It's an odd detail, certainly. I was about to say that it actually made sense in terms of publication history, if not Marvel continuity, but then I remembered that Patsy didn't get her start in comics until sometime in the 50's, since she was inspired by Archie, as so many of those teen humor comics were, and Archie was very much a '50's creation. Still, these are evidently intended to sell Marvel TPBs, if the little 'story continues' blurbs are anything to go by, so the REAL reason that Patsy is in it is that her TPB has come out (which is good news, in any case). Didn't Marvel make a big deal a few years ago about the Rawhide Kid being gay? There was a miniseries and everything.