Best Known for the Fanservice/Comic Books
Examples of Best Known for the Fanservice in Comic Books include:
- Psylocke of the X-Men. Even leaving aside her years in Marvel UK (pilot, secret agent, dead fiance, killed her brother's Evil Twin when he tried to rape her...), remember those years she spent as the team's primary telepath? How about those two times she took on Sabretooth with nothing but her psychic powers and won? ...Nothing? Okay, how about that time she got turned into a generic Asian babe and spent years doing nothing but pose in a thong? Seeing as this change is the result of her soul placed in a body created by Mojo (a villain who is a parody of film industry execs) this is hardly a surprise.
- In-Universe, Jade lampshaded this in Green Lantern when she laments that everyone saw her spread in Bikini Magazine. (Of course, it's kinda hard to forget a green-skinned babe in a bikini, but that's besides the point.)
- What are the two things everyone remembers about Power Girl?
- "Of course Empowered is a good series! It's got a truly courageous female character who highlights the inherent sexism in superhero comics. It does surprising things with its main cast's character development. It's really funny. It's got more bondage and Clothing Damage than you'd think possible to fit in a comic... hey, where are you going?"
- "You'll like it now. I mean, the later volumes are far more serious and respectful. Ninjette, Thugboy and Sistah Spooky are all fleshed out, Emp barely gets tied up at all, and even uses her status as a stripping-magnet tactical- No?"
- Battle Chasers is remembered for three things, and two of them were on Red Monika's chest. (The other, even more unfortunately, was the book's chronic lateness.)
- Novas Aventuras de Mega Man had rampant nakedness. However, that only started with issue 12 of 16. The comic is now mostly known for this.
- The early She-Hulk comics invoke this - she was conceived in order to draw more readers during a time where Marvel's sales were in a slump, and a Statuesque Stunner Hot Amazon was one idea that seemed to work. Not with everyone, of course - David Goyer once claimed Jen was a "comic book porn star".
- Spider-Woman is another example of Win Back the Crowd-type fanservice. In her original series, at least, she tended to get captured and tied up a lot.
- Catwoman, and all adaptations where she appears. Exactly why Selina (who is a master thief, not a seducer) feels a need to dress in a a slinky, sexy skintight outfit that almost guaruntees she will be noticed has never been addressed, but so long as she is there as a love intrest for Batman, it will be the norm.
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