Comments on: [Review] FEMALE FURIES #1 Aims to Smash the Apokoliptian Patriarchy

By: ComicBoom

ComicBoom — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:30:50 +0000

Jack Kirby is rolling in his grave. What an insulting portrayal of the Female Furies. The assumption that gender politics is literally the ONLY influence governing the lives of the people of Apocolips reflects just how badly this story is. The writing and editing is the worse I have seen on any comic mythology in years. And incidentally, even a cursory reading of the Fourth World reflects how Darkseid is a God who treats all his followers with equal contempt (with only occasional respect) REGARDLESS of gender. And Darkseid would consider it debasing himself to sleep with an underling. He has harems of females of all dispositions to choose from and that are trained specifically for that purpose. Granny was trained for war, not being a goddamn concubine! WTF is this writer smoking? This story insults Darkseid.
It Aldo fundamentally bastardized the hierarchy on Apocolips. Granny Is a respected powerhouse who would never tolerate the high school antics perpetuated by a group of cliche written men. I’m guessing this writer uses Gillette to shave her legs?
Pathetic.

By: BFG9000

BFG9000 — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:03:19 +0000

Now ask yourself what was going through this woman’s mind when she wrote this, because it certainly wasn’t to entertain you.

By: Akane

Akane — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:17:34 +0000

I think there is point where you are insulting your audience’s intelligence, and this book certainly found it. Instead of coming up with a clever allegory that shows in-character how Darkseid and his generals use their power to pray on these women. We are given this borderline absurdist parody of Harvey Weinstein and frankly it loses it’s powerful message it’s attempting to get across.

I’m not sure why they decided to go this route and it’s a going for a female demographic well you lost this one.

By: David DeCorte

David DeCorte — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:24:01 +0000

In reply to CaptainMarx.

If I follow correctly, you’re pointing to the fact that superficial equality, when under a blatantly unjust system–like Apokolips–is still unjust. If so, I get that, and it’s definitely a valid point. The end of the book leads me to believe that’s not where we’re headed, but that’s how I interpreted it. Like you said, the only way to find out is to keep reading and hope for the best.

By: CaptainMarx

CaptainMarx — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 21:27:27 +0000

This book asks the question, “Wouldn’t it have been great if Eva Braun had ‘Leaned In?'”
Nope. Fascism is fascism, even if it’s in a power suit with matching heels.
I’ll keep reading to see if this book takes a turn, but if this is just “women are just as good at executing drone strikes as men,” then I’m out.