@G-Man said:
" Is this what female readers want? "
NO!
I love Firestar to bits, but I am absolutely TOO EMBARRASSED to even be seen picking this up. The characterisation is dire. They could have just made up some new characters, so fans would be less offended. The art is disappointing, from the concept sketches I saw I thought it would be cute, but it's scrappy & rough all the way through. And the cliffhanger ending... HOW?! Pym created the suit to help Firestar control her powers AND fix her body. So how has she ended up with cancer??
It was boring too. The voodoo doll bit was funny, but not enough to warrant me actually paying money for this. But the rest of it was just dull. Now, I really like slice of life stuff that's characterisation heavy. This wasn't characterisation based. This was just a bunch of vacuous bimbos strutting around trying to feel sexy. Who the hell cares?!
And to top it off... it doesn't fit in anywhere in regular continuity. Emma Frost had mysteriously moved back to New York and was still wearing her skimpy outfit from 4 or 5 years ago. Yet Firestar had retired. And Brother Voodoo wasn't Sorcerer Supreme. Is it too hard for an editorial team to ask for these minor changes to be made to bring it in line with the rest of the Marvel Universe.
I don't understand WHY this was made. The non-comic reading girls I know would not touch this. Some would possibly be tempted by a Wolverine title because they like the movies, but then they'd get lost in the decades of continuity. Others like more independent titles like the Death series or Umbrella Chronicles. But the shopping girlie girls... they wouldn't be seen DEAD in a comic shop! So why the hell would they care about 'Sex in the City'?! I've said it before & I'll say it again; this whole series is terribly misconceived. I want to like it, but ended up hating it. When the series has ended it might have a plot, but not enough to justify the cover price or the insult to my gender.
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