Analysis Of Female Superheroes

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There is saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. This idiom means that a picture can explain a whole story. In this situation, this quote does apply; however, the picture does not explain a story, but picture explains is body type. In discussions of A-Force, some have said that the female characters on the cover are portrayed too pornographically. A hero in particular was mentioned in many articles about her body type: She-Hulk. She-hulk of the big green woman on the cover of A-Force is constantly being judge about her appearance. She and the rest of her fellow female superheroes are constantly being judged. So, what is the purpose of female superheroes?
A-Force is a comic that was introduced to the public on May 2015. The comic is taken
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Lepore also includes her own opinion in the article, which includes comments about the female superheroes look like porn stars. Lepore’s opinions on the superheroes are invalid and. She uses two ten-year-old boys as sources that have no actual knowledge about comics, only the fact that they have read a couple of comic books here and there. She uses her article to mislead her readers into thinking that female superheroes that happen to have big breast are drawn just for the entertainment of males and that the comic book is mainly a male-dominant industry. As Calderon had said in her article, “Lastly, Jessica Rabbit’s iconic line is symbolic of the prejudice she is subject to based on her sexualized appearance. …. you’ve done the same to the cast of A-Force” (Calderon para 9). Calderon is commenting on the fact that Lepore is judging female characters without doing any research on each character’s background. Lepore makes it seem like only males read comics; however, Leia Calderon, a female comic bookstore owner, have said that A-force is “a comic that has my female customers absolutely excited to pick up” (Calderon para 1). So, many females do not seem to have a problem with reading a comic with big breast superheroes, so why the big

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