2012-03-02

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2012-03-02 10:41 am

Reading guide to Marvel women: Good, bad and ugly.

Written for [community profile] month_of_meta
By virtue of a large characters cast, there are a lot women characters who are interesting or have potential to be interesting in Marvel comics. Sadly, Marvel doesn't have a good record in treating their female characters well. Digging through the 50+ years of canon can be frustrating and down what depressing. However, there're still good writing to be found and I want to talk about what's so amazing, what's so frustrating, and what's down right ugly.

Good
Must Read )
 
Bad
Do you notice that most of the solo titles mentioned above are cancelled? Yeah, Marvel has a habit to cancel female characters' solo titles.

Ugly
Just don't )

Further Reading: Ms. Marvel, a History of Refrigerators, and the Modern Day Fridge