Carol A. Strickland

Carol A. Strickland (born December 16, 1955)^[1] is an American fiction writer, pop culture scholar, and comic book fan. While she is less well-known than influential Wonder Woman fans like Gloria Steinem and Trina Robbins, her scholarship on the DC Comics series, as well as other series known for high appeal to female audiences, has made her something of a grande dame of superhero fandom.

1 Wonder Woman
2 Invisible Girl and Ms. Marvel
3 Light Lass
4 Bibliography
5 References
6 External links

Wonder Woman

Her unofficial background work on Wonder Woman includes:

Detailed criticism of the history of the character;
A proposed (but not accepted) revision of Wonder Woman;
Wonder Girl and "Impossible Family" proto-fanon; more "personal canon" than fanon, but then Wonder Woman’s official continuity has changed so often that the canon lacks even the necessary substrate of consistency upon which a fanon can be based.

Invisible Girl and Ms. Marvel

Strickland also used the letters pages of the Fantastic Four and the fanzine LoC to point out what she considered egregious examples of sexism in Marvel's treatment of the characters the Invisible Girl and Ms. Marvel.

Her letters to the Fantastic Four caused a large debate among readers about the direction of the Invisible Girl/Susan Storm Richards,^[2] and may have brought about writer/artist's John Byrne's revamp of her character and eventual transformation into the Invisible Woman.
Similarly, her essay about the rape of Ms. Marvel in the pages of The Avengers exposed what many considered to be the misogynist underpinnings of superhero comics.^[3]

Light Lass

Strickland designed a costume for the Legion of Super-Heroes character Light Lass in the 1970s, which was adopted and used in the series by the artist Dave Cockrum.^[4]

Bibliography

Touch of Danger, a contemporary fantasy adventure involving a superhero and a psychic. Vol. 1 of the "Three Worlds" series. Published May 2009 by Cerridwen Press.
Burgundy and Lies, a historical romance set in 16th Century France. Published November 2009.
Star-Crossed, Vol. 2 of the "Three Worlds" series, published July 2011.
Applesauce and Moonbeams, a science fiction novel with romantic, humorous, and suspense elements, published Sept. 2011.
"Nothing to Lose," a short story e-published Feb. 2010.

References

^ http://carolastrickland.com/fiction/index.html
^ Letters published in Fantastic Four #216 (March 1980), #220 (July 1980), and #221 (August 1980).
^ Strickland, Carol A. "The Rape of Ms. Marvel," LoC (1981). Retrieved August 6, 2008.
^ carolastrickland.com - Legion of Superheroes

External links

Personal site

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