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Saturday Morning Panels Special Edition: A Tribute to “Ms. Marvel”

By | February 16th, 2019
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Welcome to the first of our Saturday Morning Panels special editions, our chance to pay tribute to those series that have had lasting impact on our staff as they reach important milestones.

We kick off our special edition series with a look back at some of the best moments from G. Willow Wilson’s “Ms. Marvel,” which concluded its five year run this week. If you have a series you’d like us to spotlight for a Saturday Morning Panels special edition later this year, make your case in the comments!

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #1: Never forget: A very innocent Kamala thought she was drunk when her powers first manifested. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #2: Easily the most cromulent panel of the week. – Vince Ostrowski

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #4: Nailed it, Kamala. – Matthew Meylikhov

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #6: Sometimes the best superhero advice can come from the most unlikely of likely sources. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel”(2014) #7: Despite nobody telling DC and Marvel that this was “cartoon physics” week in comics, they still managed to get their outfits in sync. – Matthew Meylikhov

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #8: In a single panel, G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona distill everything I love about this comic. Also, I WANT TO HUG LOCKJAW. – David Harper
“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #8: No, I want to hug Lockjaw! – Matthew Meylikhov

“Ms. Marvel”(2014) #9: As the owner of four kitties myself, I can confirm: this never works. – Matthew Meylikhov

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #10: Real talk time. – Matthew Garcia

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #11: Five years later and we still don’t actually know what he is. (He’s a bird.) – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #16: I know this feeling Kamala. You’re speaking to my heart now. (note the bottle that reads “mild sauce for sucka m.c.’s”). – Jess Camacho

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #16: IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING!!!! – Jess Camacho

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #16: A lesson learned very quickly: People are never not freaking out. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #19: “Catch on fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” – John Wesley. Sometimes mom’s just get it. Better than we give them credit for. – Kevin Gregory

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #19: Sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a dance party at the end of the world. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2014) #19: “‘This isn’t the end, you know,’ he said. ‘Nothing ever is, nothing ever will be – not even Judgment Day.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano – Kevin Gregory

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #2: LITTLE DID YOU REALIZE, KAMALA. – Nick Palmieri
“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #2: In retrospect, this was the moment I realized I should have Kamala pick all my lotto numbers and Super Bowl boxes from now on. – Kate Kosturski

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #5: Don’t worry, Clone Kamala. We’ve all been there. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #7: One of my favorite issues: a nuanced look at the circus high school students have to go through in order to be able to afford college. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #9: Zoe’s arc throughout the series is one of my favorites, and her coming out scene always stands out to me as one of her best moments. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #17: Imagine all the people… – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #19: I always appreciated how awkward Kamala’s new power experimentation looked. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #26: The most discrete of all headquarters. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #26: Save Martha. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #27: When did Kamala’s friends become the Ginyu Force? – Robbie Pleasant

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #28: I’m from New Jersey and this is . . . quite accurate. – Kate Kosturski
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“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #28: I have every reason to believe they learned their poses from watching “Power Rangers.” Or maybe “Super Sentai” shows. Either way, their pose game is on point. – Robbie Pleasant

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #29: May we always be too young to remember and never old enough to forget. – Kevin Gregory

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #31: Mike, I can definitely get behind your sentiments on boys and pizza. – Kate Kosturski

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #31: Her parents know. Her family knows. Her friends know. Heroes know. And it doesn’t make a difference. She’s still an inspiration. And she always will be. – Kevin Gregory

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #31: I would absolutely go on a space-hopping adventure to get to pet these teleporting pets. – Robbie Pleasant

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #31: These are the only teens that somehow make me miss being a teen. – Jake Hill

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #31: In grad school, our department always ordered extra plates of samosas from campus catering for cocktail parties just for the staff, because they are that good. – Kate Kosturski

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #33: Constantly astounded by her own supervillains. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #37: “Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.” – Spinoza, Ethics, Part 1, “Of God,” Appendix. – Kevin Gregory

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #37: Shut up I’m not crying *sniff* you’re crying! – Kevin Gregory

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #37: Is that fear? Or reverence? – Nick Palmieri


And finally, some of our favorite moments from the finale:

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #38: Remember, when it comes to social media, twenty positives make a negative. – Nick Palmieri

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #38: Back in my day we waited patiently for our video games to tell us what to do, Kamala, and we liked it. #OldGamerYellsAtCloud – Kate Kosturski

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #38: If that ain’t the most relatable thing in comics, I don’t know what is. – Robbie Pleasant

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #38: This may be the cutest a pigeon ever has been but damn if Kamala’s reaction isn’t exactly what I’d be doing. – Elias Rosner

“Ms. Marvel” (2015) #38: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 – Kate Kosturski


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