[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

The last thing the MCU needs is to start treating its few female characters like disposable plot hooks.

To be fair, that Marvel Comics in a nutshell. Have you ever read the original Fantastic Four or Spider-Man runs?

Invisible Women is written like a whimpy scared puppy who can't handle anything and always needs to have the trio of guys hide things from her as to no upset her.

Betty Brant in Spider-Man is no different. She got all shaken up and sick from Scorpion's attack on the Bugle while everyone else was fine. She is also repeately pathetic when Peter just blows her off or gets upset because of her relationship with Ned Leeds. I think the Annual was the only time she didn't break down into tears at all.

I think that is why Black Widow has always been my favorite Marvel female as she can actually stand up to most of the male characters.

Speaking of 60s Marvel, I finished reading my Doctor Strange Omnibus and it was good. This was the first time I've really read stand alone Strange stories since everything I read with him when growing up when him teamed up with other characters. He's actually quite badass and the series was far more stroy driven than I ever could have imainged (even moreso than Spider-Man). I'm quite impressed. I also love that he didn't start out with the Cloak of Levitation or his round amulet, although it was weird for him not to have them right away. My only complaint is that the final issue felt rushed as if they had to cram a multipart story into one issue. I mean, Strange is in the hospital at the end of 145, in 144 Dormammu said he was going to have to carefully plan a way to get revenge, but then 146 starts out with Dormmamu tired of waiting and tricks Strange into Eternity's dimension evn though that is not what Dormmamu was going to do. Plus, the end just has the girl found without any true struggle. WTF?

Nevertheless, this was an excellent book and now I've become a bigger Strange fan than I was before. Ditko's art continued to impress, especially whenever Eternity was on the page. There were some truly great use of lighting and shadows to be found here too. Good stuff all around. On to Amazing Volume 2!