Friends of mine, who know my personal history with this sort of thing, will probably get a chuckle out of my falling for the openly lesbian member of DC’s costumed hero lineup. To them and to the world I say, not that kind of love.
Until this week’s releases I had a very clear idea of my favourite books in the DCnU lineup.
- Batgirl
- Catwoman
- Batwoman
One thing that’s obvious right away is that these are all women. If I can bring you back from your stunned, shocked revelry I’ll hold my hands up and say that as far as I’m concerned that’s not a coincidence. You see for a man to deal with his problems with physical superiority and even violence is pretty much the defacto expectation. When a woman does it, it’s subverting the stereotypes. Subversion is always more fun than convention. Not to mention these characters all have little wrinkles that make their ‘so I put on a costume and fought back’ story a little more interesting. The recovering invalid, the anti-hero criminal and the openly gay. Oh and they’re also well written books. Let’s not forget that.
However, right now, the list has been reordered.
- Batwoman
- Batgirl
- Catwoman
Sorry, Selina.
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