LOS ANGELES — Shortly after she took over DC Comics six years ago, Diane Nelson noticed a glaring problem at the company owned by film and TV studio Warner Bros. DC’s vast library boasted some of the most popular female superheroes and super villains in the industry dating back to the 1940s — including Amazon princess Wonder Woman, Kryptonian heroine Supergirl and Batman nemesis Poison Ivy. But comic book characters had been targeted almost exclusively at boys and men. “We realized there’s this untapped opportunity,” said Nelson, whose large office door is covered in an image of Wonder Woman. “There’s clearly demand in the marketplace to serve the young girl market.” Now Nelson, 48, is...
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