Supergirl: Now Safe For Female Consumption?

[odditycollector]

This week's DC Nation article is a plea on behalf of our my favourite Kryptonian.

Supergirl needs women!



As a gesture, it's heartening. At the very least, they have decided that I'm part of a demographic they *want* to court, and have given effort (and page space!) towards doing this!

We've finally got confirmation on the thought processes behind Power Boy's character design, and I can't say I don't approve. And the example sketch they give us, with Kara distracted in battle by the power of his butt... Okay, I'm amused!

(Perhaps his "costume window" is in the wrong place?)

On the other hand? There are valid reasons I'm not buying this book. It's great that the problems with the art were discussed, but they haven't actually been *fixed*. I am honestly glad they choose to make Kara's story less simple this time around. Execution-wise, however, it's been a disaster.

I'm not sorry to hear Ian Churchill is off the title, of course, but I'm not won over by Ale Garza, either. (He's the one who drew the Supergirl story in the Infinite Christmas special.) In his rendition, that costume is especially painful to my brain.

 
So thank you for the invitation, Mr. Beganza, but I'll have to politely decline.

I would love to buy a Supergirl title. Sadly, judging by what has come so far, it won't be this one.

 

Comments

[a-nation-of-one.livejournal.com]

The sad thing about the Supergirl book is that, usually, I think it is really good. (The nonsensical cousin-kissing Kandor story notwithstanding.) I don't know what DC was thinking with that costume, especially when you consider that in the past year or so DC has made some (albeit small) steps in the right direction: doing away with the ridiculous naval-window in Huntress' costume, getting Wonder Girl out of the belly shirt, going several months without the Birds of Prey leaning over motorcycles in bikinis on their cover. It's almost like poor Kara has to counter-balance the plodding path DC is following in to maturity.

-m@

[tavella.livejournal.com]

I rather like the belly shirt on WG. The only Supergirl I've brought was #10, the high school issue, and I really liked WG's outfit in that. Jeans and the eagle belly shirt. It was both attractive and believable as something a high schooler would pick for a costume. Certainly far more believable than the usual skin tight spandex.

[a-nation-of-one.livejournal.com]

Ah. That's actually the improvement; the costume I was referring to was her ... shall we call it Post-Crisis Pre-Crisis costume, the one with the contemporary WW symbol on the shirt, which ended at roughly her second rib. I actually like her Post-Crisis Post-Crisis costume quite a bit as well.

-m@