Marvel Divas is a limited series

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 comic book

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 published by Marvel Comics

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. On April 9, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada

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 revealed in his weekly blog with MySpace

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 Comic Books that the series follows four female heroes, who, up until now, had nothing in common. The group featured Firestar (Angelica Jones)

Firestar

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, Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Hellcat (Patsy Walker) and Photon (Monica Rambeau)

Monica Rambeau

Monica Rambeau is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. Initially known as Captain Marvel, the character became a leader of the Avengers...

, four single women who bond over their inabilities to find a solid romance. The creative team is Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Tonci Zonjic.

Background

Originally, Aguirre-Sacasa had envisioned it as a solo book featuring the Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman

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. Further brainstorming had prompted him to pitch the miniseries as a Sex & the City homage for the Marvel Universe

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. He chose the four most unlikely characters and made them bond over their inabilities to find romance and the fact they were heroes. Aguirre-Sacasa describes the series as "a lot of hot fun". Most of the series would be viewed through the perspective of Hellcat.

Plot

The series' four main story lines connect to a larger story.

Hellcat deals with her ex-husband, Damien Hellstrom's attempts to reenter her life. Photon, also dealing with an ex, helps Brother Voodoo

Brother Voodoo

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 retrieve a powerful artifact. The Black Cat considers a return to the life of crime. Firestar, a graduate student studying art history, deals with her radiation powers giving her breast cancer. Justice may make an appearance.

Criticism

The cover of the first issue and the likening of the plot to Sex and the City

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has had Marvel and Aguirre-Sacasa accused of misogyny

Misogyny

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. Aguirre-Sacasa's response was "In terms of those specific accusations, it's something I'm pretty sensitive to, and I think my record holds that I've never written a misogynistic story, including 'Divas'". His response to the cover was "It's sexy, it's fun, it catches the eye, it gets people talking. [...] To me, the book stands and falls on its content, which is either your cup of tea or not, but I promise you it's not misogynistic."

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback

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• Marvel Divas (104 pages, Marvel Comics, January 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3177-9)