My love for the first volume of Ms. Marvel is known (see here), and it continues with volume 2 of this series. Kamala is still adjusting to her superpowers and being a hero, and she finds unexpected guidance from one of the best - Wolverine, who's in Jersey City looking for a mutant kid who disappeared on her way to the Jean Gray School. Kamala knows that it's the work of the Inventor, and after facing some truly terrifying genetically modified alligators living in the sewers (and fangirling super hard), she and Wolverine discover that the Inventor is using teens to power his mechanical inventions. And by "power," I mean literally plugging them into his machines and using them as batteries. Kamala is ready for action, but when it hits a little too close to home, she has to decide if being a hero is worth putting the ones she loves in danger. Wilson continues to make Kamala a lovable geek (the internet meme speak is a lovely and funny touch - more comics could use dogespeak, in my opinion), and Alphona's art still manages to pack a lot of detail and movement in, even when it's limited to a single panel. I love the addition of Lockjaw, Kamala's helper in Inhumanity and new giant, teleporting dog - he's so gloriously goofy! While I love DC and their emphasis on darker, grimmer stories, it's fun to switch up things every now and then and read something that's so infused with fun.
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