Squirrel Girl

Intro The armored Avenger seemed strangely confident about that fact. But for the first time she could remember, Squirrel Girl wasn't feeling quite so optimistic... While seeking out Iron Man, Doreen Green had her first super-fight, not realizing her armored foe was the mad Latverian tyrant Dr. Doom (Victor von Doom), who was in the area on undisclosed business of his own. Escaping Doom, Squirrel Girl finally found Iron Man, who was testing his armor’s new onboard radar system by flying through the woods. She playfully attacked him to show how tough she was, told him of her plans to become his partner, then demonstrated her abilities. Unimpressed, Iron Man was politely rejecting her when Dr. Doom attacked. Angered by Squirrel Girl’s earlier assault and annoyed that she hadn’t recognized him, Doom trapped both heroes in his “Doomship” stealth aircraft. He planned to kill the pair and dump them in the Atlantic Ocean, but Squirrel Girl summoned Monkey Joe and a small army of other squirrels, who swarmed aboard the low-flying ship and chewed through its wiring, disabling the craft and freeing the heroes. The squirrels then turned on Doom himself, damaging his armor and forcing him to flee. While commending Squirrel Girl for handing Doom one of his most humiliating defeats ever, Iron Man still declined her offer of partnership, though he wished her luck. “I don’t need luck,” she replied as she darted back into the trees, “I eat nuts.” Doreen later moved to New York City, taking Monkey Joe with her, and the duo quickly became locally popular crime-fighters in Central Park. This later brought them into contact with small-time Super Heroes Flatman and Doorman (DeMarr Davis), members of the Great Lakes Avengers, an unauthorized Avengers franchise operating out of Milwaukee.