Marvel Divas #1 Reviewed

I completely agree with you!!  He & Joe Madureira both became notoriously slow with their deadlines.  I genuinely don't see any real reason or excuse why they are so slow with their work.  And to be honest, JSC's work has degraded to the point where it looks like it took him 5 minutes to knock it out.  It's still pretty, but nowhere near as good as it used to be. 

This always seems to catch my attention. Why is it J. Scott Campbell always seems to do only cover art, but never seems to do internal art. I always hate it when cover art is so much better then internal art.

meh.

To answer the question as a female who read this title and a lover of SAtC, I didn't mind it nor hate it.

I was biased from page three because I already could point out two episodes from SAtC that were either referenced or based upon in the storyline. Half-way through I yelled in my apartment, "I want to throw this out of the window!!" It wasn't because of the stereotypes or pushing GIRL stuff or even WOMEN EMPOWERED stuff on to me but it was because I have already experienced characters in situations just like this--in SAtC. I have all the episodes and movie...Like others, why would I want to read it in comic form? I mean it's a good try on trying to relate or reaching out to possible female and male readers old and new, but even the non SAtC viewer could see alot of the plot and character types coming. Theres a Carrie, Miranda, Char and Samantha...hell maybe in the next one there were be a Stafford. Hmm, probably not many know whom I'm speaking of.  Anyways-- I think that for now that this title is in the poor handling of character direction department. But then again--it is only the first issue.

However, I will say I did like how the four females were not the A-lister comic heroines. If I have to agree with something "good" I'd go with the fact that the females in the book weren't high listers. I did like how Photon had something with DocVooDoo--some females IRL are like that. I also liked how they did show the leads going around doing things like normal people and their status weren't crammed down my throat to remind me who they were. Though there was blatant SAtC/female situations I would hate to hear about Emma's male problems, Scott or other-wise. Or what it would be like for Storm to live a normal life married to a king and I'll be damned if I have to read what is on Sue's mind. Honestly, that would have ruined it for me as a reader because it would have been the ultimate stereotypical thing to do. Let's take our high profile girls and hear them bitch and moan. Hmm...not something I'd care about as much about.

On the subject of a male writer vs. a female writer :  Just because a female didn't write this one doesn't mean a female wouldn't have made this more blatant or not. A writer is a WRITER. Doesn't matter what their gender is...Writers have the ability to tell stories, but it really comes down to choosing the appropriate writer. Jodi Picoult's Wonder Woman Love and War was poorly recieved and shes a hit female/romance writer. I don't think it's the gender of the writer that matters since Brian K. Vaughan is a hit writer/producer and writes for the whole spectrum of genders as does Gail Simone and others.

I was just complaining the other day about Marvels' lack of female driven titles, so when I saw Marvel Divas I had to give it a go.  What a disapointment.  In my opinion, it was very obvious that it had been written by a man, which wouldn't matter to me if it wasn't so obvious.  It just should have been better, not so cliche.  You want to write a modern day woman tale, then mix it up a little, do the characterization, but add depth for crying out loud!  Also, just because its a "womans' comic, doesnt mean there cant be any action!
I'm stil giving DC the win for having better written female characters, consistently. 

Like G-Man said,I really want to like this book.It's just not very good.I'm going to let this on to issue 5.If it doesn't pick up by then I'm done.I love all the Divas but this is lame.

Since when did Felicia Hardy become Lady Deathstrike?

" I'd be curious to hear what Babs thinks of this series for her perspective of a female comic geek and if it clicked with her at all. It doesnt seem all that interesting in all honesty, though I always respect Marvel doing new things.

They should have called it "How Black Cat Got Her Groove Back"

Or maybe "How Brother Voodoo Got His Groove Back" Because i'd honestly like to know... "

I'd be curious to hear what Babs thinks of this series for her perspective of a female comic geek and if it clicked with her at all. It doesnt seem all that interesting in all honesty, though I always respect Marvel doing new things.

They should have called it "How Black Cat Got Her Groove Back"

Or maybe "How Brother Voodoo Got His Groove Back" Because i'd honestly like to know...

You honestly think that Felicia would lower herself to speed-dating?  She may as well log on to Match.Com next.  It is below her.  She wouldn't need to resort to dating services.  None of them would!

 This wasn't characterisation based.  This was just a bunch of vacuous bimbos strutting around trying to feel sexy.
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."

that last joke was horrible

From this review, it sounds boring.

I don't like Sex and the City either!!

wait so theres no pillow fights......=(

" @sora_thekey said:

" maybe this would be better if a woman wrote this... "

That's just it, the gender of the creator should have nothing to do with it.  Think of all the good characterisation in the past.  Did you ever think 'wow, a guy wrote that?!' because I know I've never cared about the gender of the people who create comics... I think the whole concept is flawed.  I know this started as a desire to write a Sue Storm mini series.  I'd rather have read that. "

I am a huge Firestar fan and I was going to give this comic the benefit of the doubt. But after the review and checking it out at the shop. There is no way I would waste good money on this. This is one of those times Marvel is printing something to make money. You don't bring in new readers with a cheesie-miniseries, you bring them in with awesome art, great stories, and excellent character development. And it definately doesn't deserve to be priced at $3.99 that's another reason you won't get new readers. Why buy a book that has nothing to do with the main universe for that price when you can pick up Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, and Fantastic Four for $2.99.

Sirens win over this one!

I cant even watch the whole video...
Anyone know why?

lol is that wonder man lol

I would take Gotham City Sirens over this anyday, by the way giving a voodoo doll as a gift doesn't usually work

I haven't read this, Wish I could but theres like, no comic stores in my area ... ): which sucks.

Anyway, I like the fact that they show what happens behind the scenes, out of the costumes etc .... And just like ordinary people with powers. But I don't know where I really stand on this one.

Although, the series would have been better with an off-continuity EmmaFrost as she is the biggest Marvel Diva.

I seen Storm in the preview so I have to get this.

"maybe this would be better if a woman wrote this... "

maybe this would be better if a woman wrote this...

"I would of a gave it a 4 out of 5, if it had art like the cover.."

I would of a gave it a 4 out of 5, if it had art like the cover..

....

I really like it :]

I think it would better if it focus on different Females (Divas) each issue, like Moonstone and Victoria Hand or Ms. Marvel (Carol) and Jessica Jones. I think would be interesting to see them interact with each other when they are not dealing with superhero business.

i heard about the issue but i didn't knew what it was about, now i'm not really interested anymore, and i'm a girl. if i wanted things like this i'll watch sex and the city, but i don't need it in my comics.

It was off and on for me. The writing's not bad, but it's cliche. I actually--despite most disliking it, enjoyed the art. The thing that bothered me most is that they're taking the most cliche things when it comes to series like this [like chivalrous--or over-chivalrous men and having commitment issues] and applying it to B-List superheroines that seem tossed together. A New Warrior, a ex-jewel thief, a Avenger and a Defender, they don't really seem to mesh together all that well, but I guess it works when the writer needs it to. One thing I did enjoy was that I felt--despite it being cliche--that it captured women well [at least from a male point of view]. Like that one scene where some of the Lady Liberators show up and Patsy finds them appalling and decides to ditch her own party, that was semi-enjoyable. When it comes to heroes, especially with Marvel, even though they excel at making different factions on different sides of the spectrum, they lack a mixture of people who don't like each other, IMO, and when two characters on the same side DO dislike one another, it's usually within a villain team and it's usually to a extreme.

All in all, it seems okay so far, it's not a bad concept, I don't think. It needs more depth and less clicheness.

It sounds like a boring read. That is just my opinion.

I smell another sit-com