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By: That Sums It Up: Why Is Brave & Bold Dying? » Comics Worth Reading

That Sums It Up: Why Is Brave & Bold Dying? » Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:32:36 +0000

[...] at the Newsrama Blog, Graeme asks why The Brave and the Bold (scroll down) is doing so [...]

By: Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom, She-Hulk #24, The Order #6 » Comics Worth Reading

Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom, She-Hulk #24, The Order #6 » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:05:54 +0000

[...] #24 — After not enjoying the previous two issues, I promised writer Peter David I’d give it one more try, since this is the issue [...]

By: Iron Man Annual, She-Hulk #23 » Comics Worth Reading

Iron Man Annual, She-Hulk #23 » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:28:08 +0000

[...] #23 — I gave it another shot, but I see nothing here to stick around for. The cliffhanger is resolved though a typical Marvel [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:01:05 +0000

Charles, I don’t recall how long this run has been going, but it’s possible that they felt 2 or more years were pretty long for a superhero story approach… and I can’t disagree with that.

Jim, I think the distinction between the two powerful female heroes was quite subtle. I was impressed to see it handled so effectively.

By: Jim Perreault

Jim Perreault — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:39:06 +0000

I was actually disappointed by the WW/Powergirl team-up in Brave and the Bold. It is a shame he used the JLE Powergirl and not the JSA Powergirl, because I find the later more interesting. PG is simply not as single minded as Waid portrayed her.

But what really disappointed me is that it did not touch upon what I find is the key difference between the characters: their takes on feminism. I suppose the radical feminist Powergirl of the 70s is a bit dated today, but I do wish he had addressed the issue some way.

By: Charles RB

Charles RB — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:56:00 +0000

“this issue reverses everything that made the recent run of Catwoman so interesting and unusual.”

That’s depressing. Teasing a New Direction and then reversing it is an old tactic of work-for-hire superhero comics, but bringing in something as significant as parenthood and reversing _that_? Why bother even bringing it in at all if you’re not going to bother using that in the long-term?