tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post4266390802630177129..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Back Issue Box: Supergirl #18Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-74145120343760392512022-02-16T17:24:26.231-05:002022-02-16T17:24:26.231-05:00Professor, the Supergirl book actually had a dedic...Professor, the Supergirl book actually had a dedicated fashion advisor to make sure Lois (in the back-up) and Linda looked hip to the groove, it was mentioned in an early lettercol! Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-53006368235986926612022-02-16T17:23:27.880-05:002022-02-16T17:23:27.880-05:00Thanks for comments!
This was a fun one to revie...Thanks for comments!<br /><br /> This was a fun one to review. And on Twitter Paul Kupperberg said he no recollection of writing it so he couldn't give any details on the Kraken.<br /><br />I do love this issue and this series. The further we move away from it, the better it gets.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-83385632554797884362022-02-16T17:21:37.537-05:002022-02-16T17:21:37.537-05:00Great review. As you say, the characterisation was...Great review. As you say, the characterisation was the highlight of this classic run. I loved the headband business, and the reminder that Supergirl is an international woman of mystery. <br /><br />And whatever happened to Howard Bender, he was a great journeyman artist - given time he’d have had a chance to develop his own style. And how great is Carmine Infantino and Bob Oksner’s Streaky?Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-8216403147736886512022-02-16T12:19:37.627-05:002022-02-16T12:19:37.627-05:00I think you'd like this Grant Morrison post: h...I think you'd like this Grant Morrison post: https://grantmorrison.substack.com/p/162-superman-and-the-authority-annotations<br /><br />One relevant passage:<br /><br />"Concurrent plans existed to push Supergirl in an increasingly fascistic direction for reasons that made scant sense to me. <br /><br />Why, I say, oh why, is it so hard to simply serve the concept and write the adventures of a smart, creative and kind-hearted teenage girl with superpowers? What purpose earthly or unearthly is served by making this character an embittered space tyrant?"<br /><br />DanielThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595041630856975204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-14908361459952457422022-02-16T06:40:10.046-05:002022-02-16T06:40:10.046-05:00The Bronze Age! The age of thought balloons and f...The Bronze Age! The age of thought balloons and footnotes and done-in-ones!<br /><br />It isn't clear what Kraken's purpose was in demanding money. He says on page 16 that his actions were to get Supergirl's attention. Just causing disasters would have done that, without the ransom demands. Maybe I'm missing something.<br /><br />So, Linda Lee Danvers is a dedicated follower of fashion? I wonder if Carmine Infantino kept up with the latest trends?<br /><br />I don't think that Kraken's breaking the dome had anything to do with the meteors getting in. I assume the dome was repaired after Kraken's attack, and the meteor shower broke the dome again several years later. Infantino made a mistake when he showed Kraken returning to Argo City years later after Kara had been sent to Earth. The dome should have shown damaged then, but Infantino drew it intact.Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-91097462423026203272022-02-16T01:54:46.125-05:002022-02-16T01:54:46.125-05:00The Philip Decker mystery was never solved, and I ...The Philip Decker mystery was never solved, and I find unlikely that Kupperberg remembers what it was about. My theory is secret super villain.<br /><br />I agree Phil was lame. Supergirl writers should not have ditched Dick Malverne. Not that he was a great character - not that he was given the chance to become one-, but he was not adequately replaced, and his departure left a hole which was filled by Derek Ames and worse horrors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-85106243612076224202022-02-15T22:15:46.296-05:002022-02-15T22:15:46.296-05:00This one feels like two unfinished scripts got edi...This one feels like two unfinished scripts got edited together, and none too well to boot. It’s a lot closer to Bob Haney style loopiness than the normally disciplined writing of Paul Kupperberg. Paul shows up on the convention circuit, if I ever see him again I’ll make every effort to ask him what was Phil’s big secret...(I suspect alien refugee from the Planet Skyron:). But its fun to see Supergirl play indulge her vanity a little, in controlled doses of course. Kraken definitely didn’t seem like a potential A-List Rogue...but if someone wants to take a second pass I’m all for it, it beats waiting for Supergirl to behead Krem or however that abomination ends tomorrow.<br /><br />JFJfeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030373200927456999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-86015131599511830512022-02-15T21:19:02.308-05:002022-02-15T21:19:02.308-05:00I feel like the whole 'ransoming ships' th...I feel like the whole 'ransoming ships' thing is just to draw Supergirl out- villains, especially space villains, tend to be dramatic with their taunts. Also, I'm not sure but it looks like Kraken got hit with some sort of anti-meteorite defensive rays, like a missile defense system on Earth. Why it didn't work when there were actual meteorites, I can't say but it would explain why it took him so long to recover- that's got to hurt, no matter how tough you or your armor is.<br /><br />I don't remember if the sub-plot with Philip got resolved before the book was canceled (though it's not unusual for books from this era to get canceled before tying up all their subplots). I probably wouldn't have read this issue if they hadn't reprinted the series (thank you, CW show) but it's still a fun read. Wish Kara's final hairstyle had been something more timeless though- curls and a headband practically scream early 80's.Hnoreply@blogger.com