Female Furies #1

Female Furies is a must read! Castellucci and Melo start the first issue off strong with art and writing reminiscent of Jack Kirby. Read Full Review

With truly inspired art choices, a love for the characters, and an all-too-relevant undertone, Female Furies crafts a poignant story that needs to be seen to be believed. Read Full Review

This book is going to make a big splash. The team has six issues to tell a complicated story about trying to take down Darkseid while also telling a poignant tale about how women are treated in the workplace, in the military, in everyday life and of course, in comic books. Run. Do not walk. Read Full Review

Had this only been a one shot I would have been content with it. As a six issue miniseries, I am bursting at the seams for the next issue to come out. Read Full Review

The art by Adriana Melo is perfect for this book. The two creators just knock it out of the park here. I wasn't sure how this would go, but I enjoyed it very much. If the rest of the series is as strong as this first issue, it will both satisfy and succeed far beyond my original reservations. Read Full Review

Female Furies#1 was a stellar example of how things like the #MeToo movement can be handled in mainstream comic books, with art that brings it to life even more. Read Full Review

Balancing present day action with flashbacks, this one issue lays out things on Apokolips for the audience better than just about any other series. Read Full Review

FEMALE FURIES #1 is engaging right from the first pages. The book confidently presents a feminist critique of sex and power dynamics, and delivers a great story in the process. Stellar artwork backs up the storytelling. Read Full Review

Adriana Melos art is as raw and unflinching as the story. Its beautifully detailed with a brilliant change in style between Grannys past and her present. The art in the past has a classic look and feel that is reminiscent of Kirby. Read Full Review

Female Furies #1 gives readers a different look at Apokolips, but it's one that makes perfect sense. The only thing holding the book back is the steep learning curve, but Castellucci proved on Shade The Changing Girl and Shade The Changing Woman that she can take difficult, esoteric concepts and make them accessible. Adriana Melo's art is perfect for this book. The ending is a good hook to keep readers coming back, but beyond that the hope that Furies will get comeuppance against their oppressors should be enough for most readers. Read Full Review

"Female Furies" #1 is a thoroughly modern debut for DC, and the Fourth World has never felt so excitingly female. Read Full Review

Shade taught me Castellucci could be insightful in bold new ways. Her return to DC in the form of Female Furies #1 shows that she can be singularly incisive as well; this time alongside Adriana Melo and Hi-Fi. Read Full Review

Overall I'm definitely adding Female Furies to my pull list going forward and hope this mini-series turns into an ongoing. Read Full Review

It's a crying shame the story is so flat because the artwork is gorgeous. Adriana Melo, while not an adherent of Jack Kirby's style, boasts a similarly bold aesthetic that has the same sense of scope that the New Gods demand. Hi-Fi's colors are equally well suited to this sort of story, but it's a bit of a waste given the actual story. Fourth World fans will enjoy this series, but few others will. Read Full Review

Overall,Female Furies #1is what would happen if a poorly written Mad Men took place on Apokolips. If you want to see a strong woman in action from the Furies, read Tom King's Mister Miracle instead. Read Full Review

This was very boring and very odd but incredibly gorgeous. I don't know who to recommend this to since it'll be way too heavy for some readers while also being out of nowhere for others. I personally wouldn't recommend it to anyone despite my appreciation of the art. Read Full Review

With Darkseid and the gang playing Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby and Woody Allen, this new take on Female Furies isn't one that's going to hold my interest even in a six-issue mini-series. Read Full Review

If the series maintains this tone going forward, it could very well find its groove. But right now, it doesn't quite work. Read Full Review

Contemporary conversations around abuse of power and privilege are far too important to be diminished by throwaway stories, and Female Furies comes dangerously close to undermining the positive progress the Me Too and similar movements have achieved. Falling far short of satire and just too plain weird to be take seriously as retro-flavored drama, if there is an intended audience here, it probably got lost in a Boom Tube along the way. Read Full Review

Female Furies wants very, very desperately to be A Very Important Comic. Unfortunately, bizarre shifts in tone, an inability to take its subject matter seriously in a consistent manner, and a tendency to reduce all its male characters to stock caricatures sap it of any potency it may have had. Read Full Review

To paraphrase a metaphor from mah boi Zack; When you write comics that are well established, long running narratives, you are not an artist. You are a hot dog vendor. There are many accouterments and condiments that you can use to make the hot dog, but your end result had better be a hot dog. These are not your characters. You are caretakers for the company's IP. If you want to serve up a plate of spaghetti get out of the hot dog store. That's what Image and the massive host of independent comics companies are for. Go write characters without roughly 50 years of backstory and characterization and you won't have to worry about writing a story that takes some research. It's not that difficult a concept to grasp. Read Full Review

Terminal Velocity Podcast

Feb 10, 2019

An interesting premise using the backdrop of Apokolips and the 4th World to tackle real world issues of sexism and misogyny. Stunning artwork adds to the enjoyment of this issue. However, we hope the premise doesn’t undermine the intended story. Worth checking out.

MKW69

Feb 08, 2019

JESUS GUYS IT'S A COMIC! IF PEOPLE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING, THEN NOTHING WILL BE INTERESRUNG! HERE'S THE REAL PROBLEM. It's boring

Spacey Medicine

Feb 13, 2019

I think that this was a little clumsily executed and rushed, but I think that it’s got something important to say. I wish it had been done a bit better.

Psycamorean

Feb 07, 2019

Meh. I barely know anything about Apokolips, but apparently this comic really misrepresents it in order to tell this story. That doesn't bother me in this instance simply because I don't know. All the sexism in this is pretty laughable. It's very over the top. I was laughing at some of it. I don't think that was the intended effect. Maybe I'm just a sexist, who knows? I didn't find the issue that hard to read. I got through it just fine. I don't know how to rate it because of that. I understand why people are hating it, but in my case, ignorance is bliss.

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Darkseid24 - Feb 7, 2019

Haha. Read Orion, New Gods Vol 3& Byrnes Fourth World run, then you know why we all complain.

Psycamorean - Feb 7, 2019

Oh yeah, if all that's being said is true, I totally understand it. I just can't fake outrage over something I don't know about, you know?

Darkseid24 - Feb 7, 2019

Yeah that’s understandable, lucky you lol

Psycamorean - Feb 7, 2019

I do plan on going back and reading the original Fourth World stuff by Jack Kirby. So when I do that, I'll check out what you mentioned above. And then I'll be upset like 6 months after this miniseries ends lol.

Darkseid24 - Feb 8, 2019

Sounds like a plan lol

CaptainMarx

Feb 06, 2019

"What if Eva Braun had 'Leaned In'?" "What if Benito Mussolini was 'Benita Mussolini'?" "What if Margaret Thatcher was... Margaret Thatcher?" This book is fascism in a power suit and stylish, yet practical heels. This book seems to posit that fascism would be better if only it had a little femininity injected into it. Ahistorical, mindless pablum.

JordanT4021

Feb 06, 2019

I have to admit, theres a slight excitement when first opening up this comic. With art so bright and reminiscent of Kirby's, you'd truly think you're in for a treat. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving. As soon as you start reading this issue, the problems become glaringly obvious. The characters are beyond one-note and dull (an alarming contrast to the bright colours of the issue), the political message is so obvious and spoon fed that its almost insulting, and it undoes decades of character progression we've seen since their creation. If they wanted the series to have a feminist message, I don't think rape, coercion and childish name calling is the best way to portray that. The furies have always been ruthless, feared and respec ted in comics. Sometimes, the best way to get across a female empowerment message is to actually show women in power. Show women taking charge, showing their ferocity. You don't have to have them degraded to have some sort of character arc. Its a tired narrative and It feels like a huge step backwards. Its especially a pity when you consider that the furies typically each have very specific and distinct personalities, yet this interpretation of them is so devoid of any personality it makes them seem like completely different characters. I'd like to hold out hope for the rest of the series, but this issue is so bland, I doubt I'll have the interest to come back for more. more

Darkseid24

Feb 07, 2019

What I really liked about this comic was the art. It reminds me a lot of Jack Kirby& it’s just great to see the New Gods as their Pre52 version again. Especially Desaad. I always hated their New52 redesign. However storywise the comic is unfortunately pretty weak. While it’s true, that Darkseid and Desaad both are in some way misogynistic- for example: Desaad created concubines without vocal cords for Darkseid or Desaad turned Mortalla into a New God& she basically is forced to have sex with Darkseid- they both can’t be reduced to just that. They are way more complex characters. Darkseid& Desaad both showed admiration for the skills of women, like Pythia or when Ysmalla was Desaads protégée during Warlord. Nor does Desaad despise h is sister, he always was very fond of her& also called her lovely. So it feels more like, that these characters were forced into a ridiculous MeToo agenda. What I also don’t like is, that the timeline was changed again. Granny wasn’t even born when Darkseid ordered Desaad to kill his mother Heggra. The change also shows, that the writer has no understanding for the characters she’s writing, since Desaad killing Heggra is one of the reasons, why Darkseid always favors him. Their special relationship unfortunately totally get ruined in this story& also in New52/ Rebirth. I also think the writer doesn’t do the Female Furies Justice. Granny always was fine with Darkseid& she actually also was always respected for being responsible for the orphanage. The Furies never had to fight to get respect, because once you made it to the Furies you were respected. Therefore unfortunately Darkseids character gets ruined even more with this. He also doesn’t sleep with every woman, he only sleeps with really hot women. He doesn’t need sex to make women respect him. For that he has his Omega Beams. This story ignores, that gender never played a role on Apokolips, only skills. It’s only the first issue, but the contuinity change just really ruins it for me. So honestly I can’t recommend it to anyone. Maybe if you have never read a single New Gods comic, but you’ll get totally the wrong idea of who these characters really are.I rather recommend Walter Simonsons Orion run or John Byrnes Fourth World. more

Nihilist

Feb 06, 2019

If you thought only WB does not understand DC characters, as proven with multiple choices done in the DCEU (Riddler-Luthor, Harley and Joker both having tattooed faces, murdering Batman, TMNT Doomsday, etc.), read this comic and think again. Sigh, what a mess, where characters are merely one dimensional shells, and their stories are second to the pseudo-empowerment theme so unsubtle and ironically regressive, it could as well be a Marvel comic. Look, I don't mind political comics - I'm a political junkie who follows the news and tries to learn something new every day. And also, I don't mind what many would label as feminist comics - I'm an egalitarian, so how could I? But I do mind bad comics, and especially ones that are not just poorl y written, but hurt the very causes they try to address and comment on. How can anyone read this and seriously contemplate on the problem of sexism and discrimination of women in today's society, while all the bad guys (yeah, guys, literally) we see here look and act like parodies? Even Ali G is less sexist and cartoonish than them! In the end, instead of spreading the message of empowerment and serving as an inspirational tale, Female Furies is a boring, one dimensional cliche, regressive joke, where complex problems are portrayed as easy black and white ones, and nuance necessary to understand real life struggles is non existent. Want to write a rape story? Fine, do it, but make sure it's neither a parody like here, nor an empty shocker like in the atrocious Batman Damned #2. Alan Moore accomplished that in Watchmen, and granted, he hardly used it to empower Silk Spectre, but at least it had its place in the big story, and has shown gigantic complexity of the issue, or at least a part of it. Female Furies doesn't - it's as subtle as Man-Eaters, as boring and soap-opearish as Supergirl: Being Super, and does nothing to be a genuine, informed and relevant commentary on something. Anything. Go figure. Definitely don't recommend this comic - it does nothing to properly address the problem of sexism and rape, and if anything, it makes only disservice to it. Don't waste your money. Especially if you actually care about aforementioned issues - they deserve to be commented on, but not in such one dimensional, shallow way. more

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JordanT4021 - Feb 6, 2019

Here was me excited for a ruthless and vicious furies series...never mind.

Nihilist - Feb 6, 2019

Same, friend. Who would have thought Furies can be boring? I've expected an action packed comic with real badass characters. Now, that could show how independent and strong these female characters can be. But nope.

Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

I think Female Furies being strong never was questioned on Apokolips.

ohhaimark - Feb 6, 2019

Looking through the preview along with reading the reviews has strongly confirmed my decision not to read this series...

Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

It also has good parts I think. It just reduces the characters to one part of their characters, but they are way more complex. I still liked it way more than Darkseid War or Mr. Miracle.

Nightmare of Solomon

Feb 06, 2019

Darkseid gets #metoo'd

Rico

Feb 07, 2019

GREAT ART but....crap story. I got #metoo'd by this story.

Kaseladen

Feb 08, 2019

Who greenlit this? Thats all I can really say Who ok’d this

Briton

Feb 08, 2019

I don't know what the crackpot who thought this was the basis for a good comic is on, but can I have some please? Extremist propaganda masquerading as a comic or a bad joke? You decide. I gave it an extra mark for the colour and the decent art.

The-MJP

Mar 01, 2019

Even feminist are decrying this as shallow propaganda, what does that tell you? All I can say is that whoever wrote is REALLY fighting the stigma of women not caring or knowing anything about comics I’d preside it for the art but I read All-new Wolverine, I never really gave two f-s about art as long as it followed an actual sequence

SnakeWilson

Feb 06, 2019

there is definitely an agenda going on here

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Superheroes for Hire - Feb 15, 2019

Yeah, that was in the solicitation text for this issue.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln

Feb 14, 2019

I am sorry but the book's complete lack of subtlety is a killer for me. These characters don't deserve to serve your Harvey Weinstein fill-in. The cliffhanger gave me hope that it won't all be bad.

Samuel Almeida

Feb 06, 2019

..........what in the fucking fuck did i just read?............. seriously, for the love of Jack Kirby what was that atrocity???????? I was expecting some female empowerment to happen in this book because its a good thing. But THIS? If i were a woman i would be furious! Every female character in this book is completely out of character! They act like theyre some kind of weakling creatures that cant stand for themselves! And dont even let me start on the men! If the writer hates men, you can TOTALLY see it in here! Every single men is written like the biggest, most disgusting sexist, rapist you have never seen! DARKSEID RAPES GRANNY GOODNESS! LMFAO! Thats ridiculous!!! Why on earth would DARKSEID care for sex, anyways???!!! Oh my GOD! And theres a fucking "miss universe" context! Seriously, what was this writer thinking when she wrote this book?? Does she hate women too? Because even Big fucking Barda is a "fragile girl" here! Oh my god..... Adriana Melo's art is very good! The panels where Granny is fighting Darkseids mother are beautiful. Like an homage to King Kirby. Thats it. Thats the only good thing the book has. Everything else is a major failure. I dont know how writing a despicable book is going to help her (Cecil Castellucci, the writer) feminist agenda. But.... who cares. If the goal was to make the readers laugh and be bored at the same time, then mission accomplished! more

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Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

I haven’t read it yet, but Darkseid always had many women. He does care for sex. He loved Suli, had sex with Tiggra (obviously) and Desaad created many concubines for him even without vocal cords, because letting them talk was too annoying. So sex always was a theme on Apokolips.

Samuel Almeida - Feb 6, 2019

Yeah but the way it was written was so uncomfartable! If thats the Darkseid way of doing things, im sorry. I think i have to re-read the old, original stuff. But i didnt like how every single aspect of this story was handled.

Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

I still have to read it, so I can’t say yet if it’s in character for Darkseid. He also forced Mortalla, who originally was a human on earth to live with him on Apokolips, because she looked like Suli. That involved sex, she couldn’t say no to. And he betrayed her with Justeen. Or during Countdown he also told Mary Marvel, that she has to become his concubine if she wanted to work with him.

Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

I have read it now& know what you mean now. I think this Me too agenda is a little too much in this issue& actually contradicts a lot, what was stated in Pre52 comics.

Samuel Almeida - Feb 6, 2019

Yes. Standing against rape and discrimination is a good thing. But the writer here doesnt do that. She writes every character in the most unbelievable way to try and push her agenda, but even that she does wrong. Every man is a rapist, every woman is a poor, weak girl, and i think giving her these characters to write was a big mistake

Samuel Almeida - Feb 6, 2019

Just imagine the groundbreaking story that could be done in a Female Furies book! Unfortunately, thats not it

Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

Yeah that’s unfortunately true. And she also tries to excuse Granny way too much. Her orphanage actually was well respected on Apokolips& she enjoyed doing it. Or in an Elseworld she enjoyed humiliating Lex. I’m torn between though, since it’s just great to see Desaad again. He’s one of my favorite characters.

Samuel Almeida - Feb 6, 2019

Exactly!

Darkseid24 - Feb 6, 2019

It’s actually sad. I always loved the New Gods. Like Byrnes Fourth World run was great& so was Orion, but nowadays writers just can’t do them justice it seems.

Samuel Almeida - Feb 7, 2019

Maybe its a combination of not reading the original books, not respecting the legacy and what these characters stand for and trying just too damn hard to put their own voice into the story. So hard, it fails

Darkseid24 - Feb 7, 2019

You perfectly described it 👏

Soul Assassin

Feb 06, 2019

agenda trash

GL Fan 2814

Feb 07, 2019

What a pile of garbage - this is more than heavy handed.

Alf1014

Feb 11, 2019

All I got to say is OOF.

Cosmic Ray

Feb 13, 2019

Brand destroying.

REYNARD

Feb 28, 2019

The problem with this book is that you can’t apply social and gender issues that plague humanity to literal gods of evil. The fact that Darkseid is reduced to a “rapist” and “misogynistic boss” makes him less interesting and ruins his character. Even if he rapes people (which he probably does), the others in his Elite would probably applaud him for it. They probably rape people too. If any of the Female Furies were groped on Apokolips, they would kill the groomer in a second. The Furies are a group of psychopaths and sadists who murder people for fun. This book is a complete joke.

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Darkseid24 - Mar 1, 2019

Agreed. Darkseid does basically rape women in some stories, but none of his elite would criticize him for that.

Scathan

Dec 28, 2019

This was embarassing on every level