Comments on: Review: Supergirl #40

By: Mike Keller

Mike Keller — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:11:50 +0000

Heh heh. Vapid? Do you mean a cheerleader who is dull, or self obsessed? I think people often assume it means something akin to skanky (although you didn’t say that).

Still, I gotta say I like the look of Superwoman’s rags in this case. She’s sleeker, and her outfit looks more like something an olympics competitor (minus logo) might wear. Compare this version of Supergirl to the one Kotobukiya came out with for their statue. Better?

Actually why not have “front-cover butt-shot close ups” of BOTH male and female characters? They do “Variant” covers out the you-know-what already.

Would women really buy more? Is their disinterest -truly- because of the banality of some titles, or do “they” even care? What do the numbers say?

By: brainypirate

brainypirate — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:28:15 +0000

and we wonder why more women don’t read comics….

By: duckface

duckface — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:26:43 +0000

Because the vast majority of comic book readers are guys, and guys would feel uncomfortable buying books with close-ups of toned male bums on the cover. :/

By: brainypirate

brainypirate — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:13:08 +0000

How come we don’t get front-cover butt-shot close-ups of Green Lantern or Nightwing or Jay Garrick or — well, you get the idea….. :/

By: shamon

shamon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:58:40 +0000

lana problems are due to her being the queen bee in the superman books .

By: Ricco

Ricco — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:57:40 +0000

@Wyntermute: Lana’s cought and nosebleed started in Supergirl 38 (Origins and Omens story), so we can assume the condition pre-dates the party.

@Stephen: “Was Superwoman’s mask made of lead?” , yes it’s made of lead, the issue is addressed on panel in Supergirl 36.

Supergirl: “But who are you really? And why can’t I see through your mask? Is that lead?”
Superwoman: “Well, we all have secrets to keep and people to protect, don’t we?”

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:26:24 +0000

Lana’s nosebleed had me flipping backwards in the book to see if she had been drinking anything at the “party”-thing. My first thought on that was, “poison? Hmmmm… who slipped her what, when?” and then I started my rewind-flipping. I will also ‘fess up and say I had not picked the Other Lane as being any more involved in things than was previously established (a.k.a., on the edges of plot, simply a minor annoyance).

By: duckface

duckface — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:14:26 +0000

I thought Linda Danvers would be Flamebird. Still pissed that isn’t the case.

By: Ricco

Ricco — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:21:51 +0000

I thought the sickeness of Lana Lang was supposed to mean that she was the one inside the Superwoman suit and that it was killing her, it was a nice twist that both stories were not related. I find it interesting that the current tv plotline (Lana with Clarks power thanks to a suit) is being used at the same time in the comic, I’m probably wrong but I think it’s the first time the comic borrows a storyline from the tv show.

By: jerardo

jerardo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:35:11 +0000

And i do agree Linda Danvers should most definitely come back

By: jerardo

jerardo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:27:01 +0000

@Salieri so superwoman was Plastic Man?

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:08:16 +0000

yeah

By: Salieri

Salieri — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:49:53 +0000

You’re a wise man, Jerado. Have you seen that final reveal page? It turns out Major Lane was Superwoman while also being Plastic Man.

Additionally…despite the good job that this creative team has attempted, despite the New Krypton tie-in, despite that Justice League upcoming…I sorely miss Peter David’s Supergirl. She might have been an Angel-cum-pink-alien-blob, but she had a strong character and was written with great intelligence and didn’t do things like preaching about love to parents of cancerous children while dressed in an outfit that would make the most vapid of cheerleaders retch uncontrollably for hours.

Comeback, Linda Danvers…all is forgiven…come back…

By: Jerardo

Jerardo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:39:19 +0000

id pick supergirl up if the interior art was have as good as the covers