Letters to the Editor
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My favorite super heroine is...
Pearl Penalosa, AKA Ultra, developed by the Luna Brothers, and feminists should take note that she is probably the world's first "comic book" feminist super heroine, however people could make the argument that Wonder Woman was the first.
Ultra is independent, career oriented, but at the same time realizes that as a woman she is a minority, and has a problem finding suitable boyfriends/lovers that are not intimidated by her assertiveness and inner strength both physical and emotional.
However, like all super heroes, both male and female, Ultra has a near perfect body. Could you really imagine a fat, over weight, droopy, saggy, pimply faces, disturbingly hair, Superman selling many comic books?
As a young man/teenager, I was jealous of the X-Mens' (all of them) perfect abs, but then I quickly learned that I had to try to be an agent of good in other ways.
Could we still love the SVH twins if they had the bodies of averages girls? Yes, because they weren't/aren't superheros.
Could there someday be regular, adventurous, honorable, courageous, teenage girl characters for us to want our daughters to emulate? I certainly hope so, but I wonder how marketable that fiction will be?