I watched a little bit of the Bendis and Maleev Spider-Woman motion comic, I wasn't impressed. I guess I just don't like motion comics, they're like the bastard love child of comics and animation but act more like the ungrateful ginger step-child of the middle-aged single mum you're banging. Too much? Maybe a little too much.

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So I picked up my fresh batch of comics this weekend and found myself with an hour window to make my way though them. If anyone is interested, I’m currently reading Daredevil, some Deadpool titles, the Batman comics, and some stuff The Boneman lent me namely a collection of The Boys (which is awesome!) and Cowboy Ninja Viking. Not a massive load but it does me for the time being – I’m going to try and pick up some the new Flash stuff and expect to get royally head f***ed continuity wise on that one!

But I wondered having read through that little lot whether there would be any chance for a new superhero/comic character to make it through to mass popularity, say on a par with your Superman or Wolverine? It seems as though the magic circle of age-old established characters completely own the market in the comic industry, and cannot be knocked off their perch by any of the young pretenders that come along. Do any new characters/franchises have a chance of topping the guys of the Golden Age of Comics? Sadly, I don’t think they do… We get new publications all the time and all of them offer something fresh and new to the table but they don’t seem to be able to get the public whipped up in the same way that an X-Men title, for example, can. Longevity plays a massive part as does, I guess, certain political events and how titles can react to those and capture a public’s imagination but these things have to be earned and I’m not sure if publishers are prepared to give enough time to a title to achieve this. The scenario of a modern day football manager comes to mind here.

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