tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post4342760387413440360..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Happy Halloween! Back Issue Box: Adventure Comics #408Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-35453513998765274242011-11-02T03:24:34.920-04:002011-11-02T03:24:34.920-04:00Would it surprise you to discover that a San Franc...Would it surprise you to discover that a San Francisco TV station with call letters similar to the one in the Supergirl story was started some years later? The station is KTSF-TV, channel 26. It is an independent station broadcasting mostly in Chinese, serving the Chinese community there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-49581412508577196432011-11-01T07:09:06.402-04:002011-11-01T07:09:06.402-04:00I've always been a mark for Sekowsky's Sup...<i>I've always been a mark for Sekowsky's Supergirl, mostly because she was depicted as an adult type heroine (with ubiquitous fashion sense to be sure), no longer a trainee, probationer or sidekick.</i><br /><br />I guarantee you that I would like this run a lot more (for all the reasons you lay out) if it weren't for the 'glitchy powers' part of it. I just can't stand that.<br /><br />The stories are pretty loopy but that is more a sign of the times they were released.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-17466105799925848872011-10-31T22:34:12.883-04:002011-10-31T22:34:12.883-04:00I've always been a mark for Sekowsky's Sup...I've always been a mark for Sekowsky's Supergirl, mostly because she was depicted as an adult type heroine (with ubiquitous fashion sense to be sure), no longer a trainee, probationer or sidekick.<br />When you consider that every single one of her revivals, reconfigurations and "Reimaginings" since then involve her being ever younger and less experienced you have to give serious props to Sekowsky for letting Supergirl even reach voting age.<br /><br />John FeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-55545500700656701892011-10-31T20:06:03.321-04:002011-10-31T20:06:03.321-04:00Anj wrote:
"The team arrives at the Stanley ...Anj wrote:<br /><br />"The team arrives at the Stanley Mansion, a run down estate with a 'spooky' reputation."<br /><br />That panel looks like the opening to Scooby Doo. ;)<br /><br />GeneGenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-76876270393691280072011-10-31T10:32:26.235-04:002011-10-31T10:32:26.235-04:00Oh, I love this issue, it gave me the willies as a...Oh, I love this issue, it gave me the willies as a kid. Spooky painting, face at the window, bricked-up corpses ...<br /><br /><br />... it's only now I'm wondering why Cynthia's parents are done up for their wedding. It made for the creepiest image, I guess.<br /><br />I blow hot and cold on Sekowsky's Supergirl too - the layouts had great energy, but usually Kara looked as sinister as the people she was fighting.<br /><br />Nasty was SO crushing on Linda ...<br /><br />That logo looks fantastic with the black and yellow, I wish DC would bring it back.<br /><br />Great review!Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com