Good Read & Listen | Where's Thor When You Need Her? Women In Comics Fight An Uphill Battle

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"Where's Thor When You Need Her? Women In Comics Fight An Uphill Battle":

The first issue of Marvel's new Thor is now on newsstands. In it, a mysterious woman shows that she, too, is worthy of wielding the hammer of Thor.

She joins a growing list of superhuman heroines leading their own comic books — Captain Marvel, Batgirl and Catwoman, among others — as Marvel and DC push to diversify and improve the representation of women on their pages.

Read and listen to Mallory Yu's full piece at NPR here…