And the people who say Tarantula was a self-insert or a Sue are either letting the fact that Grayson is a woman cloud their judgment or have never read the definition of either.
You might want to read the definitions for yourself, since your own definition indicates an unfamiliarity with the permutations of the trope:
And trust me, even I'll admit that Bruce Jones is even worse than Devin Grayson, with the exception of not writing rape as "questionable consent," but even my rage tends to be limited to what people choose to post scans of on this comm, so unless you want to post Jones' Nightwing issues ...