We all know Marvel Comics for Iron Man, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Fantastic Four, and so on, but let's talk about the Marvel that was not mainstream but was - make no mistake - just as good.
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I have recently read about Squirrel Girl and was curious enough to invest my amazon gift cards from Christmas and Birthday into getting a full set of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Halfway through book 1 of 4 of the set I have no regrets, not one. I now want to collect them all.
We know that comics get a little weird, depending on what you are reading, and X-Men can get confusing (past to present to past, and what's going on now?!), but here are some heroes you should look into in Marvel Comics. (I may do a DC Comics edition of this blog topic later, but it depends on what I find.)
Squirrel Girl
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I opened talking about her, so let's start here. She is part squirrel and part human. She has a squirrel named Tippy Toe as her sidekick and can call a squirrel army to help her at any time (except in space). She once defeated Thanos. Any questions? I love her because she is super awkward (like me) and I totally want a squirrel army. Her alter ego is Doreen Green and she shoves her tail in her pants, then claims she has an awesome butt.
You're asking what she does if I'm guessing correctly. She has had contact with the Avengers and several other Marvel heroes, some she was hoping to get in a team with. It didn't always work out, since she was a bit weird even for Iron Man, but they do know her, and she has joined several teams throughout her fictional life. She is not a mutant, in case you were wondering. Her methods of fighting involve her squirrel army and her wits (including talking Kraven the Hunter into not going after Spiderman). If you like characters breaking the fourth wall, you'll like Doreen Green.
Lastly, on this heroine, we discuss her physical abilities. She can lift between 800 lbs and 25 tons. She can chew through a steel door in seconds. She leaps several stories and climbs like a squirrel. Night and peripheral vision are awesome as well because she is part squirrel. She does heal at an accelerated rate, too. Check her out sometime at your public library (and you will probably have to do an interlibrary loan, given she isn't mainstream).
For more on her specific history, here is the whole picture: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Doreen_Green_(Earth-616)
Captain Britain
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It isn't hard to imagine this dude. He looks like Captain America, only he is wearing a British flag. His alter ego name is Brian Braddock. Braddock is clearly from the British Isles. He gains power from the Amulet of Right and protects the omniverse. He is powered by energies from the Otherworld (so, powered by the will of the British people, loosely translated). He once teamed up with Captain America to defeat Red Skull. Fun fact, this was Peter Parker's roommate at Empire University (where Squirrel Girl decided to get her degree, also). He gave his twin Betsy the mantle for a while, but she was unprepared and he took it up again.
Captain Britain can't go too far from the British Isles or he loses some power. If I misunderstood I wish to have it explained more, but that's what I'm getting from Wikipedia Marvel. His powers have also shifted from his amulet to his suit, then to his confidence. It all sounds a bit confusing (but I have never read it, so it may not be). At his peak, he can lift 90 tons and exert himself for 24 hours. His suit creates a forcefield to protect him, and his confidence somehow creates this as well (again, if I didn't get it right, correct me). I think he has to wear the suit to have the power and his confidence levels make a difference in his power level.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Brian_Braddock_(Earth-616)#History
Julia Carpenter
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Here we have the second Spiderwoman, Julia Carpenter, also known as Arachne and Madame Web previous to this. She is not mainstream mostly because the characters leading to her have not been introduced in films. She is in some video games. She was part of a genetic study, leading to her having powers similar to Spiderman. She has teamed up with Iron Man due to a situation where she was being bounty hunted, as well as teaming up with Spiderman to battle Wrecking Crew. Her daughter Rachel has been used to make her fight Spiderman, but in the end, she couldn't kill him and he helped her get Rachel back. She lost her powers once, then got them back with a serum to become Arachne. Her history gets so deep and complicated that it may be in your best interest to start at the beginning comics.
History aside, we look at her powers. She can lift 10 tons, exert herself for several hours, has super reflexes (as expected from a spider power), is immune to all known poison, and has a sense of vibrations so finetuned she can sense a spider moving on a wall and know when she is walking over a hollow floor just by walking on it. Her webs, to be clear, are psiwebs, and thus can do a bit more than Spiderman's webs. Loosely translated, she can control web movement mentally and create a web from a distance. She is also blind.
Again, I give you more on her below:
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Julia_Carpenter_(Earth-616)?file=Julia_Carpenter_%2528Earth-616%2529_from_Prowler_Vol_2_2_001.jpg#History
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