Lady Liberators

The Lady Liberators, also called the Liberators, are members of a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original team's only appearance was in The Avengers #83 (December 1970), written by Roy Thomas.

Lady Liberators
Cover to The Avengers #83. Art by John Buscema and
Tom Palmer.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Avengers #83 (December 1970)
Created byRoy Thomas
In-story information
Member(s)Current roster:
Invisible Woman
She-Hulk
Storm
Thundra
Valkyrie
Former members:
Black Widow
Enchantress (as Valkyrie)
Hellcat
Jazinda (honorary)
Medusa
Scarlet Witch
Spider-Woman
Tigra
Wasp

Publication history

The Lady Liberators were created in 1970 as a single-issue joke in The Avengers. Feminism was strong at the time, but the creators and audiences of the comic book industry were still overwhelmingly male. Roy Thomas created the group as a caricature of feminism, and the Valkyrie, a new character introduced in the story, was revealed to be a villain that manipulated the female heroes by pretending to be a female liberator.[1]

Fictional history

Valkyrie's team

The Lady Liberators were a group of female Avengers duped by the Enchantress. The original team consisted of the Wasp, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and Medusa, and were led by Valkyrie (actually a disguised Enchantress).

She-Hulk's team

In the 2008 Hulk series, She-Hulk formed a new team of Lady Liberators consisting of the Invisible Woman, Storm, Valkyrie, Thundra, Spider-Woman, Tigra, Black Widow, and Hellcat to discover the identity of the Red Hulk and get vengeance on him for her humiliating defeat against him.[2]

Cover to Hulk #9. Art by Art Adams. The art is an homage to The Avengers #83.

References
  1. W. Wright, Bradford (2001). Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. United States: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-8018-6514-X. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  2. "Hulk (2008) #7". Marvel.com.
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