Marvel Celebrates the Women of the Marvel Comics Universe Once Again
[url]https://bleedingfool.com/comics/marvel-celebrates-the-women-of-the-marvel-comics-universe-once-again/[/url]
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[QUOTE=616MarvelYear is LeapYear;5311190]Marvel Comics favors the supervillainess Moonstone over the superheroine [SIZE=6][COLOR="#0000FF"]STORM?[/COLOR][/SIZE] What a surprise...[SIZE=6]NOT![/SIZE][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Will Evans;5311338]They probably have a separate one for X-men[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=616MarvelYear is LeapYear;5311813]Separate? That is insulting! The comicbook character Storm is a Woman of Marvel.
[CENTER]IMO every Woman of Marvel who is a Mutant and an X-Man(=Hu[B]man[/B] with [B]Ex[/B]-tra power)
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are [U]always to be included with the other non-Mutant Women of Marvel[/U] on everything.[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
Looks like the insult will no longer be an issue come April 2021[/CENTER]
Happy Birthday Frank Miller!!!
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[B][SIZE=1]Guest-starring [COLOR="#FF0000"]Spider-Man[/COLOR] and [COLOR="#000080"]the Fantastic Four.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
[SIZE=3]"And Introducing Karma! She Possesses People!"[/SIZE]
Spider-Man is possessed by an unseen figure and made to attack a party hosted by General Coy.
The Fantastic Four are in attendance, and defend Coy against Spider-Man.
When Spider-Man gets the better of them, Coy's nephew Tran secretly intercedes, breaking Spider-Man's possession.
The FF take him to the Baxter Building, where a scan reveals evidence of the possession.
Mr. Fantastic contacts [B]Professor X[/B], who confirms the presence of a new mutant in the city.
The FF & Spider-Man track the mutant to a church, where they encounter a young woman named [COLOR="#008000"]Xi'an[/COLOR].
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She tells the heroes of her childhood in and flight from Vietnam,
and how her criminal uncle General Coy and her twin brother Tran
have taken her younger siblings hostage in order to force her to work for them.
It was they whom she was attempting to rescue using Spider-Man [B][SIZE=1]who she believed to be a criminal, thanks to news reports[/SIZE][/B].
The FF & Spider-Man agree to help Xi'an, but when they attack Coy, Tran, who shares Xi'an's mutant ability,
takes control of the Fantastic Four and pits them against Spider-Man.
This forces Xi'an to use her power to counter her brother's,
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ultimately killing him.
Accepting she shares some of her brother's darkness,
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Xi'an christens herself [COLOR="#008000"][B]Karma[/B][/COLOR] and is reunited with her siblings, as the FF & Spider-Man marvel at her power.
Script by Chris Claremont. Art by [B]Frank Miller[/B] [url]https://13thdimension.com/13-quick-thoughts-the-enduring-greatness-of-the-dark-knight-returns/[/url] (breakdowns) and Bob Wiacek (finishes).[/CENTER]