April Daniels’ ‘Dreadnought’ Shows Trans Superheroes Are the Best Superheroes

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April Daniels’ 2017 YA novels Dreadnought and Sovereign aren’t just queer superhero stories.

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They’re stories that show that superheroes have been, or should always have been, queer in the first place.

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The series features a closeted 15-year-old trans girl named Danielle, or Danny. In the first scene of Dreadnought, she is out secretly painting her nails when she witnesses a super-battle between a new villain, Utopia, and the world’s most famous superhero, Dreadnought.

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Utopia not only wins but kills Dreadnought. Danny tries to help the hero, and for her courage, Dreadnought passes on his powers to her.

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Suddenly Danny can fly, has super-speed, super-strength, and the ability to see and manipulate the lattice of energy behind everything.

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Also, and most thrillingly, she becomes her ideal version of herself. Which means that she is visibly a fit, stunning, cis-appearing girl.

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