Invisible Woman seemed headed for danger, having told her family that she was leaving to "referee a harmless meeting" about New Atlantis, which has turned out to be anything but.

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In 1994, for example, Sue Richards, a.k.a. the Invisible Woman, took over as team leader --- in what was, for a short time, a trio --- when her husband Reed, a.k.a.

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"The stories that we would really like to tell usually don't get greenlit, " said Rocky Seker, a former creative developer for a director with Sony Pictures and now a film curator who runs Invisible Woman ...

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While she was a reflection of social norms in the early 60s, the Invisible Girl (later Invisible Woman)also foreshadowed a decade in which the roles of men and women were redefined in radical ways, especially with regard to workplace dynamics such as pay, advancement opportunities and sexual harassment.

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Alone at a workbench, a woman sits etching nearly invisible striations into minuscule pieces.

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When things go well, this Power Woman and her department are virtually invisible.

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