ComicBookCandy

January 23, 2012 1:37 pm I think the author has two different complaints about the current market, neither of which are easily solved: 1. There aren't enough female led titles for younger audiences, yet there are several featuring male characters 2. The alternatives (giving his child material intended for adults that still features women) are also limited This young girl wants to see her idols featured, while dad doesn't want to sacrifice quality / a good message. You can pick up a Superman or Batman title that doesn't begin and end with T&A...not the case if your daughter idolizes Catwoman. Wonder Woman is a well written book that has very adult themes that even if dad wanted to overlook and hand to his daughter, she would probably have little interest in the heavy mythology currently being explored. And Batgirl may be tame in comparison to the previously mentioned books, but again, it's kind of leaps and bounds beyond the reading level / interest of a 4 year old. My parents had no restrictions whatsover on the content I consumed as a child. I saw Aliens 3 in theaters when I was 6 years old (even then I knew that movie was terrible). My point being that I simply had no interest in reading comics till I was 14. It was only then that I began to see characters and stories that reflected my own interests that I started picking them up. If there had been a kick ass childrens-targeted book being published before then I might have begun reading comics a lot earlier. It's really hard to recommend titles for children these days if they want to read something besides Archie. Lets not forget, girls aren't the only ones that would read books featuring these characters either. I know a few boys that would love to see Wonder Woman or Catwoman slug it out with the baddies.