She-Hulk’s fashion designer, Luke Jacobson, is a deep-cut Marvel cameo

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It may seem like every movie or TV show in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has something to make fans want to eat easter eggs. In its fifth episode, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law might have become the new king of deep cuts.

It’s a brave new world. There is a reference to Dakota North.

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Being a woman who can grow two feet of height and a few hundred pounds of muscle is difficult to dress for. Luckily Jen’s bestie/paralegal is already working on a solution to track down the secretive fashion designer who only designs battle gear for superheros. He agreed to take on the challenge of making a transition wardrobe for Jen. It’s not a transition from summer to fall or day to night.

The answer to the question “Who designs and produces all these superhero outfits?” is one that comics creators have answered many times in creative ways. The Tailor was a neutral player who dressed both hero and villain in the city. A founding member of the Avengers and an internationally known fashion designer, the Wasp is also responsible for crafting superhero wear for her friends in the comics. The four-armed Jumbo Carnation is the exclusive designer of the Mutant Culture.

Is there a person likeluke jacobson? There is a pull from the small state of Dakota North.

It’s a disservice to outliers to say Dakota North was an outlier. The first issue of the series was published in June 1986. It is a concept so unique in scope and strange in tone that the only place for it to go was down in the fire. Dakota would eventually appear in in-universe comics, guesting with characters like Daredevil, and the Power Pack.

What is the name of the state of North Dakota? She is the only operational employee of a private security agency specializing in cases of malfeasance within the fashion industry. Her first case was that ofluke jacobson

Who is Luke Jacobson?

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He is a fashion designer caught up in a corporate intrigue who is getting threats of violence. He dances to Donna Summer and is a dead ringer for another person. Even though he was supposed to be gay, he is still proposing marriage and expressing his love for Dakota.

The fashion designer David Freelander died of AIDS in 1987, according to Martha Thomases. I wanted the character to be gay and HIV+, but Larry Hama told me that wasn’t why people read comic books. We would have gone there if the series had continued.

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Even though Thomases may have been hopeful, the history of banning or downplaying queer characters in the comics would continue for a long time.

There were only five issues of Dakota North, and only three appeared in the main comic book universe. Will his She-Hulk: Attorney at Law reincarnation inspire comics writers to fix that? I hope that’s true.