International Women's Day - One Year Later

Back when I joined The Weekly Crisis, the very first post I did was a look at some of my favorite female super heroes as a celebration of International Women's Day. It is one year later from that original post, and I thought it would be a good idea to see how these heroines have changed, and what important events have happened in their lives. Hit the jump to read the rest of the article.

Invisible Woman

Not much has happened in Sue Storm's life since last year. She is still a member of the Fantastic Four, and she has gone through the events that such a life entails. Notable among them, is when her older self traveled back to this reality (and died at the hands of Doctor Doom) and when she was hurled along different realities during one of her husband's many experiments during the Dark Reign storyline.

In more recent events, the Fantastic Four found a new civilization that requested a spokesman to speak for all humanity, and Sue stepped up to the role. What this event will mean to future stories is unclear at this moment, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Invisible Woman play a more prominent role in Hickman's Fantastic Four run.

Ms. Marvel

I have already written plenty about Ms. Marvel, in my farewell post to her ongoing series. In this year, she was briefly replaced by Moonstone while pretending to be one of the Dark Avengers. Since then, Ms. Marvel has gone on a date with Spider-Man, she has been siding and fighting along with the New Avengers, and hanging out more with the Jessicas (Drew and Jones, more commonly known as Spider-Woman and Jewel) not to mention the time she died and her essence was separated into different personalities.

What the future holds for Carol Danvers is unclear at this moment, but I would not be surprised to see her join one of the Avengers teams that are going to be formed in the Heroic Age that the Marvel universe is going to be going through.

Atom Eve

Atome Eve has gone through a very rough year since the last post. In the Invincible War and Conquest storyline, Earth was attacked by alternate realities Invincibles and one of the fiercest warriors from the Viltrumite empire. In both situations, Atom Eve (and just about everyone else, really) found herself vastly outmatched by the invaders and suffered many injuries. In one of them, she was on the verge of dying, but her powers went into overdrive and she was able to manipulate her own body structure and restore it back to health.

It has been hinted that the process was not a perfect one, and something may seriously be wrong with her body now. She is currently spending lots of time with her boyfriend Invincible, and both of them are currently operating a superhero security business together. Also of note, she shared a mini series with her ex boyfriend, Rex Splode, which explored and expanded their origin and first meeting.

Oracle

In my original post, I declared my worries with the fact that Barbara Gordon would somehow been cured of her paralysis. The mini series, came and passed, and that did not happen (much to my relief). Instead, Oracle is still working alongside with (the new) Batman, Dick Grayson, to fight crime in Gotham. Additionally, she has developed a working relationship with the new Batgirl, Stephanie Brown, helping her and teaching her the ropes of the superhero business.

The future seems bright for Oracle, as the series that lauched her popularity, Birds of Prey, is going to be relaunched in the future under the pen of Gail Simone, who wrote a good portion of Birds of Prey original run. We can expect a larger place in the spotlight for her collaborating with other heroes like Black Canary and Huntress, alongside with her usual guest appearance in other Batman related books.

Conclusion

Overall, I should count myself lucky that none of my favorite female characters have died (although Atom Eve was close) and that despite Ms. Marvel's cancellations, I am probably going to be seeing more of them in the rest of 2010. What do you think the future has in store for them? Where do you think they will be a year from now? Let me know in the comments section.

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