A-Force
| A-Force | |
|---|---|
Cover of A-Force #1 (May 2015).
Art by Jim Cheung. |
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | A-Force #1 (May 2015) |
| Created by |
G. Willow Wilson Marguerite Bennett Jorge Molina |
| In-story information | |
| Leader(s) | She-Hulk |
| Member(s) | See below |
| A-Force | |
| Series publication information | |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date |
Vol. 1: May 2015 - October 2015 Vol. 2: January 2016 - October 2016 |
| Number of issues |
Vol. 1: 5 Vol. 2: 10 |
| Creator(s) |
G. Willow Wilson Marguerite Bennett Jorge Molina |
| Professional reviews | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CBR | IGN | Newsarama | |
| Issue | Rating | ||
| 1 |   |
8.4/10 | 8/10 |
| 2 |  |
8/10 | 8/10 |
| 3 | |
7.3/10 | 8/10 |
| 4 | |
6.8/10 | 7/10 |
| 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Professional reviews | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CBR | IGN | Newsarama | |
| Issue | Rating | ||
| 1 | |
7.0/10 | 8/10 |
| 2 | N/A | 8.5/10 | 9/10 |
| 3 | |
7.5/10 | 8/10 |
| 4 | |
7.8/10 | N/A |
| 5 | |
N/A | N/A |
| 6 | N/A | 7.3/10 | N/A |
| 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Professional reviews | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CBR | IGN | Newsarama | |
| Issue | Rating | ||
| 8 | N/A | 7.0/10 | N/A |
| 9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
A-Force was an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in May 2015 as a part of Marvel's "Secret Wars" crossover storyline. The series, created by writers G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett and artist Jorge Molina, features Marvel's first all-female team of Avengers. The team first appeared as part of an alternate universe during "Secret Wars" but later reemerged in Marvel's primary continuity. A-Force ended in October 2016 due to poor sales despite favorable reviews from critics and was described as being "decidedly feminist".
In February 2015, Marvel Comics announced that they would launch A-Force in May 2015. The series, written by G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marguerite Bennett (Angela: Asgard's Assassin) and drawn by Jorge Molina (X-Men), features Marvel's first all-female team of Avengers. The team, led by She-Hulk, initially consists of Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and Singularity, a new "cosmic powered" hero, but features many more characters. Wilson stated that Marvel editor Daniel Ketchum mandated that the team be composed entirely of female characters, but gave the writers total discretion when it came to which women to choose. Ketchum also brought in Bennett, whom he worked with on Nightcrawler, to co-write the series with Wilson. The series takes place with in Marvel's 2015 "Secret Wars" crossover storyline, which finds the entire Marvel Universe, including the Avengers, disbanded. What is left is a patchwork of different environments and on one such environment called Arcadia, which Wilson describes as a "feminist paradise", a familiar threat arises that forces A-Force to come together. Bennett elaborated,
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