Ms. Marvel #24 – Review

By Brian Reed (writer), Aaron Lopresti (pencils), Matt Ryan (inks), Chris Sotomayor (colors)

I love stories about the Brood. Yeah, you could say they’re just rip offs of H.R. Geiger’s “alien”, but they’re still a cool adversary (and more intelligent). Ms. Marvel, armed with her Binary powers rushes off to battle the Brood Queen. The culmination of this story comes in the middle of the issue, and what happens is just unbelievable and sad. From there, the action slows down and the story moves into a phase of reflection before building up again to where Tony Stark (yep, him again) reveals to Agent Sum his suspicions of Carol being a Skrull.

Sorry Tony, but you’re wrong.

Brian Reed wraps up his story arc nicely. The Brood fight was over a bit too quickly for my tastes, but that’s okay. I don’t need to see an issue full of fighting. The secondary characters were less than supporting characters this issue, as it’s just Carol’s fight. I did like the moments where she envied the simple things they have. And Aaron Lopresti? He’ll be missed (this is his last issue, I believe). His artwork and storytelling skills are showcased particularly well this issue – the series of splash pages he did in the beginning of the book are excellent.

Next month kicks off the Secret Invasion tie-in. Ms. Marvel’s a major player in the Marvel Universe now, so it’ll be interesting to see what becomes of her. (Grade: B-)

– J.Montes