The next two entries into my personal “Super-Heroine Hall Of Fame”
I’ve dubbed “Super-Vixens are the two leading ladies of the original 1970’s futuristic heroes, THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
When Gene Colan and Arnold Drake created The Team in Marvel Super-Heroes, the group was strictly a boy’s club, it wasn’t until the Guardians got updated in the hands of Steve Gerber in titles like DEFENDERS and MARVEL PRESENTS.
Seeing an obvious void in femininity in the team, Steve a couple of heroines to join the team, first with Aleta along with her counterpart Stakar in the pages of DEFENDERS, the duo of course would unite to become the Guardian member Starhawk.
Aleta is one charcter who has been revamped in recent years so far from her original look as to be unrecognizable! Nowadays she sports the modern “pin-up” look of most heroines in the biz, but back then she was portrayed as a more serious character, only occasionally appearing to chew out Starhawk and confuse Vance! I’m not sure if she was supposed to be a “sexy” heroine, but she definitely had that appeal to me, although she always seemed to remind me of Cathy Lee Crosby! And that’s whether Al Milgrom OR George Perez was drawin’ her! Ahahaha
Aleta
First appearance Defenders #29
by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema
