Kudos to the writers - Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray - for creating a comic that stays in the bounds of the traditional superhero comic, but still manages to tell a good story, create interesting characters and be a heck of a lot of fun. Read Full Review

There have been very few new series launched in the last decade that have survived for any length of time. Power Girl is a series I want to see continue to be published with this trio of creators well into the end of the next decade. From what we've seen previous, it is pretty obvious Power Girl has the potential to make it after all. Power Girl #5 isn't without its faults, but it is still worthy enough to earn 4 out of 5 Stars. Read Full Review

This is the weakest issue of the series yet, but is still a fun read. The light tone and good chemistry between the writing and the art does its best to make up for some of the shortcomings, but cannot fully overcome an uneven output from Amanda Conner and relatively uninteresting focalpoint characters. Read Full Review

The charms of Power Girl is what carries things here, especially with Amanda Conner's artwork, as the story really doesn't work well here. The arrival of the trio, the seemingly ill-fitting violence and the entire self destruct aspect of the ship doesn't come off well at all. The fun of the book is in the way Power Girl handles herself, with her serious intent to deal with the newly arrived crashed ship and the kind of wink and a grin to her face as she handles the interview and the first responders. When the book goes toward the light material, it seems like it's just right. When it tries to be serious, it can pull it off to some degree, but the story used here and the structure of it doesn't do it. There's a real mixed bag here overall but I don't think one outweighs the other. I'll remember the fun moments over the rest of it in the end. After the fun of the fourth issue, this one didn't do it for me all that much. Read Full Review