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Lady Comic Book History – Ep. 20: Carol Danvers

John Marcotte — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:10:26 +0000

Carol Danvers started as a supporting character. Then she became Ms. Marvel to cash in on the burgeoning Women’s Lib movement of the 1970s. Finally she was transformed into Captain Marvel, the first female Marvel superhero to get her own movie.

Heroic Girls is proud to present Lady Comic Book History, a podcast devoted to exploring the history of female comic book characters both past and present. Lady Comic Book History is hosted by comics historian Alexandrea Sams.

Lady Comic Book History – Ep. 17: 1966

John Marcotte — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:01:57 +0000

Batgirl is introduced to the world both in print and on TV! What else happened with female superheroes in 1966? You’ll have to listen to find out.

Lady Comic Book History – Ep. 12: 1963

John Marcotte — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:51:57 +0000

Some well known sidekicks and some very underground heroes await you in this episode of Lady Comic Book History.

Lady Comic Book History – Ep. 11: 1962

John Marcotte — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:20:28 +0000

Our first real empowered episode! So much less sexism and more discussion of what it looks like when writers are being thoughtful and intentional with the creation of characters.

Lady Comic Book History – Ep. 10: Invisible Woman and Batgirl

John Marcotte — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:57:34 +0000

How much damage have male creators inflicted on female characters? Batgirl answers that question, Invisible Woman has her ups and downs with sexism as well. Original Fantastic Four movies were directed by Tim Story, Killing Joke Creator Allen Moore, Edited by Len Wein feel free to cancel these men.

Lady Comic Book History: Ep. 9 – 1958-1960

John Marcotte — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 03:34:57 +0000

Saturngirl, Supergirl, Aquagirl….we’ve got grown women being reduced to children to talk about! Wanna hear me get hype about the patriarchy’s subliminal messages and how sexism can be super subtle and right in your face at the same time? Well here you go…

Lady Comic Book History: Ep. 8 – 1951-1953

John Marcotte — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:23:24 +0000

It’s apparently side character week! The ’50s were filled with a blatant disregard for women as human beings…I meant in comic books–but, ya know, in real life too. Here are some classic examples of women being tossed to the side.

Lady Comic Book History – Episode 7: End of the Golden Age

John Marcotte — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 03:37:35 +0000

We cover more years than usual as we wrap up the Golden Age of Comics. The end of the ’40s wasn’t a huge time for super-powered women, but don’t fret there is another surge coming soon.

Lady Comic Book History – Episode 6: Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane

John Marcotte — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:37:52 +0000

Lois was created to be a damsel in distress for Superman and for too many years she has been kept in that box, today we discuss her as herself as well as her as Superwoman — and all the other Superwomen that came after her.

Lady Comic Book History -Episode 5: Women in Refrigerators

John Marcotte — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:56:05 +0000

Lets talk numbers! Female representation in comics can and has been quantified and analyzed so lets dive into those statistics.