I still feel your arguements aren't that strong. Honestly, I don't really think DC is targeting teenage males for their readership. They seem to be going for older readers with more disposable income. Hence all the use of the Silver Age to enthrall customers.
Secondly, you feel that the subject of rape is too much for a superhero book; but then you say that you wouldn't mind had it been a male who had been raped. How is one acceptable and not the other?
It seems to me that you're just flipping through the books and not reading them. As I have pointed out before, both times that Sue was attacked in the series, she was somewhere where everyone thought she'd be safe. These events are supposed to be big and have a real impact on the DCU and the heroes themselves. With the number of superhero resurrections that DC has had (Superman, Green Arrow, Hawkman, soon to be Hal Jordan, etc., etc.), using the ones nearest the heroes makes more sense. And, as we've pointed out time and time again, most of the heroes in the DCU are men; so women are going to be the most likely candidates for attacks. I get the feeling that most of your arguements are just self-justifications for not wanting to like superhero books.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
