Supergirl comics through August 2011

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I’ve added solicitations for August 2011, added a missing listing for DC Universe Online Legends #9 which shipped June 1, and removed the listings for JLA #56-59 since Supergirl has not appeared in the book since the resolution of the Dark Supergirl story in April’s Superman/Batman Annual #5. Supergirl is still theoretically part of the team and appears on the cover of Justice League of America #60, so presumably she will make an appearance in the series’ final issue.

It was with a heavy heart that I changed the name of the page to “2004-2011″. Like a tombstone.

6 thoughts on “Supergirl comics through August 2011”

  1. Haven’t read this one, but Anj does some great reviews of this series up on Supergirl: Comic Box Commentary. I’m assuming she’ll/The “Dark” SG will pop up by the end of the series. I’m upset that “dark” and emotional aspect that the “Good” SG keeps bottled up on occasion wasn’t touched upon often enough in the series. I hope it gets resolved.

    As for R.I.P. 2004-2011. I think that’s a great header to this part of her unresolved storyline.

  2. I skimmed the “Dark Supergirl” storyline in JLA* and it was very weird because it was like the JLA and Supergirl books were running competing, parallel follow-ups to the destruction of New Krypton. Dark Supergirl was JLA’s attempt to deal with Kara’s emotional fallout from that event, while over in her own book she went through a very different emotional arc (Bizarro World) that I can only consider the “canon” version. I personally cannot reconcile the two storylines both happening to the same character. It was one of the worse examples of a character appearing in two books simultaneously with contradictory timelines.

    I’m personally not a fan of the Dark Supergirl concept or the idea that Kara has a “dark” emotional aspect that she keeps bottled up. I was surprised to see that concept make a reappearance in JLA after all this time. I’m in the camp that thinks that Supergirl #34 resolved “Dark Supergirl” quite definitively by explaining it away as a result of Kryptonite poisoning, and that that issue closed off the possibility of that persona appearing ever agaan.

    However if that’s a story point that you feel was left dangling, I definitely recommend reading the JLA arc because you’ll probably find it a more satisfying resolution of Dark Supergirl than the soft retcon that SG #34 provided.

    *The story is concluded in Superman/Batman Annual #5, and then Supergirl doesn’t appear again in JLA until, apparently, the final issue in August.

    • Oh man! I had those two aspects of her wrong! I kept thinking that the “Dark” Supergirl was a hidden aspect of Sterling’s Kara that didn’t make it into his “Bizarro World” arc. Dang, I feel like I’ve been out of synch with that arc! Never understood the JLA’s “Dark” Supergirl. Heck, I didn’t even understand the “Amazon’s Attack!” story arc.

      I love Sterling’s take on Kara and Bizarro Supergirl in the “Bizarro World” arc! Great stuff over there by him! I’m even happy that I got in the comic as Mirabai. Thank you, Jamal Igle!

      (Don’t worry, I won’t tell you to hold your tongue and send you to Mordu’s Dimension. ;)).

      I think she’ll pop up somewhere eventually. ;) (Re: my fan-fiction.)

      Where I’ll attempt to fix the RIH arc and throw her in for a spin. ;)

    • I’ll definetely pick that up and do a review of it when
      I get a chance to. Doing the same for Landry Q. Walker’s Supergirl. Did you know that he’s never watched L&C but is a huge fan of Peter David!

      Got to chat with the guy on twitter last night. Great guy. ^_^

  3. I can understand with the tombstone feeling. All I ever wanted since age nine on was to read comics starring my “best friend” Kara, but as of September I just don’t think I can. I’m buying the first issue simply to have Supergirl’s latest first appearance, but basically consider my heroes are all dead … again.

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