tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post549516320325551451..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Back Issue Review: Action Comics #402Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69112314286369558772016-12-17T13:02:39.459-05:002016-12-17T13:02:39.459-05:00A weird but very entertaining issue.A weird but very entertaining issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-74845691979484182802013-06-06T19:07:16.647-04:002013-06-06T19:07:16.647-04:00I'll take Curt Swan's Supergirl almost any...I'll take Curt Swan's Supergirl almost any way I can get her, for one thing he always depicted as looking reasonably like a adult.<br />As opposed to the Andru-Esposito run on Superman in the late sixties, early seventies, twenty-ish Kara suddenly looks all of 12 years old with eyes as big as serving bowls.<br />Supergirl showed up in a subsequent Action comics back up story she had to set Superman straight after he'd become convinced she'd be turned into a tree....<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-33893847010564419932013-06-05T15:41:37.739-04:002013-06-05T15:41:37.739-04:00Kind of interesting seeing her in thigh boots simi...Kind of interesting seeing her in thigh boots similar to what she has on today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940413704858800766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-27968543688082671222013-06-05T14:12:00.136-04:002013-06-05T14:12:00.136-04:00You're dead on, Anonymous - it's the same ...You're dead on, Anonymous - it's the same one, but with long sleeves and gloves that didn't feature on that memorable cover: http://www.comics.org/issue/23729/cover/4/Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-33158774252971435202013-06-05T13:56:08.477-04:002013-06-05T13:56:08.477-04:00The Supergirl variant costume reminded me of the 1...The Supergirl variant costume reminded me of the 1970 outfit that kicked off the Supergirl fashion parade that ended with the Hot Pants costume.<br />-- DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-43642630485444017642013-06-05T13:17:04.732-04:002013-06-05T13:17:04.732-04:00Thanks for the kind words Mart.
I also was overth...Thanks for the kind words Mart.<br /><br />I also was overthinking the bomb's effects and so decided to roll with it!<br /><br />I don't know about the Lois story but we did see the Atomic Cauldron in Daring New.<br />Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-72454733709452974352013-06-05T09:32:40.126-04:002013-06-05T09:32:40.126-04:00And thank you so much, Anj, for taking a look at o...And thank you so much, Anj, for taking a look at one of the best-remembered stories from my childhood. The taunts do indeed seem weak now, but back then, wow - the Swanderson art really sold the script by Geoff Browne.<br /><br />Oh, and you have indeed read other stories by the writer - it's Leo Dorfman under a pen name.<br /><br />Death in a fiery cauldron - brrrr.<br /><br />I didn't take away from this an idea that the cousins resented one another (although being dumped in an orphanage by her one living relative would understandably cause a lot of hurt). I just read it as the gas causing friends to become enemies. <br /><br />Then again, the first reference says the dictator used it to brainwash subjects, add in the second and it seems he brainwashed his troops to attack his enemies, rather than - necessarily - making the soldiers hate them.<br /><br />Oh all right, it's convoluted and daft and we are indeed overthinking!<br /><br />I'm trying to remember, was that the same pit that the mini-JLA sicced on Superman by Intergang in Lois Lane #111 wound up in? I may well be misremembering their fate!<br /><br />http://www.comics.org/issue/24379/cover/4/Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com