Identity Crisis was two years before Ultimate Spider-man...
Anyway, let us get back on topic. Female superheroes with hapless civilian boyfriends (So far we have Miss Marvel), female superheroes with men of tissue paper (Steve Trevor was a soldier but still completely outclassed by Wonder Woman), anymore? Fan reactions to them? Is this just a comic book/American Comic book/Super hero comic book trend or is it prevalent elsewhere?
Come to think of it, 'strong caring mate' is itself a classic female fantasy but it is not the only one they have. You think there would be a wider variety of views.
Modified Ura-nage, Torture RackBack in the Silver Age one imaginery story had Lana Lang and Superman marry and him give her permanent superpowers as a gift. The only 'snag' was that she was immune to kryptonite and several times ended up saving Superman. He got pretty depressed about this and Lana ended up flying off into space forever to spare him further pain. ([[http://www.politedissent.com/archives/604See
this blog for a proper synopsis and some panels from the story.)
Granted Values Dissonance and all that but I think there is definately still a discomfort in some quarters over a woman being the protector in a relationship. In fact I think the Buffy/Riley relationship employed a pretty similar mindset.
Darlene Penelope Wright.
American citizen, trophy wife of a member of the Tracksuit Mafia, who work out of New York.
The Tracksuit Mafia?
That's right up at the top of the list with the international light-bulb conspiracy
.

Compared to now, I friggin loved the Nineties.
But my favorite era would probably be the era between Ultimate Spider-man #1 and Identity Crisis.
Kurt Busiek on Avengers, Geoff Johns on Green Lantern, Grant Morrison on X-Men, Peter David on Young Justice, and Crossgen comics...well...existing.
Damn those were good times. Except for Nu Marvel. Nu Marvel sucked grits.
edited 12th Apr '13 8:53:34 AM by KingZeal