curious. So Monica's dad was a firefighter.. Still alive in the comics, yes? (I am aware that Warren Ellis wrote a rather dismissively ugly off-camera death for her mom, or at least a reference to it..)
Both of Monica's parents are still alive in the comics (Monica's mom just appeared in a few weeks ago, as she and Monica were shopping for supplies for her father's birthday party). Nothing about Monica's backstory from NEXTWAVE is accurate--later stories have since revealed some reality-altering manipulations behind the scenes in NEXTWAVE that accounts for why so many things in that series (especially when it comes to Monica) are inaccurate.
Yes. That's why I said it wasn't accurate, not that it didn't happen. The events of NEXTWAVE happened, but nothing that Monica said in that series about her origins, family, history, etc, is correct. She did not have powers as a child. Her parents are not dead. Etc, etc.
What exactly is her hairstyle in that comic? Were they trying to replicate that in the show?
That is a natural afro hairstyle. With some exceptions, Monica Rambeau has featured natural African-American hairstyles are part of her signature look. Afros, braids, locks, etc. She was shown to have straightened her hair late in her original Avengers run (it's referenced in the dialogue), but natural hair is pretty much her thing. John Romita wanted to model her after pop icon actress Pam Grier from her classic 70s bombshell days, he was re-directed to a different model, but the hairstyle remained.
https://screenrant.com/wandavision-m...e-connections/
Monica's 70s look as "Geraldine" most directly references the style but the overall appearance of Monica's hairstyle through the series is consistent with natural afro-hairstylesf the current era.
Last edited by Thirteen; 03-09-2021 at 06:50 AM.