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Don't forget [B][I][COLOR="#006400"][SIZE=4]Rogue[/SIZE][/COLOR][/I][/B] had two minis and two solo titles:
Minis:
[B]Rogue [/B](volume 1) - 4 issues
[B]Rogue [/B](volume 2) - 4 issues
Ongoing:
[B]Rogue[/B] (Volume 3) - 12 issues
[B][I]X-Men Legacy[/I][/B] (226-275, 49 issues)
:D
[U]Also the Appreciation Threads:[/U]
[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?4830-Rogue-The-High-Flying-Avenger!-Rogue-and-The-Unity-Team-Appreciation!"][SIZE=4]The Rogue High Flyers[/SIZE][/URL]
[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?160-The-Sassy-Southern-Brawler-ROGUE-Appreciation"][SIZE=4]The Rogue Gallery[/SIZE][/URL]
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Also, Elektra Lives Again, fives issues I believe, and Ultimate Elektra, five issues. If we're being cheeky, we can count the five issues if Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra...
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[QUOTE=jen;208638]Don't forget [B][I][COLOR="#006400"][SIZE=4]Rogue[/SIZE][/COLOR][/I][/B] had two minis and two solo titles:
[B]Rogue [/B](volume 1) - 4 issues
[B]Rogue [/B](volume 2) - 4 issues
[B]Rogue[/B] (Volume 3) - 12 issues
[B][I]X-Men Legacy[/I][/B] (226-275, 49 issues)
:D
[U]Also the Appreciation Threads:[/U]
[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?4830-Rogue-The-High-Flying-Avenger!-Rogue-and-The-Unity-Team-Appreciation!"][SIZE=4]The Rogue High Flyers[/SIZE][/URL]
[URL="http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?160-The-Sassy-Southern-Brawler-ROGUE-Appreciation"][SIZE=4]The Rogue Gallery[/SIZE][/URL][/QUOTE]
Indeed Glad to see Rogue Representing Indeed! ;)
I Forget Which Issue of Legacy it was, but this Image was one of My Favorites from 2012!
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[IMG]http://images2.fanpop.com/images/polls/202000/202468_1236898067049_full.jpg[/IMG]
Jubilee (2004) #1-6
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[QUOTE=CJStriker;208692]Indeed Glad to see Rogue Representing Indeed! ;)
I Forget Which Issue of Legacy it was, but this Image was one of My Favorites from 2012![/quote]
That's Greg Land from Second Coming issue #235 of Legacy. :)
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I would say Storm is probably Marvel's most prominent woman, with Carol being their best bet for a non-X lead. But Kitty is still my favourite character.
I am very happy with the efforts Marvel's been making lately. Five - soon to be six - female ongoing solo titles, which isn't quite the most they've had at one time, but it's definitely much higher than usual. And perhaps even more important, female characters are being handled with a lot more respect. More of them have costumes that are designed to show strength rather than sexiness, and there's been a move away from "sexy" poses, in favour of more natural poses that are similar to what male characters get. It also feels like the Damsel In Distress angle's being pushed away from: Witness Dawn Greenwood in Silver Surfer, who despite having no powers, was actually directly responsible for her own escape, rather than relying on the Surfer. Women right now have agency, which is very, very important. Even civilian women don't get the weak-willed treatment they used to - witness today's issue of Iron Man, where Pepper breaks up with her fiance, and tells him, "I don't need saving."
There's still plenty of room for improvement, of course. We don't have a female-led movie. It'd be great if we got an arc of the main Avengers comic where Captain America's out of commission, and Captain Marvel takes over as leader, and does as good a job as he does. But Marvel's genuinely impressed me with their recent efforts.
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I just removed a post with a gratuitous picture and the reply to it (sorry about that Kieran_Frost) but I would like to echo the request to not post pictures that degrade women with too much T&A and violence, in line with the theme of this thread. Thanks, folks.
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Don't forget Storm mini's:
Storm #1 - #4 (Warren Ellis)
Ororo:Before the Storm (Mark Sumerak)
And WAP was already mentioned (I'll exclude the Storm mini by Jerome Dickey -__-...)
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Does the Wolverine and Jubilee four issue mini by Kat Immonen count?
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[QUOTE=WINDRIDER;209620](I'll exclude the Storm mini by Jerome Dickey -__-...)[/QUOTE]
Good idea. That was a misogynistic pile of crap. The original story had Ororo rescue T'Challa. Dickey apparently looked at that and said, "Wait, a [I]woman[/I] rescuing a [I]man[/I]? How silly! We can't have that! Everyone knows it's supposed to be the other way around!" I don't know if Dickey's otherwise had a good record in terms of representation of female characters, but that story disgusted me.
[QUOTE=jubilees_bf;209745]Does the Wolverine and Jubilee four issue mini by Kat Immonen count?[/QUOTE]
I would count it, if only because, hey, it's written by a woman, so it deserves some props.
Which reminds me, we should also be giving props to the women who've worked for Marvel. Kelly Sue DeConnick, obviously, has been doing great work with Captain Marvel. Pretty Deadly isn't Marvel, but it's also amazing, so I wanted to mention it. I think the first thing I read by her was the Osborn mini she did with Emma Rios. So damned good. That was where I first became aware of Rios, too, and both of them blew me away. And, of course, Bendis is a fan (and friend) of KSD, so he took her original characters from that mini and brought them into his New Avengers for an arc.
I've been reading plenty of old comics, and I really like Louise Simonson's '80s work. Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants - she did a lot of great stuff. Ann Nocenti was doing a lot of good stuff around the same time, with Power Man and Iron Fist, and then her Daredevil run (which I've been reading). And then the '90s came around and Marvel seemed to stop using female writers. For my own amusement, I compared two months: June 1985, and June 1995. In June 1985, there were three comics written by women: Ann Nocenti was doing a Beauty and the Beast mini starring Dazzler and Beast, and Louise Simonson was writing Power Pack (with June Brigman on pencils) and Web of Spider-Man. In June 1995, when Marvel put out a lot more comics, the number written by women was . . . none. Not a single one. Obviously, I was only comparing single months, though I checked September 1995, to the same result, and that's kinda sad.
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My vote is for Emma Frost, a leading influence and one of the leaders among the X-Men.
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Coipel's gorgeous cover for the Women of Marvel Omnibus. (The cover is the best thing about the book by miles.)
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I could have left my judgements been clouded but i'm a big fan so i chose the girl that i thought had the most impact with SHIELD, Avengers and things i chose Black Widow. I wonder if you are allowed to post twice
Black Widow (2368)
Captain Marvel (2488)
Storm (6992)
These are according to comic vine appearances
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[QUOTE=Tiamatty;209865]Good idea. That was a misogynistic pile of crap. The original story had Ororo rescue T'Challa. Dickey apparently looked at that and said, "Wait, a [I]woman[/I] rescuing a [I]man[/I]? How silly! We can't have that! Everyone knows it's supposed to be the other way around!" I don't know if Dickey's otherwise had a good record in terms of representation of female characters, but that story disgusted me.
I would count it, if only because, hey, it's written by a woman, so it deserves some props.
Which reminds me, we should also be giving props to the women who've worked for Marvel. Kelly Sue DeConnick, obviously, has been doing great work with Captain Marvel. Pretty Deadly isn't Marvel, but it's also amazing, so I wanted to mention it. I think the first thing I read by her was the Osborn mini she did with Emma Rios. So damned good. That was where I first became aware of Rios, too, and both of them blew me away. And, of course, Bendis is a fan (and friend) of KSD, so he took her original characters from that mini and brought them into his New Avengers for an arc.
I've been reading plenty of old comics, and I really like Louise Simonson's '80s work. Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants - she did a lot of great stuff. Ann Nocenti was doing a lot of good stuff around the same time, with Power Man and Iron Fist, and then her Daredevil run (which I've been reading). And then the '90s came around and Marvel seemed to stop using female writers. For my own amusement, I compared two months: June 1985, and June 1995. In June 1985, there were three comics written by women: Ann Nocenti was doing a Beauty and the Beast mini starring Dazzler and Beast, and Louise Simonson was writing Power Pack (with June Brigman on pencils) and Web of Spider-Man. In June 1995, when Marvel put out a lot more comics, the number written by women was . . . none. Not a single one. Obviously, I was only comparing single months, though I checked September 1995, to the same result, and that's kinda sad.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget Marie Severin from the silver age Marvel!
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Is that Millie the Model on the right next to Shanna? At first I thought it was Gwen Stacy then I noticed the big eyes.