Tom Hiddleston’s Loki was something of a surprise. So imagine my surprise when I picked up the first issue of Marvel’s Loki: Agent of Asgard, and discovered a comic book that was aimed at me, the 20-something female comic nerd. In the last few years, comics have been way less obvious about this, but there hasn’t been a big shift to which demographic that superhero comics are aimed at. I’ve, and many other lady comic fans have been aware of this for pretty much the full extent of our nerdy lives. I can love comics, I can read tons of them, and I can be as knowledgeable as any fan, but superhero comics, especially from Marvel and DC, are geared towards the male fan. Then there’s the whole Women in Refrigerators thing. Most main characters are guys, teams are dominated by male characters and they’re almost always led by dudes. There’s a common style of many comics, especially if you grew up reading in the 90s, that emphasizes the sexuality of female characters and the male power fantasy of big buff dudes in capes. The thing about being a female comic book fan is that even from an early age, you’re made very aware that superhero books are not necessarily geared towards you. I’ve been reading comics off and on since I was six years old and Superman died.
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