The newest in super heroine guilty pleasures.
MARVEL DIVAS #1
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Robert Aquirre-Sacasa
Artist: Tonci Zonjic
Colorist: Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic
Cover: J. Scott Campbell
Summary: Diva (dee-vah), noun: An unusually glamorous and powerful woman. See: Patsy “Hellcat” Walker; Felicia “Black Cat” Hardy; Angelica “Firestar” Jones; and Monica “Photon” Rambeau. What happens when you take four of the Marvel Universe’s most fabulous single girls and throw them together, adding liberal amounts of suds and drama? You get the sassiest, sexiest, soapiest series to come out of the House of Ideas since Millie the Model! Romance, action, ex-boyfriends, and a last page that changes everything! Let your inner divas out with this one, fellas, you won’t regret it!
Review: How often do we really hear what these women think? I’ve noticed that super hero culture has failed in many ways to make these characters humanized to a pop standard. Marvel Divas is a happy breath of fresh air, as it offers an uncensored look into the dilemmas of not quite being a celebrity super heroine in the dating scene. What do these women really think of their counterparts, both male and female?
At Patsy’s party, four front women in their industry “grace” the scene: Emma Frost (White Queen), Susan Storm (The Invisible Woman), Ororo Munroe (Queen of Wakanda), and Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk). Marvel Divas doesn’t hold back. Gossip and salacious material line the pages as these women finally say the things you always wondered if they were thinking. I laughed giddily at the often catty banter as the foursome talked about various outings they have gone out on—including a day at the pool, a night at the movies, getting primped and pampered, an art exhibit, and a speed dating session.
“Hi. My name’s Patsy. I dated the son of Satan once. Now I’m looking for someone a little nicer.”
The book then turns a bit more relaxed as the women find a bar and really start getting down to the juicy details. Monica opens up to share her most recent interlude with male superhero, Jericho. Felicia discusses the problem of mixing business with pleasure with Thomas Fireheart, and Patsy briefly mentions—much to the dismay of her friends—a brief run in with Daimon Hellstrom.
But where is Angelica in all of this? That’s where the book gets incredibly personal and, of course, drops you.
I was pleasantly surprised by this issue; it takes a lot to impress me. Marvel Divas dives further into character development from an angle not regularly seen. The comic adds spunk, humanism, and heart to these characters, whereas we so often get caught up in watching and reading about how super their powers are. Marvel Divas shows a real side to these women, proving that even the most powerful, unbreakable women are still vulnerable.
The first of four issues of Marvel Divas is available now.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I love Hellcat; thus, I must read this comic. It sounds fun!
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I also have a lot of love for this one! Nice job on your first review.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I really have to check this out. I’m excited for it. But, what could POSSIBLY be said ill about Emma Frost!? I mean… She’s a saint …..
July 7th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Its good to see these women of marvel in there own comic