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12	* ComicBook/BlackWidow: Under the pen of certain artists, she's drawn with the MostCommonSuperPower and an ImpossibleHourglassFigure with a lot of MaleGaze, all of that while wearing a [[SensualSpandex skin-tight black catsuit]]. Several of her stories have at least one {{fanservice}} scene:
13	** During her appearances in ''Amazing Adventures'' she was constantly seen undressing or putting on her SpyCatsuit, with most panels using ShouldersUpNudity but a few showing more skin. She also had an infamous ShowerScene with only GodivaHair covering her breasts.
14	** During a ''Marvel Fanfare'' story, in order to escape a cell, she stripped and tore down her SpyCatsuit to make a BedsheetLadder, and made herself a [[ImprovisedClothes tiny makeshift bikini with what remained of her catsuit]], which she wore for the rest of the story.
15	** In ''ComicBook/IronMan'' #269 her entire introduction is a long gratuitous {{fanservice}} sequence showing her morning routine. It starts in her apartment where she SleepsInTheNude under a ModestyBedsheet but suddenly wakes up in a CatapultNightmare in a panel with ToplessnessFromTheBack and {{Sideboob}}. She then gets up and gets dressed (SceneryCensor blocking any nudity) and goes for a [[WorkoutFanservice morning workout routine]], with [[MaleGaze several close-up shots of her body]] as she exercises and ''then'' she goes to have a ShowerScene to wash away the sweat (CensorSteam covering her) and goes back to her room in a tiny bathrobe that barely covers her legs and exposes a ton of cleavage. All while the narration boxes keep telling the viewer just how gorgeous she is.
16	** The ''Black Widow: The Coldest War'' graphic novel features several scenes with her in a state of undress, such as changing clothes, a ShowerofAngst and a {{flashback}} sex scene with her husband Alexei.
17	* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' tends to run into these types of female characters in his comics and get romantically involved with them:
18	** Dr. Betty from the ''Merc With a Mouth'' mini-series is particularly blatant. A scientist who worked for AIM, she spent most of her time [[MaleGaze showing her sexy body to viewers in many different poses]]. She seemed to have serious trouble finding clothes that fit, but none at all finding frilly underwear in her size. Even her [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelheroicrp/images/0/0a/Betty_swanson_dpmwam_6.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150430211747 AIM costume]] has no pants and shows her cleavage.
19	** Outlaw is a gorgeous cowgirl-style merc whose outfit always bares her abdomen and sometimes she wears even ''less'' than that. In all fairness, she is able to get away with it due to [[MadeOfIron her body being highly resilient to damage]], making the outfit's impracticality a non-issue.
20	** Shiklah is a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus princess]] considered quite stunning (except in her OneWingedAngel mode). Her outfit is also equally as flattering, a skimpy black outfit resembling a bathing suit over transparent skull-patterned lace.
21	* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. She is a [[LadyInRed red-clad]] FemmeFatale whose outfits are {{Stripperiffic}} in nature, and is famous for MaleGaze scenes during fight scenes. When she dodges, artists usually draw her from behind to emphasize her ass. Flying kicks are drawn from the front, effectively becoming full-page crotch shots.
22	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' has [[ComicBook/InvisibleWoman Susan Storm aka The Invisible Woman]]. Her regular costume(s) are shown to be very form-fitting. She is also shown to have nice breasts that are [[MostCommonSuperpower buxom]], an ImpossibleHourglassFigure, and a voluptuous body. However, her sex appeal often gets dialed up in alternate universes, especially ones where her invisibility is tweaked to put her in NakedPeopleAreFunny situations (as seen in ''1602'').
23	* ComicBook/{{Gamora}} is a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe whose original outfits sported [[NavelDeepNeckline a massive open cleavage that goes down to her stomach]] and was prone to [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8d/b3/0c/8db30c60b24aa3684420f1091cb9c649.jpg tons]] of MaleGaze, specially during ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''.
24	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'':
25	** [[ComicBook/TheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]] is a [[StatuesqueStunner tall]] [[SexyScandinavian Nordic]] [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde bombshell]] who relies heavily in her [[FemmeFatale sex appeal]] and [[SexGoddess sexual prowess]]. She also [[MaleGaze likes to dress in ways]] to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amora_the_enchantress.png accentuate her flawless figure]]. She is considered quite the [[HeadTurningBeauty babe]] InUniverse, whose [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman umatched beauty]] makes her desirable to even males of other ''species'', such as [[InterspeciesRomance trolls and frost giants]].
26	** ComicBook/{{Hela}} also qualifies. She tends to be depicted half-naked from time to time and recline seductively in her bed. One instance she tried to pose as a human, she looked like a blatant FemmeFatale. In addition, her Ultimate counterpart is extremely {{Stripperiffic}}, wearing only a dark bustier, long boots and a thong.
27	** ComicBook/LadySif the Asgardian LadyOfWar is a stunning brunette known [[AmazonianBeauty toned physique]], striking blue eyes and elegant armors and outfits. She once went on a FullFrontalAssault on Loki when he tried to cut her hair while she [[SleepsInTheNude slept naked]], clad only in CensorShadow and GodivaHair.
28	* ''ComicBook/TheTwelve'': Black Widow, a gorgeous blonde woman in a skintight dress, who is shown she SleepsInTheNude. Having pledged herself to Satan, modesty isn't exactly a priority for her anymore.
29	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] as ComicBook/MsMarvel. For a long time, she was practically the poster girl for this before her "promotion" to being the new Captain Marvel, complete with a ''literally'' form-fitting full-body costume that covers everything but her head (and then an additional retractable cowl that covers everything except part of her face). Her first costume (the Warbird persona) was originally derived from the red-and-blue Kree uniform of Captain Marvel, but after emerging from under his shadow she was given a distinctive new black-and-gold leotard costume with a lightning bolt motif; this costume get many MaleGaze. In fact, the both of Carol's original Ms. Marvel costumes have highlighted her ImpossibleHourglassFigure, [[AmazonianBeauty muscular yet voluptuous body]], [[MostCommonSuperpower buxom breasts]], [[AmazonianBeauty strong toned muscles]], ripped broad shoulders, [[MaleGaze sizable backside]] and long, muscular legs. Lampshaded by Moonstone/Dark!Ms. Marvel in ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'' when she asks Tigra just how Carol wears these outfits and by Kamala Khan (the new ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'') later, who repeats Moonstone's complaint about the wedgies the suit gives while wearing it, after originally gushing about how much she wanted to wear it.
30	* The ComicBook/ScarletWitch has been this since her first appearance in the comics. She's a very beautiful brunette who usually wears {{Stripperiffic}} outfits (particularly a red bathing suit) that are more seductive than her contemporaries [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Sue Storm]], or [[ComicBook/TheWasp Janet van Dyne]] and highlight her very buxom breasts, ripped broad shoulders, voluptuous yet toned body, and long toned yet shapely legs. But she took this trope to the next level whenever Creator/GeorgePerez is drawing ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. In 1998 he replaced her original, though sexy, costume with a {{Stripperiffic}} UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}-influenced outfit, which was replaced with a more practical superhero costume soon after he left the book and she later returned back to wearing her usual red bathing suit.
31	* ComicBook/SheHulk is a [[MostCommonSuperpower buxom]] AmazonianBeauty clad in a LeotardOfPower, gets frequent ClothingDamage and provides the page image for {{Fanservice}}. Just a few examples during Creator/JohnByrne's run: In the first several pages of ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'' #40, She-Hulk is skipping rope, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny apparently naked due to a simple joke she made in the letters column]] (she isn't actually naked, but was wearing skimpy undies that were hidden by the blur lines). In ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' #45, nearly all the story is filled with big and casual pinups of Jen that steal the spotlight from the actual story narrated in the box.
32	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spidey]]'s love interests are, usually, shown like this.
33	** Back when Creator/SteveDitko drew the book, not so much since MediaNotes/TheComicsCode was in effect and they all wore modest dresses, and most of them were in high school. By college, however, characters like [[Characters/MarvelComicsGwenStacy Gwen Stacy]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] were introduced. Gwen, however, stopped being this par for the course of her CharacterDevelopment [[spoiler:and, y'know, [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied death]]]]. Mary Jane, however, kept the revealing clothes and flighty personality even after maturing, though in her case it's justified: She's an actress/model, and it's literally her ''job'' to be hot. Still, while most superheroines have an ImpossibleHourglassFigure, MJ is almost always buxom and leggy, and she doesn't have the superpowers to justify it.
34	*** Most fans will attest that Mary Jane fit the Trope most during Todd [=McFarlaine's=] run on ''Amazing Spider-Man''; he did several "cheesecake" shots of female characters, and as the most visible member of the supporting cast, she had most of them, the art during his run giving her a sudden preference for midriff revealing tops and [[NavelDeepNeckline dangerously daring necklines.]]
35	** Gwen is a very beautiful blonde-haired woman who wears outfits (particularly skirts with thigh-high socks and boots as well as dresses) that highlight her very voluptuous body (that's nearly as sexy as MJ's body), buxom breasts, [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure hourglass figure]], and long, toned legs. Her alternate universe counterpart ComicBook/SpiderGwen, which put her in the same type of skintight costume and has her do the same kind of acrobatic poses as Peter, proved to be particularly popular.
36	** Characters/{{Black Cat\|MarvelComics}} had a suit designed for NavelDeepNeckline, made out of black PVC, and had a build that would require lots of surgery to get in real life, even more so than a lot of other heroes. Her miniseries ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManBlackCatTheEvilThatMenDo The Evil that Men Do]]'' opens with a ShowerScene focuses a great deal on her body, such as a [[LegFocus close up of her washing her legs]] or showing her figure via SexySilhouette.
37	** In a very weird way, Marvel has been trying to turn Carlie Cooper into this, most likely to increase her popularity. Low cut jeans, bared midriff, a tattoo that's near her lady bits but still visible in order to increase the midriff, and was probably the only girl in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'' shown during the 'Naked New York' scene. However, because people [[CreatorsPet just can't stand her]], it's been rather ignored.
38	* ComicBook/{{Tigra}} is a twofer, being a CatGirl who walks around wearing naught but a bikini. Later books have tried to justify this with Tigra saying wearing anything else over a full coat of fur would result in heatstroke, and the bikini is pretty much for modesty's sake.
39	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
40	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] is a beautiful redhead who wears form-fitting costumes. During ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', she starts wearing increasingly more provocative outfits due to Mastermind's influence, eventually settling on a just a corset and black underwear.
41	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] usually wears revealing costumes, such as a sleek leotard in the '70s and her classic form-fitting suit which was made famous by ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. Since her culture didn't have a taboo about nudity, she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl liked public nudity a lot]] in earlier appearances.
42	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] is a SouthernBelle who fights in a SensualSpandex, making her a target of MaleGaze across different adaptations. Also, her counterpart from the Ultimate universe wears nothing but shorts and a loincloth strapless bra.
43	** [[ComicBook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]], on the other hand, remains perhaps the only female character in Marvel over the age of twelve to retain her petiteness while having achieved the face of a young woman in her early 20s. Although that's partly due to every writer at Marvel except Creator/JossWhedon and Creator/BrianMichaelBendis having forgotten she existed - and Whedon made sure to give Kitty at least two nude scenes during his run on ''Astonishing X-Men''.
44	*** Kitty wasn't constantly subjected to MaleGaze on quite the level of her teammates, but considering she was underage for a majority of the 80's and 90's, the fact that it happened at all is a bit excessive. She was introduced in a skin-tight dance leotard that she switched out for a tube-top and vest combo that left her midriff bare, and was later shown in lingerie, a tiny bikini, a cheerleader outfit with a ''very'' short skirt that outlined her rear end and most of her costumes were painted on. As she aged into her teens and twenties this started becoming a bit more common, including her "Coyote Ugly" outfit in ''Xtreme X-Men #44''.
45	** ComicBook/NewMutants Wolfsbane and (usually) Moonstar are ''usually'' given petite frames and tomboyish haircuts, making them cuter than fanservicey. The few exceptions have either been by bad artists ([[CoughSnarkCough cough]]Creator/RobLiefeld[[CoughSnarkCough cough]]) and/or just look ridiculous because all the past art has them slender.
46	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]]. She almost always makes it to the top of any list discussing the sexiest women in comics. Since her inception back in the ’80s, she’s pretty much-worn variations on white lingerie, sometimes far more revealing than most of the other Marvel women. She gets quite a few scenes where she's wearing even less than usual and seems to be fully shameless about this.
47	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]]. Not so much with the MostCommonSuperpower, but the costume she was stuck in for twenty years was pretty {{Stripperiffic}}, giving her what might possibly be [[ThongOfShielding the worst wedgie in the entire Marvel Universe]]. Not forget that she is the poster trope of the BoobsAndButtPose. Or, in some comics fan circles, The Psylocke Pose.
48	** Not a heroine, but [[ComicBook/Inferno1988 Madelyne Pryor]], when she became the Goblin Queen, achieved the supreme level of accomplishment in this trope. Her tattered costume featured an open middle that left only the [[{{Underboobs}} tops]] of her breasts covered. Only the cosmic power of the Phoenix Force stood between her and a WardrobeMalfunction of such epic proportions that it would have almost certainly led to a revival of MediaNotes/TheComicsCode.
49	** ComicBook/{{X 23}} initially doesn't strike one as this, until you realize that just about every uniform she has (give or take a couple) as well as the majority of her civilian clothes show off her navel. Her civvies also have a tendency to involve short skirts, PaintedOnPants, and [[OfCorsetsSexy corsets]]. Also, being a [[DistaffCounterpart female clone]] of Wolverine, makes the embodiment of a whole category of [[WolverinePublicity fanservice]].
50	** ComicBook/RachelSummers was this during her ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} days. When she was in the X-Men initially, she was a stick thin tomboy wearing very conservative clothes and costumes. Then she got abducted into the Mojoverse, and when she got back her body had become a lot curvier (apparently somebody remembered that she's supposed to look a lot like her mother, Jean Grey - and she'd been sent to Mojo's Body Shoppe). Her costume was now a red, one piece leather catsuit with integrated heels and adorned with spikes. Her off duty clothes were not as risque, but only just. This was lampshaded by a disgruntled Kitty Pryde when the two went on a shopping trip, and a mischievous Rachel promptly used her telekinesis to transform Kitty's clothes into something more like her own. Kitty immediately complained that she looked like a hooker.
51	*** Her Marvel Girl costume, which consisted of a tight top and a skirt that at times only narrowly escaped the description of 'belt', was arguably just as bad for this. Afterwards, she went for a form-fitting red and yellow costume with a trenchcoat on top that both covered and emphasised everything.
52	** [[Characters/XMen2000sMembers Husk]]. C'mon, you know Paige Guthrie's mutant power is really just an obvious ploy to depict a teenage babe ripping all her clothes off and running around nekkid...
53	** Jena and Madelyne Pyre in ''ComicBook/XMenPhoenixLegacyOfFire'' wear nothing more than [[ChainmailBikini gold bikinis]] with only small jackets covering them. The former in particular gets in a couple of lewd situations such as getting [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer seduced]] by [[SuccubiAndIncubi a succubus]] and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything being suggestively grabbed by tentacles]] at one point. You could make the case that every female character in that comic qualifies as this trope, since they are all scantily-clad nubile young women.
54	** ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} wore NavelDeepNeckline with large breasts and great curves. She almost won the title of WorldsMostBeautifulWoman twice.
55	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonetStCroix Monet St. Croix]] is a ProudBeauty famous for her looks, especially during ''ComicBook/XFactor2006'', she tended to show plenty of skin, either with revealing outfits, [[HomeNudist lounging naked in her room]], sunbathing in the rooftop. Suffering from ClothingDamage that left her naked due to her NighInvulnerability also became something of a RunningGag during the story.

Context MsFanservice / MarvelUniverse