Well, this is not gonna be an easy one to
review.
The appropriately numbered Ms. Marvel #13 may not be a step down in
terms of quality from its predecessors, but the subject matter is honestly a
tough one to fully enjoy after the results of the elections, and what has
followed since.
Spoilers
beyond this point
The plot is pretty straightforward. Kamala
has returned to Jersey, and almost everyone is feeling a bit miserable. Except
Zoe.
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| Honestly cannot wait to see this plot unfold properly |
Suddenly, things get shaken up as her
brother-in-law Gabriel shows up, suddenly transferred to her school due to a
redistricting of the city.
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| My take away from this is that American school systems are weird. |
Kamala smells something fishy with this
happening just before the local elections, and she dons her suit to team up
with Mike (yay Mike!) and investigate. They do some digging, and find out that
secret Hydra operative Chuck Worthy (seen earlier in the series as the man
behind the gentrification project) is working with Dr. Faustus to gerrymander
the election.
I love the word ‘gerrymander.’
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| Also, we can't call them Hydra. They're the alt-might now. |
What follows in the ensuing pages is basically
a lesson, albeit a well written one, on the importance of voting in elections,
and the proper way to do it. A message that would’ve been a bit more
appropriate on, say, November 7th.
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| Is that... Bernie Sanders? |
In the publisher’s defence, the relevant
pages were released online prior to the election, but all the same, an earlier
release for the comic would’ve been more effective.
And so the people band together, Ms. Marvel
fights off Chuck’s goons, and the ideal 3rd Party candidate gets
elected. Happy ending.
G. Willow Wilson sums it up best herself.
Ms Marvel #13 is about ppl banding together to fight gerrymandering+ elect a 3rd party candidate. I wanted to try my hand at high fantasy.— G. Willow Wilson (@GWillowWilson) November 29, 2016
Maybe I’m just bitter, but this is a comic
I would’ve enjoyed far, far more a few weeks ago. Or in an alternate universe
where things turned out a bit different. That’s not a criticism on the author,
or the artist, or anyone involved in making the book, they’ve done a phenomenal
job on creating another chapter in Kamala’s story.
It’s just not a chapter I’m going to be
reading again for some time.
Aranwe Quirke is a totally real, definitely not made up name. No, you may not see the birth certificate.
Aranwe Quirke is a totally real, definitely not made up name. No, you may not see the birth certificate.
