“It was the most prominent board game in Northern Europe for hundreds of years, so however it was played, it was engaging.”

While the allure of female warriors and maiden-kings is obvious, this view of power shown in pop culture doesn’t tell the whole story.

The oral history of 1978’s What If? #10 (aka, the first time Jane Foster picked up Mjolnir).

An original comic by Aodh Ó Riagáin (Oreganillo).