Civil War: Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel (2006) (Collected Editions) #2

by Brian Reed (Writer), Roberto De La Torre (Illustrator)

Come along for one heck of a wild ride as Brian Reed joins forces with penciler extraordinaire Robert De La Torre for an action-packed adventure that includes special guest-stars Captain America and Jessica Jones.

Collecting: Ms. Marvel 6-10, Special

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

144 pages, Hardcover

First published March 21, 2007

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Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

If there’s ever been a time in Marvel history that Tony Stark has been more of an ass than during the Civil War crossover event, then let me know. Discount all the drinking binges and hookers and ego on overdrive, have you ever had more of an urge to punch Stark in the face than here? Through the Stark blustering and posturing, Ms. Marvel aka Carol Danvers, slowly comes to a realization that rounding up unregistered superhero’s might be best for Stark’s agenda, but it might not be the “right” thing to do.



It’s one thing to corner The Prowler in an alley, it’s quite different when you try to fight and apprehend Julia Carpenter in front of her daughter.



The non-Civil War issues in this volume involve an alternate universe Carol Danvers, who’s out to take down Rogue, for trying to kill her. When Rogue was a villain, she almost killed Carol by absorbing her essence, so some things are a constant in every universe.



Bottom line: This is a decent entry into the Civil War story arc with all the requisite hand-wringing and debate about a) why superhero registration is a good thing or b) rounding up un-registered superheroes is the devil’s work. If you like Captain Marvel and want read about her before she got her promotion, you will probably want to give this one a look.



Well, for starters, dressing up as an evil clown…

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was really good again and has a cool collection of stories!

We focus on Carol as she is with the initiative and we see them going after villains like Prowler but what happens when Julia goes rogue and well Carol and Simon have to hunt her down and when Julia's daughter gets in the mix, it gets messy and yeah you will not be a big fan of Carol after this as she makes some choices that seem villainous but then again it parallels real life and the question of whats right seems different from other angles but still shows you how Civil war impacted everyone.

And then a story where its her and Rogue fighting Warbird from an alternate reality and this is more like confronting your past versions and its okay for the most part and shows Carol evolving and then the story where a guy called Gavin makes her book "real" she confronts her "Binary" era powers and all and its okay and like using it the writer is playing with different versions of Carol from the past and its awesome and you get to see how far she has evolved and really appreciate her growth and meanwhile threats in the background continue to rise!

So yeah a cool collection of stories and showing how the character has evolved and continues to evolve for the better with amazing art again!!

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

As much fun as volume one was, this is dour and serious. Ms. Marvel joins Iron Man's super hero gestapo hunting down heroes who refuse to register with the Super Hero Registration Act in this Civil War tie-in. Then an alternate universe Carol Danvers appears who has never gotten over Rogue stealing her memories and is out for blood. Then there's a special that half-ass revisits when Ms. Marvel was Binary without really explaining anything.

There's a lot of Carol's really complicated history referenced in this volume that isn't explained very well. If you don't have a master's degree in Marvel history, you are probably going to feel lost. Most of Carol's history takes place in the X-Men and Avengers over the course of 20 years and there's a LOT. It's an odd choice for someone who at the time was a D-list character even though now she's one of Marvel's more popular characters.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Two distinct and very action-oriented - it seems there is more sound-effect wording used in this single volume than in the entire run of the 'Batman' TV series of the 60's - stories in this edition. I'm going against the reviewer grain to say I found the first tale - in which Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man are given orders from 'the man' to track down / bring in an unregistered but nicely well-meaning teen superhero wannabe - better, or more interesting, than the second one. The latter story grows tedious with the non-stop fisticuffs and mistaken identity plot-line, but the presence of Rogue (w/ her trademark Tupelo honey-accented dialogue) and the always-cerebral Beast are most welcome.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's good, but you're not going to be missing out on a Civil War plot line if you skip it, either. It's a pretty self-contained story. Carol proves herself to be a clone of Tony Stark, which really didn't do anything to endear her character to me.

[The Sapphic Nerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Huh... Well, this is a decent read, but it's also painful in an "I don't want to see this happening" kind of way. My favourite Marvel hero is acting like everything's black-and-white and taking down her friends and it's uncomfortable. To be fair, she does feel conflicted about it later on, but I find it hard to believe Carol wouldn't question her stance more than she did in the book. There isn't really a resolution to that as the next section is a self-contained story about the multiverse and Rogue. The Rogue stuff is fun.

The annual special issue is at the end and it's concerning at the end. No idea if they have any plans for that in future issues, but it seems like it should be a bigger deal than it is?

[Jim C · Rating 2 out of 5]

This collection is marketed as part of the Civil War story arc. That is only half true as the first three issues dealt with that arc.

Out of all the Civil War companions that I have read this collection is the one I like the least. Part of the problem is that it wasn't totally devoted to the arc. In the three issues that deal with Civil War, Carol is on Iron Man's side and she is helping him enforce the Registration Act. We see her pursue several different heroes. These issues were okay but to me they were not about Ms. Marvel. Ms. Marvel is pursuing Arachne and Arachne actually ends up stealing the show. I wanted to know more about her character and I really didn't care about Ms. Marvel. As for the other three issues, they dealt with personal history of Ms. Marvel which I know nothing about. Once again these were okay as we get the old comic trope of fighting one's doppelganger.

I am attempting to read all the publications that are associated with Civil War. This one had very little to do with that story and when it did associate with the arc, it added nothing to it. I believe that only die-hard fans of Ms. Marvel will like this collection.

[Eli · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.75 stars. Very average Civil War story.

So the first half of the book is about Carol and Wonder Man catching Araña and training her as a registered hero. And they go after Arachne who has been acting up and doesn't agree with the SHRA. And take her away from her child.

The second half has an alternate universe Carol Danvers come in and ruin everything. They come to find out that she holds a grudge against Rogue for trying to kill her a while back. And so every time alternate Carol (aka Warbird) kills a Rogue and a Carol Danvers, she travels to yet another alternative universe. So she's like a multiverse-traveling serial killer.

Then the final issue is completely unrelated and kind of boring.


None of this was actually entertaining. But the art was fine and the dialogue was fine. It wasn't as bad as some of the others I've read, but I wouldn't call this good. I've never found Ms. Marvel a compelling character, so that's another reason I didn't care for this.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best part of this was Warbird, and I wish they would have explained better how alternate Carol Danvers came to this world, and what happened to her after this event.

[Tsumi Tsunami · Rating 3 out of 5]

justo cuanddo se puso bueno yaparecio rogue la wea termina xd

[Adam Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book collects issues 6-10 of Miss Marvel and Special #1.

The Civil War issues are really on the periphery of anything major that happened in Civil War. She's tasked with taking down D-listers like the Prowler for failing to register. Thrn when one member of her team goes rogues, Carol goes a bit berserk, showing how her anger may be one of her greatest impediments to becoming "best of the best." The best thing about the three Civil War issues is that they bring Anya Corozan (later Spider-girl) as a young hero who because she was underage didn't think she was required to register. She is.

Issues 9 and 10 are a two part-story featuring her former identity Warbird. This Warbird is from another dimension where Carol got off booze and the world ended and now she travels to other universes killing their version of Rogue to get revenge for what Rogue did to her. It's a story that forces Carol to confront who she was and who she still is.

In Miss Marvel Special, a strange boy in a library begins reading Carol's novel based on her time using the identity of Binary. This is a really fun imagination-bending story.

Overall, this book despite getting bogged down in Civil War does manage to advance Carol's character arc.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first Ms. Marvel I've ever read and I have to admit, I don't really like Carol, but I think that's because I believe in the opposite of what she was standing for in this.

[Jaye Berry · Rating 1 out of 5]

Marvel is so annoying for their events and this event itself is annoying. In this entire volume (besides the last one which was weird as shit as she fought herself and Rogue used "ah" instead of "I"), we deal with Carol siding with Tony Stark. She hunts down other superheroes who refused to sign the registration to arrest them with Wonder Man and the entire thing just felt icky to me. I've never been team Iron Man and this just didn't vibe.

I guess there is possibly a thing between Carol & Wonder Man so... okay. I really have seen more of Carol's butt cheeks than I ever wanted to, certainly enough for this lifetime.

Events are stupid and bothersome. All they do is ruin the flow of a character's run for no resolution.

[Kang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Way better than I expected it to be. I’m really enjoying seeing the point of view of those who sided with Ironman. They all seem to deal with a lot of regrets even though they continue to push forward. The spider woman section was a highlight show some of the hard choices registered heroes have to make. Her interactions with rogue was also interesting. I know very little about these characters so I learned a lot here.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s weird that this starts off with a Civil War story, then takes an abrupt turn for the last two issues and doesn’t talk about anything from the first three issues. I liked the art in the last two issues better, but I’m so tired of crotch and ass shots when Carol is flying through the air. And the sudden ‘oh look a boy’ in the middle of a fight 🙄. I’m so tired of comics rooted in misogyny.

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

The biggest problem I had with the whole Civil War storyline is that it didn’t seem very believable. You’d think the heroes had been through enough together that one would think it ultimately wouldn’t come to fighting fiercely against one another. The pro-registration arguments don’t come through very strongly and Stark’s side is just plain badly written. And well, what reader wants to see their favorite heroes become government pawns? It’s hard to believe they’d actually resort to the things they did just to capture other heroes for going ‘against the government’ to oppose the act.

Gladly, Carol Danvers questions her actions against a fellow superhero even if it isn’t very sound why she’s pro-registration in the first place. Once again, the character does things that make the pro-registration side far less appealing. I would’ve thought she would have better thought things through, rather than almost recklessly pursuing fellow Avenger Arachne and separating her from her daughter. As I reader, I suppose it’s tough seeing your favorite heroes do dumb, highly questionable things à la Civil War Tony Stark. It seemed strange and a bit out of character, not to mention the storyline wasn't well-resolved.

The other story arc involves Rogue and an alternate universe Carol. It was okay, but I found the final issue (the Special) too short and difficult to get into. I’m a big fan of Carol Danvers, but I guess I wasn’t really feeling this collection.

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read very few Marvel comics and my knowledge relating to Carol Danvers/Ms Marvel is very limited, though I am aware of the character's history with Rogue.

The Civil War story over the pro-registration arguments was really well done but I would have liked that explored a bit more and I found Carol's black and white view frustrating, hunting down fellow teammates and including in front of her team-mates' daughter was very un-hero like and yet Carol still went through with it, and I enjoyed Anya Corozan's introduction (I had to google her later and found out she becomes Spider-Girl) - cool!

My favourite part was Warbird storyline, and I wish they would have explained more in-depth how alternate Carol Danvers came to this world, and what happened to her after this event. A Time travelling superpowered serial killer, who this reality Carol leaves her alternate self to be imprisoned left in her own turmoil. Plus it was awesome to see Rogue!

The final story of a strange boy in a library who begins reading Carol's novel based on her time using the identity of Binary. I thoroughly enjoyed it, fun imagination-bending story, love the reference to Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.

Makes me wanna read more Marvel comics to understand the characters from this comic and others alot better :) Love the artwork here too, so kudos to the artists!!

[Brad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely one of the stronger tie-ins to Marvel's Civil War crossover, because it builds on Brian Reed's strong characterization of Carol Danvers, Ms. Marvel. Still, the Civil War part, which brings in *great* guest stars like Arana, Arachne, the Shroud, and Wonder Man is the weaker part of the collection. In the second half, Ms. Marvel faces off with Rogue, the X-Man that once stole her powers, and an alternate-reality version of herself. The parallel-dimension bit and the last story, involving a reality-altering storyteller, are the stuff superhero comics were made for, and, again, Reed does them really well.
There's no reason why I should care about Carol Danvers (I grew up an X-Men fan, so I'm more partial to Rogue), but this book is fun and engaging.

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

In spite of featuring a number of B- & C-list characters (some of whom I'd never heard of), this Civil War tie-in shows us how the Super-Hero Registration Act affects the "little people", and somehow ends up being more engaging & interesting than other tie-ins featuring better-known characters like, say, Civil War: Fantastic Four. That, in itself, is quite a feat. It didn't make me a die-hard Carol Danvers fan, but at least I didn't feel like I'd wasted my time reading it.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find it difficult to believe that Marvel is going to turn Carol Danvers into a movie. But hey it is on the schedule. And we are headed to Civil War apparently as well. This was actually a pretty good book, good writing and good enough art - though I kind of hate the Ms. Marvel uniform. And Carol herself seems fairly one-dimensional and I'm not all that impressed with Wonder Man. Nice to see an earlier story on Anya aka Spider Girl. But this is definitely a middle story. 3.5 of 5 but one with some potential.

[Jaq · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this collection with it's three variants of Ms Marvel - is she Binary, Warbird or Ms Marvel?

I love the whole Civil War aspect too, and the tensions that it creates between all the super folk.

I had never read a Ms Marvel comic up until this one, and I was pleased with it. Enough to start wanting to delve into the back catalogue and discover her adventures.

Can't wait for a movie version!

[Jake · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first half of this graphic novel was pretty good. Ms. Marvel is pretty resoundingly behind Iron Man with registration; however, as she trains a new recruit, we see the murky waters that registration causes, as a child is pulled away from her mother.

Despite a decent start, the second half of the graphic novel is a weird story, where Ms. Marvel fights a version of herself from another universe. It was weird, jarring and unrelated to everything that had happened up until that point.

[Cande · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trigger warning: Ableism.

I really liked the plot in here, it's very interesting and complex. I had a hard time sympathizing with Carol, tho. I like Rogue a lot and Carol's hate was kinda annoying.
I'm rooting for Araña, a latina superheroine? Oh yeah, I loved the concept.

[Sylvester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miss Marvel is just as bad as Iron man. I honestly have no sympathy for her, she had the audacity to do some mental gymnastics for her betrayal of her friends!!! Completely despicable.

[Brandt · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not the good Ms. Marvel .

Okay, so that statement is probably super unfair. Very few superhero books are as groundbreaking as G. Willow Wilson's adventures of Kamala Khan, and that book was still several years in the future when this Civil War crossover was originally published--years before even Kelly Sue Deconnick made Carol Danvers Captain Marvel, setting the stage for the Captain to be the inspiration for Kamala Khan in the first place. No, this is still the swimsuit wearing Carol Danvers (you know, the suit that Brie Larson said there was no way in hell she would ever wear?), still one of the most powerful Marvel superheroes, but likely overlooked before Deconnick's Captain Marvel simply based on the fact that Ms. Marvel was reduced to blonde eye candy when this series was being published.

Is this a harsh view of Carol Danvers time as Ms. Marvel? Maybe, but I feel like someone has to say it. Ms. Marvel's adventures began in the hands of Chris Claremont of Uncanny X-Men fame as part of the whole mess over Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel/Shazam. Once Fawcett went out of business and the ownership of the name "Captain Marvel" was nebulous to say the least, Marvel created the Captain Marvel character and doubled down with Ms. Marvel just to double down on their claim. Claremont's run on the original book is decent, but not to the standard of his work on X-Men. When the book was cancelled, Claremont obviously didn't forget about Ms. Marvel--he changed her name to Binary and made her a member of the Starjammers in the pages of Uncanny X-Men during the whole Brood story-arc only to have Rogue steal her powers later, linking her with the X-Men, basically forever, as Rogue makes an appearance in this collection after the Civil War arc is completed (Binary makes an appearance of sorts as well.) But this book takes place after she became Ms. Marvel again, Avenger and apparent swimsuit model.

I think what disappoints me about this collection is that given Ms. Marvel's background, I was hoping for more of a deep dive into her psyche when she joins Iron Man's side in Civil War. Writer Brian Reed presents Ms. Marvel with a conundrum when Iron Man assigns her the mission of tracking down a new hero, only to have it spin off into a chase after a hero who has betrayed the Iron Man side. It turns into a shit show, and this new hero questions everything that she is told is good about the Hero Registration Act. Here, Reed presents us with a scenario where we can see Carol's inner dialogue--obviously as a former member military we could maybe see why she feels the need to follow Tony Stark's lead, but maybe also any doubts she may be harboring, but we get none of that. Instead we see a one dimensional Ms. Marvel standing in for the establishment here. After all Civil War is about Iron Man, Spider-Man and Captain America, so we don't need to worry about the hyper-powered woman in the swimsuit. The Rogue story arc presents another interesting psychological dilemma for Carol, but it never is really explained how the events of the Rogue story arc even happen in the first place, which I feel might be a misstep, since I think it's presented in a way that it may have repercussions going forward in the title.

Given what I saw in the Ms. Marvel Civil War II crossover, I think that perhaps if I read the Captain Marvel works based off of Deconnick's run as well as Civil War II maybe I would find the sort of character exploration I was hoping to find here. But it's likely that when presented with having to crossover with a publisher event, Reed half-assed it. It certainly wouldn't have been the first time.

[Adam Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've made some poor choices in series to reread this year, but Ms. Marvel is not one of them.

This is an excellent follow-up to the first Ms Marvel trade, as we expand the cast a bit, and widen the story. While there a lot of high points (Arana and her father's storyarc being one), my favorite is how Carol is a gung-ho supporter of Tony Stark and the Registration Act, and teams up with Wonder Man to capture a superhero who has "gone rogue" and started protecting unregistered heroes. Carol absolutely batters the hero, Arachne, in front of her daughter, and takes her to prison. During the next few issues she realizes how traumatizing that was to the daughter, and how there had to be a better solution. She decides that Tony and the Registration Act are wrong, and confronts him. Her actions directly affect how the "winners" of the Civil War (Tony and the Registration side) interact with heroes in the future, and show that the wrong people won, and for the wrong reasons. And it doesn't take a billion thought balloons, just a normal conversation with another character. It's solid writing.

If you're not familiar with Carol Danvers, but you're a Marvel fan who enjoyed Civil War, I would definitely suggest reading Reed's run on Ms Marvel. And if you love it, Kelly Sue DeConnick and later Kelly Thompson each have great Carol Danvers stories in the Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More title (Ms. Marvel becoming the superhero identity of Kamala Khan).

[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading Ms Marvel, Best of the Best, I immediately launched into Ms.Marvel - Civil War that ties into the overarching Civil War story line. While I enjoyed the first book, I was hoping that the second would launch Carol Danvers aka Ms Marvel with more character.
Well it was kind of there. The first three stories that deal with the Civil War give Ms Marvel some moral and ethical questions to deal with. The decision as which side of the fence that Ms Marvel picks well it is not convincing and when she questions her decision it just fell flat for me.
The drawings range in calibre from exceptional to a couple where it didn't quite hit the mark. There is picture where Danver's is fighting Rogue and her mouth looks all wrong. That is a small issue compared to what is overall amazing work. However some consideration to the functionality of Ms Marvel's uniform would be nice. I did not get the accent that was bestowed upon Rogue with the continual use of Darling and "Ah need to check" or "Ah can handle this sugar" it read really forced.
While I enjoyed the series of stories pulled together, I still felt that Ms Marvel did not really lift of the page and develop into a more complex character.

[Alicia Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm reading this event according to the official Marvel Civil War reading recommendation list as seen on their website here:

https://www.marvel.com/comics/discove...

I found this collection to be very odd. Considering the above reading list, issues #6-8 (the first half of the book) are the only ones truly involved, which I can see because the plot sort of fell apart after that. I like Ms. Marvel as a character, I just didn't think that there was a lot of strong storytelling here. We see her deal with issues of whether or not she's on the right side, but then that plot gets abandoned because a version of herself from another universe shows up to wreak havoc. I also found the last issue to be awkward, especially since it's more of a stand-alone and it doesn't accomplish a lot/answer a lot of questions. I will still look for more Ms. Marvel comics, but these aren't my favorite.

For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers wanting more supplementary material for this grand event.

Possible red flags: characters in peril; violence; language; imprisonment; separation of parent and child; discussion of past murders.

[Rylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a civil war tie in so someone’s bond to look bad and this time it’s Carol (Civil Wars always do her dirty smh). Unlike Civil War II there’s a little more reason behind her actions. It’s a pretty bold move making Carol act in a way that some might not seem heroic, although it pains me to see Carol act this way I think the tie in is good and shows some of what’s wrong with the registration. The story afterwards makes Carol look a lot better and deals with her complicated relationship with Rogue. I always love Carol and Rogue stories because it’s an interesting dynamic, what Rogue did to Carol was awful but Rogue has more than made up for it over the years and has become a great if not one of the best heroes in Marvel. But we as the reader like Carol are forced to relive her wrongdoings every time she interacts with Carol. While Rogue has moved on from those mistakes Carol is still left with a lot of trauma.

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite how Civil War isn't one of my favorite Marvel crossover events, the Civil War story crafted for Ms. Marvel turned out to be quite the compelling read. Sure it follows the general pattern of most Civil War comic stories of the time in terms of the complex interaction between pro-registration and anti-registration heroes while trying to face other dangers. But this book really kept the story on a more personal level by grounding it with the perspective of a young hero and bringing in a mother-daughter angle to the superhuman registration debate. It was a great approach and made for a great story.

The second half of the book dances around other non-Civil War stories that more or less stand alone but don't tie to the event. They're little adventures that are fun enough but don't really make any lasting changes or tie to longer-term character development to a significant degree.