Jadzia Axelrod Has Created the Trans Superhero We Always Needed

Jadzia Axelrod Has Created the Trans Superhero We Always Needed

I don't often cry while reading a comic book. But these words on the dedication page of "Galaxy: The Prettiest Star" brought me to tears: "For the girl who needed this book ages ago, and couldn't find it." It was as if Jadzia Axelrod, the transgender author of this 2022 graphic novel featuring a transgender superhero, was speaking to my teenage self. A feeling confirmed when I saw the first chapter was titled "Aladdin Sane." That reference to a …