A passionate letter by an 11 year old girl has got DC Comics to reply to one of the most asked questions about superheroes – the lack of female characters that it has. Rowan wrote a letter to DC stating that she’s a girl and she is ‘upset because there aren’t very many girl superheroes or movies and comics from DC.’
Though there are movies on Batman and Superman, she said that there isn’t any Wonder Woman ones. ‘I would really like a Hawkgirl or Catwoman or the girls of the Young Justice TV show action figures please,’ she says in her letter.
In response to her plea, DC Comics tweeted: “Yes Rowan girls read comics too! Wonder Woman movie & Supergirl TV both in the works, with more exciting girl power announcements soon!”
“Thanks Rowan. We agree. We’re working hard to create more superhero fun for girls!”
However, some tweeters pointed out that it isn’t the lack of female superheroes but the lack of marketing that happens for them. Deula Dent, Cheetah, Amethyst, Huntress, Dawn Granger and Fire are some of the other female leads of DC.
Read the full letter here:
Dear DC comics,
My name is Rowan and I am 11 years old. I love superheroes and have been reading comics and watching superhero cartoons and movies since I was very young. I’m a girl, and I’m upset because there aren’t very many girl superheroes or movies and comics from DC.
For my birthday, I got some of your Justice League Chibis™. I noticed in the little pamphlet that there are only 2 girl Chibis, and 10 boys. Also, the background for the girl figures was all pink and purple.
I remember watching Justice League cartoons when I was really young with my dad. There are Superman and Batman movies, but not a Wonder Woman one. You have a Flash TV show, but not a Wonder Woman one. Marvel Comics made a movie about a talking tree and raccoon awesome, but you haven’t made a movie with Wonder Woman.
I would really like a Hawkgirl or Catwoman or the girls of the Young Justice TV show action figures please. I love your comics, but I would love them a whole lot more, if there were more girls.
I asked a lot of the people I know whether they watched movies or read books or comics where girls were the main characters, they all said yes.
Please do something about this. Girls read comics too and they care.
Sincerely, Rowan.