Comments on: RETRO REVIEW: Ms. Marvel # 18

By: greg

greg — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:41:27 +0000

Dave, you’re right, Chris Claremont was “felling his way” with this new assignment, as he really didn’t know who Ms. Marvel was, heck, no one really did, as she hadn’t been around for very long. That, plus she was so tied to the Captain Marvel story line, it took a while to spin her into her own woman, so to speak! History has shown him to be able to write strong female characters.

Was he successful? Maybe yes, maybe no. But the character is still around, so he must have done something right! Though each time Marvel Comics has started a Ms. Marvel series, it ultimately gets cancelled.

By: Dave Marchand

Dave Marchand — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:22 +0000

The character had a weak start, and Clairmont really didn’t know what to do with the book until after this issue (one of the first things was the costume change…)

Both Deathbird and Mystique premiered in this series (and they popped up quite a bit in X-Men after), and this was also the time of She-Hulk and Spider-Woman!

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:52:07 +0000

The weird thing about that book is that it seems to want to pander to women’s lib, but it did a poor job. Carol Danvers always seemed to be completely helpless unless she was Ms. Marvel. Women can take care of themselves…as long as they have super powers.

By: Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:19:35 +0000

The reason for this comic seemed to be little if nothing more than pandering to the “women’s lib” movement, but Claremont actually did a fair job of making the character somewhat interesting.

And I was always a fan of the old costume but liked the longer hair.

By: greg

greg — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:13:13 +0000

Mike, Ms. Marvel has never been a great book, at least in my opinion, but that’s not to say it was bad, just not nearly as good as some of the other Marvel characters who starred in their own books! It’s of the same era, as the great Starlin Captain Marvel and Warlock series, but it can’t hold a candle to either of those series, or even the Marvel monster books drawn by Mike Ploog, at about the same time, i.e Ghost Rider, Warewolf By Night andthe Monster of Franenstein! Again, in my opinion!

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:00:18 +0000

I’ve been working my way through this series and haven’t reached #18 yet. Based off your feelings about this book I see it doesn’t get better from what I’ve read so far!

By: Dave Marchand

Dave Marchand — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:23 +0000

Carol Danvers had been a supporting character of the Kree Captain Marvel on and off since Marvel Super Heroes #13 (his second appearance), and moved up to starring status with Ms. Marvel #1. Chris Clairmont took over the title with issue #3 (if memory serves), and was still figuring the character out at this point. Still, he was integrating her into both the Avengers and X-Men universes! (Not to mention using her in Marvel Team-up, facing the Super-Skrull…as you’ve covered before!)

And, to answer your ending question…I prefer the newer costume, but the old one is good as well.