And to give Batgirl an opportunity to kick some major ass.
Batman couldn't defeat Supes in the real DC comic universe, much less Batgirl. Or Robin. Or anyone else, superhero or supervillain. And Supes never can stay dead...remember? The Superman: Apocalypse OAV animated feature is going to premiere at Comic-Con, and that's based on the "Death of Superman" story arc. And you know how that ended, right?
Like I posted on your comment, this is a summation of all the frustration fangirls of a certain age (and I'm one, although I was more a Marvel fangirl than a DC fangirl) had with comics during the '60s and '70s. Hell, we're still frustrated. Remember the recent "tentacle rape" cover controversy? Remember the Mary Jane doing Peter Parker's laundry maquette controversy? Sexism is alive and well in the comics industry. And we don't want to take it anymore.
If you don't already, you should read my friend John's blog over at jlgpress. He's in college to become an illustrator, and is concerned about a lot of these same issues (and writes about them thoughtfully and at some length. :)
I've read commentaries by people like Peter David and others about this. One of the biggest problems is that, traditionally in comic book illustration, women represent sex and men don't.
You'll notice there are very few women in comics that have modest or reasonable figures. One of DC's second-level heroes, Power Girl, is in fact notable for her rather large and rather exposed breasts. And I'm not talking about the superfreaks like Todd McFarlane or others; I'm talking mainstream comics.
On the other hand, males don't have a lot of visible sexual attributes. When Alan Moore did Watchmen, and had his Superman-clone Dr. Metropolis walk around naked...visibly naked, and no, he wasn't built like a porn star either...it frightened millions of fanboys into talking in deep voices about football games
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Batman couldn't defeat Supes in the real DC comic universe, much less Batgirl. Or Robin. Or anyone else, superhero or supervillain. And Supes never can stay dead...remember? The Superman: Apocalypse OAV animated feature is going to premiere at Comic-Con, and that's based on the "Death of Superman" story arc. And you know how that ended, right?
Like I posted on your comment, this is a summation of all the frustration fangirls of a certain age (and I'm one, although I was more a Marvel fangirl than a DC fangirl) had with comics during the '60s and '70s. Hell, we're still frustrated. Remember the recent "tentacle rape" cover controversy? Remember the Mary Jane doing Peter Parker's laundry maquette controversy? Sexism is alive and well in the comics industry. And we don't want to take it anymore.
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You'll notice there are very few women in comics that have modest or reasonable figures. One of DC's second-level heroes, Power Girl, is in fact notable for her rather large and rather exposed breasts. And I'm not talking about the superfreaks like Todd McFarlane or others; I'm talking mainstream comics.
On the other hand, males don't have a lot of visible sexual attributes. When Alan Moore did Watchmen, and had his Superman-clone Dr. Metropolis walk around naked...visibly naked, and no, he wasn't built like a porn star either...it frightened millions of fanboys into talking in deep voices about football games ( ... )
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