comics: X-23: Oneshot, Black Widow #1, Birds of Prey #1

[meganbmoore]

Man, I forgot that first issues are almost pure setup these days.

X-23: I actually read this when it came out, but forgot to post on it. I’m pretty ambivalent about the X-23 character, aside from the cracktastic idea of a teenaged female Wolverine, but it was by Marjorie Liu and featured the official first meeting of X-23 and Jubilee. I liked

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[themachinehead]

Black Widow- the writing didn't look good, not a fan of the art, not a fan of the cameos, left on the rack. Does Marvel have any other ongoings with female leads right now? Spider-Woman didn't even last half a year and Ms. Marvel recently ended, so I can't think of any.

BoP- I haven't been following the franchise since it was run into the ground a year or two ago, but it was a decent-enough opening issue. Good enough to buy and good enough to get #2, but nothing that really blew me away.

[meganbmoore]

Marvel isn't really fond of putting out titles with female leads. I'm pretty sure this only came out because of their year of women thing.

[archica]

Did you ever read the original NYX miniseries? I thought it was pretty fantastic. I never read anything beyond it though (nothing else with X-23, etc.) so I don't know if everything went to crap after that.

Also, did you ever try any of the CrossGen titles? If not, I recommend Meridian very strongly. It's been done for a long time, but back issues and tpb's are cheap and easy to find. Written by a woman, to boot (which is why your post reminded me of it). Has a great heroine (points to icon).

[meganbmoore]

I read most CrossGen titles at the time. Ruse and The First were my favorites, but i also liked Meridian a lot. Never read the original NYX.