Supergirl #1

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• 9.0
  

  Gio

  Dec 24, 2025

  So I will go back in read the last short volume of 4 issues to understand this whole notion of Supergirl becoming some kind of protoplasm experiment of Lex Luthor. It sounds really 90s but I am curious now. Nonetheless Peter David was given a difficult task to correct a strange choice in Supergirl's character and I have to say this was the best solution for the time. While it may have been better off just to ignore that chapter of her being protoplasm and start over completely you have to give David credit for sticking with the universe's story at that time. It is an interesting way of giving Kara actual human traits with a twisted evil person like Linda who murdered and did all sorts of dark things, as were shown she literally was layi ng naked in a pit of snakes. This is very biblical so far this story with it's symbology and themes and not in that ham-fisted way. I never pictured a Supergirl comic feeling like an addition to the lore of Vampire the Masquerade but here we are. It was the mid late 90s after all. The art by Gary Frank is good but again not to be mean but it is very 90s. Dark, grungy, a bit on the teen angst side. It works but is not the preferred style for a Supergirl but this was endemic of the period. So the question is from the Supergirl protoplasm saga, is this the real Kara? And also does this connect to the Crisis on Infinite Earths when the real Kara died? Is that why Lex Luthor created another Kara? I read Crisis on Infinite Earths Deluxe Edition but never read anything else after that at least in the Superman Universe so far so I'm out of the loop with that. So lacking any soul according to this comic, Linda Danvers provides Kara with that actual human soul to replace the emptiness she feels in the beginning of the comic. This is certainly strange and weird but honestly it is interesting. And with all of this dark stuff, from Cultist, sacrifice, summoning giant cat monsters like Chakat from another realm, I am enjoying this strange mixture of the superhero genre with VtMB lmfao. With all of this darkness not a single curse word comes out of Kara's mouth throughout all of this. *This is a dig at Tom King*. more

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  Khan/Murdock

  Feb 25, 2024
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  jpablojr

  Jun 29, 2023
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