Can Birds Of Prey survive the competition from this new all-female X-Men team?

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How about "XXX-Women"?

I believe the two "X"s as in gender-indentifying genetic chromosomes.

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No Squirrel Girl, no sale.

Also, it is apparent from this thread that many people are unaware that "bird" is a slang term for a woman. Wonder Woman would not need a bird-themed name to join. For the most iconic part of the team's run, only two of the four women had an avian-themed name.

Batgirl = winged creature
Hawk
Dove
Lady Blackhawk
Black Canary
Strix = owl
Huntress = any "bird of prey"

Added with previous volume's "teases" of Penguin joining their numbers, hahaha

[Bluebow]

"xxx Women" could be construed as something pornographic, what about "Women-X" ?
"Birds" is or was a slang term for women in Britain, I don't know if it is widely known or used elsewhere.

[MajorHoy]

"xxx Women" could be construed as something pornographic, what about "Women-X" ?
"Birds" is or was a slang term for women in Britain, I don't know if it is widely known or used elsewhere.

Chicks was, back in the dark ages of the 20th century.

[Bluebow]

Chicks was, back in the dark ages of the 20th century.

"Birds" was 20th century too, haven't heard it much recently.

[Seattle Freeze]

I believe the two "X"s as in gender-indentifying genetic chromosomes.

There you go!

XX-Women. It works on different levels. Make it so Marvel! The title sells.

[Mark_S]

As we know the Birds Of Prey have been struggling increasingly since the New 52 relaunch:



And we also know that there are only SO MANY readers out there to read different niches in comicdom. Well here comes the news that this April 2013 for the first time there will be an ALL FEMALE X-Men team ongoing:



I'm torn, I'm going to be giving Ms. Marx a chance to see what she brings to the Birds, but THIS looks like it could be simply an AMAZING title, IMO. And of course I only have so much money for comics and even just had everyone at my work agency get a .05% pay cut. So I'm wondering if this new all female X-Men (ironic title to be sure) comic will possibly syphon some sales from the available small female team niche in comics, and this news could affect Birds.

Will some Birds and DC fans be giving this title a shot? If good and you have to pick one or the other......?

Storm with a mohawk again? That's not something I want to read.

[Seattle Freeze]

Why HAVE storm and Rogue gone back to much older looks?

It is also interesting to note how covered up Psylocke is. You can tell who the target audience for female centric titles are by how much skin they show.

[The_Greatest_Username]

For starters, the book is called "X-Men" because it's about the X-Men. The cast just happens to be female.

I don't think the new book will be much of a competition for BoP, the Birds have had a book for over a decade and I doubt their readers are going to suddenly drop the book because Marvel has two teams with a female cast.

[Shimarenda]

Batgirl = winged creature
Hawk
Dove
Lady Blackhawk
Black Canary
Strix = owl
Huntress = any "bird of prey"

Added with previous volume's "teases" of Penguin joining their numbers, hahaha

By

For the most iconic part of the team's run

I mean:

Oracle--not a bird
Black Canary
Lady Blackhawk
Huntress--not a bird

The original team was just Oracle and Black Canary with occasional appearances by other ladies like Catwoman, Huntress, and Cheshire's group the Ravens (who did not themselves have avian themed names apart from the team's moniker).

[MichaelPaytonMZ]

Silly OP. BoP has been running as an ongoing title for a decade and a half or more now. Its earned enough respect to not need to 'compete' with the X-girls.