Female Furies is published by DC Comics. It is written by Cecil Castellucci with art by Adriana Melo.
For an issue that began with dreams full of hopes and aspirations, it ended in utter tragedy. I mean, the Furies do work for Darkseid, so they’re villains, but they aren’t necessarily “bad”, at least, they don’t see themselves that way. As we reach the halfway point of this mini-series, we watch Aurelie make one last struggle and finally, FINALLY, someone believes her.
WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS
I really wanted to avoid spoilers, but I feel like this simply has to be discussed to accurately review this issue. Despite Aurelie dying previously, I had hoped that maybe she would survive this time. I liked her, I liked her character, and she struggled so hard only to be murdered in such a sadistic way that only fits someone like Willik. Cecil Castellucci did an amazing job with her character and with her traumatic death.
That entire death scene was accentuated by gritty, vivid illustration from Adriana Melo and colors from Hi-Fi. And now as Aurelie’s time as our false protagonist closes, her torments are passed to Big Barda, who knows the truth that Aurelie did, while the rest of the Furies continue to turn a blind eye and sink deeper into denial.
While this issue ends ultimately with sadness, there is just a bit of light that shines as Barda meets Scott Free (winkwink). Their coming together makes me happy. And their coming together makes me eager for the next issue.
My only real complaint is that I don’t understand the aesthetic choice of the body positioning of some of our leading ladies. Certain things make sense, like when Aurelie is doing ballet, but many times, these femme fatales are drawn with their backs slightly arched forward and their chests out in a very awkward and unnatural manner. Given the plot of the comic and the jabs it takes at the treatment of women, I’m not sure if this is meant to be irony or if it just is, in itself, ironic. Either way, its noticeably out of place, but again, perhaps that’s the intent.
OVERALL SCORE: 9/10
