tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post849090360144825863..comments2024-03-18T13:07:22.190-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: More Soule And VendittiAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-17564701841016395932014-01-04T12:18:59.029-05:002014-01-04T12:18:59.029-05:00I'm looking forward cautiously to what Bedard ...I'm looking forward cautiously to what Bedard and Soule do here because it sounds like they have a plan, something it hasn't felt like we've had since the beginning of the first H'El arc. Optimism, but measured.<br /><br />Soule has shown a propensity for deeper characterizations, and we've seen the same from Bedard in the past. If we can get away from the Lobdell/Nelson Flanderization of Supergirl this might work. <br /><br />But Misters Soule and Bedard, if you're reading this you need to understand why this book is closing on 20,000 in sales when it went 60+ issues in the last run before the slow erosion that happens to all books got it to that point. Fans of dark angsty angry characters won't buy Supergirl books, or books with female leads in general for that matter. And Supergirl readers want real character arcs, with development and growth, and a protagonist that makes sense instead of being a dark reflection of a deep seated bitterness about women that radiates from a certain writer's stories and public appearances.<br /><br />We'd prefer a hero, but if you can show us even a little progress some of us will stick it out. And give us a good in-story <b>reason</b> for this to happen because that much rage doesn't make sense after "Krypton Returns", the finale of the Nelson run, or what we saw in Supergirl #26. "Just So Stories" are very unsatisfying.Gearnoreply@blogger.com