Tag: All-female Avengers

THE SUPERGIRLS Author on A-FORCE

A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

The A-Force will assemble this summer as Secret Wars leads to an all-female Avengers squad. Marvel announced G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett will co-write the upcoming team book starring She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and more fan-favorites.

An all-female Avengers book is significant so I reached out to the author who literally wrote the books on female superheroes.

In The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism and the History of Comic Book Heroines, Mike Madrid traced the legacy of female heroes and influence on pop culture. Madrid then took us back to rediscover Divas, Dames and Daredevils: Lost Heroines of The Golden Age and Vixens, Vamps and Vipers: Lost Villainesses of The Golden Age.

What does this comic book historian think of Marvel’s new Avengers team? Continue reading THE SUPERGIRLS Author on A-FORCE

MOST WANTED WOMEN For A-FORCE

A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
A-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

The Avengers are no more when Secret Wars begins this May.

Long live A-Force!

Marvel announced a brand new book starring an all-female Avengers team within Secret Wars Warzones.

A-Force will be co-written G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett with artist Jorge Molina delivers a powerhouse team from across Marvel groups.

“She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and other fan favorites, will take charge,” said Wilson. “We’ve purposefully assembled a team composed of different characters from disparate parts of the Marvel U, with very different power sets, identities and ideologies.” Continue reading MOST WANTED WOMEN For A-FORCE

MARVEL Assembles A-FORCE, All-Female AVENGERS

A-Force courtesy Marvel, a Mashable first
A-Force courtesy Marvel, a Mashable first

Assemble the A-Force!

Marvel announced its first all-female Avengers team on The View and via Mashable.

The roster will be She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and others including a new superhero: a cosmically powered woman named Singularity.

A-Force will be co-written by Marvel exclusive writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marguerite Bennett (Angela: Asgard’s Assassin, Lois Lane one-shot) with veteran X-Men artist Jorge Molina.

The new super group assembles when the current Avengers team disband in the midst of Secret Wars and this all-female team will “take over and lead the way” according to Marvel. Continue reading MARVEL Assembles A-FORCE, All-Female AVENGERS