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No. 6

Ms. Marvel [The Mighty Thor 037] 

If you haven’t read a Ms. Marvel comic book yet, do yourself a favor and pick one up. Hers isn’t the best comic you’ll read all year, but my goodness is she a good character. A product of a new generation, one with pre-existing superheroes. The base line’s been set for her, and she takes off with it. Time to take off with why she’s only number six!

Fellowship-

This is her weakest F.U.N factor. She seems unassuming, but hoo boy is she a tough cookie. Every turn she has potential to heal one click. Her values are solid either half-dial she goes to, and is a pain in the butt to hit too. Way too strong to really be F.U.N. Sorry, Kamala. LEVEL: LOW (LIKE WHEN SHE’S TINY)

Utility-

90 points ain’t that much. So if you want a strong tie-up or secondary attacker or Outwit and Perplex support, Kamala is hard to look past. She can do it all, all in a couple turns. If you want to compare her to her idol, Captain Marvel, in the same set, I’ll always choose the Ms. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Sorry Carol, but your Civil War counterpart is more “worth it” (even if Hypersonic Speed, Perplex, and Super Strength is surprisingly strong). Ms. Marvel’s keywords allow theme teams galore! LEVEL: HIGH (LIKE WHEN SHE’S ALL BIG)

Nerdcore-

In the pursuit of finding a perfect comic-to-HeroClix piece, This Ms. Marvel gets it pretty right. I think that’s she’s a little too strong though — Kamala hasn’t quite put her hero life perfectly together. Her ability to change is a little too free, especially for the amount of energy it takes her to pop up and down, and then heal when she’s not changing shape. Oh well — she’s darn good for what we got, and I am not going to complain any further! LEVEL: MODERATE

Ms. Marvel is AWESOME. I love Marvel’s devotion to creating a newer, younger generation of superheroes as the old fade. You’ll see at least one more piece in the U-18 category before the list is done. Next: Five is times two!