tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post5787335580087380510..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: It Came From the Back Issue Box: Legion of Super-Heroes 16Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-4560271584574957012008-08-31T07:20:00.000-04:002008-08-31T07:20:00.000-04:00He was mad about Kara so now he hates her but with...<I> He was mad about Kara so now he hates her but with the subtext that its always her he complains about. She took his girfriends place in the team and in the dream he had when he came out of it dream girl turned into kara. So something is there people want to see it, a replacement theory much like the silver age when dream girl was introduced as a replacement for kara 'miss terious' </I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post. I had forgotten about his waking from the dream and seeing Kara in the current series. Never put 2 and 2 together. Nice pick-up.<BR/><BR/>I also think they won't write this back into continuity.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-5087888525515301272008-08-31T02:29:00.000-04:002008-08-31T02:29:00.000-04:00kara's relationship with Brainiac 5 lasted years o...kara's relationship with Brainiac 5 lasted years on and off again. For me it was a much a part of the Kara story as streaky was. I wish that they would write them together again but with the threeboot I sensed they were trying to be radically different. He was mad about Kara so now he hates her but with the subtext that its always her he complains about. She took his girfriends place in the team and in the dream he had when he came out of it dream girl turned into kara. So something is there people want to see it, a replacement theory much like the silver age when dream girl was introduced as a replacement for kara 'miss terious'Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232828708855932756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-38257688615454069692008-08-27T13:53:00.000-04:002008-08-27T13:53:00.000-04:00Yeah Alura screams when she sees Kara's body...ver...Yeah Alura screams when she sees Kara's body...very depressing image. After that I pretty much stopped buying comics for five years.<BR/>Stories like this are interesting and necessary from a dramatic perspective but they also mask DC's policy of forced expulsion for Supergirl's readership from fan-dom.<BR/>As such, SG's fans are the first readership in the history of comics to be so expelled.<BR/>When all was said and done and Kara was exposed as a "runaway bride" and then expelled from continuity, DC then turned to us all and told us to either become Power Girl fans or get out. And from the looks of things looks like most of us left.<BR/>Well it took 23 years but now kara is back, sales are down and DC needs every reader it can get. I'm glad to see some justice for Kara Zor El but I am suspicious and cynical about DC's motivations.<BR/><BR/>John FeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-16319426908800887712008-08-27T11:02:00.000-04:002008-08-27T11:02:00.000-04:00I don't own many Pre Crisis Supergirl issues so Th...<I>I don't own many Pre Crisis Supergirl issues so Thank You for sharing and reviewing this issue. Besides the moments in Crisis in which Superman and Batgirl deal with Supergirl's death I'm glad to see another comic book that shows Kara did mean a lot to the heroes and heroines of the DC Universe.<BR/><BR/>I've always wondered- was there ever an issue in which the Danvers grieve for their daughter?</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post. I do think that the Batgirl's eulogy and Superman's prayers at the end of COIE #7 adequately showed the grief they were feeling.<BR/><BR/>As far as I know, the Danvers were never shown and that's a shame. There is a Superman cross-over where we see him return the body to Rokyn and get a brief sense of Zor-El and Allura's mourning.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-35877101938542603352008-08-27T07:49:00.000-04:002008-08-27T07:49:00.000-04:00I don't own many Pre Crisis Supergirl issues so Th...I don't own many Pre Crisis Supergirl issues so Thank You for sharing and reviewing this issue. Besides the moments in Crisis in which Superman and Batgirl deal with Supergirl's death I'm glad to see another comic book that shows Kara did mean a lot to the heroes and heroines of the DC Universe.<BR/><BR/>I've always wondered- was there ever an issue in which the Danvers grieve for their daughter?hhghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434899477662067857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-17975906264445056652008-08-26T17:26:00.000-04:002008-08-26T17:26:00.000-04:00I choked up a bit after having read that issue out...I choked up a bit after having read that issue out at the time myself. (Even though I was nothing more then a mere tyke at the time when Supergirl died it still saddened me none the less even come having had read this issue of Legion too) <BR/><BR/><I>Really!? I always figured she could never be Supergirl because it would cheapen COIE and go against all the editorial reasons they killed her off in the first place. Still, when the mystery was ongoing, I held a glimmer of hope it might be Supergirl under the spidey-eyed mask.</I><BR/><BR/>You're right. Apparently (exactly as Mr. Levitz explained it) at the time in question Levitz claimed to have fought the PTB up at DC in allowing them to keep Supergirl Post-CoIE continuity wise only in the form of "Sensor Girl" who'd happen to reside within the Legions own era hence forth instead. That way being able to have Superman still be their preferred "sole Kryptonian survivor" come present time continuity titles at the time, only, DC didn't agree with this and unfortunately Levitz had to scramble at last minute for the revelation of Sensor Girl being unmasked to be actually Princess Projectra here instead. <BR/><BR/>Blast John Byrne AND his stupid <I>Man of Steel</I> proposal/eventual actual preferred continuity by DC come Post-CoIE at that for the prevention of our Kara existing Post-CoIE! URGH! >:( Well, till 05 anyways when we officially got her back that is. Heh. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-11066630821663229092008-08-26T17:09:00.000-04:002008-08-26T17:09:00.000-04:00Welll ... when current comics end up spending 5 is...<I> Welll ... when current comics end up spending 5 issues over characters' grief - like Marvel's Fallen Son thingie - it can get to be a bit much.</I><BR/><BR/>In this day and age, everything seems to be 6 issues so it can be neatly packaged into trades. That makes overdoing it too easy.<BR/><BR/><I> I read an interview with Paul Levitz a while back where he revealed that Sensor Girl was originally supposed to be Supergirl ... but the idea was vetoed by the higher-ups. </I><BR/><BR/>Really!? I always figured she could never be Supergirl because it would cheapen COIE and go against all the editorial reasons they killed her off in the first place. Still, when the mystery was ongoing, I held a glimmer of hope it might be Supergirl under the spidey-eyed mask.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-24769982583473960672008-08-26T15:51:00.000-04:002008-08-26T15:51:00.000-04:00Welll ... when current comics end up spending 5 is...Welll ... when current comics end up spending 5 issues over characters' grief - like Marvel's Fallen Son thingie - it can get to be a bit much.<BR/><BR/>I read an interview with Paul Levitz a while back where he revealed that Sensor Girl was originally supposed to be Supergirl ... but the idea was vetoed by the higher-ups.<BR/><BR/>Also, that issue of Superman where he takes her body to Rokyn and disovers Kara's secret life was kind of touching ...Marc Burkhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949686463975572297noreply@blogger.com