That first run of Kamala comics was actually as good as Marvel wants people to believe the original Miles Morales shit was. The initial run was probably the closest they ever got to that feeling of an actual Spider-Man-like "teenager really wants to be a hero, but is still a kid so they're obviously shitty" vibe. It helped a lot that, at least for a while, they left the character to her own devices in her ow setting and didn't shit it up by flinging her with characters she didn't gel with in situations that made little sense for the tone they were going for.
I mean, until they immediately did just that. But for like a year or so boy did they have a charming little character on their hands.