http://www.newsarama.com/24754-september-true-believers-1-issues-to-have-women-of-marvel-theme.html
The titles are: Thor Spider-Gwen Black Widow Captain Marvel Ms. Marvel She-Hulk Silk Princess Leia Spider-Woman Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Old news, but I missed it when it first came around, only saw it now because I was doing my DCBS order sheet. For $1 apiece (50 cents with my DCBS discount!), I will gladly check out pretty much all of these, save Thor and Squirrel Girl, which I have no real interest in. I am going to be passing this list along to a friend of mine who is a nascent comics reader. She was very excited by the concept of A-Force, and is a burgeoning Captain Marvel fan, so I think she will appreciate getting a sampler of heroines for a great price. (I also need to tell her that there is an Agent Carter one-shot coming out in September as part of the SHIELD 50th Anniversary; she is cosplaying as Peggy Carter for DragonCon.) Whether it's being PC Friendly or Grrrl Power Marketing or whatever, I do have to admit that I like that Marvel is at least servicing the market for heroines alongside their heroes on the comics racks. In that sense, the origins of the books don't matter to me -- I am happy with the result because I think getting new characters a chance to shine as well as giving new creators a chance at the spotlight is a good thing. I've been saying for years that comics do not have to be a zero-sum game -- having, say, a Spider-Gwen title does not by default have to take readers away another book to survive, if you can properly place and market the book to consumers who might not have been buying anything beforehand. I also want to mention that while it's neat to me having multiple female Spider-Family characters have titles, what about the Spiderwoman I read in the 90s, Julia Carpenter?! Yeah, I know she is Madame Web now, but still think it could work. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
