Strong Female Protagonist is exactly what I want in a story about tights and capes. Not only is this wonderful graphic novel full of well written characters and wonderful art, but it does what many superhero stories are afraid to do. It asks the reader to apply the idea of real world consequences to the familiar landscape of a superhero narrative.

Strong Female Protagonist is not about the Kick! Punch! Bang!. (Although there is certainly some of that.) Instead, its primary focus is centered on building a world that is grounded in reality with all the fun parts of human nature and those pesky gray areas.

What would really happen if young children began to develop super powers? What do superheroes and villains do to our sense of morality? What is the real fall out when innocent lives and property become collateral damage in a bigger fight? What is the political and global response outside of the USA? How do people with powers who don't wear tights integrate into society?

All of these concepts are wrapped around the story of Alison Green, a young woman and former superhero. After she revealed her own secret identity to the world in attempt to break free from it she is just a girl trying to attend college and live her life as best she can. Her friends, her family, and her personal opinions about what makes a superhero is the centre to what is clearly a personal journey and a mysterious evil force still stalking her life. She is a legitimately interesting character with motivations that make me want to keep reading.

If you are the kind of person who when reading a comic or watching the latest blockbuster has to stop and ask yourself what would really happen then this graphic novel will probably be for you. Strong Female Protagonist is essentially CONSEQUENCES!: The graphic novel and I loved it.