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Marvel's Female Superheroes Are Gradually Becoming More Super

Posted by Soulskill on from the superduper-heroines dept.

New submitter RhubarbPye writes: A new study shows an increasing trend in the power and significance of female superhero characters in the Marvel comic book universe. Several criteria were used to examine the trend, including cover art, dialog, and the actual superpowers. Over 200 individual comic books from Marvel's 50+ year history were compared for the study. What's of particular interest is the study's author is a 17-year-old high school student from Ohio.

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  1. Re:Last sentence by HappyHead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems a bit condescending, why wouldn't a girl be able to do this?

    Er... the last sentence was "What's of particular interest is the study's author is a 17-year-old high school student from Ohio." - the "interesting" part is that they're a highschool student and 17 years old, with a published scientific paper to their name. The summary doesn't even mention that they're a girl, you'd have to go and read the article to find that out.

    Reading the article... what kind of first post-er are you?

  2. Suppose it's accurate, but not exactly precise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    FTFS:
    >Over 200 individual comic books from Marvel's 50+ year history were compared for the study

    FTFA:
    >After reading 788 comics from 68 different Marvel titles

    So, yeah, it's over 200.

  3. Super hero relative power co-efficients by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that in Supermans per second or Dr manhattans per minute or metric spider men per cubic meter.

  4. Re:Last sentence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Considering his level of obsession with female superheroes, I assumed he was a 17-year-old boy, with sore wrists.

  5. Re:There's more. by ckatko · · Score: 4, Funny

    The big question on everyone's mind:

    Could She-Hulk lift a glass ceiling?

  6. Are we not men? We are devo. by swell · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a vague memory of a time when children read comics and adults read books and newspapers. It seems now that children are busy with Twitter while adults are living in a fantasy world. Where will the de-evolution of humanity end?

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    ...omphaloskepsis often...
  7. Let me know by msobkow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me know when they stop drawing them with FF tits and thighs and asses you could crack walnuts on.

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    I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
    1. Re:Let me know by countSudoku() · · Score: 4, Funny

      NO! Just stop this, right this minute! No one ever solved a problem by making boobs smaller, unless that problem is a bad back caused by excessively large breasts.

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      This is the NSA, we're gonna geet U h@x0r5! Also, what is a h@x0r5?
  8. Re:Power Creep Unless Proven Otherwise by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Power Creep is a well known issue in comics.

    Power Creep is my favorite superhero.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  9. Re:Last sentence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    For the last time, it's "I swear she told me she was 18". If you mess it one more time you'll have to find another lawyer.