Squirrel girl fortsätter i Like I'm the only squirrel in the world att plocka upp detaljer ur Marvels historia och göra intressanta saker med dem: den här gången en bifigur, en kille som kan dela upp sig i småversioner av sig själv och som kommer på att han kan göra världen till en »bättre plats« genom att klona sig själv en massa gånger och sedan ta över. Inte ens när Brain Drain kommer på att ta hjälp av myrmannen går det lättare, för en enda liten kille kan inte göra så mycket mot tusen.

Naturligtvis vinner de, den här gången med hjälp av fysik. Och mot Taskmaster också, trots att han ett tag håller stånd mot ganska precis alla Marvel-hjältar (i alla fall de som främst slåss med nävarna), innan Mew och pizzahunden bestämmer sig för att hjälpa till. Och i serien om Doreens tjugoårsfest får vi dels en tillbakablick på hennes barnaår, och dels se henne hjälpa Hulken slåss mot en annan stor grön snubbe.

Som vanligt roligt och väl medvetet om exakt hur fånigt det får vara, med såväl underliga fakta som vanlig vänlighet och hjälpsamhet som viktiga delar. Ännu ett fantastiskt nummer. ( )

I meant to space out reading this more but BRAIN DRAIN IS MY FAVORITE ( )

You know, I think Brain Drain stole Squirrel Girl's lightning in his issues this volume. I want to put everything he says on a t-shirt. NIHILISM IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE. ( )

This fifth collection of the delightful Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comic features a three-part story that might be my favorite so far, in which Doreen (aka Squirrel Girl) fights a guy that can turn into lots of smaller guys, with some help from her mom, her best friend/roommate Nancy, and an entertainingly irritated Ant-Man. I really love the fact that the bad guy's ridiculous powers actually have to obey the laws of physics. And I love even more that we get to see a lot of Brain Drain, the nihilistic redeemed villain brain-in-a-jar with a robot body, who is hilarious and weirdly lovable.

It also features an odd little piece from the point of view of Nancy's cat, Mew, which includes some weird and wonderful feline dream sequences, followed by a brief look back at Doreen's childhood, in something along the lines of an origin story. The latter was written by Will Murray, the original creator of Squirrel Girl, not Ryan North, and I think it's much less interesting without North's marvelously nutty (sorry!) sense of humor, but it's nice to have a bit of backstory, anyway. ( )

Doreen is talked into going on vacation with her Mom and Nancy only to discover that the cabin in Canada has no electricity or internet signal. However before her boredom gets to intense she uncovers a plot to take over the world and teams up with Ant-Man and Brain Drain to help prevent it. Also Mew proves she's just as unbeatable as Squirrel Girl and we get a peek into Doreen's life as a young squirrel girl when she celebrates her 20th birthday.

A delight as ever. The Canadian jokes are *chef's kiss* and Squirrel Girl and Ant-Man are very fun foils for each other. The whole arc is as fun as I've grown to expect and the two one off comics in the volume were also a lot of fun. If you've made it this far in the series, you're going to like it. ( )