tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post8624012506218837223..comments2024-03-29T09:20:48.360-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: The Fate Of Dick MalverneAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-21177499176453970052012-04-21T16:41:21.452-04:002012-04-21T16:41:21.452-04:00Wow! This is heartwrenching! I feel so sad for Kar...Wow! This is heartwrenching! I feel so sad for Kara and Dick!-ealperinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-1389097963301852582012-04-20T16:30:20.412-04:002012-04-20T16:30:20.412-04:00The Back Issue that John Feer speaks of is #17 fro...The Back Issue that John Feer speaks of is #17 from August 2006 with Tigra on the cover.Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-4585490643528358932012-04-19T20:25:22.471-04:002012-04-19T20:25:22.471-04:00Hey, scoop! What a treat to read those pages. I se...Hey, scoop! What a treat to read those pages. I see Kara's point of view, though she went a bit OTT on that last page - she'd burst his bubble, the guy had apologised, why the anger?<br /><br />You know why? Cos she loves him too!Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-65944606500647854762012-04-19T06:35:55.437-04:002012-04-19T06:35:55.437-04:00Thanks for the comments.
I agree that Kupperberg ...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />I agree that Kupperberg really gave us a mature and relateable and confident Supergirl. It is probably why that series has remained a good read even now while other Supergirl stuff has aged badly.<br /><br />Poor Dick though!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-38020153766284257152012-04-18T18:15:00.513-04:002012-04-18T18:15:00.513-04:00What a nice gift to see these pages.
I have a lot ...What a nice gift to see these pages.<br />I have a lot of time for that series, the one place I liked Carmine Infantino's style, the book never got the chance it deserved due to the limted distribution and the addition of Ed Barretto for the final issues made it all the more bitter an ending.<br /><br />Looking at these pages they continue the trend in Kupperbergs series of an introspective and more assertive Linda Danvers, it works really well read here and is actually well ahead of its time. Those scenes with Dick Malverne are very very unusual for a DC comic, especially a Superman related one, as they go into a subject and emotional range their books didn't touch. Maybe it's the Teen Titans influence, or maybe at that time DC was realising the readers expected characters their own age bracket to be more rounded and relatable, whatever the case the characterisation is quite compelling. If the book only had more support and visibility I do see it as a real breakout book for that time... both the Titans and Firestorm were great successes and Supergirl was doing things here that fitted the same criteria that made those more youth orientated books so succesful.Dave Mullenhttp://www.comicboards.com/superman/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-79009845779100684482012-04-18T18:05:41.529-04:002012-04-18T18:05:41.529-04:00The pages had such poor resolution on the web page...<i>The pages had such poor resolution on the web page that I wasn't able to read the words that were printed. </i><br /><br />If you double click on the image, it makes it bigger. <br /><br />AnjAnjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-16967421912144610672012-04-18T17:24:02.383-04:002012-04-18T17:24:02.383-04:00The pages had such poor resolution on the web page...The pages had such poor resolution on the web page that I wasn't able to read the words that were printed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-69127727902363675762012-04-18T12:50:44.916-04:002012-04-18T12:50:44.916-04:00I think but am not sure that "Back Issue"...I think but am not sure that "Back Issue" magazine might have reprinted some of these pages as part of a retrospective on the aborted "Double Comics" project. I would have loved to have seen Barreto as SG's prime penciler back in the day.<br />Reading stuff like this makes me angry about COIE VII all over again.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com