This is what women in superhero comics should be: Stephanie Brown Saving People Rather Than the Reverse
I love everything about Steph and Nick Gage’s weird little partnership, but the fact that she rescues him more often than he saves her is a happy little reversal of the norm that establishes her as a legitimate superheroine. Sometimes she needs support, but the unsinkable Stephanie Brown is…I love everything about Steph and Nick Gage’s weird little partnership, but the fact that she rescues him more often than he saves her is a happy little reversal of the norm that establishes her as a legitimate superheroine. Sometimes she needs support, but the unsinkable Stephanie Brown is strong, independent and a helpful person to have by your side.
Also, she is a gigantic dork and I love that it’s okay for her to act that way and not fit into the stereotypical “sexy” role that women are so often handed in comics.
