Until Squirrel Girl came to save her pal. That's right folks: today we're talking about The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6. Oh, you were thinking of something else? Nah, this one's probably better.
Issue 6 came out in 2015 -- so you could even say it was the Secret Empire predecessor. Dare I say, it may have inspired that story too. It was a simpler time. A lighter time. A time when Dinosaurs attacked the Statue of Liberty and held tourists hostage inside her crown.
The tourists are holed up in the crown (without air conditioning!), while the superheroes are fighting the dinos so, to pass the time, they tell stories. Squirrel Girl's roommate, Nancy, is a part of the group, so she starts talking about Squirrel Girl, which leads the others to chime in with their own stories, some of which might be, er, made up.
So, according to one New Yorker, Squirrel Girl marauded around with Captain America fighting fascism in the 50s'! But in this story, Cap has forsaken his fluffy-tailed friend -- for the "Bass Lass," a dame in a red dress, with the head of a bass!
Squirrel Girl tries, and fails to persuade Cap back to the side of democracy, until she reminisces, making a story within a story within yet another story of their first adventure together, and frees Cap from the mind control.
And that was only one New Yorker's story about Squirrel Girl. Others have their own to share, including one Squirrel Girl from the future, a Squirrel Girl based on Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns.
The humor is so charming, even moreso if you're caught up on your super-comics-histories. There's an energetic youth to it that makes Squirrel Girl feel like a breath of fresh air. The creativity in the way they frame these stories is a delight to read.
Squirrel Girl is currently written by Ryan North and Erica Henderson and I hope they write and draw and art it for ever and ever.
Squirrel Girl collection on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B018UKHLKS/
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