Ms. Marvel #34 Review

Writer: G. Willow Wilson / Artist: Nico Leon, Ian Herring / Marvel Comics It’s part three of The Ratio story arc y’all! In classic G. Dubs, multiple-meaning style, Ms. Marvel #34 finds our teen hero and science-y sidekick navigating all sorts of limbo. Bruno is back in the lab, desperately trying to find out what is causing Kamala’s power short-out. He and Dragon Ball Professor X stumble upon some timey-wimey evidence to root out the problem and we finally get an inkling of what (at least in one instance) the ‘ratio’ might refer to. But time doesn’t particularly respect people’s sensitivities and Bruno’s discovery comes with multiple other revelations that throw the poor guy into his own existential crisis. There really is no right way to deal with the enormous but fragile teenage love or the fragility of the human form and your own deteriorating health. Leon and Herring’s art is spectacular yet again and nowhere is this more evident than the pages illustrating Bruno’s findings and the feelings he undergoes while processing them.

Hang in there, Bruno, whichever ‘there’ ends up coming to pass. In this reality, he takes his newfound information to help Kamala defeat Shocker. Kamala is still trying to handle herself and Shocker at the same time. (Side Note: I am still really excited about this old-school Spidey villain coming to cause trouble in Ms. Marvel’s neck of the woods.) Hero and baddy end up back in Shocker’s…test site? Some light-hearted I-hate-you-but-I-love-scienc…