I Recently found this article (link below) Michelle Lee interviews her 7 year old daughter about her favourite superhero and her strong sexualisation in comics, comics by DC have been made with these super women in complete cheesecake postures and pin up gestures for quite sometime now and ever since DC comics rebooted their popular issues back to issue 1 (a gesture that I thought was to attract new fans) it seems more so apparent. The post and the comments it has garnered speaks for itself.
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/10/03/sexed-up-starfire-doesnt-sit-well-with-7-year-old/
Now a friend of mine argues that the child was introduced to the character through a saturday morning type cartoon and therefore the comics are not for her... personally I don't buy that... people look at superheroes and their comics as literature examples and guides to teach kids right and wrong and somewhere down the line the writers got sloppy and if DC continues with this image they are not going to do well in the future as publishers of printed media. I believe comics as with any art form can appeal to both sexes and ages if done well and I think this has been why both Marvel and DC have lasted as long as they have.
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