Who could be considered the least attractive ( or even ugly ) Female ' MAINSTREAM ' comic book hero in comics????? Most female heroes are very attractive or beautiful. Is there a plain girl/woman hero??? if so who is it, or they? https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27510#msg-27510 Mon, 13 May 2024 23:02:16 -0600 Phorum 5.2.22 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,85864#msg-85864 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,85864#msg-85864
So I would say the character Faith Herbert

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As more Anti- pa·tri·arch·y writers and soapbox stand in characters are introduced you definitely see Overtly plain looking characters.

The Genre plays a key role in this too. Superhero Genre you see more now then in the past but in a -Wish fulfilment or Power Fantasy genre those tropes abound so there's that.

But in a comic set in a " realistic " world about ordinary people - it would seem out of place for everyone to be Smoking Hot.

And as someone said early ( years ago from this old topic??? ) the artists play a role -- Image comics had even working jobby job women look like models - the artists admitted it was easier to draw Symetrical faces that lend itself to attractivness]]> G.A.W. General Discussion Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:28:59 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,85863#msg-85863 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,85863#msg-85863
The problem with female heroes in comics is they usually fall into 2 categories: female companion to a male hero, or feminist girl-power hero (ie anything the male hero can do I can do better)

We don't get real women heroes. We don't get the woman that maintains a day job, has a husband at home, and heads out to fight crime at night. Or the female trust-fund kid that loses her parents in a tragic accident and develops skills/powers instead of a drug habit and becomes the world's greatest detective.

Instead we get "female fighter pilot and former girlfriend of an intergalactic space hero that develops powers and spends her days proving that girl heroes are just as good as male heroes" or "cousin of the hulk that spends her days proving the comic industry is male-driven and that just because she's attractive doesn't mean she's not smart"

OR we get Squirrel Girl that gets date raped by who=knows-how-old Wolverine and even though she defeats Thanos is relegated to the c-squad.

Then there's Jessica Jones....was a good comic, then turned into a party girl with an alcohol problem tries to one-up all the male heroes

Imagine if male heroes went around trying to prove how much better they were than the female heroes "to put them in their place"...oh wait, that's the Golden Age of comics....

How about reality. How about a teen girl that develops invisibility and spends time trying to break into the boys(or girls, to each their own) locker room to see naked people? How about she screws up and shoplifts and gets caught by an older hero that mentors her and she becomes a stand-alone hero worthy of a title while also trying to go school and get a degree instead of becoming a drunk like every other powerful female hero seems to.]]> barna10 General Discussion Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:51:31 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,85861#msg-85861 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,85861#msg-85861 G.A.W. General Discussion Fri, 22 Sep 2023 05:52:35 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27575#msg-27575 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27575#msg-27575 CapoCastillo General Discussion Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:25:24 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27555#msg-27555 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27555#msg-27555 Brotherless_one General Discussion Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:45:08 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27553#msg-27553 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27553#msg-27553 Nightmask General Discussion Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:11:17 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27535#msg-27535 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27535#msg-27535 majortomsawyer General Discussion Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:18:24 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27532#msg-27532 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27532#msg-27532 Volcanna
Cant remember her name off hand but the lizard girl from the initative
The fat lady from Greatlake avengers except her nonpowered form is a super model.
there are not many and i think Ms Marvel might have been one of the few to be in a major comic when she was part of the FF. but even characters animal chacaters like wolfsbane or tigra are shown having sexy figures and robots built to look femail are made with sexy figures]]> dacat75 General Discussion Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:50:28 -0600 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27510#msg-27510 https://classicmarvelforever.com/phorum/read.php?3,27510,27510#msg-27510
Most female heroes are very attractive or beautiful. Is there a plain girl/woman hero???

if so who is it, or they?]]> ajax plunkett General Discussion Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:29:33 -0600