The Magnificent Ms. Marvel #3 Review

Writer: Saladin Ahmed / Artist: Minkyu Jung / Marvel Comics This week brings us the third issue of The Magnificent Ms. Marvel since the character’s co-creator G. Willow Wilson handed the reins over to Saladin Ahmed. Last issue, Kamala discovers the origin of the series of attacks on Jersey City that included the kidnapping (after the fake death) of her parents. Aliens from the planet, Saffa, have come to Earth searching for The Destined One. Their legend tells of a righteous warrior with the Ms. Marvel symbol who delivered their people from slavery. This hero would return to defeat the slavers again. Allow me to paraphrase the next conversation between Kamala, her parents, and the aliens. Kamala: I have to go to their planet and help them. Dad: Absolutely not Mom: Let’s go with her Kamala and Dad: That’s crazy Aliens: LEEROY JENKINS!!!!

The family is hastily transported to Saffa where they are met by the planet’s ruler. They receive a royal feast before the next day of planning. The revealed death of one of the transporters in order to teleport her to the planet and a mysterious stone pillar pinning a child are red flags. Kamala’s parents are rightly suspicious, unlike her until she wanders off and over hears talk of a prisoner and witnesses his torture. Faced with this new reality, the Khans follow the prisoner (a supposed leader of the Free People of Saffa) to steal a ship and escape with him. This book hits some of those points that make Ms. Marvel a great book, playing o…