List of Asian/Asian-American female characters in the Marvel Universe

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This selection of the few Asian/Asian-American female characters in the Marvel Universe was initially drawn from The Outsiders, at http://www.reappropriate.com/aaheroes .

Assorted

  • Suwanee, Marvel, Yellow Claw #1, Oct. 1956
  • Sha Shan, Amazing Spiderman #108, May 1972
  • Colleen Wing, Marvel Premiere #19, Nov. 1974 (Heroes for Hire, with Misty Knight)
  • Fah Lo Suee, Master of Kung-Fu #26, March 1975
  • Psylocke, Captain Britain #8, Dec. 1976 (aka Lady Mandarin, Kwannon's body, Betsy)
  • Lady Lotus, Invaders #37, Feb. 1979
  • Mariko Yashida, Uncanny X-Men #118, Feb. 1979
  • Karma, aka Xi'an Coy Manh, Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 #100 (Dec. 1980) (New Mutants; S.H.I.E.L.D.) - openly lesbian
  • Leiko Wu, Masters of Kung Fu, Brave and the Bold #200 (July 1983)
  • Lady Deathstrike, aka Yuriko Oyama, Daredevil #197 (1983)
  • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee), Uncanny X-Men #244 (1989)
  • Turbo (aka Michiko Musashi), New Warriors #28, Oct. 1992
  • Tiana, Ravage 2099 #1 (1992)
  • Haven (aka Radha Dastoor), X-Factor #96 (Nov. 1993)
  • Krista Marwan, Death Metal vs. Genetix #2, Jan. 1994
  • Dragonfly II (Meiko Yin), Spiderman vol. 1 #421, March 1997
  • Jolt (aka Hallie Takahama), Thunderbolts #1, April 1997 (Thunderbolts, Young Allies)
  • Honey Lemon (spy), Big Hero 6 #1, Sept. 1998
  • Push (Nancy Lu), Spider-Girl #23, Jan. 2000 (MC2 universe)
  • Sunpyre (Leyu Yoshida), Uncanny X-Men #392, May 2001
  • Sunfire (Mariko Yashida), Exiles #2, Sept. 2001 (openly lesbian) (alt. dimension version of Mariko)
  • The Wasp (Janet Pym), Ultimates #2 (Feb. 2002)
  • X-23 (Laura Kinney; Laura X), X-Men Evolution, episode #41 (Aug. 2003); "Kirika" Age of Apocalypse version of X-23
  • Surge (Noriko Ashida), New Mutants vol. 2, #8 (Jan. 2004)
  • Armor (Hisako Ichiki), Astonishing X-Men #4, Oct. 2004
  • Puck II (Zuzha Yu), Alpha Flight vol. 3 #1 (2004)
  • Nico Minoru (aka Sister Grimm), Runaways #1, Aug. 2005
  • Dr. Kavita Rao, Astonishing X-Men, movie
  • Rumiko Fujikawa, Iron Man love interest