DC Comics is Creating a FEMALE FURIES Miniseries
DC is creating a new comic miniseries which will focus on the Furies that Granny Goodness trains. Cecil Castellucci is writing the series called Female Furies and Adriana Melo is providing art for the comics based on characters from Jack Kirby.
The story sounds very interesting to me and this is the synopsis that was released for the series:
For their entire lives, the Female Furies have been raised to be the meanest, most cunning, and most ruthless fighting force on all of Apokolips. So why is it that Granny Goodness’ girls are left behind every time the men go to war? With the might of New Genesis hanging over the planet, and the Forever People making mincemeat of Darkseid’s army, Granny thinks it’s time all of that changed.
And so it is that Big Barda, Aurelie, Mad Harriet, Lashina, Bernadeth, and Stompa set out to beat the boys at their own game. Little do they know, the game is rigged and one mistake could spell disaster for our heroines!
FEMALE FURIES is an exciting new series featuring some of Jack Kirby’s coolest Fourth World characters, brought to life by the writer of SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL and the artist of PLASTIC MAN!
When discussing the story, Castellucci had this to say:
“The fact is that the Furies are kept down by the circumstances of where they live and who is in power. How do women in that kind of world have an awakening, and ultimately a reckoning, with their lot? And how do they come into their own true power and become a team to make a change for better or worse? What does it mean to have someone’s back after years of stabbing people in the back?”
Castellucci went on to say:
“Darkseid wouldn’t have kept Granny around if she wasn’t excellent at what she does. He knows she’s exceptional and he is terrified of it. It is very common for people with absolute power to control people who are perhaps better, smarter, and stronger than them very close in order to control them.Dictators and power mongers tend to keep the people they are most afraid of down and strip opportunities away from them by keeping them on a tight leash.”
Female Furies will be available in February 2019. What are your thoughts on this new Female Furies series being developed?
Source: Polygon