Ms. Marvel and Legion have an unbreakable tether that has carried them through the timeline, but now, they find themselves in a much darker future. Check it out in Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 from Marvel Comics!
GIANT-SIZE AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 
Writers: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Artists: C.F. Villa and Rafael Loureiro
Colorist: Edgar Delgado
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: January 25th, 2025
Previously in Age of Apocalypse: Ms. Marvel was ripped from her timeline and ended up in a confrontation with Legion without David Haller. This is a version of Legion that has lost its empathetic host. After defeating him on Krakoa and again during the Dark Phoenix Saga, Ms. Marvel and Legion now find themselves in the future.
Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 begins with a tense truce between Kamala and Legion. Legion is drained of power and needs to recharge before he can move them to another timeline. While they wait, they search for the X-Men in this bleak future where Apocalypse has won. They eventually encounter Rogue and a ragtag team of X-Men barely hanging on.
As they share drinks and try to cope with the dystopia around them, Rogue tells Kamala about the M’Kraan Crystal in Apocalypse’s possession, an object with the potential to change the future. Ms. Marvel and Legion agree to join the resistance. However, when they finally reach the crystal, Legion betrays the X-Men. In the ensuing chaos, Ms. Marvel absorbs the crystal, triggering another timeline shift.
At this point, all of the Giant-Size comics featuring Ms. Marvel and Legion are starting to feel formulaic. Each issue follows the same structure: they enter a timeline, meet the X-Men, someone reminds Ms. Marvel she’s a mutant, a big fight breaks out, the X-Men die, and then they shift timelines again.
I was hoping this installment would break the pattern, but the repetition is wearing thin. Yes, there are subtle nuances and minor character developments, but they’re so minimal it’s starting to feel like they aren’t worth the price of admission. While the writing is solid and the art is strong, I find myself hesitating to pick up the next issue, set in the House of M timeline, because it risks being more of the same.
I’m just not feeling it. Maybe I’m writing this review while my own battery is running low, but I really think more could’ve been done with this story. Ms. Marvel and Legion have so much narrative potential, especially around the themes of Kamala learning to control her powers and Legion grappling with the loss of David Haller. Unfortunately, those threads haven’t been meaningfully developed here. With that in mind, Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 earns a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1
Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 continues the same storyline pattern in a new setting, making the issue feel like a repetitive chapter rather than a meaningful progression.
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Christopher Rondeau is a storyteller based in Tulsa, OK. Finding himself with little work, he ended up creating a job as a Game Master full time on the internet. Chris spends most of his days reading everything he can, writing bad fiction, and watching old Digimon cartoons with his daughter. Sometimes you can find him Dungeon Mastering a podcast or streaming on twitch. Recently, he has completed his Master's degree with a focus on collaborative storytelling. Find out more at https://rondeaucreator.com