A review by tularoo
Marvel: Powers of a Girl by Lorraine Cink

5.0

I cannot love this book enough. I came late to the Marvel game, not truly embracing it until the movies. But I very definitely preferred Marvel over DC—with one caveat. DC did a better job of female heroine representation. At least to those not fully immersed in the comic universe anyway. I lamented that the only well known Marvel heroine was Black Widow, until Scarlet Witch came along. SHIELD gave us some additional small screen heroes in Quake & Yoyo (& Jenna Simmons who is absolutely a superhero despite her lack of super powers). But my superhero-loving daughter always tilted towards the friendly, accessible DC Superhero Girls because there seemed to be so few known Marvel heroines. This book changed all that. Not only is it completely dedicated to Marvel FEMALE superheroes, it adds in some BIPOC representation with a dash of Queer representation as well. I thought the writing was engaging (if a bit grating at times due to the very conversational, Millennial voice) & all of the backstories fascinating. A worthy addition to any superhero-loving girl's library.