Essential Ms. Marvel #1

Carol Danvers arrives in New York to start her new job editing a women's magazine for Jameson, but strange headaches and blackouts leave her disoriented. When Ms. Marvel intervenes to stop the Scorpion’s attack on Jameson, the line between her personal struggles and her superhero duties begins to blur.

In "Enigma of Fear!", Ms. Marvel faces a double threat when the newly empowered Destructor vows revenge on her for AIM, while the escaped Scorpion adds chaos to the fray. With her memory slipping and her mind unraveling, Carol turns to her friend Barnett—only to uncover unsettling truths during a hypnotic session that leave her more confused than ever.

In "The Lady's Not for Killing!," Ms. Marvel is sent to Cape Canaveral to cover a female astronaut's launch, only to find herself fighting the robotic Doomsday Man sent by AIM to sabotage the mission. As the battle unfolds, she begins to piece together fragments of her past, slowly reclaiming memories of her true identity as Carol Danvers.

In "Death Is the Doomsday Man!", Ms. Marvel finds herself drawn to a mysterious cave where she confronts the Doomsday Man, a relentless robot with a deadly purpose. As she fights to survive, she uncovers a hidden failsafe left by the machine’s creator, Dr. Kronton, and must use it to stop the machine before it destroys everything. Meanwhile, the Destructor’s search for Kree weapons triggers a dangerous power surge from the psyche-magnitron, unraveling his mind and collapsing the cave in a violent explosion—leaving Carol exposed to the Power Stone once more, with the aftermath still unknown. Dr. Barnett, now aware of her secret, seeks answers.

In "Bridge of No Return," Ms. Marvel races to prevent a catastrophic accident involving a Stark super-truck loaded with radioactive material, forcing her to confront the Vision in a high-stakes standoff on a crumbling bridge. The tension builds as she must navigate both the physical danger and the emotional weight of facing a foe who may not be what he seems.

In "Nightmare!", Ms. Marvel wakes up imprisoned in an underground AIM facility, her suit stolen and repurposed to empower an enemy agent. When the experiment fails, Modok attempts to seize control of her mind, but Jo fights back through sheer will—and begins her desperate bid to escape.

In "The Last Sunset...?", Ms. Marvel races against time to expose AIM’s latest operation, only to find SHIELD turning a blind eye. With no proof and a dangerous enemy in Grotesk, she must reclaim the Cavourite crystal before it’s too late.

In "Shadow of the Gun!", Jo and her friends take a break from the chaos of the day with a snowball fight on the Helicarrier’s deck—until the sudden theft of the Centurion armor throws everything into disarray. Disguised as Fury, Raven and Ballard have infiltrated the ship, and with the armor in their hands, the stakes just got deadly.

In "Mirror, Mirror!", Jo and Ms. Marvel are taken by Ronan and brought before the Supreme Intelligence, who seeks to harness Carol’s powers for the Kree. With the fate of her abilities—and her will—on the line, Carol must find a way to resist a force far greater than herself.