Grapplers (comics)

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Grapplers
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Marvel Two-in-One #54 (Aug 1979)
Created by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and John Byrne
Roster
Auntie Freeze (leader)
Battleaxe
Butterball
Cowgirl
Gladiatrix
Golddigger
Magilla
Poundcakes
Sushi
Vavavoom

The Grapplers are a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe. It was a loosely organized band of female wrestlers, most of whom gained superhuman strength after their first published appearances, through the group known as Power Broker, Inc.

They once attacked Dazzler while they were all incarcerated at Rikers Island.

[edit] Original Members

The original line-up bear superficial resemblance to the Female Furies, from Jack Kirby's New Gods.

[edit] Recruits

  • Auntie Freeze (Ann Fraley) (leader)
  • Battleaxe (Anita Ehren)
  • Gladiatrix (Robbin Braxton)
  • Magilla (Sandy Staimaster)
  • Butterball (Vivian Dolan)
  • Vavavoom (Dawn Middlebury)
  • Sushi (Susan Hayakawa)
  • Cowgirl (Deb Lowry)
  • Golddigger

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