Featuring the debut of the new art team of Ed Benes & Alex Lei, and an all-new direction for Supergirl! With her personal journeys ended-no Earth Angels, no Chaos Streams, no demons to fight-Linda Danvers can now claim to be the one and only Supergirl, right? Wrong! When a spacecraft crashes down outside Leesburg, Supergirl races over to the destroyed craft to look for survivors, and finds…Supergirl?! Linda Danvers becomes immersed in a mystery that will shake her very identity and existence.
I hope the return of the pre-Crisis Supergirl sparks some interest in this title, as I imagine this book could stand a nice little boost in its circulation numbers, and this book has always had itself an engaging lead character & Peter David's kept the character jumping through some pretty interesting hoops. Now this latest addition does have me a bit concerned, as while I don't mind Linda sharing the spotlight, especially if the new Supergirl acts as a nice foil for her to interact with, but I wouldn't want to see Linda moved into the background completely. Peter David has also kept things interesting by making it unclear whether this person really is the pre-Crisis Supergirl, as while she looks & sounds like the real deal, I have to wonder how much wiggle room there is in Superman's back-story, as I always assumed his rocket had narrowly avoided going down with the ship, and as such this Supergirl's knowledge about Superman's activities on Earth raises the question of how she fits in Read Full Review
Artwork aside, Mr. David characterizes the original--or she who purports to be the original--with respect. His Supergirl isn't diminished by the presence of the original. Likewise, the original is not hampered by the more "hipper" version. Although this story was leaked out some months ago, Mr. David still manages to make Linda's discovery of the original realistically surprising and jarring. Seeing a character who bears a striking resemblance to Kara use her heat vision as she gracefully defies gravity simply makes a hard-core pre-Crisis DC fan's toes curls, and she even sounds like her sweet self. Questions remain. Is Kara Zor-El The Kara, and, whether or not real, what are DC's plans for her? Let me put it this way. The sense of a sixteen ton weight poised above my head has not gone away. Read Full Review
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