Women & NB Creators at Marvel Comics Watch, March 2019 Solicits: 32 Creators on 27 Books

When I write up these posts, I have to go through all the entries below, italicizing the titles and consolidating the different entries for each creator. With DC, it’s a pretty quick job these days. I’m done before I know it. With Marvel, it’s much more involved. There are a lot of female and non-binary creators working on a lot of books at Marvel right now, and getting this list looking right is a big job! And I’m glad for it. Let’s take a look at who’s doing what at Marvel this March:

• Amanda Conner: Captain Marvel #3 (cover)
• Amy Reeder: Ironheart #4 (cover)
• Ashley Witter: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #30 (cover), X-23 #10 (cover)
• Audrey Mok: Marvel Rising #1 (cover)
• Babs Tarr: Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1 (variant cover)
• Carmen Carnero: Captain Marvel #3 (interior art)
• Elsa Charretier: Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1 (variant cover)
• Erica Henderson: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #42 (interior art, cover)
• Eve L. Ewing: Ironheart #4 (writer)
• Gail Simone: Domino: Hotshots #1 (writer)
• Jen Bartel: Black Panther #10 (variant cover), Marvel Tales: Thor #1 (cover)
• Jen Soska: Black Widow #3 (co-writer)
• Jenny Frison: Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #2 (variant cover)
• Jody Houser: Star Wars: Age of Republic – General Grievous #1 (writer), Star Wars: Age of Republic – Padme Amidala #1 (writer)
• Kate Niemczyk: Age of Conan: Belit #1 (interior art)
• Kelly Thompson: Captain Marvel #3 (writer),Mr. and Mrs. X #9 (writer), West Coast Avengers #9 (writer)
• Kirbi Fagan: Shuri #6 (cover)
• Leah Williams: Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #2 (writer)
• Mariko Tamaki: X-23 #10 (writer)
• Michelle Delecki: Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #2 (cover)
• Naomi Franquiz: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #42 (interior art)
• Natacha Bustos: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #41 (interior art, cover)
• Nilah Magruder: Marvel Rising #1 (writer)
• Peach Momoko: Marvel Rising #1 (variant cover)
• Rainbow Rowell: Runaways #19 (writer)
• Sana Takeda: Age of Conan: Belit #1 (cover)
• Sara Pichelli: Age of Conan: Belit #1 (variant cover)
• Seanan McGuire: Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #2 (writer), Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #6 (writer)
• Sylvia Soska: Black Widow #3 (co-writer)
• Tini Howard: Age of Conan: Belit #1 (writer)
• Vita Ayala: Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #1 (writer), Shuri #6 (writer)
• Yasmine Putri: Avengers: No Road Home #4 (cover), Avengers: No Road Home #5 (cover), Avengers: No Road Home #6 (cover), Avengers: No Road Home #7 (cover)

All together, there are 32 different female and non-binary creators set to work on 27 different comic books at Marvel in March 2019, 1 more creator than in February though 2 fewer books. These are very solid numbers, and Marvel’s been consistently in this range for several months now. Whatever was plaguing them a year ago when they dipped into the low teens has been sorted, and now we’ve got women and non-binary creators working across the board at Marvel.

In terms of brand new names, it’s not a big month. I think that Peach Momoko is the only creator I haven’t seen before, at either publisher, and it looks like Audrey Mok might be making her Marvel debut. We also have a host of returning favourites! I feel like it’s been a little while since we’ve seen Kate Niemczyk, Nilah Magruder, and Sana Takeda at Marvel, so it’s nice to have them back in the mix as well.

March is a big month for female characters at Marvel. Kamala Khan is back after little to no absence with Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1. It’s odd to not have G. Willow Wilson in the mix above, and I’m a little bit sad at the lack of female creators inside the book, but I’m sure it will be excellent. We’ve also got Age of Conan: Belit, which stars a female character I know nothing about. Marvel’s really going all in on this Conan license, eh? And finally, Domino is back again with Domino: Hotshots after her original series went over so well with readers.

So yeah, solid month all around at Marvel. There are lots of female and non-binary creators in the mix, female characters are headlining some big new titles, and the publisher is maintaining a level of consistency we don’t usually see from them. There’s always room to grow, of course, but this level of representation is certainly putting the distinguished competition to shame.