Murray created the character out of a desire to write lighthearted stories, in contrast to the heavily dramatic tales that were then the norm in mainstream comics. Although distinct from Marvel's mutants , Doreen has a genetic anomaly which gives her the ability to communicate with squirrels. She has been a member of both the Avengers and the Great Lakes Avengers , and has been a supporting character in stories featuring Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.
Doreen has also appeared in her own solo series, which have depicted her dividing her time between her superhero adventures and her work as a college student. Squirrel Girl" in Marvel Super-Heroes vol. The story also introduces her squirrel sidekick, Monkey Joe. Actually I created Squirrel Girl in script form without any artist input. Tom Morgan was originally going to draw it, but when he dropped out, I requested Ditko and got him. Ditko did a great job in bringing my baby to life. He invented that knuckle spike.
It wasn't in the script. I based Squirrel Girl ironically enough on a longβago girlfriend who read comics and was into "critters"βwild animals of all types. Coincidentally, she was a big Ditko fan. I think I got the idea because I had a bunch of squirrels running around my roof and sometimes coming in through my open bedroom window and inspiration struck.
Squirrel Girl next appeared in Marvel Year-In-Review '92 , where she made a one-panel appearance in the self-satirizing book's Marvel section, where "Squirrel Girl: " was listed as one of "the books we've pretty much ruled out" as actual future titles.
Later, she was slated to join the New Warriors , but writer Fabian Nicieza left Marvel before going through with his plan.
