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Supergirl: The New 52 Omnibus Vol. 1
- GenresGraphic NovelsComics
824 pages, Hardcover
Published July 8, 2025
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Mike Johnson
618 books55 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Mike Johnson is a comic book writer.
An almost lifelong Trekkie, he has scripted more Star Trek comic books than anyone else to date.
Mike Johnson is a comic book writer.
An almost lifelong Trekkie, he has scripted more Star Trek comic books than anyone else to date.
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May 11, 2026
Sadly, it's a mixed bag. The first few arcs are either great or solid. Michael Green is just a better writer than Mike Johnson, who comes on later.
We start with a very lost, very scared Kara. Awakening on Earth, to her Krypton was just there the day before. Now, having to deal with it being 20+ years later, her planet being gone, and being on a new planet herself, all while Kal is trying to explain this to her while she's being hunted and can't speak the language, is all good stuff. It adds excitement; it adds meaning to her actions.
And we even have Banshee come in, who's a great character to add to the cast. It was setting up this run to be good.
Then H'el came along and ruined everything, the vampire-looking fuck. It just becomes boring a few issues into his event, and trying to combine Superman (his run sucked at this time) and Superboy (his run also sucked at this time) into Supergirl (who was just starting) really screwed her momentum.
Sadly, even with the first 13 issues and the last two being as solid as they were, those issues with H'el drag it down. A 3 out of 5.
We start with a very lost, very scared Kara. Awakening on Earth, to her Krypton was just there the day before. Now, having to deal with it being 20+ years later, her planet being gone, and being on a new planet herself, all while Kal is trying to explain this to her while she's being hunted and can't speak the language, is all good stuff. It adds excitement; it adds meaning to her actions.
And we even have Banshee come in, who's a great character to add to the cast. It was setting up this run to be good.
Then H'el came along and ruined everything, the vampire-looking fuck. It just becomes boring a few issues into his event, and trying to combine Superman (his run sucked at this time) and Superboy (his run also sucked at this time) into Supergirl (who was just starting) really screwed her momentum.
Sadly, even with the first 13 issues and the last two being as solid as they were, those issues with H'el drag it down. A 3 out of 5.
May 21, 2026
I'm realising people calling The New 52 overly edgy, mean less gore and forced "mature" themes (although still a bit) and more finding itself the coolest shit ever whilst it's actually the lamest shit ever
Huge dissapointment and incredibly painful read at times. Supergirl is fine, I like Kara and she's good here, although for an omnibus labeled Supergirl I wouldn't have mind if she was actually in it for the most part. I thought this run was already not that great, but still readable and fun at times, and then the H'el stuff happened. I get it, at least I think I get it. I get from a narrative perspective why you'd do a storyline like this with Supergirl this early on, but I also just do not care. He's not a good villian. I feel like I simultaniously know everything about him whilst also not knowing him at all. He isn't cool. He isn't menacing. He just kind of upsets me.
Fuck Superman. He's usually one of my favourite characters of all time, but not here, that is not Superman, that is not Kal El and that's certainly not Clark Kent. He's way too realistic here, because I've met about a million assholes that act like that, he must've grown up on earth. That's not a humble small town farm boy disguised as a pathetic loveable journalist, that's an annoying ass city boy millenial hipster. He's also just so inconsistent, one moment he's scolding around the Daily Planet of offices verbally fighting for "truth justice and the American way" and then later he can claim to be the silent type. He doesn't feel like the same character in every issue, and it's weird that I care about that because they're both not Superman. Kon is cool though, I like him, cringe New 52 writing aside, but I guess I had to ignore that for every character just to not be miserable the entire time.
At the end Power Girl appeared which I was excited about because she's cool. That stuff turned out to be be stupid as shit, but at least a little bit fun after H'el. Glad it ended on a somewhat more positive note
Kara what the fuck are you wearing!? Don't get me wrong I love the cape and the logo took a bit to get used to but I like it now. But that thing down there is an incredibly weird design choice. Why does Superman always get the onzies and Supergirl, you know, that fucking bullshit. I want to see Superman's balls being tucked.
So here's where the DCU got its panelled suits from
The concept of speaking Kryptonian with an Irish accent
Huge dissapointment and incredibly painful read at times. Supergirl is fine, I like Kara and she's good here, although for an omnibus labeled Supergirl I wouldn't have mind if she was actually in it for the most part. I thought this run was already not that great, but still readable and fun at times, and then the H'el stuff happened. I get it, at least I think I get it. I get from a narrative perspective why you'd do a storyline like this with Supergirl this early on, but I also just do not care. He's not a good villian. I feel like I simultaniously know everything about him whilst also not knowing him at all. He isn't cool. He isn't menacing. He just kind of upsets me.
Fuck Superman. He's usually one of my favourite characters of all time, but not here, that is not Superman, that is not Kal El and that's certainly not Clark Kent. He's way too realistic here, because I've met about a million assholes that act like that, he must've grown up on earth. That's not a humble small town farm boy disguised as a pathetic loveable journalist, that's an annoying ass city boy millenial hipster. He's also just so inconsistent, one moment he's scolding around the Daily Planet of offices verbally fighting for "truth justice and the American way" and then later he can claim to be the silent type. He doesn't feel like the same character in every issue, and it's weird that I care about that because they're both not Superman. Kon is cool though, I like him, cringe New 52 writing aside, but I guess I had to ignore that for every character just to not be miserable the entire time.
At the end Power Girl appeared which I was excited about because she's cool. That stuff turned out to be be stupid as shit, but at least a little bit fun after H'el. Glad it ended on a somewhat more positive note
Kara what the fuck are you wearing!? Don't get me wrong I love the cape and the logo took a bit to get used to but I like it now. But that thing down there is an incredibly weird design choice. Why does Superman always get the onzies and Supergirl, you know, that fucking bullshit. I want to see Superman's balls being tucked.
So here's where the DCU got its panelled suits from
The concept of speaking Kryptonian with an Irish accent
October 18, 2025
Started off pretty good. I wasn't a fan of the second half with the H'el storyline flipping between three different runs.
March 10, 2026
The very long crossover Hel on Earth took the steam out of the story.
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