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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4491849" data-attributes="member: 177">I think that might be the wrong question.  Do you read comics because they fail to repulse you?  Perhaps you should ask what there is in superhero comics that might attract female readers.  A focus on physical strength and conflict, and beating the snot out of other people as a solution to problems - does that sound like it'd attract young females?I know several women for whom that is an issue.  Superhero comic women are hyper-sexualized to the point of objectification.  Take a look at some of the characters and books that did attract what few female readers comics had back before manga:The New Mutants - first off, more female members than male.  The male characters did have powers centered on physical force, but they were not depicted as being hyper-muscular.  The females were not depicted with the amazingly unrealistic body shapes seen in other female heroes.  The stories tended ot focus on teenage angst.Kitty Pryde, of the X-men: again, not hyper-busty and with powers that require some brains to apply.  Vulnerable, but not powerless, hangs around with (but not romantically entangled with) Nightcrawler, the X-man with the most panace and romantic bent.  Eventually gets in a romantic relationship with a "strong, silent type"...Remember - when they talk about being a "strong female character", they aren't talking about being able to lift 10 tons...</blockquote>