15 Radical Superheroes To Diversify The MCU
2. Hot Shots
Earlier this month, Marvel Comics relaunched their Domino ongoing series by Gail Simone and David Baldeón, to some decent fanfare, as a five issue team mini-series called Hotshots. Those fans who’d been paying attention noticed something immediately: this looked suspiciously like a Marvel equivalent of Birds Of Prey.
Birds Of Prey, the foremost run of which was also written by Simone, was the DC team book that showcased the crimefighting partnership between Oracle (Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl), Black Canary and the Huntress, with a rotating, mostly female supporting cast. It was fantastic, telling stories that allowed women to interact without having to constantly negotiate their way past male co-stars.
Starring mercenary BFFs Domino, Outlaw and Diamondback, and featuring Black Widow, an exiled Wakandan warrior called Atlas Bear and Korean secret agent White Fox, the first issue of Hotshots has delivered exactly the same vibe.
It may seem premature to hype this concept for development for TV by Disney+, but this is a no-brainer: it can deliver exactly what its comics counterpart does, and what Birds Of Prey used to for DC.
There is literally no downside to seeing Marvel's most charismatic female antiheroes snarking at one another while doing badass espionage/heist/protection shenanigans with no men around to get in the way. Can we have this tomorrow, please?