Art Imitating (Black Women in) Life: Misty Knight’s Glow Up and Black Love On Top

I might’ve been a Marvel kid from jump without realizing it. The first action figure I clearly remember was given to me for my sixth birthday by my mother. The toy was Storm from the X-Men rocking all black with a gold lightning bolt on her chest. Years later I still rocks with Ororo, but you know who I’ve been stanning for that’s finally got her come up? Misty “You wanna go night-night?” Knight. Misty originally stemmed out of the whole blaxplotiation and Kung-Fu wave from the 70’s and has been a supporting character in Luke Cage and Iron Fist’s series (Heroes For Hire, Power Man and Iron Fist) for the longest. Misty’s been staying on that fine line located on the outskirts of Comic Book Limbo but ya girl been busting through to the forefront over the past few years now, and she’s been earned her time. Marvel has been trying to do the work with diversity and representation, and it hasn’t always been dead on; however, writers Rick Remender and Nick Spencer been doing right by ya womans and dem, M. Knight no Shyamalan. In the past we’ve seen Misty as part of a duo with her long-time ride or die Colleen Wing running a new formation of Heroes For Hire, and then leading an all-woman Defenders, plus becoming a valkyrie warrior. So what’s your girl been doing more recently? Misty’s been training and saving the ass of Captain America, Sam Wilson.

Your girl Misty has been Sam Wilson’s king’s hand, right hand, right bionic strong arm during his tenure as Captain America. Misty has no…