Target Removed All the Girls from Gotham
Target has had some bad luck with gender diversity in their action figure sets. Even as the action figure aisle has included more and more women, Target’s exclusive sets remain very much a boys’ club —...
View ArticleBatman vs. Superman Character Posters Are Here
Warner Bros. release the “character posters” for the upcoming comic-book movie Batman vs. Superman. What is interesting is that — although they released posters for many characters — Wonder Woman is...
View ArticleBatman, Wonder Woman and Superman Barbies Revealed for Batman v. Superman
Along with action figures, Mattel licensed the upcoming film Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice to make a line of Barbies based on the heroes of the film: Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. Here is...
View ArticleBatgirl Fights For Equal Pay
Today marks “Equal Pay Day.” April 12th is the date that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. It’s a depressing statistic made even more...
View ArticleBatwoman Is Back to Her Badass Self
As part of the new “Rebirth” storyline, DC has restored some luster to one of of its best and brightest female heroes. Batwoman has officially joined the cast of the revamped Detective Comics — which...
View Article‘The Killing Joke’ Gets a Brutal ‘Honest Trailer’
Warner Bros. new animated take on the controversial Killing Joke makes the problematic Batgirl story arc even more problematic. This summer at San Diego Comic Con Warner Bros. unveiled the trailer for...
View Article‘Justice League Action’ Ready to Launch in December
Justice League Action, the newest cartoon iteration of the superhero team, is ready to take flight on Cartoon Network on Friday, December 16, 2016 at 6 pm ET/PT. The show is a mix of the new and the...
View ArticleGender Defying Halloween PSA Gives Us All the Feels
The PSA tells children (and their parents) that it is OK to dress as anyone you want for Halloween, but the twist at the end has social media buzzing. The two-minute PSA is simply titled “My Heroes.”...
View ArticleGirls Read Comics – October 9, 2019
One of the hardest things about reading comics is knowing where to start. Comics shops carry hundreds of titles and get dozens of issues in every week on new comic-book day. On top of that, many...
View ArticleShhh! Don’t Tell Anyone, But Batgirl Is Black in the DCEU
After a brief quiet period following the announcement of Robert Pattinson, Matt Reeves’ The Batman has been rapidly filling out its cast. Rather than yet another origin story, The Batman will...
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