Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 (Feb. 2006):
“This Woman, This Warrior!”
by Gerry Conway, Carla Conway, John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, etc.

Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1

Title: “This Woman, This Warrior!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2006

Publisher:
Written by: Gerry Conway, Carla Conway
Art by: John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, Dave Hunt

26 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (lead character)	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Mary Jane Watson	Christian (denomination unknown)	[was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,827
J. Jonah Jameson	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Robbie Robertson		black		739
Scorpion (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Dr. Kerwin Korman		A.I.M. [eventually merged with Doomsday Man robot]		12
Frankie		[bank robber]		1
Phil		[bank robber]		1
Gunner		[bank robber]		1
Peter Parker (2-panel cameo, pg. 6, panels 1-2)  a few other spoken references	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Suzy (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 3)	indeterminate	[admired Ms. Marvel]		1
Hewlit (1-panel cameo, pg. 8, panel 1)	indeterminate	[worked in Carol Danvers' building]		1
HYDRA (mentioned, pg. 7, panel 4)  Dr. Kerwin Korman (to Scorpion): "I play to use it as part of my retirement fund. I grow weary of making weapons for groups like HYDRA. I grow sick of this lab -- and its childish toys."	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Kree (mentioned)  multiple references	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (mentioned)  multiple references	Kree religion	Kree [former captain of Kree star fleet]		142
Sentry 459 (Kree Inter-Galactic Sentry 459) (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 2)  Scorpion/Mac Gargan (to Ms. Marvel): "Lady, you're crazy! I heard about the Kree -- how they've got Sentries who fought the Fantastic Four and the Avengers -- how their science is a million years ahead of Earth's -- but you sure ain't one of them!"	N.A.	Heavy Metal		28
King Kong (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  bystander (after seeing Ms. Marvel take down 5 bank robbers): "It's an act! A publicity stunt -- like that gag at the World Trade Center with the styrofoam King Kong!"	N.A.	ape [gigantic ape]	RKO Radio Pictures	40
The Fantastic Four (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 2)  Scorpion/Mac Gargan (to Ms. Marvel): "Lady, you're crazy! I heard about the Kree -- how they've got Sentries who fought the Fantastic Four and the Avengers -- how their science is a million years ahead of Earth's -- but you sure ain't one of them!"		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100
Dr. Michael Barnett (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1)  Hewlit (doorman): "Ms. Danvers! There was a man to see you -- said his name was Barnett. He left a message -- something about dinner at Sardi's--?" Carol Danvers: "Thanks, Hewlit. I'll give Mike a call when I get upstairs."		[close friend of Ms. Marvel]		9
The Valkyrior (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 1)  Quote: "Like the Valkyrie guards of Valhalla, she swoops across the face of the Earth, arms as wide-spread as an eagle's wings, eyes burning, jaw set... her every sinew throbbing with battle anticipation... we may call her -- Marvel: Ms. Marvel!"	Norse/Teutonic demigoddesses	[bring honored dead to Valhalla]		29
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 15, panel 2)  Scorpion/Mac Gargan (to Ms. Marvel): "Lady, you're crazy! I heard about the Kree -- how they've got Sentries who fought the Fantastic Four and the Avengers -- how their science is a million years ahead of Earth's -- but you sure ain't one of them!"		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
Lynda Carter (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  bystander (after seeing Ms. Marvel take down five would-be bank robbers): "I've seen tough -- but that little lady makes Lynda Carter look like Olive Oyl!"	born again Protestant Christian (temporary)	[played Wonder Woman on TV]		93
Olive Oyl (mentioned, pg. 3, panel 3)  bystander (after seeing Ms. Marvel take down five would-be bank robbers): "I've seen tough -- but that little lady makes Lynda Carter look like Olive Oyl!"		[Popeye's girlfriend]		462
Kate Millett (mentioned, pg. 5, panel 2)  J. Jonah Jameson (to Carol Danvers): "Lately... I haven't had time to devote myself to our Magazine Department -- particularly our women's magazines -- and let me tell you, Miss Danvers, it shows. Articles on Women's Lib, interviews with Kate Millet [sic], stories about careers for women -- yecch."	LGBT Feminist; Catholic (raised)	[wrote book Sexual Politics (1970)]		8
Diana Ross (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Mary Jane Watson (to Carol Danvers): "I once saw your picture in Rolling Stone, on some article you wrote about Diana Ross!"	Baptist	black		188
Norman Mailer (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 1)  Quote: "Brooklyn: One-time home of the Dodgers, part-time home of Norman Mailer, current home of the Scorpion--"	Jewish	[film director; poet...]		55

This comic was reprinted from: Ms. Marvel (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 1977): "This Woman, This Warrior!".

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