Alas, A-Force is part of a Marvel Summer Event, and therefore has a short shelf-life. In a perfect world, this issue would have been part of a three month introduction arc where we got to know more about the island of Arcadia and the A-Force team and their interrelations. The results from this event are pretty quickly resolved, serving as the flashpoint between She-Hulk and her team. America (most recently of the Young Avengers) is tossing the big fish into space (or between Battleworld walls, or something). And if the (literally) sleepy opening doesn’t grab you, you don’t have long to wait before Dazzler is shooting up a Megalodon with lasers and Ms. Willow Wilson (of Captain Marvel) and Marguerite Bennett (of Angela and so many others), and told them to go nuts. Being the savvy comic peddlers they are, Marvel decided to grab all the female superheroes off the table and hand them over to two of the best writers in the biz today, G. Characters are being mashed together into titles all willy-nilly, like the best games you and your buddies played with your action figures back in elementary school. Don’t mess.”Ĭurrently, the Marvel Multiverse is being turned inside out as a result of the Secret Wars event. Marvel, Spider-Gwen, and the new Thor. Marvel has taken careful measure of the cries of internet haters everywhere and said “Yeah, you know what? We like strong women, and judging by our newfound subscribers and stacks of cash, our audience does too. A lot has been said about women in comics over the past twelve months. Marvel, in particular, has been at the forefront of this twisting the diversity spigot hard till we’re practically drowning in titles featuring strong, diverse female characters such as Ms.

A-Force (2015) #2 by G. Willow Wilson