Women of Marvel

In our latest fiction podcast, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine, Kitty Pryde comes to terms with her new life, and the tragedy and trauma from her past.  We’ll chat with writer/director Jenny Turner Hall, and actor Ashlie Atkinson who plays Kitty in the podcast. We’re also joined by associate editor Lauren Amaro who updates us on the adventures of Kate Pryde in the Marauders series.   Learn more a...

Thirty years ago, Super Villains won. After killing the Avengers, the X-Men, and nearly every other Super Hero, the Red Skull assumed the office of President of the United States. Since that day, a traumatized Wolverine (Robert Patrick) has wandered in a daze of survivor’s guilt and self-loathing over his failure to protect his fellow X-Men and their mutant students. Wolverine encounters Sofia, a...

Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, is the teenage super hero and Avengers super-fan protecting the streets of Jersey City. And now, in Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel on Disney+, she’s joined the MCU! Star Iman Vellani, executive producer Sana Amanat, and head writer/executive producer Bisha K. Ali join the podcast to chat about bringing Kamala to the silver screen, with her fandom, family, teenage insecu...

Jennifer Walters may be strong and green like her cousin the Hulk, but this fierce woman knows how to maintain her cool AND her intelligence when she hulks out. We’ll talk to Renee Witterstaetter about editing AND appearing in Sensational She-Hulk…plus find out from writer Rainbow Rowell what’s in store for She-Hulk in her new series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

The powerhouse teen super hero America Chavez has punched her way into the MCU! Host Angélique Roché talks to star Xochitl Gomez, plus the stunt coordinator behind Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness about America’s character and how they brought her to life on screen - through multiverse dimensions, star-shaped punches, Gargantos’ tentacles, and more! Learn more about your...

From mid-century romance comics to Infinity Comics of today, Patsy Walker has stood the test of time. We’ll talk with comics legend Trina Robbins about her love of all things Patsy, find out from Jacque Nodell how the character evolved into Hellcat, and chat with editor Alanna Smith about the return to Patsy’s romantic roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wanda Maximoff has a tragic history complicated by magic. We’ll find out how the Scarlet Witch, over time, becomes one of the most powerful Marvel characters. A we’ll chat with scholar Beth Pollard about magic in pop culture, artist Jordie Bellaire about coloring the Scarlet Witch, and editor Kaitlyn Lindtvedt about why Wanda is her favorite character. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Meet the beloved Peggy Carter and in particular, a fan-favorite version of her – the Super-Soldier serum-enhanced Captain Carter. Captain Carter didn’t begin in the comics or on screen. Rather, she was born on the smaller screens of the MARVEL Puzzle Quest game – but she didn’t stop there! Hear from game designer Paige Pettoruto and writer Elsa Sjunneson about crafting Captain Carter’s stories and...

Coming soon! This spring, the Women of Marvel hosts explore eight of our favorite characters - then and now. How do Marvel heroes stay themselves AND evolve through the decades and across comics, films, games, and more. Captain Peggy Carter got her start on the screens of MARVEL Puzzle Quest. Squirrel Girl has appeared on the stages of live theater and now has her own podcast! Patsy Walker has bee...

Squirrel Girl has taken down Thanos and Doctor Doom – but now she faces something far more terrifying… living authentically. Empire State University college student, Doreen Green, has recently been outed as a Super Hero – The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Hoping to unify her personas in the public eye, Squirrel Girl has created a new student radio show on ESU’s own college station. With the help of he...

What do Black Widow, the Wasp, Shuri, and Gamora & Nebula all have in common? They’re all the subjects of Marvel’s young adult fiction books! Judy Stephens chats with YA writers Nic Stone (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel) and Sam Maggs (The Unstoppable Wasp: Built on Hope) about writing for young adults and why YA books tend to appeal especially to girls and young women. Learn more about your ad choi...

What does it mean for comics to be called “girl comics”? Ellie Pyle hosts a roundtable of past and present Marvel editors to answer that question. They chat about the genre of “girl comics”, the romance and adventure series from the 1940s and ‘50s, and the 2010 limited series that came under fire for its name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Judy Stephens talks to some of the women of Marvel from the 1970s! Linda Fite wrote The Claws of the Cat and Jean Thomas wrote Night Nurse, two comics aimed at a female audience in the early ‘70s – right in the middle of the second-wave feminist movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do comics editors make sure that Marvel reflects the world outside our windows? Angélique Roche talks with former Marvel editor Bobbie Chase about her career and how she brought personal and political stories to the panels of comics like The Incredible Hulk, Alpha Flight, and so many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Judy Stephens chats with two writers who got their start with fanfiction and now write canon stories for Marvel – Mackenzi Lee, author of Loki: Where Mischief Lies and Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms, and Stephanie Williams, who wrote a Monica Rambeau story for Marvel’s Voices: Legacy. Plus, Judy, Angélique, and Ellie all share their own loves for fanfic! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Ellie Pyle explores witchcraft and magic in the Marvel Universe with two historians and creator Rainbow Rowell. They talk about witches in popular culture, the history of the Salem Witch Trials, and Marvel characters like Agatha Harkness, Scarlet Witch, Morgan Le Fey, and Nico Minoru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Women of Marvel is back with a brand-new season!! This week, we explore the changing face of fandom with cosplayer Stella Chuu and TikToker Officially Divinity, and welcome three new assistant editors to the Marvel family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode, Angélique, Ellie, and Judy celebrate our huge 250th episode milestone! They look back on some favorite past episodes of Women of Marvel, talk about favorite 250th comic issues, and get excited for the new podcast season - coming very soon!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forty years ago, the villains of the world rose up and killed all the heroes. Well, all the heroes that mattered. The sole survivor of the Avengers, Hawkeye (Stephen Lang) is now a sideshow freak, re-living the worst day of his life for paying audiences. He's surly, broken, and losing his sight, but there's still that fire in him to be a hero, to avenge his friends. And he's ready to do what needs...

The gang’s all here this week! Ellie, Judy, and Angelique get a chance to catch up and, most importantly, rave about all things Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K! And we couldn’t do a M.O.D.O.K episode without talking to the women who really run the show. Ellie got the chance to chat with Aimee Garcia and Melissa Fumero, who voiced two of the most important people in M.O.D.O.K’s life: his wife, Jodie Tarleton, a...

Listen to this bones episode of Women of Marvel featuring Kaash Paige. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Solider has taken Women of Marvel by storm! Today we have three interviews with the badass women behind and in front of the camera. Director Kari Skogland and actresses Amy Aquino and Erin Kellyman chat about the series and joining the Marvel Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Women of Marvel #1 has arrived! To kick off the celebration, Judy spoke with former Marvel editor Louise Simonson about working at Marvel in the 80s, creating Power Pack, working on X-Factor, and of course, her forward in Women of Marvel #1! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by the growing popularity of comic book dialogue, literature, and academia, Angelique interviews professor and comic book historian Deborah Elizabeth Whaley. Whaley is the author of Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime, a deep dive into the history (or lack thereof) of Black women’s representation in sequential art. They talk about the importance of scholar...

Allow her to re-introduce herself! Cindy Moon AKA Silk is back in action TODAY in Silk #1, written by YA author Maurene Goo with art by Takeshi Miyazawa. Ellie, who was in the room when Cindy was first introduced in Amazing Spider-Man, chats with Maurene Goo about her career, taking the reins in Cindy’s new adventures and how her love for reading lead her from journalism, to publishing, to authors...