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- Women of Marvel #1 deftly evokes the nefarious culture of the internet by introducing a multi-universe villain who seeks to erase all female characters.
- This story emphasizes that female heroes respect male characters and want equal representation, rather than belittling them.
- Shining the spotlight on female heroes in Marvel Comics is not about phasing out male heroes, but a step toward equality that shows love for heroines and expands the world.
Warning: Contains spoilers for Women of Marvel #1marvel has made the perfect official critique of the Internet’s outrageous culture with its latest multi-world villain. In recent years, there’s been a fairly notable movement on the internet of people criticizing Marvel, DC, and other comic book publishers for focusing on characters who aren’t just straight, white cis men. These attempts to expand the world by introducing characters beyond this narrow range of heroes tend to be met with consistent responses about “woke” politics even before they’re released, as we’ve seen recently. there is. X-Men ’97upcoming releases. Now, Marvel has officially called out those reactions in the perfect way with its latest anthology.
in Marvel Women #1, the story “Maris the Mitigator” introduces a new villain named the Mighty Mitigator, who can kidnap every woman in the Marvel Universe and manipulate the world as if it never existed. This attempt isworld without women“However, he is quickly defeated when he realizes that Mitigator has all the female heroes and villains all in one place. But when he suggests that he can remove all the men from the timeline, ”it’s just fair” the heroines quickly correct him.
“Malice the Mitigator” is created by the creative team of Gail Simone, Lydia Rasero, and Triona Farrell.
They assured the Mighty Mitigators that they felt no guilt towards the humans of their universe, stating:i love those people” They just want to be seen on the same level as men, and that means giving them the spotlight to tell their stories.
Marvel’s women don’t hate men, they respect them
“There is no bad blood or gender rivalry among the creative teams behind the Marvel Universe and fan-favorite characters.”
The most interesting detail behind this argument between Mitigator and the women he kidnapped is how much they admire the men they meet in the Marvel Universe. Captain Marvel thanks Iron Man.amazingly wonderful“Spider-Man, on the other hand, mentions Spider-Man.”the best” Jessica Jones throws her husband Luke Cage into the mix, and She-Hulk shows her love for her cousin Bruce Banner by saying, “He is.”Good, good guy“There is no bad blood or gender rivalry in the Marvel Universe or the creative teams behind fan-favorite characters. It is still loved by the people it became.”
Shining the spotlight on female heroes is a step towards equality, not phasing out male heroes.
Now more than ever, women are appearing in comics out of love for Marvel’s heroines, not to fool the men of their world.
The biggest message readers can take away from this encounter with the Mighty Mitigator is that the stories published today are meant to expand the world, not shrink it.. Looking back at Marvel’s long history, while there have been comics that have spotlighted women, there have been overwhelmingly more stories with male protagonists. In most cases, women will not have the opportunity to be independent and will be relegated to the sidelines or included as part of a team.
Now more than ever, women are appearing in comics out of love for Marvel’s heroines, not to fool the men of their world. Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, Spider-Gwen, and even Jackpot’s Mary Jane Watson all get a chance to tell their own stories. Some stories are certainly better than others, but it’s still a huge step towards female heroes getting the same level of exposure as male heroes, rather than being relegated to the sidelines.
This story, published in Marvel’s latest anthology for Women’s History Month, is important because it sends a message to those who don’t support new stories featuring characters who aren’t straight, white cis men. This isn’t an “agenda,” it’s an opportunity to take beloved characters from the past, develop them further and let fans know more about them, and also create new heroes that readers might enjoy in the future. . this was a great way marvel Criticizing the outrageous culture of the internet, and it all came from introducing a new multi-world villain to the universe.
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