The dramatis personae for X-Men of Apocalypse #3 lists “Savage Land Rogue,” as if the comic featured a 1990s Toy Biz action figure as opposed to the character Anna Marie LeBeau (though to be fair that wasn’t her name at the time).
I think it’s best just to tag in Dr. Anna Peppard, who recently wrote about “Savage Land Rogue” and other throwback looks for female superheroes that Marvel has recently brought back in miniseries like X-Men of Apocalypse:
“I’m sure these costumes are iconic for somebody. Maybe they’re even iconic in general since, with the exception of Rogue’s one-off bikini, these characters wore these costumes … for many years. But saying something is iconic is a lot like saying something is fanservice. We often toss around these words with the presumption that characters have a single iconic legacy or that comic book fans are a succinct demographic desiring an identical form of service.
“Yet this has never been true. The preferred meaning of any superhero has always been contested. And the meanings attached to female superheroes are often particularly contentious, mostly because some very loud men will always be various degrees of outraged and terrified by the concept of women who don’t profusely prioritize the needs of [READ THE ARTICLE TO SEE WHAT WORDS ARE MISSING HERE] they learned to love as kids and tweens.”
Check out our exclusive preview of X-Men of Apocalypse #3, out next week, and keep scrolling for the basic deets.
W: Jeph Loeb | A/CA: Simone Di Meo
INTO THE SAVAGE LAND! The XOA journey to a land before time and Gambit finds the woman he loves on a world he never made – Rogue! Plus, Sabretooth versus Zabu! Guest-starring Magneto, Ka-Zar, Sauron and Simone Di Meo making magic with dinosaurs!
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