YUP. #AFORCE. #SECRETWARS @gwillowwilson. Jorge Molina. Me. pic.twitter.com/2gMiW851RW
— Marguerite Bennett (@EvilMarguerite) February 6, 2015
I guess the View ladies boofed this but the news is out– and PSYCHE IT WASN’T STAR WARS! Marvel is gathering its heroines for A-Force, an all female Avengers, with the creative team of Marguerite Bennett, G. Willow Wilson and Jorge Molina.
A raft of PR went out at 11:30 after the View was supposed to announce this, but they didn’t because…. Martha Stewart came on and talked about fringe, and Kim Catrall talked about life after the city of sex or something. YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE LADIES OF THE VIEW, people.
HuffPo supplies more of what we need to know:
Marvel Comics has gathered an all-female team of Avengers, who will begin saving the world this May. Fan favorite characters like She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa and Nico Minoru star in “A-Force,” a new monthly series that will follow these women as they fight evil. It’s written by G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite K. Bennett, with artwork from Jorge Molina.“We’ve purposefully assembled a team composed of very different characters — from disparate parts of the Marvel U, with very different power sets, identities and ideologies,” Wilson said in a statement. “They’ll all have to come together to answer some big questions: what would you sacrifice to succeed? What is being a hero worth?” The A-Force will also introduce, Singularity, a cosmically charged brand new super hero to the universe.
“Our heroines embody the ideals of what we can each strive to be,” Bennett said in the same statement. “A-Force” is Marvel’s 15th female-led comic series and represents a dramatic shift in comic culture. Last September, Marvel made waves when it announced that the new Thor would be a woman.“Marvel has always celebrated the diversity of its family of characters and creators,” series editor Daniel Ketch said. “This new series will unite Marvel’s mightiest heroines with the exceptionally creative minds of writers G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett to craft a story full of epic battles, personal triumphs, and heart-stopping peril … and an all-new character who will push the boundaries of diversity in comic books even further.”
Oh and here’s a variant cover by Stephanie Hans.
Why do Marvel continue to ignore Kitty Pryde? She should be on here.
Stephanie Hans is the best
I thought Kitty Pryde was in the all-female X-Men title? But (at least) three of them are on this promo piece, so…?
I’m more intrigued by the female Iron (wo)Man.
‘and an all-new character who will push the boundaries of diversity in comic books even further.”’
so thats a mulatto lesbian gender bender in a wheelchair.
Was happily surprised that this news showed up on my local news station in L.A. Fan-tastic!
@oldfoggy -I know you’re a troll, but ‘mulatto’ is terrible. A d so what if the character was? I thought people hated gender and race ‘bending’ and we needed to create ‘new’ characters? Then if that’s done, you ridicule it.
As for your dumb comment in the other article’s comments, MANY teams have been all-male. Get over it. You don’t need to feel threatened seeing characters that don’t look like you or have the exact same background. You can still enjoy them!
with so many characters (male and female) becoming avengers, it really erodes what made a character special by being an avenger. with that said, i’ll be giving the series a try. I wonder tho’, will this be an ongoing series after the whole secret wars/ battle world fiasco, or will the series end after the secret wars/ battle world dust has settled and the new status quo of the marvel universe (if there is a new status quo) has emerged?
I will get this just for that Captain Universe cover by Stephanie Hans, wow!