Marvel Divas Vol. 1
Roberto Aguirre-SacasaMarvel Comics2009
Rating 1.8- Series
- Marvel Divas
Tags
Featured Fiction Social Fiction SuperheroUrban RomanceComplex HumanityComicsOld New YorkFemale PerspectiveSummary
This volume collects the first issue of the four-issue limited series Marvel Divas, titled "Bad News on a Good Day," published on July 1, 2009. Writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa brings together four female superheroes who previously had no connection, forming a circle of friends: Hellcat (Patsy Walker), Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Photon (Monica Rambeau), and Firestar (Angelica Jones). The story opens with Patsy celebrating the publication of her new book at a party attended by New York's upper-crust A-list heroines eager to steal the spotlight. Patsy slips away from the crowd to drink and chat with Felicia and Monica, and the three exchange updates on their love lives. Angelica then joins the gathering and delivers shocking news: she has cancer. Over the course of that single night, the four women truly come together through their individual troubles. The main story runs twenty-three pages; the creators deliberately downplay superpowers and combat, using extensive dialogue to portray these heroines' confusion and friendship as ordinary people, laying groundwork for the emotional entanglements, illness, old flames, and return to crime that unfold across the remaining three issues.Editor's review
《Marvel Divas》是漫威2009年推出的四期迷你系列，因总编乔·克萨达把它比作「漫威宇宙版《欲望都市》」而备受关注。本册作为开篇，用一场新书发布会把四位女英雄聚在一起，随后转入私人化的对话：谁和谁分手了、谁还在为旧情纠缠、谁又被生活开了最残酷的玩笑。编剧阿吉雷-萨卡萨擅长写人物间的张力，克罗地亚画师通奇·宗吉奇（Tonči Zonjić）的线条松弛写实，让这些穿紧身衣的女性看起来像生活在真实城市里的普通人。封面由J. Scott Campbell绘制，当年曾引发关于女性形象塑造的争议，作者本人也公开回应过，但正文内容其实更偏向情感剧而非卖弄。如果你想看超级英雄脱下战衣后如何面对疾病、孤独和友情，这一册是很好的起点；若你期待的是动作场面，则应当降低预期。Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢以人物关系为核心的漫威故事的读者
- 对黑猫、地狱猫、光子、火星女等女性角色感兴趣的读者
- 关注超级英雄题材如何处理疾病与现实困境的读者
- 想了解2000年代末漫威多元题材尝试的漫画史爱好者
Not a good fit for
- 期待大量战斗与超能力对决场面的读者
- 年龄偏小、需家长陪同阅读的青少年读者（原刊标注为家长指引级）
- 希望一次阅读完整故事、不愿追连载的读者
Reading tips
- 先了解四位主角的基本设定，再读对话会更能体会她们的处境差异。
- 把这一册当作整条故事线的序幕，四期连读更容易看清各条支线如何汇合。
- 留意画面中刻意淡化的超能力元素，它们是理解作者创作意图的关键。
- 如果对当年关于封面与性别形象的争议感兴趣，可对照当时的访谈与评论一起阅读。
About the publisher
Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics is a publisher centred on comics that also extends into media tie-in novels and graphic novels. Its catalogue in this database contains 542 titles, with common categories covering children's books, comics and cartoons, premium fiction, social fiction, media tie-ins and art, reflecting an output aimed at both younger readers and adult comics fans. Representative titles include Journey into Mystery No. 642, Avengers (2013) No. 12, Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 104, Fantastic Four No. 645, Iron Man No. 17 and Captain America Vol. 5 No. 35, showing a strength in superhero series and long-running serials. Representative authors include Kieron Gillen, Matt Fraction, Al Ewing, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, reflecting its reliance on writer and artist teams for serialised creation. Public information on its founding background and scale is limited, so no inferences are made here.
FAQ
《Marvel Divas》第1册讲的是什么故事？
这一册名为《Bad News on a Good Day》，讲述地狱猫帕齐·沃克新书发布派对上，四位女英雄聚在一起聊感情近况，火星女安吉莉卡·琼斯最后带来自己患癌的消息，成为全系列的转折点。这一册的原刊出版时间和页数是多少？
漫威官网与Grand Comics Database均记载该期于2009年7月1日出版，正篇故事23页，全刊含广告共36页，封面由J. Scott Campbell绘制。《Marvel Divas》一共几期？
这是漫威2009年推出的四期限定系列，从2009年7月连载至12月，2010年1月集结为平装合集出版。为什么这套漫画常被拿来和《欲望都市》比较？
漫威总编乔·克萨达在公布企划时称其为「漫威宇宙版的《欲望都市》」，编剧也以此为灵感，把四位女英雄写成一起聊天、吐槽感情的单身女性群体，因此这一说法广为流传。This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa AuthorRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is a comics writer whose publicly available personal information is limited; his birth year, nationality, and educational background are not clearly documented. Judging from the ten works held in the collection, his writing centers mainly on the Norse mythological characters of the Marvel Universe, including Loki: The Trial, Loki: My Struggle (Loki's Trouble), and Thor: The Trial of Loki, showing a sustained interest in the pair of Loki and Thor. He has also worked on series such as Nightcrawler, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Marvel Divas, with subjects spanning superhero, fantasy, and urban romance. The works are commonly categorized under comics and cartoons, film and television tie-ins, fiction, and children's books, suggesting a writing style that combines visual immediacy with narrative tension and lends itself to adaptation for film and television as well as to young readers.