WOMEN OF MARVEL (in comics and behind the scenes) Appreciation 2019

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Storm representing Summer!

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #2 Jun 1984
"Prisoners of War!"
On the surface of Battleworld, a planet created by the Beyonder in the previous issue the heroes gathered by the Beyonder
are attacked by the villains the god-like being brought there as well. The villains, armed with weapons found in a fortress on Battleworld,
managed to get the element of surprise and began winning the battle against the heroes.
Elsewhere Doctor Doom flies across the landscape recalling the events that brought them here.
He manages to find Galactus, who attempted to attack the Beyonder earlie,r only to be cast down to the surface of Battleworld.
Doom attempts to get Galactus' attention, but the world devourer merely rises from the ground and walks off,
ignoring the villain as though he were nothing more than a gnat. With his attempt to ally himself with Galactus a complete failure,
Doom decides to follow through on his alternate plan. Returning to the massive fortress that the villains had commandeered for themselves
before leaving to fight the heroes, Doom blasts past the security defenses and gains access inside where the inert body of Ultron is being stored.

Back at the battle, the heroes manage to regain the upper hand and send the villains in retreat.


However they manage to capture the Enchantress, Kang, Bulldozer, Piledriver and Thunderball, as prisoners.
The heroes then go seeking shelter and find an abandoned fortress for themselves where they can detain their prisoners in stasis.
As they are exploring the facility, Colossus notices that Lockheed went missing in battle and thinks about how his girlfriend,
Kitty Pride would be upset if they do not return home with the little dragon. After the villains are contained,
the heroes begin looking around and are surprised to find the fortress meets their every need but is completely abandoned.
Captain America soon calls a meeting together and begins formulating a plan to capture their foes.
He sends Thor, the Human Torch and Iron Man out on patrol while the rest of the group finds lodging and food.
Elsewhere on Battleworld, at yet another fortress, the mutant terrorist known as Magneto has found his own base of operations.
Watching over the alien landscape before him, Magneto wonders if anyone else feels
the same sense of destiny that he does regarding the events which are about to unfold.

Meanwhile, the uncaptured villains return to their hideout to find Doom waiting there for them.
Still thinking him a traitor for previously abandoning them instead of fighting the heroes,
they are about to attack when they are suddenly blasted aside by Ultron, who has been reactivated and reprogrammed to be loyal to Doctor Doom. Outgunned, the remaining villains have no choice but to follow Doom and allow him to be their leader.
Doctor Doom then begins sucking up to the Molecule Man, easily one of the most powerful people out of them all.
When Doctor Octopus turns Doom's attention to Galactus, they pull the world devourer up
on a monitor screen revealing him to be standing at the top of a peak glowing with energy.
Doom assures Octopus that plans are in motion so that they will triumph and orders Octavius to rest.
Octopus complies but suspects that Doom will eventually betray them.
At that moment, Magneto secretly infiltrates the heroes' base while his opponents are trying to relax.

She-Hulk and the Wasp discuss all the things left behind on Earth,
while Cyclops and Mister Fantastic lament about being separated from their wives,
while Spider-Man and the Torch spend time together.
Suddenly, Spider-Man's Spider-Sense goes off, warning him that Magneto is in the power plant of their headquarters.
While he web-slings off to confront the threat, the Torch fires off a Fantasti-Flare to summon the rest of the heroes.

When the other heroes arrive, Spider-Man has been subdued and all the heroes combined are less than a match for Magneto.
As the Master of Magnetism dumps machinery on them and escapes, the Wasp tries to chase after him.
Magneto responds by wrapping her up in metal and taking her prisoner.
Getting free, the Thing tries to chase after their foe but suddenly changes back into human form, much to everyone's surprise.
Before they can go after Magneto, Captain America calls the rest of the heroes over to the monitor room where he
and the Hulk have pulled up an image of Galactus. Cap warns the others that they have bigger concerns to deal with right now.

Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty.

[Crimz]

First of the Jenny Frison connecting variants for the Fearless book:

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Alright cover but depicting the character's with dynamic movement would have made the cover much better to me.

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Uncanny X-Men #182 Jun 1984
"Madness!"
Rogue is flying back to the United States following the X-Men's return from Battleworld ahead of the others
to check on the remaining X-Men that were left on Earth, and the New Mutants. Rogue arrives at the mansion
and begins checking the answering machine. She finds a panicked call from Madelyne Pryor who was calling to tell the X-Men
that her husband, Scott Summers had gone missing. Rogue knows that he was transported to Battleworld with them
and presumes that he was returned to her when they were all returned home.
The next message is from Colonel Rossi a SHIELD agent who is a colleague of Professor Xavier.
Rossi has confirmed one of their suspicions. His call is cut off when someone gets the jump on him. Rogue flies off to save him,
missing an important message from Illyana Rasputin telling that the White Queen had
kidnapped Kitty and Doug Ramsey and that she and the New Mutants were going to rescue her.

Aboard the SHIELD helicarrier, Rossi is being roughly interrogated for
answers to why he was caught looking up information about the Hellfire Club.
One of these interrogators, a spy working of the Inner Circle, goes back to report to Sebastian Shaw and confirms his identity.
Shaw orders him to eliminate Rossi before he is visited by a mental projection of the White Queen who informs
him that she has the New Mutants under her thrall and asks if he would like to see Xavier's novice students.

Meanwhile, Rogue manages to break aboard the SHIELD helicarrier by flicking a nickel into it's radar bay with her super strength.
Breaking in, she then trashes some of the security systems closing off blast
doors so that the SHIELD operatives do not have an easy time stopping her.
She manages to get to Rossi just before the Inner Circle spy can assassinate him.
When she tries to revive the heavily beaten Rossi, she begins talking in a different voice that speaks of a long time friendship.
Rossi, barely conscious recognizes the voice but cannot believe he is hearing it.

Rogue then manages to escape the Helicarrier and smashes a number of fighter jets that are deployed to try and stop her.
Rogue brings Rossi to a home that she believes as her parents summer home located in Cape Cod Massachusetts.

Rogue prepares Rossi a meal and when he awakens to eat, he finds that as he questions Rogue she has the memories of Carol Danvers.
Rossi then calls her on it, watching as she flips from personality to personality from trying to sort out her memories;
this causes her to burst out of the house and tumble down onto the beach near the home.

There she is haunted by more of Carol's memories of her childhood and adult life.

She realizes that when she absorbed Carol Danver's powers she must have taken her memories as well as the emotions that go along with them.
When Rossi goes down to check on her, she reveals to him what he did, a revelation that angers and horrifies him.
When she attempts to atone for it by telling him that she is Carol in all the ways that matter,
he rejects her offer of love striking her and walking away -- telling her that he can't bring himself to kill her for what she's done.

While back aboard the SHIELD helicarrier, Nick Fury questions the Hellfire Club spy, unaware that he is a double agent.
The spy tells Fury that Rogue was responsible for the attack on the helicarrier earlier.
With her identity confirmed, Fury puts out a call to all SHIELD agents to bring in Rogue and use deadly force if necessary.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green.

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1940s:

Black Widow (Claire Voyant), Blonde Phantom, Golden Girl, Miss America (Madeline Joyce), Miss Patriot, Namora, Silver Scorpion, Sun Girl, Venus

1960s:

Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Peggy Carter, Sharon Carter, Crystal, Carol Danvers, Jane Foster, Jean Grey, Invisible Woman, Medusa, Pepper Potts, Polaris, Betty Ross, Scarlet Witch, Sersi, Sif, Patsy Walker, Wasp

1970s:

Aurora, Black Cat, Darkstar, Elysius, Gamora, Hepzibah, Jarella, Jocasta, Jennifer Kale, Kismet, Misty Knight, Cassandra Lang, Magik (Illyana Rasputin), Mantis, Mockingbird, Moondragon, Namorita, Lilandra Neramani, Nightshade, Nikki, Nova (Frankie Raye), Aleta Ogord, Psylocke, Roma, Satana, Amanda Sefton, Snowbird, Karla Sofen, Songbird, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Spitfire, Starlight, Storm, Thena, Thundra, Tigra, Topaz, Valkyrie, Colleen Wing

1980s:

Andromeda, Big Bertha, Joanna Cargill, Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter), Lila Cheney, Cloud, Dazzler, Diamond Lil, Diamondback (Rachel Leighton), Elektra, Firebird, Firestar, Sharon Friedlander, Emma Frost, Gladiatrix, Gorilla Girl, Husk, Inertia, Jubilee, Karma, Lyja, Magma, Meggan, Moonglow, Danielle Moonstar, Nemesis, Persuasion, Julie Power, Katie Power, Power Princess, Kitty Pryde, Monica Rambeau, Rogue, Sabra, Sage, Shamrock, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Shooting Star, Silver Sable, Siryn, Skids, Marrina Smallwood, Tabitha Smith, Dinah Soar, Spiral, Rachel Summers, Talisman, Sharon Ventura, Vindicator, Wolfsbane, Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara), Yukio

1990s:

American Dream, Rikki Barnes, Blacklight, Blink, Cerebra, Cerise, Copycat, Dark Angel, Deathcry, Domino, Echo, Elsie-Dee, Feral, Free Spirit, GoGo Tomago, Honey Lemon, Jolt, Charlotte Jones, Joystick, La Lunatica, M, Marrow, Motormouth, Murmur, Okoye, Penance, Hope Pym, Revanche, Cecilia Reyes, Valeria Richards, Risque, Shard, Silhouette, Silverclaw, Spider-Girl (Mayday Parker), Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin), Squirrel Girl, Timeslip

2000s:

Liz Allan, Ardina, Armor, Scorpion (Carmilla Black), Blindfold, Bling!, Elsa Bloodstone, Abigail Brand, Caiera, Cipher, Cloud 9, Spider-Girl (Anya Corazon), Dead Girl, Karolina Dean, Debrii, White Tiger (Angela del Toro), Dust, Enigma, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Molly Hayes, Maria Hill, Hit-Girl, Faiza Hussain, Jazinda, Daisy Johnson, Jessica Jones, Lifeguard, Lionheart, Loa, Mercury, Meteorite, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Nico Minoru, Nocturne (Talia Wagner), Phyla-Vell, Pixie, Klara Prast, Yo-Yo Rodriguez, Rubbermaid, Angel Salvadore, Karima Shapandar, She-Hulk (Lyra), Shuri, Stacy X, Hope Summers, Ruby Summers, Sunpyre, Surge, Thor Girl, Trance, Vampire by Night, Wallflower, Wind Dancer, X-23, Mariko Yashida, Gertrude Yorkes

2010s:

Angela, Finesse, Gwenpool, Toni Ho, Hummingbird, Aikku Jokinen, Kamala Khan, Janice Lincoln, Miss America (America Chavez), Moon Girl, Nadia van Dyne, Oya, Silk, Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy), Transonic, White Tiger (Ava Ayala), Ironheart

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Storm has already proved herself as a leader of the X-Men. She has great deal of experience as the leader of a team, more than most if not all of the others listed.

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Storm has already proved herself as a leader of the X-Men. She has great deal of experience as the leader of a team, more than most if not all of the others listed.

And might be the Marvel superheroine to have the most published appearances, or at least to have appeared as much as Invisible Woman has anyway.

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I dunno about appearing as much but I do think that the marvel character Storm's tenure being the leader of a super hero group like the X-Men has been longer than any other women of marvel.

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Uncanny X-Men #245 Jun 1989
"Men!"
In orbit above Earth, an alien coalition prepares to launch its invasion of the planet
as an archivist discovers humanity's success against other alien foes.

In Australia, a morose Havok observes his teammates through the town's computer system
before getting into an argument with Storm and Wolverine over their use.
Suspecting what worked for the women would help the men as well, Wolverine suggests a boys night out.


In space, the invasion leader is shown the Jean Bomb, a weapon in the form of a red-headed woman with the power to destroy all bonds.
Just then, the archivist tries to warn the leader about Earth, but is gunned down for getting too close.

In Sydney, Wolverine leads the male X-Men into a bar, where Longshot proceeds to dance with all the women while the rest get drunk.
Eventually, they're drawn outside by the sound of the invasion attacking the city.
Most of the city's denizens seem unperturbed by the presence of the invaders,
with the mayor even offering his seat to the leader in order to finally go on vacation.

At the bar, Colossus gets into a brawl with a group of shock troops,
while Longshot is accosted by a team of winged female commandos whom he eventually charms.
Infuriated by the failures of his forces, the leader orders the detonation of the Jean Bomb
as Wolverine bluffs his way to a win in a game of poker against the strike force's commander.

Outside, the leader's ship departs as it prepares to drop the bomb, but Havok blasts it,
destroying the ship and the weapon, ending the invasion.
The X-Men return home, all the better for their night out.

Meanwhile, in Kentucky, Tessa investigates a massacre at a Shaw Industries facility, and learns that Donald Pierce has escaped.

NOTE: This issue is a parody of the "Invasion" storyline DC did around the same time.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Rob Liefeld and Dan Green.

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Daredevil #111 Jul 1974
"Sword of the Samurai!" First appearance of the Silver Samurai
Daredevil goes to visit Robert and Shanna O'Hara at 3:00 in the morning to tell them that he has met the leader of Black Spectre: The Mandrill.
He explains to them that the Mandrill intends to overthrow the government and replace it with one of his own making.

While Daredevil sympathizes with the Mandrill for being ridiculed and prejudiced all his life,
he assures them that he will stop Mandrill due to his methods and the murders her perpetuated in the past.

Leaving to get some rest, Daredevil is attacked by Black Spectre's newest agent, the Silver Samurai.
Daredevil is too tired to put up a good fight and tries to escape. However the Silver Samurai is not so easily shaken off,
and Daredevil is eventually rescued by Shanna and her two pets Biri and Ina. The two heroes and giant cats pummel the Silver Samurai,
who despite being outnumbered, manages to fight off the heroes and make his escape, vowing to resume his attack later.

The next day, Shanna, Robert and Daredevil travel to the Metropolitan General Hospital to compare notes with Foggy Nelson.
There Shanna tells them all the story of her first encounter with Nekra and the Mandrill, her subsequent adventures in Africa,
and the murder of her father which has taken her to America to try and bring his killer to justice.

Just then Black Spectre soldiers and the Silver Samurai smash through the window and attack, knocking out Biri and Ina.
During the struggle the Samurai grabs Shanna and makes his escape. When Daredevil attempts to stop him,
he is easily defeated in combat by Nekra and the villains make their escape with Shanna as their prisoner.

Taken to the Mandrill, the apish foe vows to learn how Shanna has managed to resist
his mutant powers that allow him to control women by operating on her brain.

Daredevil meanwhile revives and resumes his civilian identity of Matt Murdock to return to the scene so as not to compromise his identity.
There he finds Candace Nelson who agrees to go with him for coffee.
There he learns that she was a former journalism student at Empire State University, and that she is in some sort of trouble.
While she won't tell him what it is, she promises that if she can think of anyway for Matt to help her, she will get in touch with him.

Hours later, Matt changes back into Daredevil and begins his hunt for Black Spectre again.
He locates their blimp hovering over the Empire State Building and goes to investigate.
There he finds the Silver Samurai and Black Spectre troops attempting to detonate the broadcasting tower,
although Daredevil attempts to stop them at first, he finds that he is outmatched due to the fact that they are armed with ray pistols.

Detecting the rope ladder up to the blimp and deciding stopping the Mandrill directly will be more effective,
the Man Without Fear abandons the battle to climb up into his enemies ship in the hopes of saving both Shanna and the Black Widow.

Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Jim Mooney

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Sue deserves so much more love in this thread. I think I might havr to take some initiative and begin spamming you all with my favorite Sue panels and images. Haha.

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To me, this could be concept art for a poster for a STORM movie post MCU Phase 3! What are those things protruding out of her toes?

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Ka-Zar #4 Jul 1974
Bobbi Morse guest-stars in "Into the Shadows of Chaos"
Maa Gor tries to take over the Savage Land after mystically becoming a genius.



Script by Mike Friedrich and others, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Royer.

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