Earth 2 #1

[superfangirl1]

Apokolips led by Steppenwolf has wiped out Metropolis and pretty well conquering Earth and in a last mad desperate gamble. The Trinity of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman manage to free the world from the Parademon grip, sacrificing themselves in the process in grand fashion.







Five years later on the anniversary of the Trinity deaths to save the earth.





Sitting silently by himself in the woods depress by Joan words. Jay Garrick meets Mercury after witnessing him crash near by in a crater.

Comments

[turtlefu]

Yes, they are. I have no idea where you live, but career women are very frequently labeled "cold bitches" to diminish them. There is a whole butch of literature about being a career women, and how they aren't treated equally or fairly even today. And yes, they are sometimes portrayed positively, but just like in comics we have both Wonder Woman and Identity Crisis.

I admit I also haven't looked beyond this page. But the fact that she told him in the very first panel that they broke up and were over doesn't change the fact that by the end of the page he still doesn't get it.

The dynamic would be different because there is something called "cultural attitudes towards gender" and "socialization", meaning the way men treat women are different than the way women treat men.

And I think I said this already, but I do think Joan was overly harsh. But I can also understand her frustration with having an ex-boyfriend who would not realize that they broke, was condescending about her career (and therefore intelligence), continued to follow her, suggested he would follow her cross-country even after she told him not to, etc.

And, obviously, the people on s_d are not like the people on something like CBR. I haven't looked, but I bet the reaction to this on CBR would be "Joan is such a bitch" and if the genders were reversed it would be "Can't Joan see that she's holding Jay back?".