Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal in Around the Year in 52 Books

Apr 28, 2018 Cora rated it it was amazing

Shelves: graphic-novels, superheroes, teens, new-jersey

I think I have a new favorite superhero. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal is the first graphic novel about a new superhero. Although, there has been a Ms. Marvel before, Kamala is a new person picking up the mantle. What makes her interesting to me is she is a high school student in Jersey City, NJ who happens to be muslim. Because she is a teenager, she shares a lot of the traits that I enjoy about early Spiderman. She is optimistic and hopeful and really wants do good things with her power, but s ...more

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Oct 04, 2015 SibylM rated it really liked it

Shelves: graphic-books, young-adult, fantasy

Disclaimer: I am not a super-hero comics reader. In fact, this is the first one I've read in my entire life. So I guess it isn't surprising that I was much more interested in the panels that dealt with Kamala's relationships with her family, friends, and religious community than I was in the hero/action type panels. Overall I was really impressed, though I don't know if I'll keep reading -- I don't think it was enough to change me into someone who really wants to read about super heroes. ...more

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Sep 18, 2015 CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph rated it it was amazing

Shelves: graphic-novels-comics, fantasy

I loved this book! This is my new favorite comic book hero/ine. Kamala Khan is not normal, but not a superhero, just a geeky girl from a religious family--until she is suddenly a superhero too. I love the reality of a teenage girl, already dealing with being "that weird Muslim girl" and the challenges that come with that life in Jersey City, now struggling to understand her new-found powers, what that power means for her, what that responsibility means...I love seeing a devout Muslim family in a ...more

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Apr 02, 2015 Wendy rated it liked it

Shelves: graphic-novel, ya-fiction, 2015

My star rating:

Plot: 3.5/5
Pacing: 4/5
Characters: 3.5/5
World: 3/5
Romance: N/A

Enjoyment level: 3.5/5 stars

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Dec 30, 2017 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, nj, graphic-novels-and-comics, superheroes

This was ... ok.

I can see why it was such a sensation when it was published, because this is very much the superhero we need. She's just a regular, middle class Muslim, Pakistani-American girl from Jersey City, NJ. (Why the powers chose her over the hundreds of other people out and about in Jersey City that night is unclear. I guess that is made clear in future episodes?). Kamala and her family and friends are very appealing.

But ... at the same time ... I was kind of bored. Not much happens, ...more

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Sep 16, 2015 Celeste rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed this graphic novel. It has a good moral and the storyline was easy to follow. Isabelle likes this one as well.

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Nov 29, 2015 Christine H rated it really liked it

This is a fun superhero origin story, with a new kind of American hero - a Jersey girl of Pakistani extraction, who battles her own identity issues and her family's expectations at least as much as bad guys.

This was an intriguing start, but I felt like there should have been more story - it's more the setup for an adventure than an adventure itself. Still, I can't complain, given that it was free to read on Kindle Unlimited. I'll definitely check out the next volume! ...more

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Jan 21, 2016 Jenn rated it liked it

Shelves: 2016

Fun and some great lines.

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Dec 17, 2021 Ana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: graphic-novel, 2021, 2021-aty, 2021-popsugar, 2021-december

Really fun story

The best part is Ironman holding the sloth stuffed animal, but I loved the story. Kamala was awesome and I liked seeing her grow into her own kind of hero. I loved her family.

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