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    America No. 1
    Description (Brief)
    The Marvel Comics' superhero America Chavez, known as Ms. America, first appeared in the 2011 comic book series Vengeance. This March 2017 issue marks the character's debut in her own series. The comic's story was written by Gabby Rivera and illustrated by Joe Quinones.
    Ms America Chavez is a Latina LGBTQ student from another reality . Originally created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta, Chavez has been prominently featured as a member of such supehero teams as the Young Avengers, A-Force and the Ultimates.
    Chavez's powers include supe strength, speed , flight and the ability to travel through alternate realities.
    An earlier version of Marvel's "Miss America character existed in the 1940s.
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    2017-03
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    Marvel Comics
    ID Number
    2018.0171.01
    accession number
    2018.0171
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    2018.0171.01
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    The New Mutants Vol. 1, No. 62
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    “The New Mutants began as a 1982 spin-off of the long running Marvel Comics series The X-Men. Like the X-Men, the New Mutants are a group of young mutants born with superpowers who are often persecuted for their differences.
    The cover for this 1988 issue, features the Latinx characters Empath and Magma.
    Empath, a Spanish mutant named Manuel de la Rocha, has the power to sense and manipulate emotions. Magma (Amara Aquilla,) comes from a fictional colony hidden in the Amazon rainforest named Nova Roma. Her powers include the ability to control Earth’s tectonic plates, assume a magma form that radiates light and heat, and the ability to create flame and molten projectiles.
    The issue was written by Louis SImonson, and illustrated by John J Muth.
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    date made
    1988-04
    maker
    Marvel Comics
    ID Number
    2018.0171.02
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    2018.0171
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    2018.0171.02
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