tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post98949041135246279..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Back Issue Box: Action Comics #345Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-79577536979301150872019-06-25T06:25:55.913-04:002019-06-25T06:25:55.913-04:00I think the silver age Supergirl must've used ...I think the silver age Supergirl must've used Titanium Curlers to keep that elaborate hairdo fresh! But by Rao she is so powerful, The Anti-Monitor wouldn't have had a chance against her if he'd encountered Supergirl in 1966...:)<br />And BTW kudos to Jim Mooney, he drew a "SuperGirl-next-Door" with aplomb.<br /><br />JF<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-19442680991740902072019-06-25T06:17:31.552-04:002019-06-25T06:17:31.552-04:00You’re so right aboutthe doubles, Prof - I remembe...You’re so right aboutthe doubles, Prof - I remember one lettercol in which ‘Uncle Morty’ answered a writer asking about all the doubles popping up with a claim that Science Said everyone on Earyh had (I think it was) 17 lookalikes, so imagine how many more must be out there in space for use in stories.<br />And apparently he used to ask the neighbourhood kids what kind of stories they liked to see, hence the frequent return of characters and concepts.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-25872453583794562322019-06-25T05:41:23.541-04:002019-06-25T05:41:23.541-04:00Any comic with Go Go Checks on the cover HAD to be...Any comic with Go Go Checks on the cover HAD to be good!!<br /><br />Mort Weisinger must have liked stories featuring doubles of Superman and Supergirl (and their friends and family), because a lot of them turned up during his run. Or maybe the readers liked them, and Mort was just giving the people what they wanted. As for compressed stories, it must have taken a special kind of discipline to write a story like that. Could today's writers do it? We'll likely never find out, but I wish we had more single issue stories and shorter arcs. The Supergirl in space story was about 6 issues too long.<br /><br />I wonder if Joe Simon got the idea for Prez from this story. Probably not.<br /><br />"For a guy who allegedly hated the character, Shooter wrote some good Supergirl scripts back in the day..."<br /><br />Did Jim Shooter really hate Supergirl? Is there a quote somewhere, or an interview where he talks down the character? Actually, the only comic creators whose opinions regarding Supergirl would matter would be Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Siegel wrote several Supergirl stories, including the one where Superman introduced her to the world, so I'd like to believe that he liked and approved of the character.<br />Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-79378003609226663202019-06-24T21:54:21.899-04:002019-06-24T21:54:21.899-04:00This is entirely off-topic, but two episodes of Wo...This is entirely off-topic, but two episodes of Word Balloon podcast were published today featuring 3 hours of "Bendis tapes" conversation with Bendis. I've only played a little so far. He's talking about aging up Jon and is going to be getting into the Legion... no spoilers of course but some interesting stuff.<br /><br />T.N.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-78967382245274972442019-06-24T15:43:11.406-04:002019-06-24T15:43:11.406-04:00For a guy who allegedly hated the character, Shoot...For a guy who allegedly hated the character, Shooter wrote some good Supergirl scripts back in the day, this one is plainly "Wild in the Streets" wacky, but its "fun wacky" in every way. I also love Supergirl's "priorities", "Must rush back to The Planet of the Teenagers as soon as I done carefully flinging these planets into new safer solar systems!!"<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-64896661689765592362019-06-24T12:32:41.091-04:002019-06-24T12:32:41.091-04:00Thanks JF!
Guess I have to search for 344 now!Thanks JF!<br /><br />Guess I have to search for 344 now!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-61939768471934779732019-06-24T12:31:23.955-04:002019-06-24T12:31:23.955-04:00That world needs more napkins if it's as "...That world needs more napkins if it's as "crumby" as Supergirl says it is.<br /><br />That scene of Supergirl in a convertible waving seems so familiar. Like we've seen it a hundred times, though perhaps variations. Like when Superman introduces Supergirl to the world; or much later, when Linda Danvers marries Superman (during Many Happy Returns). The classic element is the feeling of cheering and even a ticker tape parade.<br /><br />Superman used to move planets with a single finger, but that was to "merely" adjust their orbits. He would probably have also had to use his fastball or curveball like Supergirl does here, and put his weight into it too, to fling a planet to another solar system. I do wonder what kind of throwing leverage you'd have in space, though - pitchers push off the pitching mound.<br /><br />I hope they publish Supergirl The Silver Age Volume Three, but it's been a while, yet no announcement -just like the Peter David series seems to have gotten less than halfway through the title.<br /><br />Silver Age Volume Two ended with Action #307, so there is a long way to go to reach Action #376 (May 1969). And one might consider the immediately following Adventure series, and even the short-lived Supergirl title. By then we are well into Bronze Age but if these stories all have the same feel, which I think they do, then they are kind Silvery still.<br /><br />T.N.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-52404444141574352822019-06-24T12:29:39.499-04:002019-06-24T12:29:39.499-04:00Anj,
This is a two part story, the first part is ...Anj,<br /><br />This is a two part story, the first part is in Action #344 and features Linda Danvers fainting dead away on the floor when she finds out she has become President...:)<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-66650971434577455492019-06-24T10:44:16.841-04:002019-06-24T10:44:16.841-04:00The "Green House" sounds as something yo...The "Green House" sounds as something you'd find in Bizarro World.<br /><br />A very funny issue, as usual per the Silver Age. And that panel where Linda merely flings a planet away makes me smile. Fanboys who think she has no feats have no idea what they are talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-44872652300676791322019-06-24T09:55:59.014-04:002019-06-24T09:55:59.014-04:00 I have this book. :)
I have this book. :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-5796103427158128642019-06-24T08:33:41.291-04:002019-06-24T08:33:41.291-04:00'I fight crime and humanity'? Blimey!
Wha...'I fight crime and humanity'? Blimey!<br /><br />What a bizarre tale. And what a Dick!<br /><br />I'm impressed that Shooter was ahead of the Gaea curve, giving that name to this alternate Earth. <br /><br />I see they repainted the Green House in that last panel...Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com