tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post6099876003236581605..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Legion Outpost: Steve Lightle, Sensor Girl, and SupergirlAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-39964825887609591022019-03-08T06:11:29.512-05:002019-03-08T06:11:29.512-05:00What if current Supergirl is in fact Kara's da...What if current Supergirl is in fact Kara's daughter with Salkor (the alien who married Supergirl in pre crisis),but thinking she was Kara?A similar case happened with Black Canary originally.<br /><br />Maybe someone erased all memories about original Kara arriving Earth,debuting as Supergirl and being from the same generation as Robin,Wondergirl and Batgirl.<br />People in Kandor and Argo would remember her as a kid/teen,but all the memories related to her as Supergirl erased.<br /><br /><br />All her adventures happened,with Peter David's Linda Danvers being the depowered clone of Kara that appeared pre crisis.With all memories of Supergirl erased she lived on thinking she was Linda.<br /><br />But what happened to Kara's ghost after her death in crisis?Before Domimus storyline I thought Kismet was pre crisis Kara transformed into a entity,it would explain all her concern with Superman.Carlos Dinizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179443642350754198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-6491532029087687102019-03-01T01:13:23.517-05:002019-03-01T01:13:23.517-05:00"I always wanted The Original Bronze Age Kara..."I always wanted The Original Bronze Age Kara to literally emerge from the sun restored to all her power and glory AND come back to the DCU and sort everyone out, roughly if need be."<br /><br />...<br /><br />"I wonder what could have happened if back in 2004, DC had decided to bring the original Kara back instead of having Loeb craft her own, "modernized" take."<br /><br /><br />Easy - I choose to believe Crisis didn't actually wipe Kara Zor-El from existence - it merely threw her into a 30-year orbit of the sun in suspended animation. No one remembered her because she simply hadn't arrived yet. (Not that her sacrifice didn't happen - it happened before her history was reset. We can have our cake AND eat it too.)<br /><br />It's true that Joe Kelly wrote an arc where the Monitor tests her and declares that though she is an anomaly who should not exist, he will allow it.<br /><br />But so much that Kelly wrote was retconned out that I think it might be possible to retcon the Monitor/anomaly story as just a delusion of Cassandra Cain's, who was having mental problems and was into torturing everyone at the time. Or, a delusion of Kara's, just one more result from the kryptonite poisoning. Or really, both of them - Cassandra was up to some insane stuff, and Kara added a crazy interpretation on top of it. DC has retconned bigger things than that.<br /><br />So I choose believe it's always been Bronze Age Kara. She arrives cranky because who wouldn't be, after being in orbit in a small craft for 30 years?<br /><br />In the almost final words of Supergirl (2004), "Just... don't forget me, okay?" Good advice!<br /><br />In the final words of Stephanie (Batgirl) Brown, "It's only the end if you want it to be." <br /><br />The New 52 reboot proceeded to mess Supergirl up again, along with so much else. Isn't Doomsday Clock (which I'm not reading) trying to make sense of that?<br /><br />T.N.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-53035256475765109822019-02-28T17:51:20.638-05:002019-02-28T17:51:20.638-05:00I always wanted The Original Bronze Age Kara to li...I always wanted The Original Bronze Age Kara to literally emerge from the sun restored to all her power and glory AND come back to the DCU and sort everyone out, roughly if need be.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69192607340587467582019-02-28T17:03:24.795-05:002019-02-28T17:03:24.795-05:00Thanks for comments.
Forgot the Greenberger commen...Thanks for comments.<br />Forgot the Greenberger comment.<br />Love the timeline of Levitz bringing her bac.<br /><br />Yes, Kahn was in charger!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-15670779014125175812019-02-28T16:46:22.315-05:002019-02-28T16:46:22.315-05:00Well, well, well. Or, as Arte Johnson used to say...Well, well, well. Or, as Arte Johnson used to say, "verrrry interesting".<br /><br />Steve Lightle's comments regarding Sensor Girl put a new light(le) on what Robert Greenberger said at that Terrificon panel back in August of 2017 (Supergirl Comic Box Commentary 8/30/17), "Levitz was in charge. If he wanted Sensor Girl to be Supergirl, she would have been."<br /><br />So if Lightle is correct, Levitz DID intend for Sensor Girl to be Kara until Jenette Kahn told him "you can't do that" and put the kibosh on it.<br /><br />Levitz was "in charge", but Kahn was "in charger".<br /><br />Anyway, it's nice to know that Kara had SOME DC people on her side all those years ago.Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-25359913767869747022019-02-28T13:43:57.969-05:002019-02-28T13:43:57.969-05:00Oh, yes, Supergirl's sacrifice, so powerful, s...Oh, yes, Supergirl's sacrifice, so powerful, so inspiring... except for the fact that nobody ever remembered it happened. And it couldn't be mentioned or referenced at all. That erasure pretty much ruined any impact her death might have gotten. I mean, you see Barbara Gordon declaring her best friend will never be forgotten and Kal-El stating he'll never forgot his cousin, and still that is exactly what they did.<br /><br />"Bringing her back would ruin the impact". I'm sorry, but as soon as you decided her death never happened because she never existed, the impact was ruined.<br /><br />Anyway, it sounds like Levitz wanted to bring her back but he restrained himself out of respect for Kahn. I'm not surprised. He and Giffen always treated Supergirl respectfully.<br /><br />I wonder what could have happened if back in 2004, DC had decided to bring the original Kara back instead of having Loeb craft her own, "modernized" take. I'm sure what DC would ruin her return anyway, but I can't help but think she wouldn't have been put through Loeb and Kelly's original runs because you can't tell that kind of stories with an adult, self-assured woman.<br /><br />Okay, in fact you CAN; but she'd be incredibly out-of-character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-65600725605397926222019-02-28T12:19:39.856-05:002019-02-28T12:19:39.856-05:00For all his agreement with Jeanette Kahn at the ti...For all his agreement with Jeanette Kahn at the time, when he became Publisher, Levitz wasted no time in pressing the "go" button on Kara Zor El's current revival. Clearly he reflected on the COIE mythos and drew different conclusions over time.<br /><br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-54566521301372440702019-02-28T08:48:02.457-05:002019-02-28T08:48:02.457-05:00It's great to hear the secrets behind Pumpkin ...It's great to hear the secrets behind Pumpkin Girl (well done!). I really must re-read this book.<br /><br />That 'seeing through the illusion of the universe' bit was, on the one hand, daft; on the other, so meaningless that it was rather useful. I liked the callback to Element's lad's joining... the member whose secret was known only to one Legionnaire. Of course, Jeckie should still have been kicked out once her secret was revealed, having broken the code against killing and all.<br /><br />That costume remains one of the Legion's ten best. <br /><br />I'm also glad she wasn't allowed to be Kara, I hated her being dead, but if she couldn't be Supergirl, and could never see her family... nah.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com