How long does it take to read The Supergirls?
Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
Mike Madrid
The Supergirls by Mike Madrid takes about 6 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours
A weekend read
First published 2009. 327 pages, about 89,925 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A much-needed alternative history of American comic book superheroines—from Wonder Woman to Supergirl and beyond—where they fit in popular culture and why, and what these crime-fighting females say about the role of women in American society from their creation to now, and into the future. The Supergirls is an entertaining and informative look at these modern-day icons, exploring how superheroines fare in American comics, and what it means for the culture when they do everything the superhero does, but in thongs and high heels.
Subjects: History, Nonfiction, Gay & Lesbian, Comics & graphic novels, Comic books, strips, Literary
