tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post4755432697826797699..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: March 2014 SolicitsAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-25936931430937740092017-02-03T02:27:59.140-05:002017-02-03T02:27:59.140-05:00Reading your comments pre-Red Daughter of Krypton ...Reading your comments pre-Red Daughter of Krypton is ironic given how much you liked that story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-2122559977947946182013-12-25T19:55:13.522-05:002013-12-25T19:55:13.522-05:00Dennis-
You aren't the first to tell me that ...Dennis-<br /><br />You aren't the first to tell me that I should be happy that Supergirl has a book. <br /><br />I don't think that I am asking for Supergirl to both have a book and have it be good.<br /><br />But it an interesting enough topic that I will definitely have to do separate post it seems.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-43850863431982368932013-12-24T15:48:39.738-05:002013-12-24T15:48:39.738-05:00I've been a huge Supergirl fan since I was 4 ...I've been a huge Supergirl fan since I was 4 years old in 1974, and while this storyline makes me a little uncomfortable, we all know its not a permanent change, its not the first time, nor the last time DC has thrown a curve ball at Supergirl fans, just be happy the character is still around, and just wait and see, why so negative?Dennis J Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-17777744783649005152013-12-21T19:03:44.889-05:002013-12-21T19:03:44.889-05:00Oh dear, another month in the angry DC Nu-niverse....Oh dear, another month in the angry DC Nu-niverse. It's all a bit sickening, the hatred and misery. <br /><br />Hey, maybe the execrable-sounding Red Lanterns business is just an excuse for Kara to get a new costume? We should be so lucky. <br /><br />What the heck is going on with Supeman'a leg on that Smallville cover?Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-68773687989874206752013-12-20T06:37:04.794-05:002013-12-20T06:37:04.794-05:00Thanks for continued comments.
Anon and Thomas, I...Thanks for continued comments.<br /><br />Anon and Thomas, I have never understood how Superman could, with a clear conscience, let his cousin simply go off on her own.<br /><br />Even if he didn't want to train her with her powers or deal with adventuring, this is the only other surviving Kryptonian and it's family. Why wouldn't he continue to reach out to her?? It makes no sense for him to say 'go find yourself'.<br /><br />And if you are Kara, missing home and family, why not reach out to him as well.<br /><br />As for the rest of the Trinity, it is true that their turning a blind eye to her makes little sense as well, even if it was a wary luck from Batman.<br /><br />People complain that Superman shoving the Silver Age Supergirl in an orphanage was awful. This seems even worse - completely ignoring her.<br /><br />It does go back to 'new 52' logic - that Superman feels incapable of being a mentor because he isn't sure who he is himself. That whole last sentence makes no sense at all.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-81084237657166609872013-12-20T05:58:45.817-05:002013-12-20T05:58:45.817-05:00Re: Anon
I share your concern about that, but it&...Re: Anon<br /><br />I share your concern about that, but it's clear that that's already the case. For all Loeb's faults when he wrote the post-Crisis Supergirl origin story in 2004, making Superman overjoyed to have Kara to the extent of being a little reckless, Batman cautious and mistrusting and Wonder Woman the decisive one to take charge and take responsibility for training the most powerful teenager on Earth made a whole lot of sense. The entire Trinity cared about her, and she ended up close to all three.<br /><br />Now, we have a Superman who's ignoring his cousin, a Batman who should be considering all the possible dangers Supergirl could pose but seeming not to care, and a Wonder Woman - who has both met and fought Supergirl in the New52 - seemingly uncaring about not only one of the most powerful women in the world, but her boyfriend's only family when her own family isn't exactly a bed of roses from what I've gathered (I don't read Wonder Woman). This is what I get out of what we've been presented, anyway. And I don't get it. Yeah, they're all busy people, but the events of the current books outside of the Justice League and Dark titles are all pre-Trinity War/Forever Evil and Clark and Diana have enough time on their hands for a bit of dating, nookie and Christmas shopping, so I do have to wonder about their priorities.<br /><br />Also re: "Coming back wrong" (I see you're a Buffy fan, me too) I'd rather they didn't have to do that. I want an end to ass-pulls in this book. If they're doing this, I want it to be for a reason.AndNowInStereohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021894582408478305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-87705266468908296362013-12-20T00:12:50.006-05:002013-12-20T00:12:50.006-05:00It would make a little bit more sense if it was fi...It would make a little bit more sense if it was finding out about her Dad that drives Kara over the edge into becoming a Red Lantern.<br /><br />Also, perhaps when a sane editorial team finally wrestles narrative control of the book from the current lunatics, the whole vaporization deal could be used to explain her going off the rails via "coming back wrong" in one sense or another.<br /><br />Going back to how things are right now, this is getting to the point where it's not just Kara that's being character assassinated, it's all of the DC heroes, especially Superman. There's no reality where Kal would leave Kara in her current position and just let her slide into Red Lantern territory. Heck, even Bruce should be reacting at this point simply because of how dangerous an irrational Kara could be to Earth. The Red Lantern issue you've mentioned above had better be written at an absolutely amazing level of quality to prevent Superman appearing either uncaring or downright incompetent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-6202920316290642682013-12-19T22:23:23.150-05:002013-12-19T22:23:23.150-05:00Hi Anj,
I know you have you have previously said ...Hi Anj,<br /><br />I know you have you have previously said that you will not reviewing the <i>Superboy</i> book. However, it looks from discussion that I read that were some retcons made in the issue 26. Basically Jon now has "multiple mother donors, all meta" and that in the future Kon was instrumental in creation of the Legion of Superheroes. Does this mean that there is a possibility for Kon to come back, and we are able to get our superboy backAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-2705759355253693532013-12-19T20:10:00.873-05:002013-12-19T20:10:00.873-05:00Thanks for the comments.
I guess we have to wait ...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />I guess we have to wait and see about all this stuff. I do feel sad about the direction of this book (although I don't feel quite as harsh about the last pages of this months issue - review up tomorrow).<br /><br /><br />Thanks for the article link. I will probably post my thoughts on it somewhere along the way.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-4606706032362858882013-12-19T18:40:40.226-05:002013-12-19T18:40:40.226-05:00you're not alone.. I'm as big of a Supergi...you're not alone.. I'm as big of a Supergirl fan as you and I'm not reading her book anymore.. I feel as alienate from the character as in teh 'Matrix' time, who I used to call 'fake supergirl' or 'supergirl copyright holder'mhuntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-20117998535810868392013-12-19T17:50:56.864-05:002013-12-19T17:50:56.864-05:00I agree with Gear. I was fine with those pages and...I agree with Gear. I was fine with those pages and I liked the issue.<br /><br />Also, this is relevant, Rob Venditti and Charles Soule are talking about the flipbook again and finally discuss Kara: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=49801AndNowInStereohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021894582408478305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-81424662888715579412013-12-19T12:40:12.541-05:002013-12-19T12:40:12.541-05:00I did, don't agree. Actually having a conscie...I did, don't agree. Actually having a conscience is something Kara has lacked the last year, nor did she start the fight. She certainly finished it though, and regretted taking it too far. She's not the Hulk, she's just a kid. I was just fine with it.Gearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-27461356179352780332013-12-19T12:25:45.798-05:002013-12-19T12:25:45.798-05:00Oh and if it's hysterical female tropes you wa...Oh and if it's hysterical female tropes you want, check out the last two pages of this month's isse...revolting as well.<br /><br />The sun is setting on me and this book, its sad but I feel soiled when I read it...like I'm enabling a friend's destructive alcoholism.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-62296590735240557852013-12-19T11:43:22.812-05:002013-12-19T11:43:22.812-05:00Other than "yet more unaccountably angry Kara...Other than "yet more unaccountably angry Kara" I can only think that her rejection of the shield might have something to do with somehow finding out the truth about Zor-El and Cyborg Superman. The uniform was her final gift from Zor, maybe that 's what she's rejecting. At least I hope that's the case and not more of the "hysterical female" sexist tropes we've been seeing.Gearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-31650162930819790872013-12-19T08:18:46.355-05:002013-12-19T08:18:46.355-05:00Yeah, Tomar-re was the Green Lantern of Krypton...Yeah, Tomar-re was the Green Lantern of Krypton's sector (2813).<br /><br />The presence of Kaizen Gamorra in the Batman/Superman + World's Finest crossover is a little confusing. Is this book still taking place in the past or in the present now? Kaizen appeared to be killed in the pages of TEAM 7, but he's come back in BIRDS OF PREY, with his body/spirit being psionically merged with a former member of the team (yeah, it's stupid).<br /><br />I hope this crossover is the means to get Power Girl and Huntress back to Earth 2, where they can be useful instead of lurking on the fringes of a world that already has characters like them.Count Drunkulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130778855882160092noreply@blogger.com