Dazzler (Marvel Comics)
Dazzler | |
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The Uncanny X-Men #130 (February 1980) | |
Created by | Tom DeFalco John Romita Jr. |
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Alter ego | Alison "Ali" Blaire |
Species | Human mutant |
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Notable aliases | The Disco Dazzler |
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Dazzler (Alison Blaire) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, often in association with the X-Men. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #130 (February 1980).[7]
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Dazzler's sexuality has given the character notoriety among the LGBT community.[8][9][10][11]
Dazzler made her live-action debut in Dark Phoenix played by Halston Sage.
Creation
Dazzler was originally conceived in early 1979
Meanwhile, the multimedia side of the project changed several times. Shooter had produced a pitch for the TV special that had impressed Bogart so much he wanted to turn it into a live-action special with many stars he had under contract (including
Publishing history
Initially Marvel had planned to release the 34-page Dazzler comic as part of the
Dazzler (1981-1985)
Rather than simply have the work done go to waste, Shooter meanwhile instead decided to repackage it as an ongoing comic series. DeFalco would write additional exposition and other material to turn the 34-page one-shot into two 22-page single issues. As Romita Jr. had moved on to other projects an uncredited Walt Simonson provided the art for the new pages. In order to make the debut still something of an event, Shooter decided it would be Marvel's first ongoing series that was exclusive to the direct market - i.e. sold only to specialist comic stores, rather than also to newsstands - a model used by several smaller independent publishers. This also made the comic non-returnable for retailers. Given a healthy promotional push, the first issue - dated May 1981 - was a resounding commercial success for Marvel, with around 400,000 copies sold to stores - around double the number of most of the company's best-selling titles.[18][19][20]
With the Romita Jr. material running out midway through the third issue (which also featured work from Alan Kupperberg), Frank Springer became the title's new regular artist.[14] The first issues contained a plethora of Marvel's finest as guest stars as a legacy of the book's origin as a one-off special, and the pattern was kept up for the early issues of the title to support the new character's sales - Dazzler #3-4 featured Doctor Doom; #6-7 guest-starred Hulk; #9 saw an appearance by Quasar; and #10-11 saw Dazzler cross paths with Galactus.[12] Some of these appearances drew criticism due to the unsubtle way many of Marvel's established heroes were in awe of the newcomer.[14] After issue 6 DeFalco left the title, partly due to his growing editorial commitments at Marvel and partly because he was disagreeing over the direction of the series with Springer, who wanted to draw more on romance comics than traditional superhero fare. Dazzler #8 also saw another talent added to the book, with Bill Sienkiewicz contributing the first of what would be a number of covers for the series.[12]
DeFalco's replacement was relative newcomer
In an attempt to draw more attention to the series Shooter, Springer and
Another attempt to find an audience came with the spin-off mini-series Beauty and the Beast, pairing Dazzler with the popular
Dazzler #38 saw another new direction, with the popular Archie Goodwin as writer and Paul Chadwick as artist. Goodwin redesigned the character's costume and planned to return the series to superheroics rather than personal and showbiz drama.[12] He would later admit he took the Dazzler series on as no-one else wanted it and he needed work at the time.[14] Chadwick had caught Goodwin's eye after pitching his creator-owned series Concrete when the latter was an Epic Comics editor. Goodwin also introduced bounty hunter O. Z. Chase to the series as a supporting character.[12] The relaunch attracted a mild improvement in critical response,[14] but following Dazzler #40 (which tied into the Secret Wars II crossover) Goodwin and Chadwick were told the series would be ending after two further issues due to poor sales, ending after #42 (dated March 1986). While sanguine about his experiences on the book, Chadwick would later note the modifications to the cover of the final issue - which saw another artist add the Beast to his original work - was a factor in his decision to return to launching Concrete rather than to continue working with Marvel.[12]
At the time the series was not greatly mourned; reviewing the final issue of the series for Amazing Heroes, R. A. Jones felt Dazzler would "not be missed" and criticized its lack of success across several genres - though also expressed that the book might have been more successful if Goodwin and Chadwick had arrived earlier.[21] Shortly afterwards in the same publication, Richard Gagnon described it as "easily one of the worst comics that Marvel Comics Group has ever put out".[14]
Retrospective reviews have been kinder, however. Angelo Delos Trinos of
Subsequent appearances
Following the cancellation of Dazzler, the character was considered as a possible founding member of X-Factor, but the decision to resurrect Jean Grey put that idea aside.[22] Instead, Dazzler would find a home in the pages of Uncanny X-Men, still under the aegis of Chris Claremont - who had scripted the character's debut appearance. In-fiction Dazzler had twice turned down membership of the X-Men before finally joining the team from Uncanny X-Men #214 (dated February 1987) and would go on to be a member of the team until #248, when she was effectively written out after travelling through the Siege Perilous and losing her memory.[23]
Subsequently, Dazzler made only occasional appearances between 1989 and 2005, before returning to regularly featuring in monthly publication for the first time in 15 years when she joined the cast of New Excalibur.[citation needed] New Excalibur also saw Dazzler gain the power of being able to instantly resurrect herself, a development that was effectively forgotten about soon afterwards.[24][25] After the title was canceled, Dazzler was brought back as a supporting character in Uncanny X-Men written by Matt Fraction.[citation needed]
In February 2010, Marvel published a one-shot Dazzler special by writer
The 2012 series X-Treme X-Men featured Dazzler as the leader of a dimension-hopping X-Men team, and later that year she appeared Uncanny X-Men as an agent of superspy outfit S.H.I.E.L.D.[citation needed] Beginning in May 2015, Dazzler appeared as one of the main characters in A-Force, an all-female Avengers launched by G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, and Jorge Molina during Marvel's "Secret Wars" storyline.[31][32]
2018 saw the character feature in another starring one-shot, Dazzler: X-Song. The issue was the 100th best selling comic book in June 2018.
Fictional character biography
Early life
Alison Blaire was born in Gardendale, New York to Carter Blaire and Katherine Blaire. Her mutant powers first manifest when she is in junior high school. An aspiring singer, she volunteers to perform at her school dance when her light-generating abilities first appear. Everyone at the dance assumes it is a technologically generated special effect, an assumption commonly made before she reveals herself to be a mutant later in her life.[volume & issue needed]
Becoming Dazzler
Using the
Dazzler hid her status as a mutant from all but those closest to her. After acquainting herself with the various
Moving to Los Angeles
Dazzler moved to Los Angeles in a vain attempt to help her half-sister Lois London, who has the mutant power to kill anyone with a touch, but has little to no control over the ability.
Joining the X-Men
While on tour, the band's plane crashed and they were rescued by
Amnesia and Mojoworld
Discovered in an amnesiac state washed up on a beach by her former bodyguard Guido, she was nursed back to health by Guido and Lila, though their efforts prove unsuccessful in helping restore her memory.[61] Her memory was eventually restored when she was found by Longshot some time later.[62] Devastated by the loss of her career in the interim, Alison ventured to Longshot's native dimension Mojoworld, joining her lover and Lila in rebellion against the tyrant Mojo.[63]
Alison's life on Mojoworld was fraught; she suffered an apparent miscarriage[64] and the apparent corruption of the X-Babies before returning to Earth without Longshot. Despite this, Dazzler helped Jean Grey fight against Magneto on Genosha. She and Jean lead a small band of mutants to back up Cyclops and Wolverine. She was apparently incinerated by Magneto,[65] but was actually alive and well, having used a hard-light hologram of herself to distract Magneto while they recovered Professor X After returning to Westchester, the X-Men offered Alison help, but she declined and left the mansion.[66]
Many years later, Shatterstar and Rictor encountered a past-version of Dazzler while time-traveling through Mojoworld. At this point in her life, Dazzler and Longshot were still married and active in the revolt against Mojo. Rictor discovered Dazzler just as she was about to give birth to the child that had been believed to result in a miscarriage. The surviving infant was revealed to be Shatterstar, resolving speculation that Shatterstar actually was the biological child of Dazzler and Longshot. Exhausted from her ordeal, Dazzler passed out, and Shatterstar revealed the necessity of wiping both her and Longshot's memories of the event, and taking his infant self a century into Mojoworld's future, to be raised as a warrior away from his birth parents.[67]
New Excalibur
Dazzler later re-established her musical career by marketing her original, signature disco image as part of the Techno/Trance genre. Alison moved her career abroad to England and joined with X-Men allies such as the Juggernaut and Captain Britain.[68] Later she was reunited with Longshot, although he was suffering from amnesia and did not remember her, though he later regained his feelings for her and some of his memories.[69] Longshot left the Exiles to re-establish a relationship with Dazzler but they soon parted ways, due in part to Dazzler's frustration with other women's attraction to Longshot and the realization that Longshot is no longer the man she loved.[70]
Return to the X-Men
Alison subsequently re-joined the X-Men in
Along with
During the
Dazzler was later summoned to
Instead, in an attempt to better understand the mutant community and Cyclops's talk of mutant revolution,
A-Force
While participating in a
During the second superhero Civil War, Dazzler went with Captain Marvel to fight Thanos; She-Hulk was seriously injured in the fight. Shortly afterwards, Ulysses predicted that Nico would murder an innocent woman named Alice. Dazzler disagreed with Captain Marvel, who wanted to pre-emptively arrest her team-mate, and warned Nico when she arrived. Nico escaped, with Dazzler and Singularity opposing Captain Marvel and Medusa's decision to hunt her down. They followed the pair to Arizona, where Nico is hiding with Elsa Bloodstone and find it overrun by an infection turning people into a swarm of giant bugs. After a brief confrontation when the rest of A-Force find Nico they split into two teams: one to find Alice and the other to protect the civilians. While searching for Alice in an abandoned mine, Danvers, Minoru and Bloodstone are attacked by a giant bug. The bug incapacitates Danvers and Bloodstone before telepathically communicating to Minoru that she is Alice and has been inadvertently infecting the townspeople after her transformation. Alice tells Minoru that killing her is the only way to save the people. When Minoru refuses, an infected Bloodstone threatens to kill Danvers. Medusa, Singularity, and an infected Dazzler are overrun by bugs and regroup with the others just as Bloodstone infects Danvers. After Dazzler infects Medusa, Minoru casts a spell to transform Alice back into a human but it does not cure the rest of the populace. Alice explains that she must be killed and Minoru reluctantly casts a death spell on Alice which transforms the infected back into humans. Alice then remerges in her final form and tells A-Force that she is no longer a threat as she now has greater control of her powers.[89]
Inhumans vs. X-Men
During the war between the X-Men and the Inhumans, Dazzler assisted Emma Frost in the beginning of her plot to defeat the Inhumans, disguising herself as an Inhuman performer shortly before ambushing Black Bolt in his own Quiet Room.[90]
Residing on Krakoa
Later, she was one of the many mutants who have taken up residence on the newly established island nation of Krakoa.[91]
Powers and abilities
Dazzler is a mutant with the ability to transduce sonic vibrations which reach her body into various types of light. This ability seems to operate over a great range of frequencies, including the audible spectrum, and a great variation of sound pressure levels regardless of the complexity, dissonance, or randomness of the sound. Sounds as different as a car crash and a symphonic passage both produce convertible incoming acoustic vibrations.[92] Dazzler prefers utilizing the sound of music, particularly that which is rhythmically sustained. Not only is music more pleasant to her ears, but the steady beat of contemporary music provides a more constant source of sound to convert.[93] Dazzler has been shown to create a "null space" of sound in a certain radius of her person, as a result of "pulling" the sound in her area to her person, to either protect a crowd of people or to supercharge her power reserves.[94]
Left undirected, Dazzler's light will radiate from her body in all directions, producing regular flashes of white light. By conscious control over the light she produces, she can control its direction, frequency (color), amplitude (intensity), and duration. Her mutant ability can produce numerous other effects. She can create simple patterns out of rays of light or combinations of patterns which produce trance-like effects in her targets. She can create a pulse of light on the order of several thousand watts of power, which temporarily blinds people with its brilliance. She can create a cascade of sparkling lights and colors that severely upsets other people's equilibrium, or a pulsating strobe-light effect. She can also radiate light in gentle, soothing patterns to calm a person's mood. Dazzler can generate a coherent beam of light, approximating a laser beam, or generate a shield from laser energy that can deflect projectiles or energy beams.[volume & issue needed] Dazzler has polarizing eyes and cannot be blinded or dazzled by light.[95]
With effort, she can create holograms of human beings and other three-dimensional beings and objects.[96] With similar effort she can also turn herself temporarily invisible and inaudible.[65] She can also use light energy to generate some form of propulsion for flight or at least rapid ascent.[97]
She generally directs lasers from a single finger when she requires precision. She most often uses her hands for directing her light effects, but she could also use other parts of her body. Since studying with the X-Men, she has become adept at directing her blinding strobe light blast from her eyes.[98] The most powerful manifestation of her laser abilities is a concentrated stream of solid photons she usually fires from her index finger but can emit from her entire body. The beam is extremely powerful and as a consequence uses a great deal of her energy reserves. She has also demonstrated the ability to stretch the electromagnetic spectrum to produce devastating microwave energy.[volume & issue needed] She has since learned how to produce these blasts without draining herself, while still providing them with considerable power.[volume & issue needed]
Since the events of Dazzler: The Movie, Alison's body can store sound energy for future discharge as light. Thanks to
Dazzler is a highly skilled athlete and hand-to-hand combatant thanks to her training with the X-Men and Gladiators,
Characters in the Marvel Universe who are counted among her fans are
Cultural impact and legacy
Critical reception
Jerry Stanford of
Alex Welch of Inverse wrote, "She’s basically what it would look like if a pop star was an actual superhero."[116] George Marston of Newsarama stated, "The fact is, Dazzler kicks ass. Her ability to turn sound into light has been expanded in creative and crafty ways time and time again, and her look has evolved from disco queen to aerobic video model, to an angst-inspired, darker look, and finally to her current style that combines elements of her previous looks with a modern twist."[117] Marc Buxton| of Den of Geek asserted, "Alison Blaire may have started out as somewhat of a joke, a way for Marvel to take advantage of the disco craze of the 70s, but she hasn’t remained that way. Instead, Dazzler has become one of the most beloved X-Men characters ever."[118] In November 2005, during an interview with Newsarama, writer Brian K. Vaughan asserted, "Ultimate Dazzler, on the other hand, may very well be Bendis’ single greatest contribution to the free world, so I use her way too much."[119]
Accolades
Dazzler has been referenced in various internet Listicles.
- In 2011, Comics Buyer's Guide ranked Dazzler 83rd in their "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.[120]
- In 2012, ComicsAlliance ranked Dazzler 38th in their "50 Comics and Characters That Resonate with LGBT Readers" list.[121]
- In 2015, Entertainment Weekly ranked Dazzler 52nd in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.[122]
- In 2015, BuzzFeed ranked Dazzler 22nd in their "95 X-Men Members Ranked From Worst To Best" list.[123]
- In 2016, GameSpot included Dazzler in their "25 Most Criminally Underrated X-Men" list.[124]
- In 2017, Screen Rant ranked Dazzler 14th in their "Marvel: 17 Most Powerful Agents Of SHIELD" list.[125]
- In 2018,
- In 2019,
- In 2021, Screen Rant included Dazzler in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of Marvel's A-Force" list.[130]
- In 2022,
Impact
Brian Andersen of
Other versions
Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Dazzler appears as a member of the X-Men. She is a chain smoker, having no use for a singing voice in this timeline. She is also more skilled with her powers, being able to create hard-light constructs, as well as manipulate both light and sound energies. With this new power-set, Dazzler serves as a one-woman training facility, as well as a messenger via holographic transmissions.[133] She was romantically involved with Exodus,[134]
Dazzler was one of the characters involved in the original Age of Apocalypse to be brought back for the Age of Apocalypse 10th Anniversary miniseries. Against the battle with Mr. Sinister's Sinister Six, Dazzler was swallowed within Cloak's dark dimension, but is ultimately saved by a lightning bolt from Storm which forces Cloak to spit her back out.[135]
Battle of the Atom
In X-Men: Battle Of The Atom, Dazzler becomes the first mutant President of the United States in the future. However, during her Inauguration speech, she is assassinated by fire from flying demons along with Jamie Madrox, and several audience members.[136]
Earth X
In the
Earth-721
A woman from Earth-721 was given the powers and appearance of Dazzler by Interlocking Technologies. She came to Earth-616 and impersonated the original Alison. She toured the Western States of the US in Dazzler's original costume. However, she was ultimately discovered, stripped of her powers and returned to Earth-721.[138]
House of M
In the
Marvel Zombies
In the Marvel Zombies universe, Dazzler appears as one of the few uninfected heroes in the limited series Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness. There, she is almost eaten by an infected Winter Soldier until he is killed by Ash Williams.[141] Ash is attracted to Dazzler, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. As a thanks for saving her, Dazzler agrees to help Ash find the Necronomicon book that might put an end to the zombies. The duo pair up with the Scarlet Witch to discover that the Necronomicon is being kept at Doctor Doom's fortress in Latveria.[142] An infected Enchantress bites off her finger, infecting her, but Doom appears and vaporizes the two before Dazzler is turned.[143]
Secret Wars
A version of Dazzler appeared during the 2015 "
Ultimate Marvel
The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Dazzler is introduced as a punk rock singer in Ultimate X-Men #42. She briefly joins Emma Frost's Academy of Tomorrow when promised a record deal, but joins the X-Men after they rescue her from a Sentinel attack. There she is called "Dazzler" after the name of her band.
She often shows a lack of enthusiasm for the X-Men and their endeavors, but after learning of a proposed public execution of a mutant, she convinces a group of teammates to go on a rescue mission. When the mission goes astray and Angel is captured, Dazzler takes initiative and leads the team in a recovery operation. This leads to the accidental release of Longshot.[145]
Later, she and Angel go out on a presumed 'date' (really an effort to get themselves involved with the X-Men's latest mission) preventing the Academy of Tomorrow students from attacking the Triskelion. During the incident, power is lost and one of the inmates, Deathstrike, impales Dazzler through the chest. Ironically, Deathstrike is defeated by the very killer Dazzler has assisted before.[146]
Dazzler stays in a coma for several weeks, visited many times by Nightcrawler having an unrequited crush on her. Unfortunately, many factors have combined to unhinge Nightcrawler and as soon as she is able to be moved, she is fooled into thinking they must escape. Initially trusting Nightcrawler, she cooperates until the rest of the X-Men rescue her.[147] The others, understanding Nightcrawler is mentally ill, plan to rehabilitate. Dazzler does not accept this and quits the team in protest.[147]
She has since been labeled as one of the "most important" mutants to the X-Men's cause by the future
The Ultimate iteration of Dazzler does not convert sound into light in this continuity. Her powers are defined as "Matter Detonation"; by detonating small particles in the air, she is able to create brilliant photokinetic effects, controlling the color and intensity of the light created.[152] Under the influence of the drug Banshee, Dazzler's powers are vastly increased, and she is able to create solid light constructs such as a sword, a tiger for her to ride into battle, and even a copy of Wolverine's claws, which she uses to fight Wolverine.[153] Dazzler's true powers are shown when she detonates the matter making up Sentinel robots, completely destroying them with her sheer power.[154][155]
X-Babies
A member of the X-Babies is based on Dazzler.[156]
X-Men: The End
In X-Men: The End, a series about the X-Men's hypothetical future, Dazzler continued her career as a singer. An occasional "reserve" team member, she joined Storm and X-Men members Iceman, Bishop, Psylocke, and Sage for Xavier's "Plan B" team. Co-piloting a ship to the extraterrestrial Shi'ar homeworld, Dazzler used her powers to create a light show, calming the passions of the battling X-Men and Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Cassandra Nova then manifests, slaying the Imperial Guard and leaving the remaining X-Men as her sole adversaries. Dazzler attempted to subdue Cassandra along with Storm and Iceman. While she uses her ability to laser a hole through Cassandra's head, Storm strikes her with lightning, giving Iceman a chance to freeze her. Bishop then shatters her to prevent her from returning. However, Cassandra simply reforms and, as a form of retaliation, blasts a hole through Dazzler, strikes Storm with energy, and freezes Iceman. She successfully killed Storm and Dazzler, but Iceman survived the ordeal. Dazzler is believed to be among the slain X-Men that were invited to a plane of higher existence by the Phoenix.[157]
What If
Dazzler was featured in two issues of What If:
- In What If #33 (June 1982), Dazzler decides to stay Galactus' herald after she defeats Terrax. After many years of servitude during which she guides Galactus to feed on uninhabited worlds to spare the lives of beings on other planets, she is free to return to Earth. When she arrives, Dazzler discovers the Earth had become a barren wasteland. With nowhere else to go, she returns to Galactus who welcomes her return.[158]
- In a two-part What If? story (What if Cable had destroyed the X-Men? and What if Magneto took over the U.S.?) based on Uncanny X-Men #269, Dazzler is an agent of Magneto.[159] She is ultimately killed by a Sentinel warhead.[160]
In other media
Television
- Dazzler appears in X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, voiced by Alexandra Stoddart.[161] This version is a member of the X-Men.[162]
- Dazzler appears in X-Men: The Animated Series,[161] voiced by Catherine Disher.[163]
- Dazzler makes minor non-speaking appearances in Wolverine and the X-Men as an inhabitant of Genosha.[93] Additionally, a possible future version appears in a flashback in the episode "Badlands" as one of several Genoshans who were killed by the Phoenix Force.
- The Offenders.[164] In December 2019, Rivinoja and the entire writing staff was fired due to creative differences. Handler was still attached to the project.[165] In January 2020, it was announced that Tigra & Dazzler, along with the Howard the Duck series were canceled, making The Offenders unlikely.[166]
Film
- In the early 1980s, screenwriter Gary Goddard was commissioned to write a script for a film based on Dazzler, starring Bo Derek.[167][168]
- Alison Blaire / Dazzler makes a cameo appearance in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngstersin the 1990s.
Video games
- Dazzler appears as a playable character in X-Men.[172]
- Dazzler appears as a playable character in X-Men: Madness in Murderworld.[173][174]
- Dazzler appears as a playable character in X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants.[175]
- Dazzler appears as a NPC in the PC version of X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse.[citation needed]
- Dazzler makes a cameo appearance in Felicia's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.[176]
- Dazzler appears in Stern Pinball: Deadpool, voiced by Jennifer Lafleur.[177]
- Dazzler appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[178]
- Dazzler appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Fight.[179]
- Dazzler appears in Marvel Snap.[180][181]
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
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Dazzler: The Movie | Marvel Graphic Novel #12 | January 1990 | 978-0871350008 |
Essential Dazzler Vol. 1 | Dazzler #1-21, X-Men (vol. 1) #130-131, Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #203 | August 2007 | 978-0785126959 |
Essential Dazzler Vol. 2 | Dazzler #22-42, Marvel Graphic Novel #12, Beauty and The Beast #1-4, Secret Wars II #4 | April 2009 | 978-0785137306 |
Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler Vol. 1 | Dazzler #1-13, X-Men (vol. 1) #130-131, Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #203 | March 2020 | 978-1302922122 |
Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler Vol. 2 | Dazzler #14-25, material from What If #33 | April 2021 | 978-1302928674 |
Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler Vol. 3 | Dazzler #26-34, Marvel Graphic Novel #12 | May 2022 | 978-1302933180 |
X-Women | Dazzler (vol. 2) #1 and X-Women #1, X-23 (vol. 2) #1, Cloak & Dagger (vol. 4) #1 | February 2013 | 978-0785162797 |
Further reading
- The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson, Quirk Books (2017)
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