Comments on: DC Officially Acknowledges Starfire Controversy on Twitter

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By: anj2099

anj2099 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:51:14 +0000

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By: John

John — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:08:27 +0000

Superhero comic books are one of the few domains feminists couldn’t get a hold of yet. Thats the thing that pisses them off, and thats why DC receives the flak. Feminists believe that everywhere men are gathered, there has to be a secret paradise they have to break into. But once it turns out, there is hard work at play, and not anything just wonderful und cute, they loose interest. Thats why feminists never fight for the right to do hard and dirty work but rather have a foothold in any place other people, mostly men, build from the ground. Feminists are basically thieves who ramble about the “liberation” of women, while pressing them in an even tighter corset. You know, if you just have a husband and kids and you don’t work, you are worthless for feminists. Feminists want women to be like men with tits. Yeah, some great liberation.

Starfire is just an excuse to attack DC, a male domain, nothing else.

By: Craig DeBoard

Craig DeBoard — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:45:26 +0000

Blah blah blah…..it’s a f**king comic book. Grow up. It’s no big deal. It’s not the first time sex or boobs have been mentioned in comics, it certainly won’t be the last. It has a teen rating so what a seven year old thinks really doesn’t matter all that much now does it? What matters is why some idiot is showing her 7 year old child material suitable for teenagers and up.

Fact is, in one week this won’t even be a topic of discussion. Move on.

By: Superboy Prime

Superboy Prime — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:14:18 +0000

I think part of the problem with the response is technically the 7 year old child is comparing apples and oranges. The Starfire of the DCnU is not the Starfire of the old Teen Titans cartoon, and vice versa. As much as her child enjoyed that one interpretation of the character, it’s not the only one.

By: WHAT!?

WHAT!? — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:58:09 +0000

The comic was never given to the child to read (if you even read the lady’s article). She showed her daughter a few particular images from the comic and asked her to describe what she (the 7 year old daughter) thought of when she saw them. Then she asked her to compare them with older illustrations of Starfire as well as what the child remembered of the character from the Teen Titans cartoon.

I’m in agreement with the 7 year old.

By: DCComicsfan@1961

DCComicsfan@1961 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:30:25 +0000

Lots of different readers, lots of different opinions.
Like commercials on TV, the “badder” the commercial, the more talk it gets. Just saying…

By: Roland

Roland — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:19:18 +0000

@Mike-EL: Right on!!!
@jillpantozzi: thank you for always hitting the nail right on the head. That was a perfect summation of how it is with Starfire.

I personally feel..yes this is her first appearance but she was never a slut before. She was empowered…yes, sexy but never thrashy. She was never about her costume,it was what warriors wore on Tamaran. This is not a character that I’ve looked up to through several events and iterations of Titans and JLA. This book also looks incredibly ugly.. I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole.

By: SkipSpacer

SkipSpacer — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:09:52 +0000

Why should DC care? They’re a company, trying to sell a product. And it’s selling like crazy. This is a complete success to them. And the lesson they’ve learned from this is: If a book’s sales start to decline, do something that starts a controversy!

By: Mike-EL

Mike-EL — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:58:16 +0000

“… stop catering to the perverted needs of 45 year old men…”

-Darwyn Cooke

By: thejim

thejim — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:55:07 +0000

I have zero respect for Dan “The Egomaniac” DiDio… He has no respect for the fans, or the legacy of DC Comics… This no-response to something very serious, and he wants to sweep it under the rug… I say don’t let DC do it, keep reminding DC that crap like this won’t be tolerated… Dan DiDio needs be fired…

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:49:57 +0000

DC missed the boat on this one. They took a strong female character, loved by preteens who watched Teen Titans on TV, and made her an object, which by DC’s research, is okay for 13 year olds but not 12 or younger. Prediction: in two years or sooner they go back to the pre Flashpoint universe. They left too many back doors open not to go back.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:52:46 +0000

The issue with a sexually promiscuous woman, if that is all she is portrayed as, is that it reinforces the stereotype of women as nothing but sex toys. No one hopes for that for their daughter, so why be ok with that character type being reinforced in the minds of mostly male readers?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:08:49 +0000

Starfire being sexually active doesn’t bother me. Starfire jumping between Jason and Roy’s beds is somewhat troubling. The biggest problem here is Starfire being made to have the memory span of a goldfish. The fact that she does not remember the love of her life or her dearest friends completely removes the very core of her character and throws away most everything I have always loved about her. Her love and fierce loyalty to her friends is something I have always loved and admired about her. Now that is gone. Dick and Kory are one of my all time favorite couples. It has been hard enough being a fan of theirs with DC keeping them apart so long—now their entire love has been wiped out. It was hurtful to read that and a huge turnoff. I really can’t get into a Kory this far removed from the character I have loved for 31 years. Let her be sexually active—but please let her also remember her friends and the man she loved for years.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:04:26 +0000

You still miss my point. Her sexuality was never an issue.who she is a charicter is so off the mark it is not even funny!You can try to make the issue solely about sex put it is not.Sure how she is potryed sexualy is a problem but it is just one of many! And as for having the power over the men,this is verry questionalble.

By: silvanthalas

silvanthalas — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:04:21 +0000

“The puritans have taken over America”

Umm, where have you been? Puritans arrived in America nearly 500 years ago. They’ve always been here.

This isn’t just about one’s personal views on sex, however. This is just as much about an industry that is slowly dying and, instead of trying to do something about, instead seems to be trying to hasten it.

By: inthemesh

inthemesh — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:43:59 +0000

Plus…Catwoman # 1 was great.

I wasn’t shocked to see a leather wearing, whip striking babe who calls herself ‘catwoman’ getting down with a dude who calls himself ‘batman’.

By: inthemesh

inthemesh — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:39:51 +0000

“sex toy” Looks like starfire holds all the power over the men she approaches…not the other way around.

So, based on Starfire’s actions in one issue…you’re saying there’s something wrong with a sexually promiscuous woman?

By: Lionel

Lionel — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:31:58 +0000

The REAL problem is that there isn’t a New 52 Comic to give to an intelligent 7 year old. Most “kids” that come into my store are looking for Batman not Batman Brave and the Bold cartoon book, they want Deadpool and Wolverine, Gears of War, Halo, but there isn’t an ALL AGES book for any of these properties.

ALL AGES doesn’t mean Tiny Titans and Sonic the Hedgehog. Those books are aimed at KIDS. Where are the books that a 7-12 year old can read? I’ve read all 52 of the new #1 and ONLY Static Shock (and Maybe Blue Beetle – though really violent) fit the bill of what I’ll recommend a parent let their child read.

In my Opinion there should be 4-8 books (2 per week) featuring major characters that are safe for a 7 year old to read. They don’t need to be dumbed down (I read Lord of the Rings when I was they just need to be free of blood and gore and objectification of women.

All that being said, as a responsible adult male, I liked Catwoman #1. It was fun, action packed, and sexy. If that had been an Angelina Jolie movie it would have been #1 at the box office. I found Red Hood to be a satirical look at the Buddy Film. And I liked how “alien” Kori is. And I’m not giving it to me young daughter to read.

SO DC – Look at your Young Justice Line and see about toning down a few of those books to All Ages. And while your at it, consider making Red Hood and Detective T+. You may also want an All Ages Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern book since those are your current big licensing properties that kids are fully aware of.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:25:51 +0000

You miss the point complety. They have taken a well established likable hero and turned her into this? It has noting to do with liberal sexual behavior! She has been reduced to noting more than a sex toy plain and simple!!!

By: inthemesh

inthemesh — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:05:05 +0000

The puritans have taken over America. Sad to say, this is a society that condemns and represses any liberated sexual behavior. There’s a world outside the U.S.A that would have no issues with catwoman or starfire. And guess what, the lowest % of teen pregnancy and drug use by teens in the world is….HOLLAND.
I offer Catwoman and Starfire a huge high five. work it, sisters.
In a society that strictly enforces the binary of MAN over WOMAN, i say huzzah to Catwoman who uses her sexuality to subvert the culture. Catwoman get’s what she wants and doesn’t take a dude’s Bullshit. That’s a strong female protagonsit.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:59:15 +0000

They have turned a truely intresting hero into nothing more than a super powerd bimbo jump off! If this is the direction they are takeing i am out of here!!!

By: mario

mario — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:11:44 +0000

@Jill, if you only read carefully my opinion you’d clearly see I did not base your article simply on what you say is public opinion. I’m being fair with you and I state in different sentences (like the last of my first paragraph and elsewhere) that you base your arguement both on what people who don’t read comics think it should be and on YOUR own opinion.
Also, DC has clearly stated that not only do they hope to get more readers to read their comics, but to get new stories. Comics are a business and as a business they are ALWAYS trying to get new readers in, and the reboots are not one just one of them (yearly events and deaths or major stories being some).
I will repeat that as much as I am astranged from the Kory I know and love, you will not be so prejudice based only on the first issue of a montly comic. There can only be presented so much information in a 20page comic. First impressions are important, but not definite.
This new move from DC has a lot of us hoping for the best and fearing for the worst. Lets just hold out to see how it will turn out in the long run.

By: MegaGearMax

MegaGearMax — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:11:05 +0000

It’s only issue one of the reboot. Let’s see what Lobdell has in store for her.