Ms. Marvel #25, by G. Willow Wilson (writer), Nico Leon (artist), Ian Herring (color artist), Joe Caramagna (letterer) - Filling a void left by Deadpool's fall from grace, Kamala has taken to franchising her likeness. Even Deadpool didn't use child labor.Kamala's gone into seclusion, and Ms. Marvel is M.I.A., so Mike, Nakia, Zoe, and Gabe have been trying to pick up the slack. Well, mostly Mike has been dealing with it; everyone else is sitting around issuing unhelpful criticisms. Zoe agrees to take over, and encounters the Red Dagger, who is also worried about Ms. Marvel. Then they encounter a terrified old man who wanrs of weird doing at the retirement castle, and before you know it, they're being attacked by a giant chameleon in an exo-suit.
It's nice to see Dr. Knox back. Crazy mad scientists are always good antagonists. Much less depressing than Nazis hijacking the electoral process. In theory, Kamala's progressed enough as a hero he might not pose much of a threat (although she doesn't know what he's learned in his incarceration). But now it's not her that has to face him. It's people with no super-powers, and even less experience dealing with mad scientists. That could be tricky.
Herring's colors seem deeper, sharper than normal. Like the blue in the knockoff Ms. Marvel costume is a deeper blue than it was on Kamala's costume last issue. Could be deliberate, to emphasize it's a fake costume, like how the wig they use still has the price tag attached. But the colors typically have a sort of texture to them, like the sunlight shining through dust suspended in the air, and that's not present here. Which might be down to a difference in how Leon shades or inks compared to some of the other artists the book has had. The effect I'm thinking of I associate most strongly with Adrian Alphona's work, and Diego Olortegui to a lesser extent.
This isn't a complaint about Leon's art; he's drawn the book previously (that story where Loki crashed prom, for one). Characters look like they normally do, and he's good with body language and those little background details that a lot of the artists on this book like to include. Such as Zoe trying to lift a heavy bucket to test her fitness while Mike and the others debate what to do. Or Zoe trying to read up on parkour in preparation for her patrol that night (I need to borrow that book. Why? No reason! *looks around shiftily*). Leon's art seems to work well for the funny parts of the story, he has the expressions and the eye for what details to include. I'm guessing next month will be more action-oriented, we'll see how it goes.
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