G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marguerite K. Bennett (Angela: Asgard’s Assassin), writers of the new (and first!) all-female Avengers team A-Force discuss fandom, haters, and how to move comics forward.
What brings the ladies of A-Force together during the Secret Wars event? Obviously it's a response to very vocal fandom that's quickly filling up with women in the real world, but in context of the Marvel Universe what brings these drastically different women together as an Avengers team for the first time ever?
G. Willow Wilson: I think one of the cool things about Secret Wars is that for the first time we get to have all of these characters who don't normally interact — usually they're in their own little corners of the Marvel Universe, but now all of a sudden they're in the same place — so that seemed like a great opportunity to bring together some of the First Ladies of Marvel as well as some fan favorite characters on to one team with one mission. It made a lot of sense to do it now and sort of use the momentum that's been building up in the fanbase and the demand for more stories from more diverse voices. We're hoping that it's gonna be a great ride.
Will people who aren't caught up on Secret Wars, but are totally into the idea of an all-female Avengers run, be able to jump into Issue 1 of A-Force and keep up?
Marguerite K. Bennett: Within the event, there's this island in the Secret Wars world called Arcadia, and this is the place where all of the heroines of the Marvel Universe operate in this, you know, ideal civilization...and I have to be really careful of the things that I can and can't say. But we're gonna make it as accessible as possible. We want this to be Women Of Marvel, The Book. You'll get to see this insane, crazy —you know, pushing characters to the limits stuff — but also seeing the decimation of their relationships and the depth of emotion and the power that they derive from being part of the sisterhood.
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