New Avengers 8: Jess considers a new name!

[benicio127]

Just picked this up yesterday, though it came out last week. Jess&Luke are one of my favourite couples and I could probably just read an entire comic of them talking and doing stuff. I noticed they are having a conversation I've been sort of having with myself and others after recently getting engaged...



And obviously I don't mean taking on the superhero name of my fiance, lol, but rather the last name! It was interesting to me as more and more women in North America choose to keep their last name, hyphenate and generally just choose different options rather than take on someone else's last name; as well as a growing number of gay and straight married couples in Canada (and I suppose some states in the U.S. that allow gay marriage, which sadly aren't very many) decide to create a whole new name out of both last names (ie. John Fawcett and Tom Wood became John and Tom Woodfawcett). As well as the practice/tradition of who takes on whose last name varies widely in other countries (ie. Spain, Mexico) (I've put A LOT of thought into the whole last name thing, OK)

ANYWAYS....! ON TO THE SCANS! Approx. 4 pages.

Luke makes the initial suggestion.












And Jess is swearing because a Doombot comes around and spoils their sexy dinner date. And then at the end of the issue, Jess makes an announcement:




Luke's mug, OMG. Truth: I actually showed this last bit to my fiance and was like: See what Luke did? That's what not to do.
Ahhh I love these two. :D

Comments

[abagnale008]

It should be interesting when Danielle becomes a super-hero.

"Danielle. Power Gir...wait."

[icon_uk]

Consider some of the alternatives; Power Lass? Powerette? Powerina? Powerella? A lawsuit from DC and boob window jokes might be preferable.

[equinox216]

One mid-teen emancipation later:
"Danielle. Uncaged."

[khaosworks]

Iron FIst.

[amaniwolf]

Doh! You had it Luke and you Boo Yah's it away. Got to admit, i laughed at that.

[dorksidefiker]

That poor waitress...

[salinea]

I know, right!

[jarodrussell]

Poor Power Girl. Wonder Woman's TV show gets her life, and Jessica Jones (who may have her own TV show) gets her name.

[hivemindcomics]

I loved this issue so much. I like how every now and then Bendis sneaks an Alias-reunion-esque issue into one of Marvel's best selling on goings.
I want that mug. I may need to have a child to validate owning one, but I want it.

[sinisterlink]

I always love little add ons like Luke's mug. My other favorites are a Superman comic that had Lois drinking out of a "My husband is a Superman" mug and a Spider-man comic that had Norman using something along the lines of a "World's Greatest Dad" mug. That one still cracks me up.

[greenmask]

I don't like it and I hope she finds her own name.

I didn't like it in the Incredibles, either. And I'm pretty sure I've heard Sue Storm being called Mrs Fantastic, and I didn't like that either.

*shrug*

[blackruzsa]

Yeah, it kinda removes the whole autonomy and creativity for the Superhero.

WELL LUKE, THEN WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ON HER NAME INSTEAD? D8<

Random fact, although nowadays the wives take the name of the husbands when they marry, back in old times here, whoever had the higher ranking was the name for the couple. So if the man was higher, they would say "wife of blah" and if the woman was hire, the man would lose his name and become "husband of blah".

[benicio127]

Yeah. In reality, it's a personal choice based on each woman and I wouldn't judge either way.

[bluefall]

Haha, poor Invisible Woman. It's not just the cape name thing, either. She often gets the "Sue Richards" treatment, which is like the single worst example of name-change in anything anywhere that I can think of. Like, okay, shock surprise horror, I'm not a big fan of women changing their name for their husbands period. But when your maiden name is Susan fucking STORM, of all things, you do not give that up! That is the coolest shit you will ever know! "Storm" as a name is objectively superior to "Richards" on every possible level. What even.

[ravenous_raven]

Totally agree. There are norms and legal reasons for changing your family name, but how many married superheroes change their name to reflect his/her partner? Not every facet of your life has to be linked to your SO, you can stand on your own in other ways.


And when did Helen Parr change her superhero name? I thought she just stuck with Elasti-Girl...

[aaron_bourque]

GGGGRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Let.

People.

Have.

Sentences.

Of.

More.

Than.

Four.

WORDS!!!!

BEEEEENNNNNNDDDIIIIIIIIISSSSS!!!!!

[meatwhichdreams]

I knowww, I feel like I'm reading a storyboard or something. I think a major pitfall writer-artist team comics often fall into is TOO MANY FUCKING WORD BUBBLES.

Cut out some dialogue, Bendis. I promise you, ever jewel-like phrase you have polished to perfection is actually not necessary for the scene. It sounds crazy, I know, but MAYBE you should consider editing?

[badficwriter]

Well, she doesn't like Jewel or Knightress anymore. Power Woman is emasculating and dorky, but usable.

Or they can both just wander around in civvies with civilian names all the time, until they get sued into the poorhouse.

[okkult3000]

Power Woman is... emasculating... If I were a robot, my head would have just exploded.

[benicio127]

Power Woman is emasculating and dorky, but usable.


OK? I'm not sure if you're using the wrong word here, but emasculating means to make a male seem weaker, so by saying that is implying that Jess using the name Power Woman makes Luke look weaker. Which... just... no.

And if you're attempting to refer to Jess making the choice of taking on her husband's superhero name .... I think this is something we really have to remember because women in reality (in North American society as the patriarchal "tradition" is) make the choice to take on a spouse's name. Ultimately the decision is up to her. I think that's a really important key thing to remember. Here, Jess made the choice. She thought about it, considered it, etc.

[mullon]

That was a stupid conversation with a stupid resolution.

[nezchan]

I'm sorry, this whole thing is awesome and if the comic were nothing but those two being awesome I'd read the hell out of it, but...

...I just can't get past how much Danny is enjoying that sandwich in the Boo Yah panel. He's like "Holy shit, sammich!"

[psychopathicus_rex]

I don't get why she doesn't just go back to 'Jewel'. It's a perfectly good superhero name, and we know she's already got quite a reputation based on that period of her life.
Also, I would NOT want to be that waitress.

[recognitions]

She got tired of getting requests for "You Were Meant for Me."

[fifthie]

Just look at all those words.

[fifthie]

Wrapped in so very many bubbles.