After receiving a letter last month from 11-year-old Rowan Hansen, a fifth grader from Champaign, Illinois, who said that there is a dearth in the number of female superheroes in the DC Comics roster, the company has responded awesomely by gifting the young girl something really cool.
DC Comics gave Rowan a customized, hand-drawn illustration of herself as a superhero. The illustration was also posted on Twitter by the “Today” show on February 20 which drew 757 retweets and 811 favorites, reports MTV.
The female superhero drawing has an “R” letter on her chest and is appropriately clothed too. Rowan also said to DC Comics that if they can give Batman an armor and a suit, they should do the same to Wonder Woman because the female superhero is just wearing a bathing suit all the time.
More importantly, DC Comics assured Rowan that the company will find ways to come up with more female superheroes in the future, which at the moment only has Wonder Woman and Supergirl.
In its tweet on January 30, DC Comics admitted to Rowan that they also know that girls read comics too. The company disclosed that aside from a “Wonder Woman” movie and “Supergirl” on TV, they shall also be making more exciting girl power announcements in the future.
DC Comics also told the 11-year-old Rowan that they are working hard to create more superhero fun for girls.
The letter that started it
Rowan is obviously a DC Comics lover and she noticed that there’s just a lack of girl power that she decided to take matters into her own hands by writing a letter to the company.
The bespectacled young girl wrote a polite but firm letter to DC Comics citing that she really likes reading the company’s comics but she would love them all the more if there were more girls on its superhero roster.
She said that there’s a “Superman” and “Batman” movies but not a “Wonder Woman” film. She also said that there is a “Flash” TV show but not a Wonder Woman one.
Rowan also cited that Marvel made an awesome film about a talking tree and a racoon very awesome but DC Comics have yet to make a “Wonder Woman” movie.
She concluded her letter by saying to DC Comics to do something about her request because girls read comics too and they care.
The girl has a point
Sensing the human element angle to Rowan’s letter, NBC’s “Today” show actually featured a segment on February 20 where the 11-year-old girl was quoted as saying that she does not really understood why there are more male superheroes.
She said that it’s not like the male superheroes are better than female superheroes, but there are just more of them.
Rowan also brought up an extremely good point about superhero costumes when she said that if Batman can wear an armor, then why can’t Wonder Woman get to wear an armor too. She admits that the female superhero is invulnerable too but Rowan said that it would be a lot nicer if Wonder Woman does not wear a bathing suit all the time.
Upon receiving the gift from DC Comics, she said that it was really cool and thanked them for it but she insists that her request to the company for more female superheroes remains.