DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Launch "DC Super Hero Girls" Initiative

[Vakanai]

DC should revive and revamp Super Friends, that way they can have Family Friendly product that shows characters with agency.

They already did last year, it was called JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time. Ugh why don't we have a sequel to that already?

Also of note, there will be several DC's Super Friends shorts this year from the people behind the Imaginext Super Friends toy line.

[Vworp Vworp]

"Hey girls, this is Harley Quinn.

If you're lucky, she won't blow you up."

[Kanon the Sea Dragon]

Sigh. I remeber the tread about that girl letter on this board. Full of people complaining about DC does nothing for more audiences.
They do something like this , and people still complain, even if is not aimed for them.
DC "·fans" are just insuferible. They dont even know what they want besides a constant need of complain

[Vakanai]

Sigh. I remeber the tread about that girl letter on this board. Full of people complaining about DC does nothing for more audiences.
They do something like this , and people still complain, even if is not aimed for them.
DC "·fans" are just insuferible. They dont even know what they want besides a constant need of complain

Not all of us have complained, there's been a lot of positive replies and belief that this is a good first step.

[JasonTodd428]

Sigh. I remeber the tread about that girl letter on this board. Full of people complaining about DC does nothing for more audiences.
They do something like this , and people still complain, even if is not aimed for them.
DC "·fans" are just insuferible. They dont even know what they want besides a constant need of complain

That's pretty much true of every fandom I've been involved with over the years so that's not really anything new. There have always been complainers out there even before the internet existed it's just that they are way more visible nowadays.

I'm not one of those complaining here either. I think it's a great idea and one that is long overdue. Older readers are not going to be around forever so there needs to be some new ones coming in and if this helps bring more readers to comics then I'm all for that.

[mace11]

The absence of Vixen (who's getting her own CW animated online series) is baffling. There's 5 white girls here and only 2 young women of color (Katana and Bumblebee). Vixen absolutely needs to be included.

Also, given that Fire is Brazilian, DC Entertainment would be making a huge mistake not to include a Latina in the mix. The Latin American market is far too profitable for them to ignore or neglect including in this initiative--if for no other reason than to make money and lots of it.

They said others are coming.

Featuring a completely new artistic style and aesthetic, DC Comics’ icons such as Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Bumble Bee, Poison Ivy, Katana and many more make their unprecedented teenaged introduction.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

That's pretty much true of every fandom I've been involved with over the years so that's not really anything new. There have always been complainers out there even before the internet existed it's just that they are way more visible nowadays.

Yup, more visible and louder, like they have some sort of obligation too keep complaining about the same things over and over and it is super irritating!

[Sirzechs]

So you'd have them try out something completely new (to them) and toss out some characters with no previously established credibility? It could work, of course, but I'd prefer they get the ball rolling and then expand. They've already said that they're adding more characters. This is just the first piece of promo art.

That same argument is the reason DC's stuck in the damn Big Seven format, sometime you just have to risk it and try something fresh.

[Vakanai]

That same argument is the reason DC's stuck in the damn Big Seven format, sometime you just have to risk it and try something fresh.

Technically, you don't ever have to risk it. Sure, we like risk, and sometimes risk pays off big, but playing it safe is pretty profitable in the long run usually.

[colonyofcells]

Companies can make money with just a few characters, for example, Sanrio has Hello Kitty, My Melody, Badtz Maru, Keroppi, Kuromi, Chococat, Cinnamoroll, pompompurin, little twin stars.

[Shadowcat2576]

Steps to increase exposure for our favorite ladies has the potential to be great. I'm just a bit upset that it's falling into old "pink" marketing traps. As a man that grew up in the 80's and loved characters like Batgirl, She-Ra, Jem, Wonder Woman and MLP, I was constantly told that the toys I wanted were for girls. Even the great female characters in "boy" cartoons never got figures.

There are young boys that are going to be interested in these characters, and the related merchandise. If they are lucky parents will buy it for them, but more often then not they'll be given a Batman figure instead, or taken right past the dreaded "pink isle" without even seeing them.

[AdamFTF]

Again, my suggestions would help diversify the team from being a bunch of people who don't have powers standing next to two god tier characters who do.

Zatanna, Mera, Starfire, Fire, Ice, Raven, Terra, Vixen, Shayera, Halo, Solstice, Jesse Quick etc, would all make better additions to the team. You wouldn't comprise a team of 7 and have 3 of them be Mr. Fantastic, Plastic Man, and Elongated Man would you? Mix it up. It's not like DC or Marvel has a shortage of superpowered women.

Um, I don't really think it's a team, exactly. I know it's easy to look at a group shot like that on a comic book website and think "new super-team". However, I think that's just an image of the characters they're going to be rolling out with at the beginning. Remember, this is for a planned marketing/merchandising line. So, it'd be easier to compare it to something like Monster High and My Little Pony (particularly the '80s version). They'll start with these characters and just keep rolling out new ones while revisiting the early ones that are popular. My bet is that the concept will start out with Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Bumblebee and Katana as friends (though, not exactly a formal team) and Harley and Ivy as the trouble-making girls who are always up to something.

[Vakanai]

My bet is that the concept will start out with Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Bumblebee and Katana as friends (though, not exactly a formal team) and Harley and Ivy as the trouble-making girls who are always up to something.

That'd make for some fun TV specials.

I remember the article said TV specials and 'made for videos'. Is that the same thing as direct to video DVDs?

[PretenderNX01]

Marvel (recently) has been very good about taking lesser know IP's (intellectual properties) and turning them in to big success (GOTG, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel - Carol). DC sticking to brand names won't help them shatter any preconceived notions people already have about the company.

Marvel didn't start out with their least known properties though. Once they secured the market-share they started experimenting. All but one of their movies are Avengers related.

5 out of 7 on the roster are brand name/high profile characters. That doesn't really qualify as trying out new IP's.

Well that's the same as Marvel

That same argument is the reason DC's stuck in the damn Big Seven format, sometime you just have to risk it and try something fresh.

And what other company is trying this? None. This is fresh.

[gwangung]

Marvel didn't start out with their least known properties though. Once they secured the market-share they started experimenting. All but one of their movies are Avengers related.

Um, I think this is business development 101.