My review of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 will be up tomorrow.
When I went into the comic store yesterday, I wasn't shocked to see a good number of the book on the rack with both covers available. After all, Tom King is a draw and the Bilquis Evely art is gorgeous. Heck, we even got a Gary Frank Supergirl cover.
I unfortunately wasn't shocked to see how the store is promoting it.
I find it sad that the word 'Supergirl' is the smallest word on this little promotion on the rack itself.
I am also not surprised to see that the new characters that King has created are being trumpeted here as if they are the stars.
This is the problem.
It seems like Supergirl is often the guest star in her own book. We saw this in the Future State book.
And we have seen it in how DC has promoted this book in their solicits.
Given in interviews King seems to have completely missed who Supergirl is, I will not be surprised if this isn't truly a Supergirl story but a Ruthye story.
Wouldn't it be great if DC promotes a true Supergirl book where the promos and solicits trumpet her role in the story as the star? Or am I asking too much?
Lastly, it seems to be widely recognized that this book's plot is cribbed from True Grit. You might recall my post from a month ago.
Okay, off to read Ruthye #1.
