What went wrong with Marvel's push of Carol?

[electr1cgoblin]

In real life or in the comics?

Carol has a billion cosplayers out there and, if I recall right, even a convention of her own (or something along those lines, KSD helped set it up, one of the Corps can fill us all in on that if Im not completely imagining it). Within the comics, its certainly not really a thing outside of characters within her own title. Until now, anyway, now she's a big deal I guess.

Hope this isn't too off topic, but your post sparks a question. For those of you that are convention goers, what heroine is inspiring the most cosplay (Marvel)? That might be a good indicator of the "pulse of the people" in regard to what Marvel character should or could be the flagship heroine. I honestly have no idea who might prevail here; just curious.

[Ascended]

That's a good question. I have no idea, Im not a convention guy. But my wife does do the cosplay thing and keeps up with stuff like that and she said it might be Spider-Gwen, or maybe Black Widow. But I guess there's not exactly a census for this sorta thing.

EDIT: I had her look it up, just out of curiosity. She went to news.marvel.com and says Rogue, Spider-Gwen, Kamala Khan, and Nebula are popular right now. I wouldn't say this is good enough for college citation but its what she came up with.

And if Nebula really is a popular cosplay choice right now, we can likely toss the theory (excellent though it was).

[electr1cgoblin]

That's a good question. I have no idea, Im not a convention guy. But my wife does do the cosplay thing and keeps up with stuff like that and she said it might be Spider-Gwen, or maybe Black Widow. But I guess there's not exactly a census for this sorta thing.

EDIT: I had her look it up, just out of curiosity. She went to news.marvel.com and says Rogue, Spider-Gwen, Kamala Khan, and Nebula are popular right now. I wouldn't say this is good enough for college citation but its what she came up with.

And if Nebula really is a popular cosplay choice right now, we can likely toss the theory (excellent though it was).

Thanks. Yeah, I don't foresee Nebula being the flagship heroine anytime soon, lol.

Lots of other factors no doubt play into it, i.e. how hard it is to make the costume, expense, etc. I just thought that if someone really likes a character, they will likely cosplay them, if they do that sort of thing.

[adameastment]

In real life or in the comics?

Carol has a billion cosplayers out there and, if I recall right, even a convention of her own (or something along those lines, KSD helped set it up, one of the Corps can fill us all in on that if Im not completely imagining it). Within the comics, its certainly not really a thing outside of characters within her own title. Until now, anyway, now she's a big deal I guess.

I always forget Cosplayers. I have to say that it's no doubt people go cosplaying as Carol because she's an incredibly cool and strong character.

But otherwise I agree, her titles have always done fairly well and consistent as I recall, but it's never been overly hyped or pushed I feel. Maybe I'm imagining things though because I haven't been a devout fan.

[Ascended]

Lots of other factors no doubt play into it, i.e. how hard it is to make the costume, expense, etc. I just thought that if someone really likes a character, they will likely cosplay them, if they do that sort of thing.

Certainly. And I think your theory might still be viable as a rough gauge, as long as we remember those extenuating circumstances. Im sure Black Widow cosplay increases when she shows up in a movie, for example, and dies down some when she's been off-screen for a year or two.

[Flash Gordon]

Nothing went wrong, her film just hasn't come out yet. Once it does, she'll be big news.

[brettc1]

Nothing went wrong, her film just hasn't come out yet. Once it does, she'll be big news.

Perhaps a better question would be what has gone wrong so far.

Is Ant-Man big news? (No pun intended )

[ed2962]

Perhaps a better question would be what has gone wrong so far.

Is Ant-Man big news? (No pun intended )

Ant Man movie, yes. Ant Man comic, no.

See Blade...

[Flash Gordon]

Perhaps a better question would be what has gone wrong so far.

Is Ant-Man big news? (No pun intended )

Ant-Man was a smaller film and also wasn't a major female character. It's beyond time for Marvel to put a film with a female lead forward. Granted, Marvel doesn't really have many female characters that can headline a film so a lot is riding on Carol being the token lady.

WONDER WOMAN and CAPTAIN MARVEL will hopefully be game changers. I want them both to be hugely successful.

[Vegeta]

In real life or in the comics?

Carol has a billion cosplayers out there and, if I recall right, even a convention of her own (or something along those lines, KSD helped set it up, one of the Corps can fill us all in on that if Im not completely imagining it). Within the comics, its certainly not really a thing outside of characters within her own title. Until now, anyway, now she's a big deal I guess.

If I remember correctly it was an online "virtual convention" or whatever.

[RLAAMJR.]

In real life or in the comics?

Carol has a billion cosplayers out there and, if I recall right, even a convention of her own (or something along those lines, KSD helped set it up, one of the Corps can fill us all in on that if Im not completely imagining it). Within the comics, its certainly not really a thing outside of characters within her own title. Until now, anyway, now she's a big deal I guess.

I stopped believing after the word "billion"

[Smoov-E]

I stopped believing after the word "billion"

You never know for example as popular people like to say Storm is there's been mixed results with her as well but you'd fight to say she has over a billion fans wouldn't you

[Magneto]

In real life or in the comics?

Carol has a billion cosplayers out there and, if I recall right, even a convention of her own (or something along those lines, KSD helped set it up, one of the Corps can fill us all in on that if Im not completely imagining it). Within the comics, its certainly not really a thing outside of characters within her own title. Until now, anyway, now she's a big deal I guess.

Lmao really? How delusional can someone be. Even Batman probably doesn't have 1 billion cosplayer. Fans maybe, but not cosplayers.

[Ascended]

Lmao really? How delusional can someone be. Even Batman probably doesn't have 1 billion cosplayer. Fans maybe, but not cosplayers.

So....sarcasm really goes over a few heads here, doesnt it?

For real people? You really think I believe that 1/7 of the world's entire population cosplay as Carol Danvers?

I don't think Im the delusional one here.

[Magneto]

So....sarcasm really goes over a few heads here, doesnt it?

For real people? You really think I believe that 1/7 of the world's entire population cosplay as Carol Danvers?

I don't think Im the delusional one here.

Your post had nothing to do with sarcasm. Now you're just trying to hide behind it to save face.