Feminist Thor Selling Way More Comic Books Than Dude Thor

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Feminist Thor Selling Way More Comic Books Than Dude Thor

By JENNY KUTNER -- Salon

By Randall Gross

Entertainment • March 2015 • Views: 2,696

Female Thor gets a thumbs up from me.

Remember last summer, when a bunch of sexist trolls freaked out after Marvel announced that the superhero Thor would be a woman in the rebooted comic book series? Remember the downward spiral of raging, misogynist Internet commentary about how stupid it would be to replace a made-up male character with a made-up female character?

Yes, well, those trolls have absolutely not been vindicated, according to sales data on the first four new “Thor” books that began selling last November. Fusion broke down sales figures compiled by ComiChron, and it turns out that feminist Thor is selling significantly better than old school dude Thor:

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KiTA Mar 21, 2015 11:46:03am

Well, lets remember that controversial issues tend to sell outside of market — i.e., FemThor #1 probably sold more because it sold to people who wanted one just for the controversy and collectability of the issue. It probably makes more sense to look at later issues to see how sales go:

FemThor issue #5: $69,513 archive.today
Thor issue #5: $54,000 archive.today

Not exactly what I would call “way more.” It’ll be interesting to see what sales figures will be like by issue 25, in the extremely unlikely event that FemThor makes it to 25 issues.

Hat tip to Jenn of Hardwire for the numbers and sanity:

For folks bragging over fem #Thor vs. Thor: God of Thunder sales. Lets wait & compare later issues. (1/?) #comics pic.twitter.com/UyXAWp4xuH
— Jennay (@JennOfHardwire) March 20, 2015

William Barnett-Lewis Mar 21, 2015 1:19:19pm

I understand what you’re saying. Still, rubbing the Gamergate slime’s noses in it is always a good thing too. Anything that does that is a very good thing, indeed.

sauceruney Mar 21, 2015 1:21:33pm

re: #1 KiTA

Did you all agree on that narrative on one of your gamergate apologist forums?

Thanos Mar 21, 2015 2:02:13pm

I think the sales are going to hold up for quite awhile, if you read the actual article it’s comparing start of series sales to other Thor start of series sales, that is fair enough to me.

KiTA Mar 22, 2015 1:08:25am

re: #4 Thanos

I think the sales are going to hold up for quite awhile, if you read the actual article it’s comparing start of series sales to other Thor start of series sales, that is fair enough to me.

I’d be really surprised if it happens. In the end, what holds up comic sales after the first few issues are diehard comic book fans, and this series has ruffled a few feathers — it has a Mary Sue main character, it violates established cannon, and it’s preachy as all hell — awkwardly so. We’re seeing the controversy and the baiting pump up sales, but I’d be surprised if a year from now if it wasn’t reconned away.

I wouldn’t mind seeing the concept - that of a young feminist superheroine with a chip on her shoulder - explored in more detail with a spin off, though.

I don’t really follow comics closely enough — Has Marvel explored/exploited the Valkyrie myth in it’s lineup? It seems like a no brainer to use that if they want to add a powerful, independent new heroine based on the Norse Mythos. But then again, doing so wouldn’t let them ride the coattails of an established character, so…

Thanos Mar 22, 2015 8:52:16am

re: #5 KiTA

I don’t really follow comics closely enough

Why we disbelieve you. Thanks, game over.

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subterraneanhomesickalien Mar 22, 2015 4:40:07pm

Well at least they’re not drawing her as a stripper with superpowers.

Comics have started to make progress in that department.

Norbrook Mar 22, 2015 5:19:35pm

re: #5 KiTA

I don’t really follow comics closely enough — Has Marvel explored/exploited the Valkyrie myth in it’s lineup? It seems like a no brainer to use that if they want to add a powerful, independent new heroine based on the Norse Mythos. But then again, doing so wouldn’t let them ride the coattails of an established character, so…

Um, you know, if you’re attempting to say something, it helps if you know that Marvel has long had Valkyrie as a character. In fact, she was a member of the Avengers, in addition to being a current members of The Defenders. In other word, what you just showed is that you not only aren’t reading the comics, you haven’t even done a basic search.

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