I hate overzealous nerds a little more each day.

With all the discussion lately about the representation of women in comics, this just makes DC look stupid.

Dear everyone else: Thank you for your insightful commentary, I appreciate you reading the blog. While I am aware that many covers, including the DC Showcase books, have different solicitation images (I’d wager I spend more time with Previews in a month than… 99% of anyone who’s read a comic), my concern was more the difference in tone, rather than that there was a difference at all. Ready, capable, surprising Batgirl leaping into action versus… well, that. It’s kinda sad, and I know that we’ve lost some sales on it at the store, from people who were really put off by the cover. I haven’t said anything myself, in store… I just wanted to see how the book would rise or fall on its own, and I’d say even the vocal customer commentary has made it clear, this would be a hard book to justify having on the shelf.

While Batgirl was often portrayed as a ‘girly girl’, she wasn’t ALWAYS portrayed that way, and she does kick but and take names pretty often in that book; the folks moving from blog-to-blog to defend DC have got that much right. But yeah, suck decision on their parts.

Also, to Pedro Tejeda- It’s been 4 days and people had already been annoyed with the change, I think you might be familiar with the DC Message Boards where this discussion has been going on since last Wednesday? I’m way behind the curve here.

So, without getting into the thought process behind it, I just wanted to note it’s not unique to this one.

[it should also be noted that DC has been great responding to this kind of thing, from changing the look of Supergirl to a normal girl to releasing non superhero stuff. They've also avoided killing women in thier comics after the 'Identity Crisis' controversies according to the commentary for 'Infinite Crisis'. So this is probably a fluke.]

I can understand being upset over the change of cover, but the interiors are more offensive.

I don’t get the blogging need to be first to point out another controversy? Does any one read the books anymore.

I thought it was strange that they would switch the solicited cover, especially since it is a classic cover of her first appearance.

I saw this at the store I shop at, and thought WTF!! Why is she holding a compact and applying makeup when she should be kicking ass!?!

I had planned on picking up this originally, but had to cut it from my pull list. After seeing the cover DC went with, even if I had the funds I would have passed on it because of the “females are nothing more than to look pretty” stereotype.