tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post4567497252856739640..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Back Issue Review: Superman Family #194Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-66449295866340355662017-02-09T22:12:13.871-05:002017-02-09T22:12:13.871-05:00I don't mind silver gen powers. Too incredible...I don't mind silver gen powers. Too incredible but fine for the time. I think they said the superstar could compress the air in the lungs making it super cold.<br /><br />And thanks Wayne. You are probably right that the experiment wasn't common knowledge until later.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-55181434127690437162017-02-09T16:30:37.666-05:002017-02-09T16:30:37.666-05:00Indifferently drawn, Joe Giella did the best with ...Indifferently drawn, Joe Giella did the best with what he was given in pencils, but there is something sweetly ineffable about Supergirl conjuring up a "Petra Pan Happy Thought" and disarm an opponent instantly.<br />The "Lesla Lar Memorial Disembodied Blob" plot line sadly went nowhere...but at least Scott Edelman tried to nudge it along as best he could.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-60037780890897102462017-02-09T14:13:15.086-05:002017-02-09T14:13:15.086-05:00Milgram 137 (The Stanford Experiment) wasn't p...Milgram 137 (The Stanford Experiment) wasn't public knowledge right away, so that's likely why the comic was implementing something that had happened years before.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-81370783418886894272017-02-09T09:55:06.169-05:002017-02-09T09:55:06.169-05:00I read somewhere years ago that, scientifically sp...I read somewhere years ago that, scientifically speaking, freezing breath actually makes more sense than their other powers. I don't remember what the reasoning was, though.<br /><br />Honestly, I don't care. Freezing breath is an awesome and visually cool (sorry) power, and I have a harder time buying "super-ventriloquism" than this. If I begin questioning how it works then I begin questioning how all powers work and the whole, entertaining fantasy falls apart and stops being enjoyable.<br /><br />Trying to reason them out or making up a "realistic" explanation isn't good either because most of "explanations" are nothing but impressive-sounding pseudo-science babble. Like John Byrne telling Superman's X-Ray vision is in reality a combination of his microscopic and telescopic visions. Some JB fans think it is an awesome explanation because it is "realistic", when it's physically impossible.<br /><br />So, yes. As long as it doesn't break my Suspension of Disbelief, I don't care. Maybe mine is easily appeasable because I don't get why other people are so fussed about Silver Age SM and SG's having a "myriad" of "powers". Most of them weren't powers but both cousins prefixing anything (sewing, mathematics) with "super-".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-19456890603906833172017-02-09T09:06:08.257-05:002017-02-09T09:06:08.257-05:00Those powers have always annoyed me! Super-breath ...Those powers have always annoyed me! Super-breath was kind of absurd: OK Superman can blow air with incredible power, but freeze stuff? Why on Earth? Bizarro freezing vision made more sense!<br />Super hypnotism wasn't just always an easy way out, but it also basically meant that Kryptonians had mental powers! They just needed to have eye-contact, but Superman and Supergirl could basically force anyone in doing anything, including themselves: why bother to punch bad guys in the face when you can just mind-control them to jail? Pure Silver age madness that made its way up to the late 70ies and beyond (hello "Super Hypnotist of Metropolis") :-)Nobilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522190343375207768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-15186335606943519982017-02-09T08:35:00.725-05:002017-02-09T08:35:00.725-05:00The story is somewhat corny, but not more than usu...The story is somewhat corny, but not more than usual in comics, and it's funny.<br /><br />I wasn't a fan of Heck's art when I read The Avengers, either. It never grabbed me.<br /><br />It's nice when an enemy forces the Super-cousins to use their brains instead of their fists, and they prove they don't depend on their inhuman strength... even if Kara had to resort to use another weird Pre-Crisis Kryptonian power. Super-hypnotism. Heh.<br /><br />Good review, Anj!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com