Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 2 40

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Vol. 2) #40

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Art by: Erica Henderson

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Art by: Erica Henderson

Release Date

January 9, 2019

Cover Date

February, 2019

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

C.B. Cebulski

Rating

T+ (13 and up)

Original Price

$3.99

Pages

32

All they see is the Iron. But I believe -- I've always believed -- that the best part of you is the Man.

—Squirrel Girl

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) (Main story and flashback) (As "Bass Lass" in recap)

Supporting Characters:

Stark Unlimited (Main story and flashback)
- Gillian Blythe (G'illian Blax'zthor) (Name revealed) (Main story and flashback) (Joins and leaves the Skrull Army, as well as impersonates Squirrel Girl, Bethany Cabe, and Iron Man in flashback) (Joins)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Main story and flashback)
Brain Drain (Werner Schmidt)
Nancy Whitehead (Main story and flashback) (As "Fish Miss" in recap)
Koi Boi (Ken Shiga)
Mary Mahajan
Chipmunk Hunk (Tomas Lara-Perez)
Tippy-Toe
Tara Tam

Antagonists:

Skrull Empire (Only in flashback)
- Skrull Armada (Only in flashback)
- Dard'van (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (First appearance; voice) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Odinson) (Only in recap)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Only in recap)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Vision (Only in recap)
- Goliath (Clint Barton) (Only in recap)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in recap)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Only in flashback)
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) (Only in recap)
God (Kly'bn) (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
Iron Man Skrull (Only in recap)
Spider-Man Skrull (Only in recap)
New Avengers (Only in recap)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in recap)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in recap)
Mighty Avengers (Only in recap)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Only in recap)
- Ares (Only in recap)
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Only in recap)
Punisher (Frank Castle) (Only in recap)
Venom (Mac Gargan) (Only in recap)
The Hood (Parker Robbins) (Only in recap)
Numerous unnamed New Yorkers (Only in flashback)
Daily Bugle (Named only)
Rev. William Stryker (Photo) (Only in flashback)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Photo) (Only in flashback)
Squirrel Scouts (Only in flashback)
- Samantha (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Nutasha (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Fredrico (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Patches Malone (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Millennial Danielle (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Regular Danielle (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Chuckleprompt (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- The Commish (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Delta Strike (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Li'l Big Nose (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Big Li'l Nose (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Fruitmeister (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Lady Acorn-A-Lot (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- The Great State of Indiana (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Lefty Lucie (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Rightie Tightie (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Carly "Scamps" Scamperton (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Nick Furry (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Scarlet O'Hairy (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Fractal-Dactyl (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Dogsbane VII (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Nutsters Inc. (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Wobblebuns (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Berten Ernie (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Miss Snips (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Claude (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
A.C.O.R.N. (Referenced)
U.S. Government (Referenced)
D'rango Y. (Named only) (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Only in flashback)
Y'olan'da X. (Named only) (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Only in flashback)
J'olene R. (Named only) (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Only in flashback)
Rox'anne D. (Named only) (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Only in flashback)
Pe'te'r Z. (Named only) (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Only in flashback)
Octobliterator (Unconscious and photo in flashback)
Doop (Poster) (Only in flashback)
Bethany Cabe (Mentioned)
Howard Stark (Mentioned)
Mandarin (Tem Borjigin) (Mentioned)
Daily Bugle
- Betty Brant
Howard the Duck (Mentioned)
Unnamed Skrull refugees

Races and Species:

Skrull Mutants (Main story and flashback)
Cyborgs
Humans (Main story and flashback)
Squirrels (Main story and flashback)
Skrulls (Only in flashback)
Asgardians (Only in recap)
Synthezoids (Only in recap)
Kree (Only in recap)
Mutants (Only in recap)
Olympians (Only in recap)
Symbiotes (Only in recap)
Octopuses (Only in flashback)
Fish (Referenced)
Duckworldians (Mentioned)

Locations:

Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
  - Solar System (Main story and flashback)
    - Earth (Main story and flashback)
      - United States of America (Main story and flashback)
        New York (Main story and flashback)
        New York City (Main story and flashback)
        Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
        Tribeca (Main story and recap)
        Kent and Washington Street (Main story and recap)
        
        Central Park (Only in flashback)
        
        Lower East Side (Only in flashback)
        Yancy Street (Only in flashback)
        
        Midtown (Only in flashback)
        42nd Street and Seventh Avenue (Only in flashback)
        
        Greenwich Village (Main story and flashback)
        Washington Square Park (Main story and flashback)
        Stark Unlimited HQ (Main story and flashback)
        
        Hudson River (Mentioned)
- Andromeda Galaxy (Only in flashback)
  - Tarnax IV (Only in flashback)
    - Skrull Elementary School (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  - Tarnax X (Only in flashback)
Earth-791021 (Mentioned)

Items:

Mjolnir (Only in recap)
Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Only in recap)
Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback)
Captain Marvel's Suit (Only in recap)
Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings (Only in recap)
Pym Particles (Behind the scenes in recap)
Spider-Man's Suit (Only in recap)
Web-Shooters (Behind the scenes in recap)
Wolverine's Suit (Only in recap)
Venom Symbiote (Only in recap)
Squirrel Girl's Costume (Main story and flashback) (Main story and recap)
Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor) (Main story and flashback)
Hyperspace Radio (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Skrull Battleships (Only in flashback)

Events:

Kree-Skrull War (Only in recap)
Secret Invasion (Only in recap)

Synopsis for 1st story

Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

• In the past few issues, Squirrel Girl has “died”! She’s fought “Iron Man”! And her world has been invaded by a non-zero number of SKRULLS!

• It’s been a crazy ride, but gosh, it sure would be nice to know WHY this is happening, WHO is behind it and WHAT machinations – sinister OR otherwise – that they’ve been working toward!

• Good news: This issue reveals all! Mysteries are laid bare! Secret origins are revealed! And your friend and mine Squirrel Girl is FINALLY brought back from the dead!

• If, like me, your tastes in serialized literature run toward words and pictures in deliberate sequence, then I’m proud to recommend to you THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #40!

Notes

Pop Culture and Historical Notes[]

The cover art parodies the famous scene in the movie Planet of the Apes where human astronaut George Taylor finds the ruins of the Statue of Liberty and realizes that he was on Earth, not an alien world.

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