tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post4062549902554247213..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: James Robinson Interview On NewsaramaAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-14399764356208690462010-12-30T19:14:59.419-05:002010-12-30T19:14:59.419-05:00Thanks for all the comments!
I have to say I am s...Thanks for all the comments!<br /><br />I have to say I am still willing to give this time, assuming the end result is the return of the Supergirl we saw before.<br /><br />Robinson has some leeway with this band of characters. So I wonder how the Donna Troy fans feel about her being so bloodthirsty here. Or how Jade fans feel about her being portrayed as tainted by evil. He has shown some of these folks in an unusual light.<br /><br />Maybe I am trying to hold on to some optimism. I would hate to see the Kara from the end of Supergirl #59 be wiped away by people looking for another bad girl character.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-22865281132626426532010-12-29T22:37:56.022-05:002010-12-29T22:37:56.022-05:00Robinson said - One of the things I wanted to show...Robinson said - <i>One of the things I wanted to show here is that these characters are a real Justice League. It's the idea that these guys, in theory, may be in a situation that's too big for them, but there's always a way that the good guys can win if they have the moral and the valor to do it. I want to show that Dick Grayson is always thinking like Batman, Jessie Quick can be as fast as she needs to be, Donna Troy can be as fierce and as awe-inspiring a fighter as she needs to be.</i><br /><br />But Supergirl? She needs to be fixed apparently, she's not good enough for the task at hand. Or Dark enough I guess.<br /><br /><i>The bottom line is I love that Supergirl is in the Justice League. I hope she stays on the team for a long time.</i><br /><br />ANJ, I was feeling that way too. Less so now, I'm starting to wish she wasn't on the team. In fact it feels like she isn't.<br /><br /><i>Still, I guess that Supergirl being a big part of this title can only help elevate her status in the DCU.</i><br /><br />There used to be a poster of a frog on a lilly-pad that had the words under it "Kiss me and you'll live forever! You'll be a frog, but you'll live forever." I think I'm less than sanguine about eternal life right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-82201936865269184152010-12-29T21:37:23.847-05:002010-12-29T21:37:23.847-05:00Thanks ANJ, you don't get enough credit for yo...Thanks ANJ, you don't get enough credit for your patience.<br /><br />I can see some ways where the growth Supergirl has shown in her own comic could align with what we're seeing here in JLA, but it's going to take a lot of creativity to make it work. I agree to some extent with Robinson, the amount of stuff that Kara has gone through in the last couple of years is a lot to ask of a 17 year old. Having some long-term issues to be worked out isn't a bad idea, and it would be good for her to work them out with people she can trust. It's just that the "Dark Whomever" concept has been so overused in comics that it might as well be Red Kryptonite causing the changes. At least that's over in 48 hours, we don't have to put up with it for multiple interminable issues of grinning eeevvvilll!!!!<br /><br />On the other hand, if I get the impression that they're testing the market for a bad-girl I'll probably provide a market-based response. There are already plenty of comics I can get that from without the need of more ret-cons to one of the few characters in comics who is a hero because it's the right thing to do rather than because she's trying to "work out issues", or take revenge for the death of (fill-in-the-blank), or some other psychotic comic book pseudo-hero rationale. Seriously, can't we have one hero that is a hero because they're just... well, a good person that thinks it's the right thing to do? Just one? Please? Do they *all* have to be psycho and vengeance driven?<br /><br />I like Supergirl, but I can get angry angsty resentful "heroes" done better in Teen Titans, X-Men, Batman, and so many other places that I would run out of text space long before I finished typing. I really don't need another one, and frankly find the concept rather boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69960641726078564962010-12-29T18:41:54.787-05:002010-12-29T18:41:54.787-05:00It doesn't have Batman, Superman or Wonder Wom...It doesn't have Batman, Superman or Wonder Woman OR EVEN THE REAL SUPERGIRL!<br /><br />Honestly no one gets the JLA and announces "I'm gonna bring back the evil Superman from Superman Three for an extended run because he will be willing to snuff Doomsday".<br /><br />Ye Ghods the logic here escapes me.<br /><br />John FeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-26639896188279803912010-12-29T17:41:38.633-05:002010-12-29T17:41:38.633-05:00I wish he had clarified, in the interview, wether ...I wish he had clarified, in the interview, wether Supergirl is going to be like this in her own book as well as in JLA. It's just annoying for even hardcore fans not to know wether Dark Supergirl is staying or going.<br /><br />I am happy that Robinson's JLA run is getting a bit more attention. I think people where ignoring it because it doesn't have the real Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman. Not that I don't not want them back on the JLA - but this team is also the JLA. People should accept this team for what it is - another incarnation of the JLA.Kandou Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233336986244371430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-47427136935190142582010-12-29T13:31:14.056-05:002010-12-29T13:31:14.056-05:00It's suggesting to me that Dark Supergirl is w...It's suggesting to me that Dark Supergirl is willing to go all out toe-toe with Doomsday (i bet you the individual is Supergirl who Doomsday is seeking out in particular) regardless of what innocent bystander crosses their path and that without even giving it a 2nd thought Dark Supergirl would kill Doomsday (unlike "Light Supergirl" who'd be looking for another alternative then killing) which is why i feel DC has transformed Supergirl into her darker counterpart so as to leave a loop hole for the "real" Supergirl (ie "Light Supergirl") upon her return to still be found innocent of murder and that it was her "darker" self at the time who actualy took Doomsday's life instead. Why would Cyborg-Superman even want to seek out Dark Supergirl in the first place when his beef has always been with her cousin is what i just cant figure out though.TalOsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-59280439295732880882010-12-29T12:59:57.867-05:002010-12-29T12:59:57.867-05:00What I'm getting from this is "Light Supe...What I'm getting from this is "Light Supergirl" can't handle Doomsday...Only Dark Supergirl can stand up to the genocidal Kryptonian beastie.<br /><br />What am I missing here?<br /><br />John FeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-11608576681099142262010-12-29T12:49:23.089-05:002010-12-29T12:49:23.089-05:00Huh, so in accordance to Robinson "Dark Super...Huh, so in accordance to Robinson "Dark Supergirl" is still the DCU main E-0 continuities Kara Zor-El/Linda Lang Supergirl proper (well there goes my theory of her actualy being from one of the 52 Earths where the 'kill Kal-El' continuity is still in play and is where our main E-0 Supergirl proper has unwillingly found herself having traded places with) only transformed into a "darker" Supergirl due to her supposed still unresolved grief issues over having lost her parents, friends and entire people of "New Krypton" one after another in such a short span of time while she's confined along with her fellow JLA team mates, CSA as well as the Omegaman in Jade's impenetrable Stearheart made dome. Not Kara being exposed to actual black Kryptonite itself but mainly because she still has 'unresolved issues' over the loss of New Krypton and it's residents instead. Seriously please tell me he didn't just state that in the interview as to main reason for Dark Supergirl's return? o_OTalOsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-22812770786113047892010-12-29T08:35:46.643-05:002010-12-29T08:35:46.643-05:00My qualm is the same of yours, that James is deali...My qualm is the same of yours, that James is dealing with stuff already dealt with - but I expect we can read his Dark Supergirl storyline as a waystation on the road to the already seen resolution of the New Krypton angst (well, so far as is possible) in the Supergirl book.<br /><br />And I am enjoying his JLA, it's so much at the centre of the superhero universe. I'd like him to clear up the magical moon business from JSA, as I can't see that book's new creative team focusing on that.<br /><br />And hurrah, Donna wasn't potty-gobbed in the latest issue!<br /><br />Has the new JLA artist been announced? A Tom Derenick would be good. Or Jamal, post-Zee.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com