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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 6:44:21 GMT -5
Marvel has hordes of female-led books with more announced, but other than Ms Marvel, I don't think the existing ones are doing very well in sales. Off the top of my head:
Black Widow, She-Hulk, Ms Marvel, Captain Marvel, Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl, Thor, Storm, Spider-Woman, Silk, might even be a few more.
Black Widow probably gets a bit of slack due to the film recognition, but I think the book's been pretty lacklustre so far
Captain Marvel probably gets some slack due to the name, and the alleged desire to launch into Avengers films. The book's been OK without really setting the world alight
She-Hulk has a really stupid character name, but (again) the book's been really good, and yet cancelled.
I've always thought Storm could hold down a series, but I'm not sure this is that series - haven't been greatly impressed so far.
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 24, 2014 8:01:46 GMT -5
Pak is one of my favourite writers, but his Storm isn't doing much for me either so far.
Simon: There is also Elektra, which has great art, but I haven't checked it out yet and I believe Angela has a title upcoming.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 8:51:59 GMT -5
Forgot both of those - the male/female ratio on solo titles must be getting close to 50:50, which has to be unique in comic history at the big companies
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 10:05:05 GMT -5
I liked the first issue of Elektra (only one on Unlimited), but I'm not familiar with the character at all. I also feel like you could swap her and Black Widow and the books wouldn't change at all.
Captain Marvel isn't as good as it was last series, but I still love it.
Ms Marvel is great and She-Hulk is really good but the art kinda makes me wish the Allreds were doing it.
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Post by berkley on Oct 24, 2014 10:25:25 GMT -5
Several on my list have been given showcases the last few years, but none of them ever seem to grab me. Of course that's been true of Marvel's characters in general, not only the female ones. I'm just out of tune with the whole Marvel outlook these days.
I really liked the idea of an all-female Defenders led by Valkyrie but almost everything about that series ended up turning me off - the writing, the artwork, the visual design of the new character Warrior Woman, ....
Witches was another good concept, and Deodato's artwork looked good, but I thought the redesign of Topaz was unnecessary and the writing felt way too self-consciously trendy. If Gerber had written Jennifer Kale like this back in the 70s he would have had her saying "Groovy, man!" every second panel.
I'd love to see both these ideas given another chance, though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 10:28:02 GMT -5
Elektra has been good but moving at a snail's pace in terms of pacing, and there have been rumors it too will be cancelled with issue 12.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 12:12:51 GMT -5
I liked the first issue of Elektra (only one on Unlimited), but I'm not familiar with the character at all. I also feel like you could swap her and Black Widow and the books wouldn't change at all. Captain Marvel isn't as good as it was last series, but I still love it. Ms Marvel is great and She-Hulk is really good but the art kinda makes me wish the Allreds were doing it. I much prefer this series of Captain Marvel on both story and particularly art, but it's still not really sparked for me I like the Shulkie art, though sometimes the weird character expressions are a bit disconcerting. I'm about as fond of the Allred's art as Dan B is of Frank Robbins, so I think I'd pass on that combination! Thought of another one - there's a Gamora series coming soon as well |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 12:57:53 GMT -5
The current Captain Marvel series is great, but the last series is my favorite book in years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 15:16:10 GMT -5
I just realized the She-Hulk artist changed. My Allreds comment was in reference to the first.
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Post by the4thpip on Oct 24, 2014 15:32:30 GMT -5
I just realized the She-Hulk artist changed. My Allreds comment was in reference to the first. The book had a rather hard-to-take fill-in artist for two issues, but then went back to original artist Javier Pulido. |
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Post by berkley on Oct 24, 2014 17:17:43 GMT -5
I thought the artwork on the new She-Hulk series looked pretty good. The only problem is, it's a She-Hulk series! One of those knock-off characters I've never liked, with one of the stupidest names ever invented - and that's saying something when you're talking superhero comics. Plus the whole sexy, flirty career-girl persona, and finally the coy "fourth-wall breaking" schtick ... everything about this character rubs me the wrong way.
I did overcome my dislike enough once to go back and buy the back-issues of the Steve Gerber run from the 80s or 90s once I found out he wrote the series for a while, just because it's Gerber. I have yet to read them, though. Maybe Gerber will be able to change my mind about this character if and when I ever get around to looking at it, but the odds are stacked against him.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 24, 2014 17:51:15 GMT -5
I think She-Hulk works best as the 'Superhero Lawyer'.. she's a fantastic supporting character, but just doesn't work real well as a solo act... it seems they always try too hard.
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Post by the4thpip on Oct 25, 2014 2:09:19 GMT -5
I think She-Hulk works best as the 'Superhero Lawyer'.. she's a fantastic supporting character, but just doesn't work real well as a solo act... it seems they always try too hard. Dan Slott's series had very stable sales. But then PAD decided to make it a grim and gritty book (because we did not have enough of those) and sales tanked. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 2:41:32 GMT -5
Made some major changes as I updated my pulls, so thought I would post the new list here...
Ongoings
Thrillbent monthly subscription ($3.99 for all the content I can read)
Archie
Afterlife with Archie
Sabrina
The Fox (upcoming)
DC/Vertigo
Astro City
Batgirl
Gotham Academy
Gotham by Midnight (upcoming)
Image
The Fade Out
Velvet
Lazarus
Five Ghosts
Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta
Wytches
Tooth and Claw (upcoming)
Marvel
Daredevil
Ms. Marvel
Oni
Stumptown
Irregularly Published series
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword (DH)
Age of Bronze (Image)
A Distant Soil (Image)
Day Men (BOOM!)
Frankenstein Alive, Alive (IDW)
Minis
Sandman Overture (Vertigo) (3 issues left?)
Multiversity (DC) (? issues left)
Black Beetle (DH; upcoming)
Ragnarok (IDW) (4 issues left)
Wild Blue Yonder (IDW) (1 issue left)
George Perez's Sirens (BOOM!) (5 issues left)
Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (DH) (2? issues left)
Rocketeer (IDW; when scheduled)
Brides of Helheim (Oni) (5 issues left)
Trees (Image) (2 issues left)
Supreme: Blue Rose (Image) (? issues left)
Shadow: Midnight in Moscow (Dynamite) (1 or 2 issues left)
Flash Gordon by Jeff Parker (Dynamite) (? issue sleft)
Groo vs. Conan (DH; 1 issue left?)
In Trade only
Saga (Image)
Thief of Thieves (Image)
Corto Maltese (IDW)
Possible upcoming adds-Marvel Star Wars books?
Thanos vs. Hulk mini by Starlin
Phantom by Peter David and Sal Velluto from Hermes Press
Still on the fence about: Dark Horse Presents (might add); Robert E.Howard's Savage Sword (might drop); Wytches (still sampling); Daredevil (if rumors of changes due to Superior Iron Man x-over upcoming are true, it might be a direction I don't want to continue with, have to wait and see); Batgirl and Gotham Academy (still sampling, but my wife liked Gotham Academy so it has better chance of sticking on my pull)
Dropped a bunch to make room for new stuff I wanted to try out or had tried and liked, and finally gave up on the current Red Sonja and Conan the Avenger series, love the characters, but have better older stuff to read than the current stuff coming out.
Current ongoings are at 17, I would like to get that number down closer to 10 though, so a few more books might get dropped and/or switched to trade waits. Being very reluctant to add new minis to list as well, unless it is can't miss creator or replaces an ongoing on the list. I do pick up stuff here and there not on my pull to try as well.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 4:09:53 GMT -5
Well regarding She-Hulk, I may have been wrong about a relaunch. Alonso said in his weekly Q&A on CBR that it was the end of Volume One, that a big factor in the decision was Charles Soule's schedule, and that Soule had always planned for a 12 issue ars with a long plot told over several shorter stories. So it could see a Vol. 2 by Soule when his schedule clears up, or a Volume 2 by a different creative team, which is Marvel land is now reason to have a new #1.
-M
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