Ms. Marvel #2 (Marvel)

via Hannah Givens

writer: G. Willow Wilson

artist: Adrian Alphona

I went with that image culled from Google Images mostly because that's one of the dominant aspects of this series so far.  Yes, this is the Muslim Ms. Marvel.  But writer G. Willow Wilson (a favorite of mine) has tended to do as much exploring Kamala Khan's relatively unique perspective (which Wilson is uniquely situated to present) with a lot of embiggening.

This is a feature you normally expect from Reed Richards from the Fantastic Four, the dude who takes his amazing fantastic stretching powers mostly to embiggen things (as opposed to DC's approaches to Plastic Man, as a giant goof, or Elastic Man, as a detective).  That's the extent of Kamala's experimenting with her new powers, certainly as of this particular issue (it seems like an obsession, and is the only thing that's negatively distracting about the series so far).

Figured I'd get that out of the way.

The issue otherwise continues the new Ms. Marvel's origin story, as she tries to become comfortable as a slightly rebellious Muslim (certainly according to her parents) and new superhero, with friends and family who are not really making any of it easier.

The image comes from her first heroic act, by the way, coming to the rescue of a high school classmate who embodies a lot of Kamala's insecurities.

I've since read both additional issues so far published, so you know I'm enjoying this.  My thoughts on those will follow, as I continue figuring out what exactly this comic book is accomplishing.  So far, merely more good Wilson material.