BACK IN BLACK
The SUPERGIRLS
1970’s: SIRENS &
SUFFRAGETTES
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Affirmative Action Heroes: Non-white superheroes began to appear regularly in comics of the 70’s.
Battle Lines: Comic books tended to not treat women’s liberation as a serious subject at the dawn of the 70’s.
The New World: Sexual expression took a variety of forms as it permeated popular culture in the first half of the 1970’s.
Sleek And Sexy: The Black Widow retools her image and sets out on a new life of freedom and excitement.
Self-Made Woman: Spider-Woman may have shared a name with Spider-Man, but she was not his partner of girlfriend.
