Kelly Sue DeConnick is the writer of some of our very favorite comics, including Pretty Deadly, Bitch Planet, and the Eisner Award-winning Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons. You can catch a glimpse of her in the MCU's Captain Marvel, which was based on her vision for Carol Danvers. Her current Dark Horse series, FML, is on stands now, and if you’re not reading it, what are you even doing?
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Stories Covered in this Episode:
"This Woman, This Warrior!" - Ms. Marvel #1, written by Gerry Conway with Carla Conway, art by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott, letters by John Costanza, colors by Marie Severin, edited by Gerry Conway, ©1976 Marvel Comics
"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written and performed by Robb Milne. All incidental music by Robb Milne.
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