Fanfic / Superwomen Of Eva Earths Mightiest United

"Cover" to the story, modeled after George Pérez's for 1998's Avengers, vol. 3, #1
Art by Zair-dacorus.

And there came a day, unlike any other, when a band of super-powered women—each involved one way or another in the battle with the 'Angels' and SEELE—assembled once again against a common foe...

Superwomen of EVA: Earth's Mightiest, United by Author0fntent is the first long-form story in the author's Superwomen of Eva Tribute series. As stated by the author, the story is part tribute and part experiment to bring about a version of the 'Heroes United' story by OrionPax09 to 'print', while attempting to maintain the spirit of the Superwomen of Eva series.

The story sees the Marvel-based superwomen (along with their allies) band together to deal with the arrival of Galactus and his heralds, eventually leading to them forming the Avengers.

The story is available here, and also here, though without the author's notes but with artwork commissioned for the story.

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Tropes:

• All There in the Manual: Superwomen of Eva Tribute: The (Un)Official Handbook of Who's Who acts as this for all the elements present in this story that aren't necessarily reconcilable with the Superwomen of Eva stories proper. So far, Nadia, Shiro Tokita/the Leader, Miss Sinister, and Alkhema have entries in the Handbook.
• Artistic License: Due to the Canon Welding of the story (considering said story is itself something of a, fittingly, What If?), certain plot elements in the original disparate stories are either altered or done away with entirely.
  • Maya is Ms. Fantastic (as she is in her own story, as well as Treacherous Web and Vengeful Devil) and not the Absorbing Woman (as she is in Emerald Fury). Instead, as revealed in the second epilogue, Iwao Chiron has become the Absorbing Man, with fellow original character Chihiro Tanaka having become Titania.
  • Misato, at some point before the events of this story, has managed to move past the "Savage" phase of being She-Hulk and become a more Sensational version of her gamma-powered alter-ego.
  • Asuka is Ghost Rider, as in her own story, and therefore does not undergo the gamma-based transformation she does in Emerald Fury. Her Red She-Hulk self is instead split off into a distinct character all her own based on Asuka Langley Shikinami, as Asuka's clone sister "Ruby Shikinami".
  • Ritsuko/Spider-Woman, unlike the early portions of her own story, appears to have not killed Gendo after coming into her powers.
  • Mana/Iron Maiden, unlike her own story, has not gained any cybernetic limbs. Additionally, Musashi "Lee" Strasberg and Keita Asari, her fellow T•RIDEN•T pilots from the video game in which all three originate, appear as, respectively, War Machine and Rescue.
  • Instead of the Gungnir spear she uses in her own story, Mayumi/Storm wields the "Raijin Yari". (Additionally, unlike that same story, Exodus is not a transformed Ryoji Kaji, but instead a genetically-engineered creation of SEELE.)
  • The superpowered third Rei clone from Spirit doesn't die in her final fight with Hikari in Terminal Dogma, but instead uses her 12th Angel-derived abilities to escape the Bakelite flood she almost became trapped in, uncaring of where she ended up on the other end of the portal. She winds up at the High Evolutionary's citadel on Wundagore Mountain, where she is nursed back to health and becomes the scientist's apprentice...before, years later, becoming the villainous geneticist Miss Sinister.
  • Because the author didn't include Superwomen of Eva: Triple Threat in the Canon Welding, Naoko Akagi doesn't return as Cloak, Dagger, and Venom. Instead, as revealed in the last vignette of the second epilogue, her intellect returns in the form of the results of the scientist's secret "Project: Jocasta": the gynoid Alkhema.
• Ascended Extra: While this is the bread-and-butter of the Superwomen of Eva series already when it comes to Evangelion's major and supporting female characters, this story (as part of the overall Superwomen of Eva Tribute "umbrella") goes even further with certain other extracanonical female characters introduced in the 21st century (that aren't Mari Makinami). These consist of:
  • Hitomi Kaga, from the 2006 video game Secret of Evangelion, as the Superwomen of Eva version of Ms. Marvel. (Kenzaki Kyouya, the prominent Section Two agent from that same game, is the story's equivalent of Mar-Vell/Walter Lawson.)
  • Aoi Mogami, Satsuki Ooi, and Kaede Agano, the Bridge Bunnies from Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project (both the 2004 computer game and the manga of the same name), as the Superwomen of Eva versions of, respectively, Yellowjacket, Stature, and The Wasp.
  • Nene Matsukaze, from the visual novel Neon Genesis Evangelion Gaiden Vol. 2 ~ Feast of Dolls ~, as the Superwomen of Eva version of Moon Knight.
  • Kotone Suzunami, from the mobile game Evangelion Battlefields, as Wondra, the Superwomen of Eva equivalent of Wonder Man.
  • Established bridge bunny Makoto Hyuga is also given this, as in this story, not only is he mentioned to have been an undercover S.H.I.E.L.D. agent the whole time he was working for NERV, but he's also the new Hawkeye. (Done as a nod to Azure Dragon of the East's Neon Genesis Avengers.)
  • Sumire Nagara, from the Rebuild series, who also appeared in Emerald Fury as a member of NERV's medical staff, is the story's version of Photon/Monica Rambeau. In the third epilogue, her fellow Rebuild character, Midori Kitakami, is mentioned as being the fic-verse's version of Gravity.
• Big Bad: Galactus, both figuratively and literally. In the second epilogue, we're also treated to vignettes on future major villains the Avengers will go up against, including Shiro Tokita/the Leader, Iwao Chiron/Absorbing Man, and Chihiro Tanaka/Titania in the first one; the High Evolutionary and his protégé, the future Miss Sinister, in the second; and the robotic Alkhema in the third.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: A few notable instances.
  • Deadpool (a given with him) does it in chapter 5, mentioning he'd do well to literally keep his head since his fans would go nuts if he was offed so early. (And he still has to consult on the movie they're making about him.)
  • Misato, given how much this comes with the territory of being She-Hulk, does it in the Interlude Omake by making a phone call to get the contact info for Rumiko Takahashi.
  • Deadpool does it again in chapter 10's omake, having a tit-for-tat with the author over their attempts at aping the grandiosity of the Lee/Kirby creative team and commenting on the plot convenience of having a nearby convenience store selling Hostess pastries in Japan.
• Canon Welding: Unlike the mostly-disparate nature of the source material, the author has essentially melded together elements of all of OrionPax09's Marvel-based Superwomen of Eva stories (plus Mike313's Spirit and Archdruid-Sephiroth's Tempest Aterna) into one narrative environment, with the exception of Superwomen of Eva: Triple Threat (due to not being a fan of that entry and also having a different idea in mind for Naoko Akagi).
• Crossover Relatives: As an example, Nadia, in this story, is now related to Namor and his family.
• Exact Words: In the story's lone interlude omake, the superwomen become fed up with Happosai terrorizing Tokyo-3 with his particular brand of sexual harassment and, because he has proven implacable to the shows of force of the superheroines, they do the thing they know will put him in his place: make him meet his maker. By which they mean, when Happosai gloats that he knows they have a no-kill code, that they will summon Rumiko Takahashi and have her drag him by the ear (or in this case, powerfully kick him in the rear) back to Nerima.
• Expanded Universe: As part of the overall Superwomen of Eva Tribute umbrella, this story is only partially in-line with the stories of Superwomen of Eva proper, though much in the same vein as Star Wars or Robotech, certain elements render it as non-canon to the original Superwomen of Eva stories.
• Fusion Fic: Of Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Marvel Universe.
• Guest-Star Party Member: The story features the appearance of characters from other Gainax/Khara anime franchises, such as GunBuster's Noriko Takaya (as Quasar), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's Yoko Littner (as Domino), FLCL's Haruko Haruhara (as Dazzler), and the title heroine of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (as the new Sub-Mariner).
  • In the third epilogue, a few names are dropped as being part of the fic-verse's version of the West Coast Avengers, those being You're Under Arrest's Natsumi Tsujimoto (as Tigra), Wanna Be The Strongest In the World's Sakura Hagiwara (as Songbird), and The Vision (who, per the author, is based visually on the gynoid Antoinette from The Humanoid).
• Intercontinuity Crossover: Given that most of the Superwomen of EVA stories are set in their own individual universes (with some Wolverine Publicity for certain characters), this story connects all of them (with, again, the exception of Triple Threat) in one setting.
• Mercy Reward: Galactus spares Earth after our heroes manage to keep him from dying.
• Mythology Gag: Played a bit loosely. Given the Canon Welding present in this story, the author took an approach akin to that of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, with regards to the references to past characters and events in passing peppered throughout, despite all of OrionPax09's stories being incomplete as of this time and therefore no actual context being present.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Instead of Uatu, the Watcher featured in this story is named Aahno, after Evangelion franchise creator Hideaki Anno.
• Race Lift: Three instances. A reporter mentioned by Hikari, Banri Udagawa, is a Japanese version of prominent Daredevil and Spider-Man supporting character Ben Urich. Aoi's girlfriend, Rika Deshima, is a Japanese take on Rita DeMara, Marvel's second Yellowjacket. When the superwomen meet Domino for the first time and get a demonstration of her powers, Ritsuko/Spider-Woman immediately thinks of Fumiko Haguchi, a Japanese version of Felicia Hardy, aka the Black Cat.
• Shout-Out: Multiple instances, to not only Marvel Comics lore, but also various Marvel multimedia over the years.
  • The story's title refers to both The Avengers: United They Stand and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
  • The whole story combines elements of not only "The Coming of Galactus", but also "When Calls Galactus" from Fantastic Four: The Animated Series, and "Avengers Assemble!" from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
    • That last bit of influence is especially evident in the depictions of Galactus's Heralds in chapter 5, as well as the squad of heroes who infiltrate Galactus's ship in the following chapter.
  • The first few lines of the prologue are inspired by the opening narration to each episode of Marvel's Disney+ animated series What If...?.
  • In chapter 3, when Asuka's about to swear upon seeing the weird phenomenon in the sky, Shinji, Kyoko, and Ruby cut her off with Captain America's "Language!" line from Avengers: Age of Ultron.
  • Also in chapter 3, Hikari's mention of how she and Mayumi helped save the Morlocks from a toxic soda is based on the plot of the episode "X-Treme Measures" from X-Men: Evolution.
  • The omake of chapter 4 features a Watcher modeled after Glenn Quagmire.
  • In chapter 5, at one point Deadpool calls Dum-Dum Dugan "Doiby Dickles" (riffing on Dugan's trademark hat), referring to (ironically) the sidekick of DC Comics' Golden Age Green Lantern.
  • Chapter 6's omake is a big one to the 'weapons triangle' recurring feature from the Fire Emblem video games.
  • Chapter 7's omake features an appearance from alternate universe versions of our heroes as the Squadron Supreme, with each of them corresponding to their Superwomen of Eva 2 counterpart—Asuka is "Hyperia", Rei is Power Princess, Misato is Doctor Spectrum, Hikari is the "Skrullian Skymistress", Maya is Arcanna, Mari is the Whizzer, and Mayumi is Nighthawk. Deadpool even refers to them by Marvel's longtime in-house term for their publishing rival, the "Distinguished Competition".
  • Chapter 8 has two for G.I. Joe, which had a comic book published by Marvel: the pilot of the Quinjet transporting Maria/Thunderstrike's team is named "Capt. Armbruster" (better known as the Joes' fighter pilot, Ace), while Deadpool invokes the usual catchphrase of the Cobra villain Metal-Head from the second cartoon series.
  • Chapter 9's omake—which involves a robotic version of Richard Simmons—is based on a gag from "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".
  • Chapter 10's omake engages in a bit of Parody Product Placement, since it homages the old Hostess ads found in Marvel and DC comics of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • In the first epilogue, one of the reporters questioning the superwomen is Nanami Ōta from Marvel Anime: Iron Man, accompanied by her photographer, Jiro, as usual.
  • Also in the first epilogue, when the group starts batting around name ideas for their fledgling team, Asuka jokingly suggests "the Super Hero Squad".
  • The title of the second epilogue is lifted from the title of the third trade paperback collection in Marvel's 1970s Origins of Marvel Comics series.
  • The title of the third epilogue refers to the Marvel Ultimate Alliance video game trilogy.