Student Operated Press talks about DC's women, but is far from accurate
Published by Avi Green on Saturday, July 07, 2007 at 2:18 PM.
Here's an article from the Student Operated Press that discusses DC's femmes. It may make a point about how many girls are treated as expendable compared to their male counterparts, but, there's still a lot of shortcomings in here. One example: it talks about how
Overall, it's a very iffy article that shows that even some student newspapers don't exactly have a full grasp on all the details about comic books. And why is this page built using a frameset for the article, when frames became passe a couple of years ago?
There have been 5 Green Lanterns of Earth--- none of them female.That's not entirely true. Jade, daughter of Alan Scott, while her power is more metaphysical unlike her male counterparts, is still in some ways a GL, but she was offed by an uncaring editorial. And while there may not have been more female Lanterns on earth besides her, there have been a few alien members of the GL Corps such as Katma Tui, who was slain by Star Sapphire in 1988, and Arisia, who's luckier to have been brought back. Surely they don't count?
Overall, it's a very iffy article that shows that even some student newspapers don't exactly have a full grasp on all the details about comic books. And why is this page built using a frameset for the article, when frames became passe a couple of years ago?
Labels: dc comics, Green Lantern
