artist: Takeshi Miyazawa
In this second of three chapters of the "Crushed" arc...I find myself asking all over again, am I over my fascination with Ms. Marvel?
This is the second time now that G. Willow Wilson has come up with an unsatisyingly generic twist to an intriguing story. The first was with the Collector, the villain who dominated the first year of the series.
The problem is the same: Wilson is apparently bold enough to challenge the status quo but too shy to have Kamala Khan openly rebel. Maybe I'm asking too much.
"Crushed" started out promisingly. Kamala unexpectedly meets a Muslim boy who is her perfect match. But it turns out to be one of those "too good to be true" developments. Which is exactly like Wilson's tepid conclusion to the Collector dilemma involving today's youth and their overall worth in society. Just as things were becoming interesting on an intellectual level, everyone just starts throwing punches. I realize this is superhero comics. I've read plenty of superhero comics. I know how this goes. But I've also read Wilson's Air. I know she's capable of going deep.
Maybe she's compromising for the sake of keeping it mainstream? Or maybe she truly believes she's pulling it off. Maybe other readers are perfectly fine with all of this. But I expect better.
And if it continues like this, I'm done with Ms. Marvel.
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