DC Comics reduced the size of Power Girl’s breasts on the cover of Justice League of America #10 in the time between the solicitation and the release of the actual comic book. (Loren of Suspension of Disbelief scanned the actual cover and overlayed it on the solicited cover to illustrate the difference.) They did this in the wake of an online controversy that described Michael Turner’s depiction of Power Girl as a vacant, lifeless and exploitative but as the change did not actually fix any of those complaints it was reasonable to believe it had nothing to do with the internet complaints.
This week, Devon of Seven Hells puts the solicited and released Justice Society of America #7 covers side by side to illustrate a difference. This was found in the wake of an online controversy that described Alex Ross’s depiction of Citizen Steel’s bulge as “creepy.”
July 11th, 2007 at 10:46 am
And what have we learned today, children?
“BEWBIES GOOD, PENIS BAD!”
*rolleye*
July 11th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Take away our eye candy so we’ll take away yours! How’s that for fair and equal, huh?!
July 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Aww, c’mon…the coloring changed slightly. It takes away some of the emphasis, but the bulge is still there. Sorta like they shrunk the breasts, but they were still on display…they muted the shadows/glare to cut back on the obviousness of it.
July 11th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
The final cover looks a little blurred too, in addition to being slightly darker. The legs no longer look like two legs, or legs at all for that matter.
Ya know, this picture looks plausible, like say for instance an Olympic swimmer, whereas the Power Girl cover just looks like she has an ass planted on the top of her chest. I think the Power Girl image is pretty hateful, juvenile, cheesy, anatomically incorrect, and an embarrassment to anyone who isn’t a horny 14-year-old boy.