With the acknowledgement that I'm only judging on
one issue, and the first part of a two-parter at that, I have some questions for
Kelley Puckett and
DC after the...
odd...
Supergirl #23:
- What, no one thought to send an air tank along with Kara?
- What, no Green Lantern could make you an air bubble, or even loan you a ring for a little bit, for this "critical" mission?
- So, this alien ship can fly within 10 meters of a sun's corona? And not melt/burn/blow up/get sucked in?
- The ship "produce(s) no emissions?" When we can see the contrails it leaves?!?!?
- Since this ship has only been travelling for 2 hours at sub-light speeds, how come neither you nor Superman can track it with your telescopic vision? Or anybody with a telescope, for that matter (and if were moving at faster than light speeds, Kara can fly faster than light??)?
- Why, exactly, did DC revive Supergirl when no one, and I mean no one, who has touched her since then has had the least clue what to do with her?
- For this Tony Bedard was dumped??
- Why do I start to type "Kirby Puckett" every time I try to type Kelley Puckett's name?
One of the more baffling mainstream comics I've read in quite awhile...
With the acknowledgement that I'm only judging on one issue, and the first part of a two-parter at that, I have some questions for Kelley Puckett and DC after the...odd...Supergirl #23:
Yeah, this one issue was enough for me to abandon the Supergirl title in good conscience. If this is the best they can do to entice me to stick around, see ya later, Kara Zor-El.
ReplyDeleteGood point on the whole rationale behind bringing her back. When it originally happened, it seemed like kind of an afterthought (like most of Jeph Loeb's writing), and they just haven't had a clue since then on how to make the character work. The closest I've seen is Mark Waid's treatment of her in Brave and the Bold, presenting a genuinely likeable yet still "youngish" personality...and not the world-weary angst factory we've seen in her own title.
You know, i rather liked the first few pages, and that seemed like a direction that was appealing: somebody with the power of Superman, learning how to be a hero. Batman mentoring her (makes much more sense than the Outsiders...).
ReplyDeleteAnd then they go nuts, and give us this story that doesn't seem to make sense on any level, and doesn't seem to have a lot to do with Supergirl as a person. Given the flagrant plot holes and Kal-El's off behavior, I was half suspecting this would be revealed as a dream or a hoax...
Just a bizarre decision to launch a new team and a "new direction" with this story.