I agree. I think the message about body issues like this should be, "Being overweight is often the result of an unhealthy lifestyle and can lead to health problems itself, but it doesn't mean you are of less value as a person."

Awesome, thanks!

That's true. It's probably too broad a question, and I should just research the modern canon, such as there is, of comics to see what style I most enjoy. I'm also looking specifically for something that exploits the possibilities that are specific to the comics form, however.

My summary: everyone should read Understanding Comics and Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises; read 2/3 of Capital in the Twenty-First Century if you're an economist/stats nerd, all if you're that and a socialist; read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions if you're a scientist or don't mind being bored in…

As with anything, it's only pretentious if you don't connect with it.

The tension between her anti-capitalist ideology and her entrepreneurial tendencies is definitely my favorite part of the character.

This makes sense. All I can say is that I'm willing to suspend my disbelief in movies for much stupider things.

However, thinking about it a bit more, I could see someone saying that there is an iconic "profile" or image, one which is thoroughly part of our pop culture by now, for them to live up to, and I would take that point well. Even if this profile is based upon a false premise.

I think the same argument would apply to them. (Well, Batman doesn't really have powers, right? And I'm not sure exactly how Wolverine's abilities work. Plus, I personally found Hugh Jackman's rip-ness(?) to be distracting in the last movie. But I get your point.)

Isn't she supposed to be super-powered? Why would a level of strength that is detached from all laws of physics need to be connected to a certain physique? Aren't her powers basically magic?

I think it mostly comes down to the fact that secretaries have historically been women.