odditycollector

Interesting stuff. I do think that males are objectified in our culture but the way in which we are objectified usually has little to do with images that parallel female objectification (i.e. as sex objects). Men are objectified as providers of money (security) and also as fantasy objects in an attempt to make a safe-feeling, insulating vision of romance appear as true so that the objectifier can, to one degree or another, see the world as an extension of her mind and not have to deal with her partner as a real person -- in a way, quite similar to what happens when a man watches porn and attempts to impose that fantasy into a real life structure -- on his wife or whoever. The unrealistic nature of this romance fantasy, coupled with the fact that reality always intrudes may explain why so many guys are called "dreamboat" one minute and "loser" the next without actually having changed.
In a parallel way to female sexual objectification, males also accept their objectification and attempt to live up to it.
Frank Miller was the artist who drew Robin as a female character in "The Dark Knight Returns." I think we are seeing some of his humor here, and it also seems like he's saying traditional comics have something homo-erotic going on. Knowing something about Miller, I see the covers as commentary on comics, not outright objectification.
Erik in Minneapolis