Squirrel Girl
Doreen Green was born a mutant with a unique blend of squirrel-like physical traits — including a bushy prehensile tail, retractable knuckle spikes, and enlarged teeth — along with the uncanny ability to communicate with and command squirrels, a power she embraced wholeheartedly as the upbeat hero Squirrel Girl.
Few characters have parlayed a quirky 1992 debut into a genuine Marvel institution quite like Squirrel Girl, who first bounded onto the scene in Marvel: The Year in Review #4, dreamed up by Bob Washington and Joe Madureira at the tail end of the Copper Age. Over more than three decades of publishing history, she's proven herself anything but a novelty, racking up 92 catalog appearances and earning her own flagship title, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, alongside stints in Spider-Boy and One World Under Doom. She keeps remarkable company throughout her adventures — sharing pages with the likes of Captain America, Tony Stark, and Peter Parker — which speaks volumes about how deeply she's woven into the fabric of the Marvel Universe. With a key issue to her name and a publishing run stretching all the way to 2026, Squirrel Girl is a Copper/Modern Age treasure well worth tracking down.
Real name. Doreen Allene Green
Powers. Squirrel-based abilities: superhuman strength/agility/durability proportionate to a squirrel, prehensile tail, retractable knuckle claws, enlarged incisors, and the ability to communicate with and command squirrels.
Affiliations. Great Lakes Avengers (GLX/GLA), Avengers; later supporting cast of New Avengers; nanny to Luke Cage and Jessica Jones's daughter
Trivia
- Marvel's 2015 solo series The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl was widely noted for being written in a deliberately upbeat, comedy-adventure tone that contrasted sharply with the darker style dominating many superhero books at the time.en.wikipedia.org
- The character's early history included a retcon away from mutant status, and later stories explicitly clarified that she was medically and legally not a mutant anymore, which mattered because of real-world Marvel rights-era continuity issues.en.wikipedia.org
- She has been used as a meta-joke and status-check character in Marvel continuity, including stories where she defeats absurdly powerful enemies and even serves as a benchmark for how outlandish Marvel can get with power scaling.en.wikipedia.org
Top series
Covers through the years — 1992–2024
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