All their lives the Female Furies have been raised to be the meanest, most cunning and most ruthless fighting force on all of Apokolips. So why are Granny Goodness' girls left behind every time the men go to war? With the might of New Genesis hanging over the planet, and the Forever People making mincemeat out of Darkseid's army, Granny thinks it's about time that changed.
And so, Big Barda, Aurelie, Mad Harriet, Lashina, Bernadeth and Stompa set out to beat the boys at their own game. Little do they know the game is rigged-and one accidental murder could spell disaster for them all!
FEMALE FURIES is an exciting new miniseries starring some of Jack Kirby's coolest Fourth World characters by the writer of SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL and the artist of PLASTIC MAN!
RATED T+
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 his 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.
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