As an American who also likes comic books, it has been way up-the-uncanny-valley-without-a-paddle to read the news these past two years. While my favorite comics tend to be social commentaries with diverse casts of characters, this latest volume of Ms. Marvel was an intense roller coaster. Wilson is in no way messing around with this volume's storyline.

It begins with a light-hearted celebration of Eid (which was fascinating for me to learn about since I'm Catholic) and that's pretty much the only happy moment in the book. Chuck Worthy, the HYDRA agent who attempted to gentrify and gerrymander his way to the mayoral office, is back. Through a closed door meeting, he becomes mayor. He immediately implements an emergency task force called Keepers of Integration, Normalization, and Deference (K.I.N.D.) agency to round up illegal superpower folk. They arrest, detain, and jail citizens right off their porches, their neighborhoods, and their homes.

Sound familiar? I was gobsmacked. Forget how the loud yam is literally worse than Lex Luther, DC Comic's evil CEO, because when Lex Luthor became president, he at least gave up his businesses and other assets. In this one storyline, Wilson brings Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) to the containable reality of comic books /and/ comments on the tiny micro-aggressions scrolling through everyone's social media feed. You know the ones: all the people wanting to Keep YA/Facebook "Kind," which usually translates to asking minorities to silently accept their oppression.

I was on the edge of my seat reading this volume. Aamir's monologue on terrorism shook me. Becky's return and the new villain made me want to tear my hair out because what is it about the white identity makes it so we cannot /sit the hell down/ and let the story /not be about us/ (I mean, I know the answer, dominant paradigm and all, but it is so fruSTRATING). Tyesha and Nakia's discussion of the secularization and commercialization of the hijab went mostly over my head, but I appreciated its presence.

Red Dagger returns in the last issue, and he is adorable. I was still emotionally reeling over the expression on Kamala's face (and its similarity to my own) when she realized that her neighbors reported people to not-I.C.E. to properly appreciate Laal Khanjeer, but he is there and it's adorable. I feel like this volume will be a great resource for teens looking to make sense of the topsy turvey, darkest timeline world we live in. These are tough times, but together, we'll make it through.