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Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson
3.0

Thing is I like Ms. Marvel. She's pretty badass, she got some good jokes, her family mayham is fun, but I just don't love her solo books? This isn't to say G. Willow Wilson is a bad writer or anything, I actually think she's very solid, I just don't seem to connect to a lot of the plot or feel compelled by any of the fights/villains.

Saying that this volume is Ms. marvel working out her duel life. She's dealing with being an avenger but also trying her best to live a normal kid life. She becomes jealous of her best friend dating another girl, and then decides to take on the world by having copies of herself to take her place when she can't be everywhere at the same time. Sounds like a bad idea huh?

Good: Love the art still, think it's super fun and bright and everything is cheerful which I enjoy. I also love Kamala because she's a great coming of age hero who deals with a lot for being so young and coming from a VERY different background. I also enjoyed the stuff with her family and friends in here.

Bad: I just didn't care about the 2nd half. Whenever series gets to much on the action it loses me. The fights are never very interesting, the villains lame, and I just don't connect with any of that. I also thought some characters like Iron-man act a bit out of character here.

Overall it remains this series is very fun. For a younger audience this is perfect comic to get in to. I still like Kamala a lot, but not the stories as much. So for that I'll give it a 3 out of 5.