It took— maybe a day to get them banned. But this was a literal slavery apologist, so... I thought he was a troll until he kept harassing me over email. This was during the "Captain America Hates the Tea Party" wank, so the forums were more hostile than normal. If possible. (I was disappointed so few people pointed out that in this Captain America could actually be Captain Commie. Alas.)

And yes. Personally (I might be biased) I think that women + superheroes is a pretty natural combination. For all that the genre is dismissed as adolescent male power fantasy, I think the capacity for metaphor is much greater, and I really love superheroines. Getting more women into the genre would only improve it, as sales are dying and the fanbase is kind of stagnant. But it's not just Didio & co that has to change, it's the fanbase, the people on these messageboards, every guy who treats a girl in the comic shop like something they need to stop and wonder at.