Gender Letter: Kapow! The Super-sheroes That Stan Lee Created

MAYA SALAM, New York Times: Obituaries
Fri, 11/16/2018 - 7:35am

The comic book revolutionary, who died this week, pushed against the trope that women in comics should be only victims or vixens by creating strong female characters with their own agendas.

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Gender Letter: Kapow! The Super-sheroes That Stan Lee Created

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