Power Girl

[42n8s1]

Keep the faith.

Power Girl Will RETURN

She better.
Or I may never buy another DC comic again. . .

[ZoddGuts]

I'm really starting to lean towards the idea that they merged Power Girl with Supergirl. I think they'll write her as though she was Power Girl--but with smaller boobs and no cleavage window, IMO...

Makes sense maybe Supergirl will be likeable for once.

[Toy Collector]

What I think is that most fans are over-reacting over not seeing her featured on any covers.
But that mere fact alone -- not being in any covers -- means next to nothing, really.

There are some team books announced, and NOT all the members are shown. Johns and Lee have said that there are going to be 14 members in their Justice League, but on the cover there are only 7.

And on the cover of "Red Hood and the Outlaws" there are only 3 characters... I think it's safe to assume that there's going to be more than just three characters in that team.

Power Girl may end up being a member of one of those teams. She just doesn't have her own book anymore, but she can still be used just fine, I think.

And there's another possibility... what if she was a supporting character in Supergirl's title? Not THE SAME character as a result of a merging... but a different character, except, she'd be part of the supporting cast, instead of the star of her own series.

[liopleurodon]

But that mere fact alone -- not being in any covers -- means next to nothing, really.

It means she no longer has her own book. That is hardly next to nothing.

[jamie23m]

Gail posted this in the batman forums

If you don't see your favorite in these early covers and blurbs, it doesn't mean they aren't coming, hopefully sooner rather than later.

[42n8s1]

It means she no longer has her own book. That is hardly next to nothing.

Exactly. . .

[Kage Kisaragi]

*Insert rant about how people should have read Kelly's run on Supergirl in comparison to the mindnumbing BS that came before and after it.* Yes it went to dark places, guess what the best selling comics do that these days go figure and consideing the sells for the original Kelly run That KEPT FANS COMING BACK FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS, its safe to say, only the facist fans of the character bashed it, unfortunately they were the loudest because those who enjoyed it were to busy reading it and loving it.

Still this thread is about my and others love for Power Girl and how we want to see her back in the DCU proper, after the relaunch, no costume change, no attitude change, same old Karen who we've been reading about still doing her own thing without the support of a \S/ as a crutch for recognition.

So yeah, let our voices be heard by whomever, We can't Karen back and damnit if you have to sacrifice Voodoo to do it then so be it.

[Kage Kisaragi]

For those that keep saying she might have been merged with Supegirl you clearly did not read the solicit, Unpredictability of a Teenager who holds no love for Humanity does not sound like shes gonna be actting anything like Karen.

[C. Earl]

For those that keep saying she might have been merged with Supegirl you clearly did not read the solicit, Unpredictability of a Teenager who holds no love for Humanity does not sound like shes gonna be actting anything like Karen.

Which means basically squat if it's a new character who hasn't spent much time yet on Earth or with Humanity.

[Kage Kisaragi]

Which means basically squat if it's a new character who hasn't spent much time yet on Earth or with Humanity.

And that makes it a Karen/Kara How? The solicit tone was very clear, this Supergirl is going to be anything but campy. Shes no friend to humanity and has mentality of a teenager with superman like powers.

[C. Earl]

And that makes it a Karen/Kara How?

Stranger in a strange land, a person who feels out of place, alone, and totally bewildered by these strange Humans who are nothing like Kryptonians--much like how Supergirl and Power Girl were when they first started out.

The solicit tone was very clear, this Supergirl is going to be anything but campy.

If "campy" you mean no big boobs and cleavage window, you're right. Otherwise, all we really know is that she currently doesn't have the same ties to Earth that Superman does. It was true for both Power Girl and Supergirl in the beginning. They had to learn what was so special about Humans and why they should consider Earth their new home.

Shes no friend to humanity and has mentality of a teenager with superman like powers.

See above response.

[gwydion]

Power Girl; in her first appearance, already was acclimated to humans and Earth. She may not have completely understood everything about humanity, but she had a good handle on it, and seemed to like them for the most part. She certainly acted as their protector.

Now granted, that first appearance takes place one year after she arrives on Earth-Two, the time having been spent evidently on the Kent farm in Smallville with her cousin Clark and Lois---so she might have behaved differently before we first get to see her in China alongside Flash and Wildcat---but that is speculation. AFAIK, that part of her history, along with others, has never been explored on panel, or even referred to in detail, other than to mention that her cousin was keeping her as his secret weapon---away from the eyes of humanity, at least as anyone other than the girl living with him and Lois.

I'm not even sure if he tried to pass her off as his cousin back in that missing year, or as someone else. Or what she did on the farm, aside from learn the language and customs, and how to control her powers.

So she might have been similar to the SG of the solicit during the early part of that first year, or she might not have been---AFAIK that's never been explored. But from her very first on-panel appearance alongside the Justice Society in China, she was most certainly NOT like the SG of the solicit, but rather a bonafide superhero and protector of humanity.

[C. Earl]

Power Girl; in her first appearance, already was acclimated to humans and Earth.

She wasn't that way when she first arrived on Earth, however.

Power Girl was educated in Kryptonian ways during her journey to Earth, but was educated in Human ways for awhile after her arrival by Clark and Lois before she made her official introduction to the world.

[Kage Kisaragi]

Stranger in a strange land, a person who feels out of place, alone, and totally bewildered by these strange Humans who are nothing like Kryptonians--much like how Supergirl and Power Girl were when they first started out.

If "campy" you mean no big boobs and cleavage window, you're right. Otherwise, all we really know is that she currently doesn't have the same ties to Earth that Superman does. It was true for both Power Girl and Supergirl in the beginning. They had to learn what was so special about Humans and why they should consider Earth their new home.

See above response.

You got all that positive heart warming goodness from that solicit? I hope you're not disappointed come September Sir, however nothing you said supports that Supergirl is fused with Power Girl in this new relaunch.

[C. Earl]

Stranger in a strange land, a person who feels out of place, alone, and totally bewildered by these strange Humans who are nothing like Kryptonians--much like how Supergirl and Power Girl were when they first started out.

If "campy" you mean no big boobs and cleavage window, you're right. Otherwise, all we really know is that she currently doesn't have the same ties to Earth that Superman does. It was true for both Power Girl and Supergirl in the beginning. They had to learn what was so special about Humans and why they should consider Earth their new home.

See above response.

You got all that positive heart warming goodness from that solicit?

It's what happens when you look at ideas and consider possibilities.

I hope you're not disappointed come September Sir, however nothing you said supports that Supergirl is fused with Power Girl in this new relaunch.

Apparently you weren't paying attention--perhaps too eager to disagree with me to really understand what I said.

Let's go back to my very first post, shall we?

"I'm really starting to lean towards the idea that they merged Power Girl with Supergirl. I think they'll write her as though she was Power Girl--but with smaller boobs and no cleavage window, IMO..." From that, you came up with some sort of idea against it. That's so not what I'm talking about. So let me explain in full unnecessary detail what I am talking about--the possibility that they might merge the two characters into a new one: a Supergirl that could be written more like Power Girl. Now, there have been indications that there will be slightly younger/reset versions of the various characters in the relaunch, so the possibility stands that this Supergirl might be new to Earth and doesn't really know anything about why it and its people are so special at first. At some point, this Supergirl will have to be taught that, and afterward we could see her developing some familiar Power Girl personality traits as she begins to regard Earth more as her home. In time, this new Supergirl character could be doing things that could remind us of Power Girl--except with the aforementioned smaller boobs and no cleavage window.

The idea of a rebooted Supergirl with a total hatred of Humanity isn't realistic or even sustainable, IMO. But one that's initially inexperienced with Humanity and learns to appreciate them as she goes is.

That's it, really. Just expressing an opinion on the direction they may go in like everybody else. As more information become available about either Supergirl or Power Girl, I can make another or revised opinion based that.