History MsFanservice / ComicBooks

** Rachel Summers was this during her Excalibur days. When she was in the X-Men initially, she was a stick thin tomboy wearing very conservative clothes and costumes. Then she got abducted into the Mojoverse, and when she got back her body had become a lot curvier. Her costume was now a red, one piece leather catsuit with integrated heels and adorned with spikes. Her off duty clothes were not as risque, but only just.

* ''DeathOfTheFamily'': Catwoman. As if to spell it out to readers, she escapes a death trap that ripped up her outfit...and shows off an insane amount of skin!

* Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'s love interests are, usually, shown like this. Back when Steve Ditko drew the book, not so much since the ComicsCode was in effect and they all wore modest dresses, and most of them were in high school. By college, however, characters like Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson were introduced. Gwen, however, stopped being this par for the course of her CharacterDevelopment. Mary Jane, however, kept the revealing clothes and flighty personality even after maturing, though in her case its justified: She's an actress/model, it's literally her ''job'' to be hot. Still, while most superheroines have an ImpossibleHourGlassFigure, MJ is almost always a BuxomIsBetter crossed with MaleGaze and ShesGotLegs, and doesn't have the superpowers to justify it. This has, however, been criticised by more than just [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], since they once made a statuette of MJ that got flak because of this (and because [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses she looked like she was washing Spider-Man's suit for him]]).

* Brooke [=McEldowney's=] comic strip ''[[NineChickweedLane 9 Chickweed Lane]]'' had, and continues to have, a strong fanservice element to it in its depictions of female characters, most notably Edda. The later spin-off ''{{Pibgorn}}'' appears to be some 80% fanservice: The starting point of this strip is a ''menage à trois'' among an unassuming bespectacled pianist and musical arranger, and ''two'' devastatingly gorgeous supernatural entities who are devoted to him: a dark succubus called Drusilla and a red-haired faerie called Pibgorn. Neither entity wears very much at the best of times and the casual reader might suspect the script is written to get them naked as often as possible. Reprints of the strip in comic book form tend to add extra bonus material.

* For the most part, Anderson in ''JudgeDredd'' doesn't provide much fanservice other than being hot in general. Her own spinoff, however, is a different story. In the first collected volume alone, she spends half a story naked in a coma (she is mostly covered by a sheet, but still), has another judge walk in on her in a shower, and goes clubbing in a low-cut, tight minidress.

* Brooke McEldowney's webcomic ''[[NineChickweedLane 9 Chickweed Lane]]'' had, and continues to have, a strong fanservice element to it in its depictions of female characters, most notably Edda. The later spin-off ''{{Pibgorn}}'' appears to be some 80% fanservice: the starting-point of this strip is a ''menage a trois'' between an unassuming bespectacled pianist and musical arranger, and ''two'' devastatingly gorgeous supernatural entities who are devoted to him; a dark succubus called Drusilla and a red-haired faerie called Pibgorn. Neither entity wears very much at the best of times and the casual reader might suspect the script is written to get them naked as often as possible. Reprints of the strip in comic book form tend to add extra bonus material.

* Brooke McEldowney's webcomic ''[[NineChickweedLane 9 Chickweed Lane]]'' had, and continues to have, a strong fanservice element to it in its depictions of female characters, most notably Edda. The later spin-off ''{{Pibgorn}}'' appears to be some 80% fanservice: the starting-point of this strip is a ''menage a trois'' between an unassuming bespectacled pianist and musical arranger, and ''two'' devastatingly gorgeous supernatural entities who are devoted to him; a dark succubus called Drusilla and a red-haired faerie called Pibgorn. Neither entity wears very much at the best of times and the casual reader might suspect the script is written to get them naked as often as possible.

* Brooke McEldowney's webcomic ''{{9 Chickweed Lane}}'' had, and continues to have, a strong fanservice element to it in its depictions of female characters, most notably Edda. The later spin-off ''{{Pibgorn}}'' appears to be some 80% fanservice: the starting-point of this strip is a ''menage a trois'' between an unassuming bespectacled pianist and musical arranger, and ''two'' devastatingly gorgeous supernatural entities who are devoted to him; a dark succubus called Drusilla and a red-haired faerie called Pibgorn. Neither entity wears very much at the best of times and the casual reader might suspect the script is written to get them naked as often as possible.

* Vikki Vale in ''AllStarBatmanAndRobin'' spent the first few pages dressed in nothing but a pink bra and undies talking about how {{Superman}} is the "Man of Steel" for other reasons and all they had was a flying bat. When she found out that she had a date with Bruce Wayne, she ended up in very revealing dress. FrankMiller's script for that part reads less like ''Dark Knight Returns'' and more along the lines of [[BetterDays Jay Naylor]].

** Selina Kyle/Catwoman is...well...{{Catwoman}}, a woman who goes around in tight leather and spends a lot of her time flirting with everyone around her. Even before she wore her now trademark catsuit, she was still quite sexualized.

* RedSonja.

* Almost any female character in ''LilAbner'' who wasn't an old lady, especially Daisy Mae, Stupifyin' Jones, Moonbeam [=McSwine=] and the Wolf Gal. Since the strip started in 1934, this means it's OlderThanTelevision.

* Deena Pilgrim from ''{{Powers}}''. Putting aside her proclivity for wearing what she calls [[BareYourMidriff "little belly shirts", it's rare for her to go more than five issues without being shown either topless or completely nude. Also Callista Secor, a.k.a. [[spoiler: the new Retro Girl]], who wears tight shorts and a halter top as part of her costume. However, when she realizes what she looks like on TV(after her first escapade is taped), she's not happy.

* Deena Pilgrim from ''{{Powers}}''. It's rare for her to go more than five issues without being shown either topless or completely nude. Also Callista Secor, a.k.a. [[spoiler: the new Retro Girl]], who wears tight shorts and a halter top as part of her costume. However, when she realizes what she looks like on TV(after her first escapade is taped), she's not happy.

-->'''Callist:''' God! You can totally see my asscrack! Now they're zooming in on it! Fuckers.

* Deena Pilgrim from ''{{Powers}}''. It's rare for her to go more than five issues without being shown either topless or completely nude.

** Helena Bertineli/Huntress. With her short shorts/belly window suit being the main cause. One has to wonder how she can actually stay alive as a BadassNormal while wearing that suit. The artists behind ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey seem to be pretty fond of her rear end as well. Though, that's true for all the Birds.

* Recently subverted with [[{{Supergirl}} Power Girl]] in ''JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': [[MostCommonSuperPower her body]] hasn't changed, but she's finally come into her own as a successful warrior and leader, to the point that she is now chairwoman of the JSA. She still provides plenty of fanservice though.

* Averted in the DC series ''Manhunter: Street Justice'', with protagonist Kate wearing a full-coverage bodysuit when she fights crime. Granted, she stole it from an evidence locker, but kudos to the author for making her different.

* I'm shocked no one's mentioned Red Monika from ''Battlechasers'' yet. Huge boobs, ridiculous figure, big red hair and stripperific outfits? She's pure Ms. Fanservice.

* Post Crisis Supergirl was a pretty infamous example, what with her cheerleader like costume, being introduced naked and later dressing in low cut jeans with her thong on display, and her constant panty shots when in costume. While most young teenaged girls in comics get treated like this, she does it to such a degree that it made many people uncomfortable, and was the source of many of her criticisms. Editors later issued a demand for this to be limited and/or stopped.

** X-23 initially doesn't strike one as this, until you realize that just about every uniform she has (give or take a couple) as well as the majority of her civilian clothes [[BareYourMidriff show off her navel]]. Also, being a [[DistaffCounterpart female clone]] of Wolverine, makes the embodiment of a whole category of [[WolverinePublicity fanservice]].

** Selina Kyle/Catwoman is...well...Catwoman, a woman who goes around in tight leather and spends a lot of her time flirting with everyone around her. Even before she wore her now trademark catsuit, she was still quite sexualized.

** Emma Frost, on the other hand, is the epitome of this trope. Especially in the infamous Greg Horn covers. She seems to be fully GenreSavvy about this. [[WorldWarTwo Doctor]] [[MagnificentBastard Nemesis]] recently [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] by [[CrowningMomentOfFunny finding new ways to non-stop insult Frost about this during an entire story, culminating in telling her that if she doesn't immediately follow his orders he will personally destroy every fetish wear store on the planet]].

** Helena Bertineli/Huntress. With her short shorts/belly window suit being the main cause. ONe has to wonder how she can actually stay alive as a BadassNormal while wearing that suit. The artists behind ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey seem to be pretty fond of her rear end as well. Though, that's true for all the Birds.

* Pick a [[MostCommonSuperpower superheroine]]. Any superheroine over 18 at least.

** Wolfsbane and (usually) Moonstar are ''usually'' given petite frames. The few exceptions have either been by bad artists ([[CoughSnarkCough *cough*]]RobLiefeld[[CoughSnarkCough *cough*]]) and/or just look ridiculous because all the past art has them slender.
*** Since when does "petite" equal "undesirable"?

** X-23 initially doesn't strike one as this, until you realize that just about every uniform she has (give or take a couple) as well as the majority of her civilian clothes [[BareYourMidriff show off her navel]].
*** She's also a [[DistaffCounterpart female clone]] of Wolverine, making her another form of [[WolverinePublicity fanservice]].

** SquirrelGirl (an aversion) and [[GreatLakesAvengers Big Bertha]] (a subversion).
*** Squirrel Girl does [[http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/deadpoolglisummerprev/DPGLICover.jpg play it straight]] when she's seen at a beach in her fur bikini, but unfortunately she went with Bertha (a female The Blob) ''and'' Deadpool (whose skin is continuously being mangled by cancer) who are also wearing revealing outfits.

* PhantomLady has been frequently called this, even in the real world us Congress. Her appearence was always fan services but her classical stories all tended to be deemphesis it.

* Vikki Vale in ''AllStarBatmanAndRobin'' spent the first few pages dressed in nothing but a pink bra and undies talking about how {{Superman}} is the "Man of Steel" for other reasons and all they had was a flying bat. When she found out that she had a date with Bruce Wayne, she ended up in very revealing dress.
** FrankMiller's script for that part reads less like ''Dark Knight Returns'' and more along the lines of [[BetterDays Jay Naylor]].

** Helena Bertineli/Huntress. With her short shorts/belly window suit being the main cause. ONe has to wonder how she can actually stay alive as a BadassNormal while wearing that suit. The artists behind BirdsOfPrey seem to be pretty fond of her rear end as well. Though, that's true for all the Birds.

* Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'s love interests are, usually, shown like this. Back when Steve Ditko drew the book, not so much since the ComicsCode was in effect and they all wore modest dresses, and most of them were in high school. By college, however, characters like Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson were introduced. Gwen, however, stopped being this par for the course of her CharacterDevelopment. Mary Jane, however, kept the revealing clothes and flighty personality even after maturing, though in her case its justified: She's an actress/model, it's literally her ''job'' to be hot. Still, while most superheroines have an ImpossibleHourGlassFigure, MJ is almost always a BuxomIsBetter crossed with MaleGaze and ShesGotLegs, and doesn't have the superpowers to justify it. This has, however, since they once made a statuette of MJ that got flak because of this (and because [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses she looked like she was washing Spider-Man's suit for him]]).