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Magnificent Ms. Marvel (Collected Editions)
Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Outlawed
There's a new hero in Jersey City! Introducing Fadi Fadlalah, a.k.a. Amulet! What secrets is this gentle giant hiding? Is he friend or foe? Why is he showing up now, just when Kamala has gotten her life back on track? And is this town big enough for both of them?! Then, while recovering from a traumatic ordeal, Ms. Marvel finds herself an unwilling martyr for a movement she hates. If she wants to reclaim her narrative, she'll have to wake up first! The anti-teen-hero task force, C.R.A.D.L.E., is scouring Jersey City to apprehend its young protector - and that isn't the only problem on Kamala's plate. Several of her family members support the new law - and if they discover her secret identity, it's game over for Ms. Marvel!
COLLECTING: MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL (2019) 13-18
COLLECTING: MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL (2019) 13-18
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 11, 2021
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About the author
Saladin Ahmed
479 books1,768 followersSaladin Ahmed was born in Detroit and raised in a working-class, Arab American enclave in Dearborn, MI.
His short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards, and have appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and numerous other magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, as well as being translated into five foreign languages. He is represented by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON is his first novel.
Saladin lives near Detroit with his wife and twin children.
His short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards, and have appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and numerous other magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, as well as being translated into five foreign languages. He is represented by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON is his first novel.
Saladin lives near Detroit with his wife and twin children.
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December 26, 2022
This volume covers Kamala's trials and tribulations after a Champions' antagonist causes injury to her civilian self that catalyses into the state looking to make young adult super-costumed-vigilantism illegal. This leads to her masked identity, alongside her fellow Champions, now being on the wrong side of the law.
I feel that after this character lost her original creative team, she and this series lost their heart. I feel like nobody at Marvel sat-down and looked at what worked well in the original series to ensure that Ahmed would retain them in his run. Mediocre offering. An all-time low for this series for me, a 4 out of 12, Two Star read.
2022 read
I feel that after this character lost her original creative team, she and this series lost their heart. I feel like nobody at Marvel sat-down and looked at what worked well in the original series to ensure that Ahmed would retain them in his run. Mediocre offering. An all-time low for this series for me, a 4 out of 12, Two Star read.
2022 read
June 2, 2021
Well, colour me surprised. Marvel have cancelled Ms. Marvel. I honestly though Ms. Marvel would be immune to the cancellation hammer, being Marvel's iconic 'diverse' flagship character, who is set to make a big screen debut, and has featured in media outside of the comicbook world. I guess not! Sorry to see you go, Kamala, even if I will still get to hang out with you in the Champions book.
Anyway, as for this final volume of Kamala's own book, it was pretty good (even at its worst this book has always been at least pretty good) but not up to the best Ms. Marvel standards, largely due to it being dragged into the 'Outlawed' crossover event. I haven't read the main 'Outlawed' book yet, so I was having to work out what was going on on the fly. Fortunately, Saladin Ahmed did a pretty good job of catching us up, but it still jarred me out of the story.
I'd give this 3.5 stars if I could but, as it is, I'm rounding up in the thin hope it might help get Kamala another book soon (I know, I know...)
My next book: Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar
Anyway, as for this final volume of Kamala's own book, it was pretty good (even at its worst this book has always been at least pretty good) but not up to the best Ms. Marvel standards, largely due to it being dragged into the 'Outlawed' crossover event. I haven't read the main 'Outlawed' book yet, so I was having to work out what was going on on the fly. Fortunately, Saladin Ahmed did a pretty good job of catching us up, but it still jarred me out of the story.
I'd give this 3.5 stars if I could but, as it is, I'm rounding up in the thin hope it might help get Kamala another book soon (I know, I know...)
My next book: Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar
February 25, 2022
Ms. Marvel gets sucked into the Outlawed event. If you want to know what's happening with the second issue, you should go read the first issue of Champions Vol. 1: Outlawed first. It's real boring as it's just Dum Dum Dugan chasing Kamala around town while she tries to save people. More interesting is the new hero Amulet. The most interesting part of this series remains Kamala's home life. Her interactions with her family and friends have always been more intriguing than her super-heroics. I am surprised Marvel is cancelling the book with a TV show on Disney+ on the horizon. I'm guessing we'll get a new series later in the year.
June 8, 2021
It's really a shame that Marvel canceled Ms. Marvel and evidently didn't tell Ahmed until very late in the process. What should have been a great, epic send off for one of Marvel's best, groundbreaking characters falls flat because Ahmed was given absolutely no time to really dig into the ideas he brought to the series. There are a lot of really great ideas presented here, but because everything needs to be wrapped up, the writing for them is shallow and unsatisfying (which is not Ahmed's fault, at all. He did the best with what time he had left.)
Honestly, shame on Marvel for this. What a disgrace.
Honestly, shame on Marvel for this. What a disgrace.
March 17, 2021
Has some very good moments, but is taken back from the stupid Outlawed arc. But hey, 75 MSM issues everyone! With NOT a that special issue...
Sod off C.R.A.D.L.E! Seriously!!!
THIS IS A BAD AND DISAPPOINTING ENDING!
Sod off C.R.A.D.L.E! Seriously!!!
THIS IS A BAD AND DISAPPOINTING ENDING!
December 3, 2021
Mais um encadernado da Marvel ligado à saga Fora da Lei (Outlawed, lá fora), que teve vários acidentes de percurso devido à pandemia do Covid-19. Era para ser uma saga abrangente, mas que ficou retida somente nos títulos dos Campeões, de Miles Morales e de Kamala Khan. Saladin Ahmed, o roteirista atual, começa o encadernado trazendo Amuleto, um novo herói adolescente, de origem árabe, e que tem a ver com a etnia do autor. Saladin vem fazendo um bom trabalho na Miss Marvel, continuando o bom trabalho da criadora G. Willow Wilson. Os desenhos do encadernado seguem o estilo de traço e colorização já iniciado desde a fase Wilson e que é muito particular das histórias em quadrinhos da Miss Marvel. São histórias divertidas que envolvem o dilema de Kamala Khan ser a Miss Marvel, caçada pela Lei de Registro de Superpoderosos Adolescentes e também ser o pivô de um desastre que desembocou na criação da Lei Kamala, que tem a ver com a retenção desses adolescentes em questão. Com esse encadernado fecham as histórias da Miss Marvel publicadas até agora lá nos Estados Unidos. Ainda não se sabe se a personagem terá uma nova série regular. Mas com a série no Disney+ vindo aí, temos boas chances disso acontecer! =)
April 22, 2021
Ms. Marvel's life is turned upside down once again when a brutal attack on Coles High School leads to all teenage superhumans being outlawed! But Kamala and her friends aren't about to go down without a fight. Then, it's Kamala's 75th issue - and Stormranger is back to celebrate!
Outlawed as a status quo is something I wish Marvel had more time to explore; I expect the idea was for it to last longer, but hey, pandemic. As a result, we get this truncated look at what happens when Ms. Marvel becomes a fugitive. There are some good moments here - the fact that this is hurting Kamala and all she really wants to do is help people really shines through, especially in the issue that brings her face to face with Dum Dum Dugan. I like that again Ahmed recycles villains from the Wilson run, especially ones with an emotional impact like Lockdown and Discord.
The return of Stormranger and the 75th issue in general are just really well done. Ahmed brings his story basically full circle, and while Kamala hasn't grown as much as she had when Wilson left the title, there's definitely a sense of progression here. I also really enjoyed both issues featuring Amulet, who I think will be sticking around in other titles if not here.
The art is once again predominantly Minkyu Jung, who does a stellar job - he's made this title his own, and he had big shoes to fill after Adrian Alphona and Nico Leon defined Kamala's world. The fill-in issue by Joey Vasquez is pretty great too, he's been the go-to fill-in artist for this run, so it's been fairly consistent overall.
Kamala's latest Magnificent adventure gets cut a little short, but it goes out on a high. I was always going to be skeptical about whoever took over Kamala's story after Wilson left, but Ahmed has been a worthy successor. Fingers crossed for whoever comes next.
Outlawed as a status quo is something I wish Marvel had more time to explore; I expect the idea was for it to last longer, but hey, pandemic. As a result, we get this truncated look at what happens when Ms. Marvel becomes a fugitive. There are some good moments here - the fact that this is hurting Kamala and all she really wants to do is help people really shines through, especially in the issue that brings her face to face with Dum Dum Dugan. I like that again Ahmed recycles villains from the Wilson run, especially ones with an emotional impact like Lockdown and Discord.
The return of Stormranger and the 75th issue in general are just really well done. Ahmed brings his story basically full circle, and while Kamala hasn't grown as much as she had when Wilson left the title, there's definitely a sense of progression here. I also really enjoyed both issues featuring Amulet, who I think will be sticking around in other titles if not here.
The art is once again predominantly Minkyu Jung, who does a stellar job - he's made this title his own, and he had big shoes to fill after Adrian Alphona and Nico Leon defined Kamala's world. The fill-in issue by Joey Vasquez is pretty great too, he's been the go-to fill-in artist for this run, so it's been fairly consistent overall.
Kamala's latest Magnificent adventure gets cut a little short, but it goes out on a high. I was always going to be skeptical about whoever took over Kamala's story after Wilson left, but Ahmed has been a worthy successor. Fingers crossed for whoever comes next.
May 10, 2023
Magnificent Ms. Marvel Vol. 3 Outlawed collects issues 13-18 of the Marvel Comics series written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Joey Vazquez and Minkyu Jung.
After a series of incidents in which teenage superheroes caused destruction and their actions leading to the injury of civilians, teenage superheroes have been outlawed. And to make matters worse, Kamala Khan is the accidental face of the movement when a superhero battle featuring Ms. Marvel and the Champions leads to an injury where she is left unconscious and discovered as Kamala. Now Ms. Marvel must try to continue doing good while avoiding a task force that has been created to track down teenage superheroes.
This volume is Marvel’s Civil War but for teenage superheroes. Ahmed seems to like retreading Marvel’s classic storylines for this series. The thing is, this could have been an actually interesting moral storyline but it’s handled lazily without tackling any real viewpoints. Outlawed wraps up the third run on Ms. Marvel. Unfortunately the ‘Magnificent’ volume didn’t do much for the legacy of Kamala’s character. The book needs another creative team that will embrace Kamala’s heritage and unique position of being a beacon of light, knowledge, and hope in the comic world.
After a series of incidents in which teenage superheroes caused destruction and their actions leading to the injury of civilians, teenage superheroes have been outlawed. And to make matters worse, Kamala Khan is the accidental face of the movement when a superhero battle featuring Ms. Marvel and the Champions leads to an injury where she is left unconscious and discovered as Kamala. Now Ms. Marvel must try to continue doing good while avoiding a task force that has been created to track down teenage superheroes.
This volume is Marvel’s Civil War but for teenage superheroes. Ahmed seems to like retreading Marvel’s classic storylines for this series. The thing is, this could have been an actually interesting moral storyline but it’s handled lazily without tackling any real viewpoints. Outlawed wraps up the third run on Ms. Marvel. Unfortunately the ‘Magnificent’ volume didn’t do much for the legacy of Kamala’s character. The book needs another creative team that will embrace Kamala’s heritage and unique position of being a beacon of light, knowledge, and hope in the comic world.
August 21, 2021
This one was rly good it just wrapped everything up with Zoe wayyyyyy too quickly
May 10, 2021
That’s weird because I had actually heard that actually YOU had a rough week and YOU were getting choked up at the last issue of Magnificent Ms. Marvel so I mean really who can say?
This is a collection in which the inciting incident happens in a different book but it was so enjoyable that I can’t even hold that against it. Would read a whole series on Amulet, Kamala’s friends and family are still among my favorite characters in comics and Saladin Ahmed has definitively followed in the footsteps of G. Willow Wilson by writing a book I feel compelled to read to children I don’t have.
This is a collection in which the inciting incident happens in a different book but it was so enjoyable that I can’t even hold that against it. Would read a whole series on Amulet, Kamala’s friends and family are still among my favorite characters in comics and Saladin Ahmed has definitively followed in the footsteps of G. Willow Wilson by writing a book I feel compelled to read to children I don’t have.
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September 22, 2021
I'm sad that it's over, I really wanted to read much more from Kamala Khan (I mean she appears in other comics as well but I loved the Ms. Marvel runs). This one was my least favourite out of the three though (and I had it as a 5-star prediction as well *sad face*) because of the little C.R.A.D.L.E. plotline that just didn't really fit in. I do want to read the comic that inspired it, though (I believe that's Champions: Outlawed, or something like that) so I might do that soon!
April 11, 2022
Maravilloso. Estoy enganchada.
January 9, 2022
I can't believe they stopped Ms. Marvel again. I really hope they will rethink this and bring us some more stories featuring one of my favourite Marvel characters who still has so much story plots to give!
But for now, this is the last installment of Ms. Marvel and it was great! Again the art was really nicely done and the plot was great! There's one main thing that I didn't quite like though: I feel like this volume was a bit rushed, as everything probably needed to be wrapped up, and so some characters came too short and some story lines just felt pushed too far. Honestly, I think that this could have easily been wrapped up more nicely in one more volume. But that's not what Marvel wanted to give us, such a shame.
I really need to get my hands on the Champions series, so that I can see some more Kamala there, at least.
But for now, this is the last installment of Ms. Marvel and it was great! Again the art was really nicely done and the plot was great! There's one main thing that I didn't quite like though: I feel like this volume was a bit rushed, as everything probably needed to be wrapped up, and so some characters came too short and some story lines just felt pushed too far. Honestly, I think that this could have easily been wrapped up more nicely in one more volume. But that's not what Marvel wanted to give us, such a shame.
I really need to get my hands on the Champions series, so that I can see some more Kamala there, at least.
February 25, 2022
Ahmed and Vasquez's Ms Marvel run has been fantastic after taking over from creator G Willow Wilson’s 10 years on the series, which has been no small feat. They were clearly building towards a bigger story and had to tie things up quickly due to being cancelled. It’s such a shame Marvel cancelled this series when story quality (and I assume sales, as one of their popular characters for more than a decade) clearly has nothing to do with it.
Others guess the cancellation is to start a new series to promote alongside the upcoming Disney+ series - and sadly, that is likely. In any case, this does a huge disservice to the creators, the story and its readership, and especially new superhero Amulet, who we didn’t see nearly enough of and may likely disappear for a long time. The creators could have helped cement Amulet as an Arab superhero (of whom there are regrettably few), continuing Ms Marvel's legacy, and Marvel is following dollar signs instead. I hope Ahmed is the writer for the next series (along with fantastic artist Vasquez) so they can more or less pick up where they left off. Ms Marvel and Amulet deserve it.
Others guess the cancellation is to start a new series to promote alongside the upcoming Disney+ series - and sadly, that is likely. In any case, this does a huge disservice to the creators, the story and its readership, and especially new superhero Amulet, who we didn’t see nearly enough of and may likely disappear for a long time. The creators could have helped cement Amulet as an Arab superhero (of whom there are regrettably few), continuing Ms Marvel's legacy, and Marvel is following dollar signs instead. I hope Ahmed is the writer for the next series (along with fantastic artist Vasquez) so they can more or less pick up where they left off. Ms Marvel and Amulet deserve it.
December 3, 2021
Yeah, you have to read Champions Vol. 1: Outlawed to understand this book. That storyline was…ok, I guess? After Civil War, Civil War II, and the movie Captain America: Civil War, the heroes lining up against each other on either side of government regulations is a little tired.
They do bring in some new elements, like re-education camps and the fact that it only impacts teens. That was enough to keep it interesting.
But anyway, yes! This volume was really excellent and emotional, dealing with Kamala’s life, family, faith, and friends in a way that honors G. Willow Wilson’s creation and long, fantastic run on this character.
Saladin Ahmed has done a difficult job very well, adding to the character and the story while staying true to the established canon. As for Marvel canceling this after only 18 issues, I can just say in the strongest possible terms:
NOOOOOOO! Bring her back.
They do bring in some new elements, like re-education camps and the fact that it only impacts teens. That was enough to keep it interesting.
But anyway, yes! This volume was really excellent and emotional, dealing with Kamala’s life, family, faith, and friends in a way that honors G. Willow Wilson’s creation and long, fantastic run on this character.
Saladin Ahmed has done a difficult job very well, adding to the character and the story while staying true to the established canon. As for Marvel canceling this after only 18 issues, I can just say in the strongest possible terms:
NOOOOOOO! Bring her back.
March 19, 2022
I really liked this volume! I think it really shows the challenges that Kamala is experiencing with balancing being a superhero (under Kamala's Law) and really wanting to live a normal teenage life. I love the introduction of Amulet, I love his backstory and connection to his ancestry and sitti. I also love creepy Rubicon as the bad guys.
October 9, 2021
This was pretty mediocre and generic feeling.
August 9, 2022
Reading reviews for this, I learned that Magnificent Ms Marvel has been cancelled. Sigh. But I'm sure this isn't the last we'll see of Kamala, so I won't be too sad. (After all, I still have to watch her show on Disney+!)
This was a decent collection. I went into it completely blank, forgetting everything that had happened - par for the course. And of course, there was a story that was a continuation of another story (that I hadn't read) which I HATE. It's hard enough to follow one series, let alone having to read other series to keep up. Thankfully, it was easy enough to piece together what had happened, so it wasn't such a bother. But the best part of this collection was a lot of Kamala's personal life, which is my absolute favourite! I love seeing her juggle friends, family, school, religion, and being a superhero, and this served all that personal life in a healthy dose.
This was a decent collection. I went into it completely blank, forgetting everything that had happened - par for the course. And of course, there was a story that was a continuation of another story (that I hadn't read) which I HATE. It's hard enough to follow one series, let alone having to read other series to keep up. Thankfully, it was easy enough to piece together what had happened, so it wasn't such a bother. But the best part of this collection was a lot of Kamala's personal life, which is my absolute favourite! I love seeing her juggle friends, family, school, religion, and being a superhero, and this served all that personal life in a healthy dose.
September 17, 2024
I am the No1 hater of events hijacking other comics. However…since this event was Champions/Ms Marvel centric, I didn’t mind it too much here.
I cried SO MUCH.
This whole event left its mark when I read it a few years ago, and that wound has apparently NOT closed. The dynamic between Kamala and her friends/family continue to be the highlight. I was also a big fan of Amulet and really hope to see him in the future.
I cried SO MUCH.
This whole event left its mark when I read it a few years ago, and that wound has apparently NOT closed. The dynamic between Kamala and her friends/family continue to be the highlight. I was also a big fan of Amulet and really hope to see him in the future.
May 19, 2021
The illustrations in this one were beautiful. My one thing is that I’m the first two issues, people seemed to get mad really easily.
June 16, 2021
Not the best but not terrible. Bummed there won't be any more.
September 7, 2021
I don't think I can ever rate Ms Marvel below 5 stars anymore. Everything about this series is too good and fun to enjoy.
March 18, 2022
Ahmed's best, but last. :(
July 14, 2022
Really liked Amulet as a character, and seeing Kamala team up with him!
TW for terminal illness in a parent (the parent is cured by the end), surgery, hospitals, grief, violence.
TW for terminal illness in a parent (the parent is cured by the end), surgery, hospitals, grief, violence.
August 1, 2022
3.25 stars
June 9, 2025
I enjoyed this run for Ms. Marvel a lot! It's always a pleasure reading anything Ms. Marvel and it's inspiring to see how she draws strength from her friends and family.
May 29, 2021
Meh to the whole cradle plot. The last issue was a nice farewell.
May 27, 2021
Not the ideal ending for this series I think, but I also feel like the writers lost their way a while ago and so I think ending the series wasn't necessarily a bad choice.
Hopefully it'll be picked up again in a while!
Hopefully it'll be picked up again in a while!
July 26, 2021
Outlawed ties in to Champions, Vol. 1: Outlawed, which seems like more of a play to sell additional Champions issues than it does a way to improve the Magnificent Ms. Marvel series. Long story short: the Outlawed stuff sucked. It's a boring re-hash of Civil War (or maybe Civil War II) where the Champions caused a tad too much destruction and thus have been outlawed by the mean ol' government. In Ms. Marvel's Outlawed, Dum Dum Duggan hunts down Ms. Marvel with the classic excuse of "I just do what I'm told." Boring!
Other aspects of Outlawed are better. The new hero, Amulet, seems fun and interesting. Ms. Marvel's private life is always more exciting than the terrible villains she must punch. And Minkyu Jung's art really holds the series together. Of course, Saladin Ahmed's run on Ms. Marvel ends with this volume, meaning Amulet likely won't warrant further exploration. Alas. So long for now Ms. Marvel!
Other aspects of Outlawed are better. The new hero, Amulet, seems fun and interesting. Ms. Marvel's private life is always more exciting than the terrible villains she must punch. And Minkyu Jung's art really holds the series together. Of course, Saladin Ahmed's run on Ms. Marvel ends with this volume, meaning Amulet likely won't warrant further exploration. Alas. So long for now Ms. Marvel!
June 11, 2021
Sadly, not just the end of Ahmed's run of Ms. Marvel, but the end of monthly Ms. Marvel. At least for now. Kamala is a good character and I'm sure she'll be back in some form eventually. The story is largely swallowed up by the Outlawed storyline, which is just yet another take on Civil War. Albeit a slightly better thought out premise, because who wouldn't want to protect kids from throwing themselves in harm's way? It kind of seems like Ahmed was told very late in the game that the cancellation was coming, because the book ends before Outlawed was resolved, the last issue feels abrupt and slightly out of place, and there's a pretty serious plot point that seems like it got changed because he didn't have room to deal with it properly. I've been happy with Ahmed's work on Ms. Marvel all along, and I love Kamala, so I'm really sad to see this book go.
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