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Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

> solar penguin wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve double-checked and it was definitely Bunny Webber who
>> suggested the Troubleshooters concept, back in March 1963.
>> 
>> Aggy would probably agree with many of the ideas in Webber’s
>> memo:  “Young heroines do not command the interest of boys.
>> Young heroes do command the interest of girls. Therefore the
>> highest coverage amongst children and teenagers is got by: The
>> Handsome Young Man Hero”
> 
> In fairness, that was 1963... a long long time ago... so long
> ago I wasn't even born!
>  

Even in 1963 it probably wasn’t true. There was a young heroine
character in DW right from the start!

-- 
solar penguin