tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post6378601431921752195..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Superman/Wonder Woman #9Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-73520465578326783092014-06-13T21:38:27.519-04:002014-06-13T21:38:27.519-04:00The original version of the cover in the solicitat...The original version of the cover in the solicitation didn't have Supergirl trying to use her heat vision on Superman, that seems to have been a later addition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-18938034281293483742014-06-13T18:42:38.034-04:002014-06-13T18:42:38.034-04:00This is now the second of Diana's friends to b...This is now the second of Diana's friends to betray her. First was Barbara Minerva, and now Hessia. I don't care whether Hessia's actions were coming from a good place; her decisions were disloyal and disrespectful. I'll be annoyed if Superman doesn't eventually tell Diana what Hessia did, because Diana deserves to know what kind of "friend" she has.<br /><br />I was really confused about a few other things. The action here follows from Action #32 which showed Steel and others still very much involved in the action. This issue pretends as if the government, and the heroes who had previously been attending to the problem, just disappeared. Then there's the odd behavior of the Red Lanterns. Both seem like contrivances so that Diana has something to do in order to prove herself and her love. Why organic situations couldn't have been designed is beyond me.<br /><br />Then there's the issue of Diana's handling of the problems she's been faced with recently. Soule was the first to have Diana informed about Lois Lane's strange predicament back in Superman/Wonder Woman #8, when a soldier told her that Lois had glowing eyes. She has still done nothing about that. Now, in this issue, Superman tells Diana that he's concerned about Lois after having learned she was manipulating John Corben from Corben himself. I'm also perplexed why Diana never bothered to ask Hessia what she planned to do to help Superman, and why Diana didn't seek Hessia's assistance sooner in this arc.<br /><br />Lastly, Diana was the only one to learn from Lana that the coma victims in Smallville were communicating with something in space. She told Lana in Action #32 that she was "on it," but the "it" she was "on" was apparently nothing to do with that situation which, in addition to the suspicious glowing eyes of Lois Lane's she's known about for some time, puts Diana in a very unique position to help with that problem; yet she's been far too preoccupied with Superman that she's not even passed information along or delegated the matter to anyone, leaving it to fester. On top of her bizarre overlooking of Clark's Metropolis apartment, Diana's been positively confounding to me throughout this event. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-83428483632084363382014-06-13T16:58:13.608-04:002014-06-13T16:58:13.608-04:00I dont' mind that Supergirl's first action...I dont' mind that Supergirl's first action was to attack. She is after all, for all my bemoaning, a Red Lantern right now. Might as well be in character to that. My only issue is that she barely said anything. But there's still time in this story for her to do more, I hope. <br /><br />As far as Hessia, I was reminded of something but it wasn't Genocide. When she put that gold belt on and it clearly made the double W, I immediately thought of Donna's original Wonder Girl costume. I'm really starting to suspect Donna will be Hessia's daughter when she returns.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-37356916912843853542014-06-13T14:21:58.866-04:002014-06-13T14:21:58.866-04:00I only noticed Diana had gone into that god mode b...I only noticed Diana had gone into that god mode because of the colouring, Soule should have been clearer on that. But then, wouldn't Diana have been able to take SuperDoom (always makes me think of SuperGoof) in her full Olympian mode?<br /><br />You're dead right about the stilted dialogue. Kara, too, was off, but I think that may be the nature of her being in a crossover. So long as she's OK in the RL and Supergirl book, and emerges with dignity and renewed joyfulness, I'm OK. <br /><br />I loved all the turns of the Hessia storyline, it made sense and brought her on as a character. And having two distinct battles in one issue was a treat. <br /><br />Overall,a pretty decent issue and yes, the art was wondrous. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-36171151356446785872014-06-13T13:16:03.301-04:002014-06-13T13:16:03.301-04:00Thanks for the comments.
You are right Thomas tha...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />You are right Thomas that the Reds seem off here. Which is odd given that Soule writes their book. <br /><br />And I didn't even pick up the gauntlets coming off SuperTorresmo. Thanks for pointing that out!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-5596123230797677932014-06-13T10:33:21.859-04:002014-06-13T10:33:21.859-04:00I liked the connection with the Wonder Woman title...I liked the connection with the Wonder Woman title where she takes off her bracelets to become more powerful.Supertorresmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-76900390030146091662014-06-13T08:56:25.745-04:002014-06-13T08:56:25.745-04:00I thought the issue was OK, if a bit padded, up to...I thought the issue was OK, if a bit padded, up to the point the Reds showed up. That's where the story lost me, because Guy, Zox and Kara all felt out of character, for the same reasons it didn't work for you. The decision to attack Superman outright doesn't seem consistent with the most recent issues of their book, or the Supergirl book. Red Lanterns #30 had Bleez telling Kara not to attack first. Supergirl #31 had Kara only fire a warning shot at the Judge before trying to talk her down, and the Judge had just been cutting down civilians! Then Only two weeks ago Red Lanterns #31 avoided what might have seemed like an inevitable Guy/Atrocitus punch-up by having them actually negotiate!<br /><br />So to see those three popping up in Earth orbit and trying to blast Superman out of the sky with all they've got is jarring. No amount of sloppy dialogue on their first page can hide the fact it's bending their characterisation out of shape and making them look like idiots for the purposes of this story. That's poor writing at the best of times, but it's baffling when it's coming from the same writer. Guy's dialogue to Diana after the fact makes it even more odd. I was looking forward to some good interaction between the Reds and Diana, especially Kara, but this issue delivered none of that. <br /><br />It did look awesome, though. Daniel is good with faces too, I felt like Diana in particular is very well portrayed by him, and the Doomsday/Clark duality is a nice idea. It's just a shame this all felt like so much stuff that just had to happen for the story rather than anything meaningful for its characters.AndNowInStereohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021894582408478305noreply@blogger.com