American Update: “These Females Fight Back!” – Five Female-Fronted Firsts!
*Marvel: In the week of International Women’s Day, we offer a Fab Five of Female-Fronted ‘Firsts’ from Marvel: Amazing Adventures #1 from 1970, which co-starred the Black Widow alongside the Inhumans, giving Madame Natasha the distinction of being the first female-starring ongoing series of the Marvel universe; Marvel Spotlight #32, with the first appearance and origin of the arachnoid adventuress known as Spider-Woman; Ms. Marvel #1, in which Carol Danvers gained the costume and powers of the (other) cosmic avenger; Savage She-Hulk #1, the first appearance of Bruce Banner’s courageous cousin and the one-off Marvel and DC Present – only the fifth true Marvel/DC crossover – bringing together the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans against the venomous yet voluptuous villainy of the Phoenix!