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Not every female heroine in the Marvel Universe needs to have superpowers (you may recall that I added in Lois Lane when I did my Real Power of the DCU). Mary Jane Watson was created, that is to say in name and legs only, by Steve Ditko in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #25 (June 1965). [...]
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Ororo Munroe first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). Storm was one of the first black comic book characters, and the first black female, to play either a major or supporting role at either Marvel of DC. At times she has been a leader of the X-Men. She can control the elements of weather [...]
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Jean Grey is an Omega-level mutant, and is one of the physical hosts of the Phoenix Force. She is an original X-Men (as Marvel Girl) and first appeared in X-Men #1 (1963). She has been a staple in the X-Universe and has had multiple storylines. She married Cyclops (Scott Summers) and has a daughter Rachel [...]
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Elektra is the world’s most lethal assassin – male or female – and she is one of the most popular heroines in the Marvel Universe. She was created by Frank Miller and first appeared in Daredevil #168 (January, 1981), where she became a love interest of the title character. Controversy arose with Elektra, not only [...]
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Soviet-spy, Natasha Romanoff, first appeared with Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964), although her trademark skintight black costume didn’t appear until The Amazing Spider-Man #86 (July 1970). She’s had several solo adventures and team-ups over the years and she’s even been a member of The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., and The Champions. Her most [...]
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Let’s start off with Susan Storm Richards of the Fantastic Four (aka Invisible Girl and Invisible Woman). She first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961, and was the first female superhero created by Marvel in the Silver Age of Comics. She’s the brother of Johnny Storm the Human Torch and the wife of [...]
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A couple of years ago, while I was on vacation, I ran a series of Blog post on the subject of the Women of the DC Universe. My inspiration for was the wonderful Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe that featured 11 heroines. For each of my posts I ran [...]
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Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Lois Lane. Yep. Lois Lane. She’s the one I think should have been included in the poster. Before you get all in a tizzy, I realize that all the women depicted [...]
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Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Harley Quinn. Certifiable. Not much else describes her. Let’s face it, anyone who falls in love with The Joker can’t be described in any other way. Interestingly, Dr. Harleen Quinzel didn’t [...]
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Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Zatanna. More and more these days it seems that Zatanna is getting more and more page time. I think it’s because editors at DC realize that she more than just a [...]
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