Showing posts with label marvel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marvel. Show all posts

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Does Marvel hate women and female super-heroines?

So recently I've been thinking, why are all the female lead comic books been cancelled? It's not they are not selling well as a matter of fact they are outselling a lot of the other titles. But yet they're been cancelled, X-23 and Ghost Rider are just a few. Most of the female characters are been pushed back or have disappeared. But these are just comics...
And then I looked back at Marvel and the products they make. Have you heard of X-Men Evolution? It was a cartoon but they also made action figures and statues. Look at the list of characters they have made. Cyclops, Wolverine, Toad, Nightcrawler and who? Spyke? With the exception of Storm the most popular female characters were never made. Where is Rogue and Shadowcat? These are the staple characters of the X-Men team who have risen to popularity from the 1980's. This is just one example but thinking about the negligence Marvel has given to these characters I'm really starting to think that Marvel hates women.
In a comic book industry predominantly populated with men you would think that Marvel would learn something. Maybe they should take a look at DC and learn something from them, really. Batgirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn are just a few of the most popular female characters in the comic book history. Marvel has who, that they have been pushing? nobody. Take a cue Marvel and straighten up, and while you're at it maybe its time Psylocke gets a costume change. We are no longer in the 1980s.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

1st appearance of a character, and they're not on the cover?

Ok, so what gives. Most of the time when a character makes a 1st appearance in a comic its a big deal. I mean when Marvel or DC makes a #1 of a title they make it a big deal right? They have Collectors Edition printed in huge fonts on the cover. Sometimes the character is taking up the entire page. I mean that looks so cool, until you look at the value of the book.
Most of these books makes you wonder WTH? (ok so I substituted the F with a H to keep it clean) But if you look back on 1st appearances of major characters you begin to notice a trend. Tales of Suspense 39 has Iron Man staring right at you. He is the biggest object on the cover. Incredible Hulk 181 has Wolverine jumping out at Hulk ready to fight. Strange Tales 110 has... who? Who is that on the cover? I mean for gods sake its the 1st appearance of Dr. Strange. Avengers Annual 10... where's Rogue? Lame? Yes. Good marketing? No.
I mean if they can put Tarantula on Amazing Spider-Man 134 why can't they put Galactus on the cover of Fantastic Four 48? Or Black Widow on Tales of Suspense 52, ok so she's not a major character but still.
I just think its odd that these character are not featured on the covers but still turned out to be huge in comic books. I see at least now that they have changed things up and are learning... but wait where is Daken on Wolverine Origins 10? Unless he was meant to be disliked right from the beginning... just kidding, just kidding.