This series seriously gets better and better. The dialogue (again) is witty and the plot was next level for this series. Loved every minute. And that ending!!! I need volume 10 immediately if not sooner. ( )

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Kamala har gjort allvar av känslorna i slutet av del åtta: hon har gått under jorden, både som Kamala Khan och som sitt superhjältejag. Detta visar sig, inte oväntat för någon utom henne själv, skapa stora hål i tillvaron, som hennes vänner försöker täppa igen så gott de nu kan: Gabe, Mike, Nakia, Zoe, skaffar tröjor med blixtar, mantlar och masker och försöker stoppa brott och hålla ordning, vilket fungerar hjälpligt så länge det bara handlar om rånare (i randig tröja och kubb!), men när en gammal bekant släpps ur fängelset så räcker inte ens Red Daggers hjälp riktigt, eller ens att de får tag på Kapten Marvel (man skulle kunna tro att det var den där äldre hjälten med detta namn som var igång med tanke på alla underliga varianter som springer runt).

Efter en andra del, där en annan gammal motståndare dyker upp (lite mindre fånig den här gången) och besegras med hjälp av vänner och lite ordinärt boxande, så verkar faktiskt till slut det mesta vara i något liknande ordning: Kamala är lite äldre, har fått nya vänner, men hon har också lyckats reparera relationerna med några äldre och förhoppningsvis blivit klokare. ( )

This collection was a little disappointing for me, mainly because of the artist, who I didn't like at all. Her take on the characters just seemed too juvenile. Yes, I know they're teenagers, but there's drawing teenagers and then there's drawing kids, and too much of the time it seemed like the artist was going for the latter. The storyline was a bit more interesting, because in the first three issues Kamala wasn't even there and Wilson concentrated on the side characters, especially Zoe. This was welcome, and proved that these side characters (at least as a group--maybe not so much individually, with the possible exception of Mike) are capable of carrying a comic. The appearance of Kareem, also known as the Red Dagger, added some spice to the storyline--especially when Kamala reappeared and the Red Dagger gave her her first kiss.

(Of course, he then immediately states he has to go back to Karachi until she sorts herself out. The only reason for this seems to be to avoid a love triangle with Kamala and Bruno [who has returned from Wakanda], which I can actually get behind, as love triangles are so cliched.)

Very soon now, according to what I've read, the entire series is due to be rebooted with a new writer: Saladin Ahmed, who wrote the recent run of Black Bolt. I know successful comics reboot all the time, and it did seem like the recent Ms. Marvel storylines have been petering out a bit. So we'll see. I'm willing to give Ahmed a shot. ( )

Kamala Khan spends the first half of the book in hiding, and frankly I didn't much miss her. The side characters stepped up and carried things along quite well with quite a bit of help from a feisty WWII veteran named Harold. (I'm totally up for a Harold and Zoe spin-off series.)

Then Kamala comes back and everyone gets pretty mopey through the end of the book dealing with all their romantic entanglements. It's a good thing that all the teen angst is so well done, because the super villain action remains as silly and stupid as usual.

Ms. Marvel remains a fine diversion. ( )