The price of this issue is a bit high, even for an oversized story and a backup, but the creative teams certainly do their best to give readers the most bang for their buck. Not only do you get two really fun stories, you get some of the best looking Supergirl art in ages, as both Jamal Igle and Cliff Chiang really step it up here. This issue took me by surprise, but really impressed me with how it turned out. Read Full Review

To see things like a couple of extra face lines on Cat Grant which scream 'trying to look young', to see a crooked eyebrow and a half-frown showing how distraught Supergirl is in the #34 homage panel, or the joy exuding from her as she is flying above Metropolis ... it's all there and not overdone. It's sweet and can be appreciated by both new and established readers. It was a nice capstone for this over-sized anniversary issue. Read Full Review

This issue was a nice breather from the panicked dash back and forth from Earth to New Krypton. Given room to breathe, this story does just that. Some old plots are wrapped up nicely, but some others are exhumed. I hope Gates gets a little more time to let "Supergirl" fly solo following the massive Super-events set to hit these titles in the next few months. Read Full Review

Being an anniversary issue, the book also includes a highly-touted backup written by Helen Slater, star of the rather unfortunate Supergirl live action film. Despite the writer's "star" status, however, the star of this show is undoubtedly artist Cliff Chiang, who brings the same lively, iconic cartooning he brought to the Doctor Thirteen strip from a few years back. As far as the story is concerned, there really isn't one to speak of, as Slater and co-writer Jake Black fail to make any real statement on the Supergirl character other than to give us the type of character bio once found in the back of issues of 52 and Countdown. Read Full Review