She-Hulk at 147 with 13,302. Such a shame. Maybe her next title will do better. :/
She-Hulk at 147 with 13,302. Such a shame. Maybe her next title will do better. :/
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My big article on Mariko Tamaki's Hulk & She-Hulk runs, discussing the good, bad, and its creation.
My second big article on She-Hulk, discussing Jason Aaron's focus on her in Avengers #20.
a fair point sure
But they all but admitted it was dropped for reasons away from numbers
it was selling fine by today's standards
but to get sales it needs good writing, I think slot will be fine, but I think in a book like ff the visuals need to be on point
I thought the future foundation idea book was good but the art was horrible imo
The art must be on point
Whilst subjective, I think the art on a lit of marvel books gas been either bland or just poor, and that's made me drop titles faster than a story ever will
Of course that's only my perspective but for ff I think it's important
Agreed. From what I saw of the She Hulk title, it was bit on the dark side and that may be why it failed.
The art in Charles Soule's She Hulk is one of the reasons I dropped the book after a while. Pulido has to be guilty of drawing the ugliest She Hulk ever.
I feel the same as you about the art. For what you pay for comics these days, I want to have the art to be appealing. The indy style art just doesn't work for me unless it's more of a comedy book.
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That whole "Iron Man as the flagship character" thing is just kind of hilarious in hindsight given by the second arc Bendis was developing Tony's replacements and then shoved him into Civil War II .
Not that he's ever been much of a central character in the MU given how irrelevant he generally is in events (unless you're Miles) and how he gets treated by the hero community...
Spidey should never be treated too well by the superhero community. It's part of his appeal that he doesn't completely fit in.
If anything, I always thought it was a mistake to have him on the Avengers as a full-time member. For an individual mission, sure, but full-time means he isn't the outsider anymore and that's really where Spidey belongs as a character.
Admittedly I have no prior reading experience with She-Hulk, but I really loved the first 3-4 issues of Hulk. I liked Tamaki’s narration for Jen and its depiction of anxiety, and the artstyle fit well. But then the first arc ended meh and disappointingly. And the second arc was just... bad. Issue 11 wasn’t my cup of tea plus a major tonal shift. Not to mention the random art changes in the middle of issues and Savage She-Hulk always looking so lame compared with the beautiful cover art. And sounds like what I loved about the first few issues never ended up being handled or delt with well.
Dropped it when Legacy started but might get the last arc off the bins for completion since it got cancelled.
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I think there are better ways of depicting that then making him the butt of jokes or treated like dirt like he was in Waid's Avengers.
Not to mention nobody seems to know what to do with him other then have him fulfill the comedy relief role.If anything, I always thought it was a mistake to have him on the Avengers as a full-time member. For an individual mission, sure, but full-time means he isn't the outsider anymore and that's really where Spidey belongs as a character.
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He wasn't in Waid's Avengers much but going back to Bendis' New Avengers run, even though I enjoyed that run, I always thought it was a misstep to bring Spidey and Wolverine in as full time members. I can see why, from a commercial standpoint, they did it but from a character standpoint, I didn't dig it so much.
I gave the first 4 issues a go, but found it very removed from the jen I knew
In fairness it made sense considering the recent issues she had had but it was just too pessimistic and depressed for me, but more importantly there wasn't any actual she hulk action, that's what dud me in
Of course I actually felt it was well written, just far off the board for the character
it made sense, I just felt it was too far off for a bit too long
and there was only so much on line bakery I could handle
I think people way over exaggerate Peter's supposed mistreatment at the hands of his fellow heroes.
"Treated like dirt"? Come on. You'd think that his fellow Avengers took turns spitting on him.
And besides, this is a guy for whom humiliation has been a running gag since the days of Stan. Getting the short end of the stick has been a constant with Spidey. I don't see that ever changing.