All-female Avengers team spinning out of Secret Wars

[MbJ]

Looks like they're hoping to repeat the success of Brian Wood's X-Men.

The core group is She-Hulk, Dazzler, Nico Minoru from the Runaways, Medusa, and a new heroine named Singularity, but it looks like it's drawing heroines from across the Marvel U.
http://www.newsarama.com/23459-marvel-announces-all-female-avengers-team-a-force.html

 

[def28]

Nico is one of the main members? Awesome! Bout friggin time she gets some love.

 

[KevanG]

I bet we don't see half of them for 90% of the run and 3/4ths of the cover are only guest stars.

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

So is Jean back from the dead finally?

 

[KevanG]

Alternate Reality most likely.

 

[Loki882]

This is awesome. Nico Minoru being one of the main characters is a pleasant surprise. Wasn't expecting that. Oh and Songbird needs to be here. It's long past time that she got her shot at being an Avenger.

 

[Specter313]

So is Jean back from the dead finally?

It's just a cover with a bunch of female heroes on it, it doesn't confirm that all of them will appear in the book. Notice too how most of them are in their more well known costumes and not recent ones like Storm, Rogue, Spider-woman, Dazzler and Spectrum.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm mildly interested only b/c of Karolina

 

[Apollo]

I really hope they'd make this into a movie. She hulk on the big screen = t:

heck If they announce it today I'd be more excited for that than Avangers AOU. t:

 

[Doc Ock]

So is Jean back from the dead finally?

With Secret Wars I don't think that is going to matter anymore.

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

It's just a cover with a bunch of female heroes on it, it doesn't confirm that all of them will appear in the book. Notice too how most of them are in their more well known costumes and not recent ones like Storm, Rogue, Spider-woman, Dazzler and Spectrum.

Ah, Invisible Woman left off because of movie stuff then.

 

[def28]

She's in and on SHIELD #4 so they don't seem to have a problem using her on covers or in stories.

There's more then a few characters not on there. Kamala is one of their main gals right now and she's not. Silk and Gamora ain't either and they are pushing both pretty heavily. There's hundreds of characters they could have chosen. Don't see a hidden agenda on leaving anyone out.

This is actually a pretty diverse gathering. Especially given the leads are Nico, Allison, Medusa, She-Hulk and this new gal. All from different crews.

 

[MbJ]

Ah, Invisible Woman left off because of movie stuff then.

If that were the case wouldn't they not be showcasing Storm and Jean Grey, both of whom are confirmed for the next X-Men movie?

I think it's likely she's just tied up in other projects. She has a pretty big role in the current Avengers/New Avengers crossover and since Reed is one of the main characters in the main Secret Wars book she probably has a part in that.

Like someone said there's definitely more than a few women missing from the cover.

 

[Roughneck]

Yeah what the heck. Where's Puck I I?

 

[queendarkness12]

It's cool that Marvel wants to branch out more to the female target market, since they have been doing very well with that audience segment.

 

[Taarna]

It's cool that Marvel wants to branch out more to the female target market, since they have been doing very well with that audience segment.

Do all female super heroes need to be in skintight outfits with size D busts?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Skintight? Probably. That's just the nature of superheroes. But they're working on making them a little more progressive too, slowly but surely. Spider-Woman's costume on that cover is outdated, in fact. Her new one is an obvious ripoff of the new Batgirl costume, but it's still a bit more female-friendly in the end. The new Thor is wearing armor that's still impractical for real-world reasons but not exploitative, at least.

 

[BoredGuy]

always gotta be someone to complain
"Oh a new female oriented book full of strong-minded and powerful women, none of which are portrayed as damsels in distress and none of which are dressed overly sexy (except maybe the chick in the goth outfit)"
"Yeahhh but their boobs are still too big.. passss"

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Eh, it's still valid. Progress in one area doesn't equate to progress in all areas. Maybe when Rescue doesn't have to have metal boobs molded into her armor, we can make a case for the industry's being post-sexist.

 

[BoredGuy]

yeahh well, Tony designed her armor, what do you expect
lol

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Ha, that's actually a good point. Tony's not exactly the most progressive thinker when it comes to ladies.

 

[JustinJ]

Do all female super heroes need to be in skintight outfits with size D busts?

This REALLY annoys me. I hate hearing it. Its not like the guy superheroes aren't all in skin tight outfits with buff bodies. Not to mention I don't see too many size D busts in that picture. Some even look like size A or B to me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's a false equivalence. The guys are in skintight outfits and muscley because it's a male power fantasy. Society tells males they should wish to be strong and physically able. The women are in skintight outfits with giant boobs because it's also a male fantasy. Society tells females they should wish to be super-hot because that's how you attract a man.

Your point about an increasing variance in females' body types is fair, though. There's more of that now, even to the extent of varying even more than just cup size. What a time to be alive.

 

[Frog Warlord]

That's a false equivalence. The guys are in skintight outfits and muscley because it's a male power fantasy. Society tells males they should wish to be strong and physically able. The women are in skintight outfits with giant boobs because it's also a male fantasy. Society tells females they should wish to be super-hot because that's how you attract a man.

Still, in both cases it is society telling people (male or female) to aspire to unrealistic body standards. It seems equally objectionable to me and not so very different, whether society tells you to aspire to those standards to be attractive to the opposite gender (in the case of women) or to have (social) status and be considered a powerful worthwhile individual (in the case of men).

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I agree, it's probably not healthy for males to aspire to that kind of unrealistic body image either. But, realistically, how often do you see that happening? How many guys' quality of life is significantly reduced because they're not jacked? Plus, society tells us there are tons and tons of other ways men can be valued, whereas looks weigh a lot heavier for women--even intelligent politicians and sophisticated authors are still often reduced to being thought of in terms of what they wear in public. The world's still pretty kind to average-looking men.