This is what women in superhero comics should be

Dial H #3 - Writer: China Meville - Artist: Mateus Santolouco

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It Girl & The Atomics #7 Writer: Jamie S. Rich Artists: Mike Norton

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Harper doesn’t need to beat people up in order to kick ass. All she had to do was get a hair cut.

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Ultimate Spiderman was one of the first superhero comics I read. What made the comic stand out to me was the real depths of the characters. This wasn’t just Spidey swinging around kicking peopl...

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There’s so much I love about Birds of Prey, particularly Gail Simone’s run, and there are so many great moments I could mention. Barbara Gordon, Dinah Lance, Helena Bertinelli and Zinda Bla...

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This issue shows four X-Men–Psylocke, Dazzler, Longshot, and Rogue–working together to take down the Juggernaut AND stop a train crash.  The fact that three fourths of the heroes in this iss...

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Christopher Moeller’s JLA: A League of One is ostensibly about the Justice League, but really it’s a Wonder Woman story, and a damn good one. The basic premise is that Diana receives a prop...

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New Mutants never lacked for great characters, male and female.  It’s unusual in at some points there were more female than male members. This moment focuses on Illyana Rasputin, the mutant t...

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> From Silverlocust:  >  > Paul Dini and Alex Ross wrote and illustrated Wonder Woman: Spirit > of Truth. One of the things I admired about this book is it > addresse...

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Wonder Woman #2 Defending the weak, protecting the helpless, even though you will have to stand against Godly forces. It’s not the weapon but the hand that wields it. True strength. Written...

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I love Saga.  I really do.  The characters, the art, the writing.  But most of all?  I love Alana. Alana is a strong female character.  She’s not afraid to take advice on her parenting ...

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My second submission to THIS! features my favorite comic book character, ORACLE, in one of her earlier appearances. This is from SUICIDE SQUAD V1, #56, AUGUST 1991, WRITTEN BY JOHN OSTRANDER AND ...

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Captain America #114, by Stan Lee and Johnny Romita

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Captain America #114, by Stan Lee and Johnny Romita

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X-Men #173, 1983. Writer: Chris Claremont. Artist: Paul Smith This was the first issue of the X-Men I ever bought, and it made me a fan of Rogue.  She’d defected from the Brotherhood of Evil...

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I love Buffy. And the moment that made me adore her in comics, was in Slayer, Interrupted. It’s a big splash page, and it’s the moment when she walks out of the institute, and behind her the ...

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Why Carol Danvers is one of the best Marvel characters: : Okay, there isn’t many a moment where I pick up a comic & actually read it without stopping. Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Captain Marvel ...

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I struggled to choose a THIS! moment for my Batgirl, Steph Brown. Several of my favorite Steph moments – her announcement to Scarecrow that she is who she chooses to be, her never-say-die “Sa...

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Wonder Woman #10 Spoilers: Binding her with her own lasso of truth, Hell asks Wonder Woman, who he is forcing to marry him, if she loves him. This is one of those moments intended to be utter...

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There are only about three people who Power Girl seems willing to cry in front of: Superman, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Ma Hunkel. Ma Hunkel is the lynchpin of the JSA, she is steadfast and supportive, ...

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