![]() ![]() One of my favorite things about The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is that while we do see Doreen and her squirrel friends in action, Squirrel Girl doesn’t always fight her way out of a dilemma. She’s hidden her tail in her leggings and is carefully pretending not to be able to lift heavy boxes when–of course–she learns that New York City is under attack by Kraven the Hunter.** Later, she’s trying to sign up for some college clubs when her sidekick Tippy Toe delivers even worse news: Galactus, the devourer of planets, is on his way to Earth. When The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 begins, Doreen Green is starting her first semester in college in New York City. ![]() Since I wasn’t particularly in the mood for angsty superheroes this seemed right up my alley. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is her solo debut. Doom. She’s appeared as comic relief in some other Marvel adventures. She’s young mutant with ridiculous powers–the proportional strength and speed of a squirrel, plus the ability to talk to squirrels–who nonetheless managed to help take down Dr. Squirrel Girl was originally introduced as a joke in a one-off Iron Man comic. Suffice it to say that my brother and I collected Marvel Comics trading cards.* But I hadn’t read an actual comic book in a long time when I decided to tackle task #6: read an all-ages comic. On to the next Read Harder challenge! It will probably not shock you to learn that I was a big fan of comic books and related media as a teenager. ![]()
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