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

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It happens off-panel After all, it's a DD mag

I know, I know...but I really like those 2 ladies in team-up action! And those action panels were so intense. I love them!

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Also, shout out to one of Marvel's earliest female contributors:

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A-Force Movie Reportedly In Development, Includes Captain Marvel And Female Thor

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A-Force Movie Reportedly In Development, Includes Captain Marvel And Female Thor

Well, had to rule Nico and Dazzler out for reasons...but I'd expect She-Hulk to be in it, if they ever actually do one, given they're about to introduce her through Disney+.

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Uncanny X-Men #247 Aug 1989
"The Light that Failed!"
Before it is able to deal a death-blow to a beaten Rogue,
the Master Mold finds itself under attack by the newly arrived X-Men.

Using teamwork, the X-Men are able to apparently destroy the Sentinel,
only to realize the battle has already taken the life of an innocent; Senator Kelly's wife, Sharon.
With little warning, the Master Mold springs back to life.
Using newly generated defenses and weapons, the rejuvenated Sentinel seems more than a match for the X-Men.


Realizing that she still has the Siege Perilous in her possession, Dazzler throws the crystal amulet toward the Sentinel.
The Siege Perilous grows to a tremendous size, large enough for the Master Mold to pass through.
Rogue, sensing Dazzler's plan, uses her powers to push the Sentinel through the portal, but not without being dragged inside with it.
Kelly blames mutants for his wife's death and ensures Shaw that his Sentinel project will get all required funding.
Elsewhere the Reavers are plotting revenge on the X-Men, unaware that they are
being watched by Nanny and the Orphan Maker, who want the X-Men for themselves.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green.

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X-Factor #43 Aug 1989
Judgement War! Part 1 of 7. "Kidnaped!"
X-Factor's Ship suddenly loses control of it's functions and begins to fly off into space.
Acting quickly, the Ship erects a dome around the exposed part of it's hull where X-Factor was out relaxing.
As the Ship flies out into space, the part of Marvel Girl's mind that is Madelyne Pryor
and the Phoenix Entity causes her to smash through the dome to greet the stars.
However, MG being not as powerful as the Phoenix Entity begins to suffocate in the vacuum of space.

Quickely thinking, Archangel flies out and grabs her while the other members of X-Factor help pull them both back into the ship.
With Jean and Warren save, Iceman seals the hole temporarily until Ship can effectively repair itself.

As Cyclops tries to get MG to come to terms that she has the "best" part of all her
incarnations in her, the Ship passes through hyperspace and appears over a strange planet.

Although Ship cannot leave, he is able to scan the planet below and identifies that there is a war going on the planet,
and provides X-Factor with devices that allow them to understand the alien language on the planet below.
Suddenly they witness the appearance of a giant ship that dwarfs even Ship in size,
and are soon confronted by the Celestial known as Gammenon the Gatherer.
As Gammenon examines the Ship, X-Factor tries to make sense of the creature
and soon find themselves transported to the planets surface below along with Scott's son Christopher.

They find themselves in the middle of a battle between the planets two dominant forces:
The Chosen, human like beings that have super-human abilities, and the Rejects, inhuman mutates that also have powers.

Unsure which side to fight for, Archangel makes up his mind when Princess Seera
of the Chosen is in danger of being crushed by a Reject and he rescues her.
He has broken a forbidden law of the land for touching the Princess, and mistaken for a Reject,
Warren is knocked bout by Lord Rask, a rich Chosen warrior who hopes that he can
make even greater fortunes taking Warren as a slave and putting him to fight in the arenas.

Iceman likewise is believed to be a Reject in his ice-form and faces against a fire wielding Chosen known as Lev.
Before they can match powers, Bobby is struck on the head from behind and falls into the battle below.
Jean meanwhile tries frantically to keep approaching Rejects from attacking her and young Christopher.

However, one of the Rejects telepathic jammers uses its powers on Jean, shutting down her mind
and sending Christopher falling to the ground as the battle rages on around him.

As Gammenon lowers to the planet surface over the battle, Cyclops is knocked out by a Reject
that is not only impervious to his optic blasts, but also can fire energy blasts from it's eyes as well.
Beast goes to the rescue of a female Reject warrior named Zharkah.
However he learns that his concern was for naught as she has entropic abilities and slays her attacker.
Noticing the Celestial's descent, both side of the conflict flee the scene to avoid
getting crushed under it's massive boot, with Beast accompanying Zharkah.

As the Chosen forces pull out of the battle, Lev spots Iceman rising from the group, his ice form wearing off.
Believing that he is a class of the Chosen referred to as a Dualer (those who have two forms)
she is furious of how attacking one of her "kind" will have on her social standing.
However, despite her feelings, she helps him along and learns that he has no memory of who he is or where he came from.
As Marvel Girl is being carried away by the Rejects, one of the Chosen comes across Christopher and takes the child into his possession.
Thinking it is one of the genetically engineered Chosen, he wonders how the child made it out into
the middle of a battle and decides to take it with him to see if he can make money off his discovery.

With the battle field cleared of all but the dead, Cyclops revives and finds that he has been left behind.
With the foot of Gammenon just meters away, Cyclops tries in vein to blast
it with his optic blast and remarks how this is indeed a stupid way to die.

Story by Louise Simonson. Art by Paul Smith http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....ay_paul_smith/ and Al Milgrom.

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Question: Who are the Marvel women that have had the most published appearances, including cameos?

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Sue Storm and Storm?

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Question: Who are the Marvel women that have had the most published appearances, including cameos?

Sue Storm and Storm?

I'm not sure if this is up to date:

But it goes:

Storm
Jean
Rogue
Kitty
Sue
Emma Frost

Sue has the least of the Fantastic Four and less than those who came after her because Marvel rarely let her appear outside of the FF.

EDIT (forgot to put the link): https://comicvine.gamespot.com/marve...31/characters/

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Force Works #2 Aug 1994
"Aftermath"
After their very first battle, Force Works is on the verge of collapse!
At the end of last issue, the alien Scatter abducted the Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman and the agent!
And now Iron Man's only clue to their whereabouts is Century…another alien that appeared out of nowhere!

With no other options available, Shell-head joins Century for a trans-dimensional teleport!
On a ghastly world conquered by the ghoulish Scatter, the golden avenger finds his teammates under severe distress!
The Scatter are ready to feed, but Force Works is ready to fight!


FW will run the gauntlet to escape from Scatter world!

Cameo appearances by the Black Widow and the Vision.
Force Works Lineup: Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman aka Julia Carpenter, and the U.S. Agent.

Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Rey Garcia.

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I'm not sure if this is up to date:

But it goes:

Storm
Jean
Rogue
Kitty
Sue
Emma Frost

Sue has the least of the Fantastic Four and less than those who came after her because Marvel rarely let her appear outside of the FF.

I researched around and this is what I came up with in regards to Marvel women that have appeared the most times:

Storm
Jean Grey
Rogue
Kitty Pryde
Invisible Woman
Emma Frost
Psylocke
Scarlet Witch
Carol Danvers
Mary Jane
Black Widow
Janet Van Dyne
Magik
Jennifer Walters
Mystique
Jubilee
Aunt May
Rachel Grey
Polaris
Dazzler
Wolfsbane
Jessica Drew
Moonstar
X-23
Domino
Moira MacTaggert
Boom-Boom
Stepford Cuckoos
Pixie
M
Medusa
Husk
Siryn
Karma
Armor
Magma
Gwen Stacy
Maria Hill
Crystal
Black Cat
Betty Brant
Valerie Cooper
Mockingbird
Hellcat
Hope Summers

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Marvels Epilogue #1

An all-new standalone epilogue to the classic MARVELS graphic novel written by
Kurt Busiek http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....y_kurt_busiek/ and fully-painted by Alex Ross!

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Daredevil #113 Sep 1974
First appearance of Death-Stalker (cameo) in "When Strikes the Gladiator!"
Following the defeat of the Mandrill and the Black Spectre, Matt Murdock decides to remain in New York for the time being in order to get the
District Attourney's office back in order, while Foggy Nelson is still recovering and bids farewell to Natasha for the time being parting with a kiss.

Out on patrol as Daredevil, Matt broods over his relationship with the Black Widow and the current state of things in his life.
He returns home just to miss a phone call. It is from Candace Nelson who is trying
to get a hold of Matt Murdock to represent her now that two FBI agents have come to take her into protective custody.
With no time to wait, they take the research papers she has collected
and is being led out when suddenly her apartment is crashed by the Gladiator.
He critically wounds the two FBI Agents, takes the research papers and escapes with Candace as his prisoner.

When news breaks out, Foggy and Matt are worried about Candace's well being, and Matt decides to investigate.
Going to Empire State University, where Candace had told him her trouble began, he meets with School of Journalism teacher Charles Laing.
Liang explains that Candace took an interest in the universities work with the military and stumbled upon experiments conducted by
former ESU professor Ted Sallis regarding Formula SO-2 that would turn people into pollution breathing creatures so that the current
rate of profits for progress could continue unimpeded long after the pollution makes it too toxic for normal humans to live.

The troubling fact about this research is that none of the research or it's findings ever went public
and stranger still Sallis has since gone missing in the Florida Everglades.

Traveling out to Citrusville, Florida, Matt Murdock meets with radio DJ Richard Rory who tells Murdock everything he knows about
the disappearance of Ted Sallis, the strange murders that happened at his old home, and the creature known as the Man-Thing.
Being taken out to the Sallis property, both Richard and Matt are attacked by the Gladiator.
When Richard is knocked out, Matt slips away to change into Daredevil.

During the fight, Daredevil has the advantage over his old foe, until Gladiator's
missing swings cuts loose a tree branch that lands on Daredevil's head, knocking him out.
Then out of the bushes comes the Gladiator's employer, a costumed villain known as the Death-Stalker.
He orders the Gladiator to kill Daredevil, and as the Gladiator raises his arm
to land the killing blow, the Man-Thing shambles out of the swamp to witness the scene.

Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Vince Colletta

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Marvel Barbie® Dolls Gift Set

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