tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post8645153819051191401..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Tom King On SyFyAnjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-76054613843548984442021-07-23T06:43:09.390-04:002021-07-23T06:43:09.390-04:00After reading Heroes in Crisis I'm not surpris...After reading Heroes in Crisis I'm not surprised to see another character I love being taken down the wrong path. Hopefully Kara comes out more unscathed than Wally did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-37932071405319206462021-07-20T18:47:53.309-04:002021-07-20T18:47:53.309-04:00I think the sequence, is, she was named Mary Binde...I think the sequence, is, she was named Mary Binder in homage to Mary Batson, or at least that is the implication in Bill Schelly's biography of Otto Binder. How much of the late Miss Binder might be in Kara Zor El's fictional DNA, I cannot say. Anyhow its a depressing real life story by any measure, "the good die young".<br />Makes me wonder just how exactly does Tom King define the term "hope"?<br /><br /><br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-79076298928092629872021-07-20T18:05:52.959-04:002021-07-20T18:05:52.959-04:00Something else about Mary Marvel and the late Mary...Something else about Mary Marvel and the late Mary Binder...<br /><br />Mary Marvel was created in 1942, at least 10 or 11 years before Mary Binder was born. Mary Binder was only 14 (not 16) when she died tragically in 1967. Which means she was born around the time Fawcett stopped publishing the Marvels. So she could not have inspired her father in writing the Mary Marvel stories in any way.<br /><br />Professor Feetlebaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-80116543470797301892021-07-20T16:44:41.885-04:002021-07-20T16:44:41.885-04:00Batman is a better interpretation of Supergirl tha...Batman is a better interpretation of Supergirl than Tom King's Supergirl.<br /><br />Beyond the visual there is little to suggest that this is Kara Zor-El.<br /><br />If you look past how much it "borrows" it's a good comic. But it's not a Supergirl comic.<br /><br />DC should just have made it a Ruthye story, or made it a Jonah Hex story... or preferrably, just written Kara as Kara.<br /><br />What's the point of being happy if Supergirl sells if it's not Supergirl that sells. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-50232197769470534402021-07-20T15:44:59.865-04:002021-07-20T15:44:59.865-04:00there is a lot to unpack in that interview, little...there is a lot to unpack in that interview, little of it reassuring, but I would like to politely point out that if the Late Mary Binder was the inspiration for Supergirl/Mary Marvel then it worth noting that when she died young & suddenly Otto Binder gave up writing comics almost entirely. I've always maintained her real life death is above and beyond the pay grade of mere comic books....<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-6452745987819862282021-07-20T08:30:03.100-04:002021-07-20T08:30:03.100-04:00Great piece, very fair
I’ve read #2 today. No spo...Great piece, very fair<br /><br />I’ve read #2 today. No spoilers. But it left me feeling physically nauseous. I’m actually considering a trigger warning when I use one set of panels for my review. <br /><br />‘Hope’ was not my takeaway. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com