit in. Then suddenly she becomes Ms. Marvel. What transpires is pretty awesome, because it's pretty real. She doesn't just automatically know what to do. Becoming a super hero doesn't solve all her problems. She's still 15, with overbearing parents and an annoying brother, but now she also has to figure out how to keep herself from shifting into her alter ego all the time. Really well written, very nice illustrations - I'm definitely going to keep reading this series.
Look, I'm not even going to try to deny how much I love this. I'm fangirling over Kamala and her story, and I don't care who knows it! Comics need more female characters. They need women who aren't wrapped in physics-defying costumes, blond and busty. Most of all, comics need main characters who are people of color. Check, check, and CHECK! Ms. Marvel: No Normal absolutely checks all of these things off, and it does it perfectly.
I won't gush TOO much, but these panels are beautiful! If you read through this, slow down and soak it all in. There are funny and cute little additions in the backgrounds of panels that you can only appreciate if you take your time. I love how Adrian Alphona made Kamala so normal. So lovable, a little dorky, a little disheveled. She could be any one of us, on any normal day. You know, except with the super powers and all.
Story wise, this is just a perfect introduction to Kamala and her Ms. Marvel beginning! I'm not super familiar with Captain Marvel. I don't know a lot about the Marvel universe in general, in fact. I still felt perfectly comfortable diving into this. I had some giggles, I had some happy sighs, and at the end I just wanted more.
StoryA pretty standard origin story, with a pretty original protagonist. Not a whole lot has happened through this volume, but I like the characters so far.I've never read Ms. Marvel/Capt. Marvel before. I know nothing about the character, or if they are different. Is it like Superman vs. Superboy? They kind of hinted at it in this volume, but it wasn't very clear to me.Largely I picked this up before I loved [b:Alif the Unseen 13239822 Alif the Unseen G. Willow Wilson https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1325543155s/13239822.jpg 18330291]. I'm curious to see where Ms. Wilson takes this. 3.5 Stars.ArtworkThe artwork seems pretty good. I wasn't blow away or anything, but nor did I find any of the panels lazy or hard to make out.
Short Review: I like comics but I rarely read them. They are too expensive much of the time and I am not a fan of serials, I want to keep reading until I am done. This was on sale when I picked it up (not now) but it is only the first 5 issues and the next volume is 3x the price I paid. So I will see if it drops in price too eventually.
This latest version of Ms Marvel is based on a 16 year old Muslim immigrant from Pakistan. She is geeky and into fan fiction and superheroes, and then she becomes one and it is not as she would have thought. This feels very much like early spiderman and it is well written. The first main character to be Muslim and also a main character as a teen girl feel natural and not like they were parts of intentional diversity program. (Although I am all for more diversity, I just want to see it done well, and in this case, it was.)
The only problem really is that the story was barely started when the book finished. Vol 2 came out yesterday, but as I said, I won't be reading it until the price drops.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/ms-marvel-vol-1-no-normal/
Read as single issues. I have nothing to say about this book that hasn't been said a million times already. IT'S SO GREAT.
Kamala Khan is de nieuwe Ms. Marvel! De nieuwe Ms. Marvel is een tiener! En een muslima! En het is een wijze comic! En verder heb ik er niet veel over te zeggen want ik heb maar de eerste zes nummers gelezen! Maar het is veelbelovend! Vooral als Wolverine er bij komt! En al!