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

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1 May 1984
"The War Begins!"
After having entered a mysterious construct that appeared in Central Park in their own respective magazines
(see Amazing Spider-Man #251, Uncanny X-Men #180, Iron Man #181, Incredible Hulk #294,
Thing #10, Thor #341, Avengers #242, Captain America #292, and Fantastic Four #295),
many of Earth's heroes are instantaneously gathered together in a giant construct in space.
The heroes are Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Iron Man, She-Hulk, Wasp, the Fantastic Four (minus Invisible Woman),
Colossus, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Professor X, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine, Lockheed, Magneto, Spider-Man and Hulk.
They are unsure as to what or who had brought them to this place.
They introduce themselves to each other. They then realize they are not alone.

Across the way another construct appears housing the villains of Earth, according to Professor X's mental probings.
One thing the heroes do not understand, however, is why Magneto appeared in their construct and not the villains'.

In the other construct, the villains are just as confused as the heroes. After the villains introduce themselves to one another,
both ships are hurtled through space to watch a galaxy be destroyed and a new planet be created.
This causes both parties to realize that a very powerful being has summoned them all.
The villains begin to bicker with each other and a fight breaks out.
Ultron tries to destroy them all but is knocked into Galactus.
The villains are all amazed when Galactus simply drains the energy from Ultron,
then goes back to staring at the stars as if everyone is beneath him.

Suddenly, a bright light appears in space and a voice announces who has summoned them all: the Beyonder.
He tells them that he can do anything imaginable and then orders them to battle each other,
promising the winning side will receive whatever they want. Galactus refuses to obey the voice
and tries to fly towards the light to force the Beyonder to give him the power to remove his eternal hunger for planetary energy.
Doctor Doom follows Galactus and, when they get close enough, the light diminishes and they are thrown back.
The constructs are then sent to the newly-constructed planet and the two groups of fighters placed on the planet.
The heroes again question why Magneto is on their side, and begin fighting over if they should defeat him or try to use his help.
Magneto, however, feels that he is "above" most of the heroes, and uses his magnetism to fly away.

The heroes then decide Captain America to be the leader of their group.

Meanwhile, Galactus and Doctor Doom are seen on the planet surface as well after being blasted back by the powerful light.
Galactus is unconscious as Doctor Doom returns to the rest of the villains and tries to convince
them to help him steal the Beyonder's powers instead of going along with the Beyonder's game.
The villains think Doom is simply afraid of playing the Beyonder's game after being shot back by the light,
and Doom is disgusted at their simple minds and takes off in a vehicle to seek out counsel with Mister Fantastic.
Kang uses the grounded construct's weapons and shoots down Doom's vehicle.

The heroes see it go down and move to investigate.

Finding Doctor Doom lying in the rubble, Captain America tries to help him to his feet.
Doom is unable to tolerate the heroes' pity and he attacks them in frustration, before fleeing.
Iron Man warns the heroes they are about to be attacked and the villains unleash the first assault on the final page.

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

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Uncanny X-Men #181 May 1984
"Tokyo Story!"
Story follows the events of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #12...

Professor X, Wolverine, Colossus, Rogue, Storm and Lockheed are all teleported
back to Earth following their ordeal on Battleworld with the Beyonder.
Along with them was a small dragon companion that had befriended Lockheed.
Upon their arrival, the dragon would grow to a massive size and fly off, while the X-Men would fall to the ground.
Learning that they have been teleported to Japan, they also learn of Lockheed's friend becoming a massive creature.
Learning that they have been gone for over a week, the Professor sends Rogue to America to check on the fate of Doug Ramsey and Kitty Pryde,
as well as make sure that the New Mutants and Cyclops are okay while they deal with the threat of the dragon they brought back with them.

As the dragon begins wrecking Tokyo, the Japanese mobilizes their military to deal with the threat.
While reports are coming in Mariko Yoshida and her cousin Sunfire learn
that the X-Men, and Wolverine, are in Japan as well to combat the creature.

The X-Men catch up with the monster and as Storm keeps it occupied, the others rescue any civilians that get in the way of danger.
Soon, Sunfire and the military arrive to deal with the monster.
However, as they battle the creature the X-Men note that their weapons have little effect on them.

Meanwhile, at the Beachcomber Hotel in Tahiti, Cyclops appears before a grief stricken Madelyne.
She is upset that he vanished out of her arms and was missing for a whole week while on their honeymoon.
However, despite this, Scott manages to calm her down and the newly weds make up.

As the battle rages on in Japan,

Storm unleashes her full fury on the creature.
While down below, some wreckage lands on the Professor's legs making him panic about the potential of losing his ability to walk.
He is rescued by Colossus, while Wolverine goes off looking for others. He comes across a dying woman and her daughter Amiko.
The woman asks Wolverine to look after her, and Logan vows to keep care of the young orphaned girl.

Meanwhile, Sunfire and Storm are knocked out by the dragon and as the creature is about to kill them, Lockheed confronts it.
Blowing fire in it's face wounds the giant dragon emotionally and it flies away with Lockheed following behind, yelling at it.
Suddenly, the creature kills itself in a massive energy burst.
In the aftermath of the battle, the X-Men realize that the creature was attempting to build a nest for itself
and Lockheed to live in together and that when Lockheed rejected the creature it committed suicide.

While in Washington D.C., Senator Robert Kelly attempts to have
legislation passed for his new Mutant Control Act supported by his colleagues.
Meeting with Senator Phillip, Kelly pressures him to support the bill.
Phillip refuses, believing that this is tantamount to legalizing slavery
and vows to do everything in his power to prevent the bill from coming into law.
He tells his colleague that he hopes that trying to motion this bill will not cause irreversible damage.

NOTE: first appearance of Amiko.

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

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Uncanny X-Men #244 May 1989
"Ladies' Night!"
In the Hollywood Mall in Los Angeles a young teenager calling herself Jubilee uses
her mutant powers to generate light and small fireworks to entertain mall patrons for money.
The mall security notices the young performer and attempts to apprehend her.
After an unsuccessful attempt, they decide to call a group of mutant hunters called the "M-Squad" to solve the problem for them.

In Australia, Rogue causes friction with her teammates because of her rage at sharing a mind with Carol Danvers.

Carol is forced to resume control when the tension rises to a breaking point.
Dazzler suggests that tensions could be eased with some fun and shopping.

Gateway transports Storm, Rogue, Psylocke and Dazzler to the Hollywood Mall in LA where they are noticed by the young Jubilee.
After a few hours of shopping the group notices the commotion of the arriving M-Squad.


After dispatching the Squad, and their Inferno enhanced equipment, the four X-ladies
return through Gateway's portal, unaware that the young Jubilee has followed them.

NOTE: first appearance of Jubilee.

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

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Just something fun I made for myself. My take on A-Force taking on Red Onslaught.

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That's really cool @Keyotheseasons.


Thought this should be here:




FEARLESS #1 out July 24th!

SEANAN MCGUIRE, LEAH WILLIAMS & MORE (W) • CLAIRE ROE & MORE (A) COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY JENNY FRISON
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THE FIERCEST LADIES OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE – ON AND OFF THE PAGE!
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To me, the cover art is terrific, accompanied with a title which is succinct!

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X-Men: Storm Explains Who X-men Are

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Appreciation post for some of Marvel’s earliest superheroines, from the Golden Age of Comic Books: Namora, Sun Girl, Venus, Miss America, the Blonde Phantom, and Golden Girl!


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Appreciation post for some of Marvel’s earliest superheroines, from the Golden Age of Comic Books: Namora, Sun Girl, Venus, Miss America, the Blonde Phantom, and Golden Girl!

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Never against some retro heroine love .

I love how all of them are blonde except for Miss America :P.

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Never against some retro heroine love .

I love how all of them are blonde except for Miss America :P.

I guess gentlemen preferred blondes. Haha.

Really though, it’s weird, because while Madeline Joyce (aka Miss America) is shown having non-blonde hair in some comics, she’s shown as blonde on Miss America Comics #1:

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The character being a brunette instead, makes it understandable to me why 616 Madeline Joyce aka Miss America was originally revealed to be the biological mother of 616 Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch.

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The character being a brunette instead, makes it understandable to me why 616 Madeline Joyce aka Miss America was originally revealed to be the biological mother of 616 Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch.

Ah, so does that mean both Miss America and her daughter worked alongside Captain America then?

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616 Wanda and not her mother 616 Madeline have indeed worked alongside 616 Captain America..

Well seeing how the comicbook character Magda looked...


And the comicbook character Magneto mentioning this...

...I go with brown.