There weren't a lot of female role models and the X-Men had those.
One of my favorite is Jean Grey and the Scarlet Witch
and it was just really cool to see a woman in a position of such power.
In the X-Men you just saw so many different people.
I love superheroes.
A geologist who comes to have the essence of a volcano and the power of fire! Marvel Make Me a Hero is a weekly show that invites Marvel fans to bring their Super Heroes to life!


Hi, I'm Michelle Poh O'Malley
and I'm a Project Manager in Construction.
I actually was a politics major and I did the Peace Corps in Senegal,
thinking I would go into international development.
But my time there made me realize that I actually wanted to...
come back to the states and do public service.

There weren't a lot of female role models and the X-Men had those.
One of my favorite is Jean Grey and the Scarlet Witch
and it was just really cool to see a woman in a position of such power.
In the X-Men you just saw so many different people.
I love superheroes.

Just the idea of being one is very exciting to me.
I definitely started with what the power would be.
I wanted my character to come into the power and not be born with it.
So I made myself a geologist who was doing a study at Mount Vesuvius,
taking readings and basically gets her power from an old volcanic God that
she comes into contact with.

That's how she ends up with her superpowers.
The day to day of my superhero.

I think her emphasis would be on environmental problems.
Addressing evil bad guys who are trying to destroy the Earth.
I wanted the red. I wanted the black. I wanted the gold.

Basically, lava flow and molten aspects to her character.
I also wanted to have some kind of fossilized pattern because
she had the power of fire and lava...
and volcanoes incorporated into that character.

I mean, she’s a superhero so I still kind of wanted to keep her mask.
I know that’s arbitrary but I also like the idea of having an eye mask on her.
Who doesn’t want to throw flaming balls of lava around?
Since she is involved with a Volcano God, or Volcano Essence, so she would have...
that power of moving lava flow and tectonic plates and fire.


Oh my god! That is amazing!
That’s kind of like, what I imagined it to look like, too. And she’s strong.
I love that she has these metal gauntlets on her legs too,
with a lava ball in my hand.

I said I wanted, kind of like, fossilized armor.
And a corset piece and he totally did that.
Everything about this is awesome.
I also just like that the artist added elements that I didn’t even bring up.
Thank you Marvel for making me a hero.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdL9L2IcHJc

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