Quote Originally Posted by Killerbee911 View Post
This such a bad opinion that I can't help but comment on it, DC women have narratives of their own okay put them in a book with their male counterpart which them disappear and this is after solo years of character work. No DC female character will get priority over in a story over a their male gender flip and vast majority are that. DC women are real characters until are put in situation with their male counterpart which tend to be important stories. You want to see Wonder Woman disappear put in her a meaningful story with Superman and Batman. You want see Batgirl,Huntress and Catwoman disappear put them in a event book with Batman. What is the point of "strong complete character" if they are useless around a more popular male character in important stories. I am not trying to bash DC woman either DC has the same problem described by poster in a different form but hey at least DC has historically support female solo books right?

The Marvel problem described was exaggerated. Storm plays second fiddle to Wolverine and Cyclops but Cyclops and Wolverine haved play second fiddle Storm, Jean Grey, Emma, Kitty as well. Cyclops and Wolverine are back from dead so yeah they are going to get some focus. But who was leading in during those years when Xavier, Cyclops, and Wolverine were dead that is right Storm and then Kitty. Think about that is like the Justice League killing Batman and Superman leaving it in hands of Wonder Woman and Mera for 5 years. When has DC show faith in female characters to carry a line like that? You mention Storm in Hox and Pox but you fail to mention that Moria was the person with most page time in that series. Window dressing? Psylocke is leading Excalibur, Kitty and Emma leading the Marauders, I am pretty sure Moonstar or Magik is co leading New Mutants, Kwannon is the focus of Fallen Angels, Moria is getting a solo in Wave 2. Remember when I said DC females vast majority where a gender flip well Marvel has joined that trend with Valkyrie, X-23, Ms Marvel, Ghost Spider, Shuri, Ironheart, Wasp, Gwenpool which has had very degrees of success. Marvel has also Moon Girl, Black Cat, Squirrel Girl and Aero out.

Both of the companies are flawed in how they have handle females. DC gets better marks for solo projects with females, Marvel gets better marks for using Women in high profile stuff and women in leadership. Both need to do better. So to answer question why is DC heroines more popular than Marvel because DC was better at flip and spinning off female version of popular concept, Something Marvel has done as well with characters like Ghost Spider, X23, and Valkyrie now.
True. It's very creator dependent as well. Claremont was great with Ororo, Jean, and Kitty in a team context. Early New Mutants stories often revolved around Dani the rebel, and then Magik. Whedon's run on X-Men was mainly about Kitty, which makes sense for a guy who invented Buffy as his version of Kitty. Byrne told lots of Sue-centric stories in FF. Englehart loved Mantis in Avengers. Mantlo took Brandy on a journey in ROM. Morrison made Emma a focus character. Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel have done a great job as solo characters in recent years; Carol, not so much.

Memorable female arcs at DC? Wolfman paid attention to the ladies in NTT. Amethyst had a decent initial run but then languished. The threeboot Legion built major arcs around Dream Girl, Supergirl, and Projectra. Beyond that, it's mostly just Harley being an obnoxiously ubiquitous agent of chaos.

Bottom line, most comics writers are dudes who have affinity with dude characters. Give more writing work to Willow Wilson, Jill Thompson, Colleen Doran, Wendy Pini, Ann Nocenti, etc. Maybe we'll see more memorable stories about the female characters then. Or shell out for outside talent like Connie Willis and Lois McMaster Bujold to enter the fray.