"Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics' last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Women have cooties - Rah-PM 2012

That's the word at the House of Ideas. That's why they broke up Spider-Man's marriage. Hell, that alone explains Lorna Dane, Susan Richards, Rogue, Wanda Maximoff and a host of Marvel's female characters. - Steven Perez

Is that a gay kissing scene? :) - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

Given how things work at Marvel, it's possible. You know those sneaky Skrulls. - Steven Perez

Actually, when I first saw this pic, I thought it *was* man-on-man action. Not sure why. - Rah-PM 2012

I just picked up Spider-Woman 1 and 2. I haven't read SW since the '80s and missed the whole Skrull thing, but it looks like this book could be good. The artwork, at least, is very good. As for the mainstream comics industry still writing women in sexist ways? You'll get no argument from me there. - Spidra Webster

Another good reason why it's important for me to get back to drawing my own comics and destroy the superhero universe. - Dennis Jernberg

I had the same thought, that it was two men. Which would have been interesting. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I hear ya, Spidra. There's a reason why the bulk of my comic book collection is comprised of indies. - Steven Perez