Ms. Marvel, Volume 6: Ascension by Brian Reed

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book is a bit of a hodgepodge.

It starts out with Ms. Marvel Annual #1, which is a team-up between Spider-man and Ms. Marvel after Ms. Marvel attempts to capture Spidey for being unregistered fail and a group of roots attack the city. The story is fun, although Spider-man steals the show, but also has a few remarks that are a bit sophomoric.

Ms. Marvel/The Storyteller Special #1 finds Ms. Marvel flying to warn the Storyteller, a boy with the power to bend reality to his imagination, that AIM has found him, but finds herself being drawn in to his fantasy. This story is part fun but also a bit bittersweet.

Issue #31 has Carol visiting her dying father, and we get a look at her messed up family relations and how Rogue stealing her memories has affected that.

Issues #32-34 focus on Carol's past and we get a story of how she was shot down, captured, and tortured in #32 in far too much detail. We also see her with ridiculous strength as a pre-Super Powers Carol Danvers and how she rebuilds herself and joins military intelligence.

All of this is leading up to Issue 34 where she plans to steal something from the CIA but doesn't use her powers. Spider-man shows up in the mix and we have to wait until later volumes for resolution.

Overall, despite the unresolved nature of the book and the torture stuff in Issue #32, this was a solid volume, and it left me wanting to pick up the next book.



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