Showing posts with label supergirl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supergirl. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 November 2016

Supergirl



I really like this short Supergirl series ( 10 issues from 1972-1974 ) that came off the Maid of Might's appearances in Adventure Comics. It's gentle stuff that won't hurt you, and Supergirl comes across as a good egg, which is the way I've always seen her, plus in a career of bad costume choices, there's a lot to be said for the small 's' and hotpants combo.


The stories are by Cary Bates, Superman's joint best Bronze Age writer alongside Elliott S. Maggin, and the artwork, by Art Saaf, is akin to a particularly well done romance comic. Even Vince Colletta on inks comes out of this well.
It's bright, breezy and bouncy, with a carefree Supergirl having a lot of fun attending university and flying around and just, well, being Supergirl. Remember when superheroes had fun?
It's a nice comic, that's all, and we can always do with a few more of those. Here's the first issue.

















Thursday, 14 May 2015

Black Widow & Supergirl Trailers


One of these is a parody. One is these is genuinely going to make it to series. OMG.




I really, really want to be fair. I think the 2nd season of Arrow is a huge improvement on the first, and I think The Flash is the single greatest DC translation to film so far, and there were bits in this I did like.
But Supergirl as a rom-com? With the cliche gay best friend and an equality & diversity Jimmy Olsen?
Crash. And indeed Burn.