Comments on: Pregnancy in Comics Revisited

By: ck.

ck. — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:14:21 +0000

I’ll add for ElfQuest.
Kahvi and Rayek:
Kahvi was shown pregnant with Venka for a time, and gave birth to Venka with the aid of a midwife, and had an old “fur warmer” there playing some sort of wind instrument. It was fairly realistic, done the gravity-useful way, with her squatting and holding on to something while the midwife delivered the baby. Venka and Tyleet (Redlance and Nightfall’s cub) grew up together over the course of a sort of montage that spanned the years that Leetah, Suntop, Ember, and Skywise were separated from the tribe.

By: Nora D

Nora D — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:27:55 +0000

I have this vague notion that Selena does, in fact, confirm that Bruce is Helena’s father, but she doesn’t tell him. I may be wrong, but I’m almost sure. *sheepish* Sorry I can’t be in any way specific.

By: YRB

YRB — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:34:56 +0000

What about Poison Ivy from Batman? She’s been stated many times as not being able to have children.

By: Su

Su — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:48:33 +0000

I just thought I would mention that Stealth’s impregnation by Vril Dox was rather brutal. She pretty much raped him to death. I think she broke his spine before raping him and then ripped him apart once she’d gotten what she wanted. The birth was pretty brutal too.

By: Laura Sack

Laura Sack — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:12:12 +0000

In the late Milestone comics, Icon’s sidekick Rocket, (who turns out to be the main character), is pregnant by the 5th issue or so. They follow the whole pregnancy, (her friend fills in for her in costume for a while). She keeps the child and is raising him, finishing school, and being a hero, with the help of her family and friends. I think by series (premature) end he was a toddler, and there was just the begining of a romance between her ex-boyfriend and best friend as they bond over babysitting, but my memory is vague.

They actually did discuss abortion in the series. Icon tells of his wife, already dead of old age for decades. Against all interspecies odds his wife conceived. They desperately wanted the child, but with what little of his native technology he had with him he couldn’t not even guess if she’d survive the pregnancy. They aborted the baby.

By: Eric Henry

Eric Henry — Sat, 12 May 2007 00:50:27 +0000

Very late I know (I have only recently discovered your site and am currently working my way through the Archives) but it may be useful the next time you update the pregnancy post.

John Byrne’s Next Men had one of the characters become pregnant and is the only example of a comic book pregnancy that ends in an abortion.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:04:52 +0000

In Elfquest, Tyleet isn’t shown giving birth, although she is shown pregnant.

Krim has two children, but neither pregnancy is really shown, and Cheiper dies soon after birth.

Moonshade’s third daughter’s pregnancy is alluded to, but not shown. Chitter grows into a healthy little girl/hellion.

Eyes High is shown pregnant, giving birth and then dying(Skywise’s mother).

Wing’s lifemate, Behtia, is shown pregnant, but Serrin’s only appearance is in New Blood, for one issue, where she also becomes pregnant, giving birth to Dart’s son, Bowki.

Joyleaf is shown giving birth, with the help of a truly horrendous artist.

By: Musashi

Musashi — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:24:47 +0000

*Villain.
Oopsies. ^^;

By: Musashi

Musashi — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:22:30 +0000

Hey, if you count English-translated manga, the fourth and final volume of the Dengeki Pikachu manga (the one by Toshiro Ono) in other words, the ‘boobs don’t work that way!’ one that was so heavily edited when translated…

Yeah, fourth volume, Surf’s Up Pikachu’s epilogue had the (previously) villains/comic-relief Jessie pregnant, although we never see the kid (or kids… for all we know, she could have been having twins.)

By: Lea Hernandez

Lea Hernandez — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:56:58 +0000

Since you included Elfquest, I figure non-super births are cool, so here’s the ones from my books:

Rumble Girls:SWT:
Ezekial(girl) is pregnant by Zachary (girl turned into boy by reality shift), and gives birth to Raven. Pregnancy (and resultant need for jobs to support family) shown on-camera.
Dani An and Riki An (married), engineer a son with Yuji, Riki gives birth to Oishii. Moments immediately following birth shown.

Cathedral Child:
One panel sown of Dona pregnant with Glory.

I used to know all the ElfQuest births, but I’ve totally lost track! Here’s the ones I remember, right off the top of my head, without aid of Google:
Leetah and Cutter:
I don’t recall Leetah being shown pregnant, but there were pages of her laboring. She gave birth to twins, Suntop and Ember.
Rainsong and Woodlock:
In the original series, Rainsong, already pregnant (and with two small elf-kids), gave birth to her third child (who grew up to be quite hunky, AIR). It was a pretty realistic and ideal birthing scene: Rainsong was nude, sitting up, and clearly working hard. Her mate and children were present. I’m not aware of any pregnancy/birth that followed that was nearly as good. (Dewshine’s was particularly bad.)
Dewshine (pregnant by Tyldak) and Scout:
This took place in the “New Blood” series, IIRC. Dewshine is shown pregnant, and climbing through trees. Not bad. Yet. She goes into labor, lies down *on her back* in a clearing, unprotected, and pops out a baby elf. Immediately after, she is clean, frisky, and has a perfectly flat stomach. Really pretty bad, especially in comparison to how previous births were depicted.