Woman 1: Christine, look— it’s the Black Widow!
Woman 2: It’s her all right— Madam Natasha! There’s a woman with her own mind— definitely the Gloria Steinem of the jumpsuit set.
And for the first time in many days— the Widow smiles.I’ve posted this before, it’s still like, top ten moments in comics, for me. So much of the discussion about female superheroes, today, reduces them to things for men to look at. And here’s this moment, from a time when feminism was this new-fangled, radical notion, that flat out embraces Black Widow as someone for women to look up to. And she draws power from this, and contentment.
Sure, yeah, superhero comics can be the fantasies of adolescent white dudes. But they can be everyone else’s fantasy, too— dismiss that at your own peril.
From Daredevil #91, by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan.
Daily reminder.
This is what comics used to be like.
This is also from when it was fucking COOL to be informed and active about civil rights and equality.
Kinda kills me that my generation’s reaction to that is affected disinterest or poorly defined rage. But, you know.
Our popular art should be the first place we push forward. Not a celebration of our current mediocrity.
(via the2scoops)
