A review by crystalisreading
A-Force Presents Vol. 1 by Adrian Alphona, Nathan Edmondson, Jamie McKelvie, Kelly DeConnick, Kevin Wada, G. Wilson, Jason Aaron, Jorge Molina, G. Willow Wilson, Charles Soule, Javier Pulido, Erica Henderson, Ryan North, Jacob Wyatt, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Sara Pichelli, Ron Wimberly, David López, Phil Noto, Russell Dauterman

4.0

This was a thoroughly enjoyable collection of introduction/ origin stories for a number of Marvel Now! female superheroes. Ms. Marvel was my favorite: her voice and personality and culture are portrayed with such clarity, and I feel like her story has a lot of potential. I also enjoyed Captain Marvel, who is strong and sassy and good at what she does, but with enough issues to make her human. I didn't know her backstory with Iron Patriot before, so that was also interesting. Black Widow is great--haunted but turning that guilt into positive action for the world, via her unique and powerful skill set. Squirrel Girl is actually surprisingly hilarious. I had not read anything about her before, and I found the humorous tone and silly antics pretty engaging. I didn't find She-Hulk as engaging as the others, but her story was interesting, and I'd give her another chance. And the new Thor--well, the jury is still out on that, since the origin story in this book only shows a brief glimpse of her, as it relates how she comes into her role. I'm skeptical, but I'd give it a chance.
In general, just a fun read that makes me want to go out and pick up a lot more comic books in the future.