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Supergirl (2011)
Supergirl, Volume 6: Crucible
She’s the Last Daughter of Krypton and one of Earth’s greatest heroes, but for Kara Zor-El, being Supergirl means feeling like she’s got no place to call home.
So when a deep-space school called the Crucible-an intergalactic academy that trains the universe’s most powerful beings-comes calling, Supergirl is happy to go. There, she’s no “super hero”-she’s just like everyone else.
But this strange school hides dark secrets. Just what are Kara and her new friends being trained for? And what does Crucible want with Supergirl’s clone “cousin,” Superboy? Once the truth comes out, Supergirl may not make it to graduation…
From writers Mike Johnson (SUPERMAN/BATMAN), Tony Bedard (GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS) and K. Perkins in her comics debut, along with artists Emanuela Lupacchino (WORLDS’ FINEST) and Ray McCarthy (GREEN ARROW) comes SUPERGIRL: CRUCIBLE. Class is in session!
Collects: Supergirl #34-40, Futures End #1.
So when a deep-space school called the Crucible-an intergalactic academy that trains the universe’s most powerful beings-comes calling, Supergirl is happy to go. There, she’s no “super hero”-she’s just like everyone else.
But this strange school hides dark secrets. Just what are Kara and her new friends being trained for? And what does Crucible want with Supergirl’s clone “cousin,” Superboy? Once the truth comes out, Supergirl may not make it to graduation…
From writers Mike Johnson (SUPERMAN/BATMAN), Tony Bedard (GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS) and K. Perkins in her comics debut, along with artists Emanuela Lupacchino (WORLDS’ FINEST) and Ray McCarthy (GREEN ARROW) comes SUPERGIRL: CRUCIBLE. Class is in session!
Collects: Supergirl #34-40, Futures End #1.
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 15, 2015
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April 2, 2024
(B-) 69% | Satisfactory
Notes: Languid, lackluster, lamentably lame, it's driven by drivel, a suffering shame: some decent ideas done dismally tame.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #34-35 ◦ Issues #36-37
Notes: Languid, lackluster, lamentably lame, it's driven by drivel, a suffering shame: some decent ideas done dismally tame.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #34-35 ◦ Issues #36-37
October 29, 2015
3.5 stars
Despite the fact that this title got hijacked by the Doomsday event in the beginning, it was still a pretty good volume. I really like that Kara's found someone she feels like she can trust on Earth.
Micheal is such a good guy, and he's missing all of those jealousy issues that tend to drive me nuts. It's nice to see her with someone normal, so I'm hoping these two will remain a couple for a while!
I will say, I'm not a huge fan of the new costume. I'm not sure why the knees are cut out of her boots, for starters. I guess it's fine, because it's not like she's going to skin her indestructible knees or anything, but it looks kinda odd. Still, I can live with it.
However, I'm calling bullshit on that plate of armor over crotch.
Come on now, that's just plain weird. And once you notice it, you can't stop noticing it.
You're welcome!
Up next, there's a cool team-up with Red Hood that made me wish I'd been able to keep up with his title. When did Todd get super strength?
*frantically prays library has RH&tO title*
Ok, the rest of the volume is about Kara spending time at this superhero school called the Crucible. I figured I'd hate it, but...it was pretty good!
Another big change is that Kara isn't acting like a pouty jackass all the time. She's finally stopped lashing out every five seconds, and is turning into a really good person. There for a while, she seemed to hit first and ask questions...never. Now, she's started acting more like the superhero I was hoping she'd be in the first volume.
This volume closes with a surprisingly good Future's End story. And, yes, I normally hate those issues with the fire of a thousand suns, but his one really didn't suck!
Was this perfect? No.
But it's the best Supergirl story I've read in a while, and I'm tentatively excited that this might become a really good title!
Despite the fact that this title got hijacked by the Doomsday event in the beginning, it was still a pretty good volume. I really like that Kara's found someone she feels like she can trust on Earth.
Micheal is such a good guy, and he's missing all of those jealousy issues that tend to drive me nuts. It's nice to see her with someone normal, so I'm hoping these two will remain a couple for a while!
I will say, I'm not a huge fan of the new costume. I'm not sure why the knees are cut out of her boots, for starters. I guess it's fine, because it's not like she's going to skin her indestructible knees or anything, but it looks kinda odd. Still, I can live with it.
However, I'm calling bullshit on that plate of armor over crotch.
Come on now, that's just plain weird. And once you notice it, you can't stop noticing it.
You're welcome!
Up next, there's a cool team-up with Red Hood that made me wish I'd been able to keep up with his title. When did Todd get super strength?
*frantically prays library has RH&tO title*
Ok, the rest of the volume is about Kara spending time at this superhero school called the Crucible. I figured I'd hate it, but...it was pretty good!
Another big change is that Kara isn't acting like a pouty jackass all the time. She's finally stopped lashing out every five seconds, and is turning into a really good person. There for a while, she seemed to hit first and ask questions...never. Now, she's started acting more like the superhero I was hoping she'd be in the first volume.
This volume closes with a surprisingly good Future's End story. And, yes, I normally hate those issues with the fire of a thousand suns, but his one really didn't suck!
Was this perfect? No.
But it's the best Supergirl story I've read in a while, and I'm tentatively excited that this might become a really good title!
May 1, 2020
I'm not surprised this series was canceled with this volume. The series has struggled to find its identity since it started. Yet another new start in this book as Supergirl goes to a school in space for superheroes of alien worlds. Plus, a very loose SuperDoom crossover. Another one of those "meh" new 52 books.
February 13, 2023
Overall, I wasn't all that impressed by the comics in this series. Maybe I should seek out some omnibuses of old-school DC and Marvel superheroes; I've read them before, and they were a blast.
September 26, 2020
Now, I like the modern tendency to use story arcs -- to take several comic book issues to tell a detailed story. But...
This was too episodic in nature, too jumpy, and too simplistic by the end. And too much cross-over. Yet, at the same time they threw in a character from Superman or Action Comics, a year or two in the past, without warning. LITERALLY, and I do not use that lightly, without warning.
I also felt talked-down-to, as if the editors have to simplify for the demographic. NO! Challenge our teens and pre-teens.
Your mileage may vary. I hope it does -- when _I_ get past The New 52 and into Convergence, the Supergirl title is going to really have to dazzle me to get me to keep reading.
This was too episodic in nature, too jumpy, and too simplistic by the end. And too much cross-over. Yet, at the same time they threw in a character from Superman or Action Comics, a year or two in the past, without warning. LITERALLY, and I do not use that lightly, without warning.
I also felt talked-down-to, as if the editors have to simplify for the demographic. NO! Challenge our teens and pre-teens.
Your mileage may vary. I hope it does -- when _I_ get past The New 52 and into Convergence, the Supergirl title is going to really have to dazzle me to get me to keep reading.
January 29, 2016
3.5 stars. Fine story. Not quite up to where the series started but not bad. I didn't really care about the Doomed story to start or the Future's End story to end but the main story was pretty ok.
November 12, 2021
God, this was a chore. I don't know why I'm still forcing myself to finish the New 52 after all these years.
July 12, 2015
Dead, bland and useless storytelling as DC Comics jumps the shark, and attempts to change the book series completely by introducing new characters and re-introducing old characters for cheap thrills and no payoff.
May 27, 2025
Supergirl Vol. 6: Crucible
Having left the Red Lantern Corps, Kara attempts to live a normal life on Earth, but is too taken to study at the Crucible Academy, where the foremost specimens of various planets are taught leadership skills. Working as part of a team with her classmates, Kara begins to understand herself.
A nice end to this iteration of Supergirl. The character arc is impressive across the run and the artwork is extraordinary without feeling exploitative. A great series of stories.
Having left the Red Lantern Corps, Kara attempts to live a normal life on Earth, but is too taken to study at the Crucible Academy, where the foremost specimens of various planets are taught leadership skills. Working as part of a team with her classmates, Kara begins to understand herself.
A nice end to this iteration of Supergirl. The character arc is impressive across the run and the artwork is extraordinary without feeling exploitative. A great series of stories.
April 26, 2020
And as usual for New 52, this ending volume sucked. One issue ends with Braniac attacking, then the next one he's defeated with no explanation or anything. Superman has disappeared, apperently after being infected by doomsday, and then reappears with no explanation, but at least his disappearance was half explained. Something seams to have happened to Siobhan but never explained either, nor Shay in the lab. There's a one panel flashback of her falling but that's it. Then we have the Cruciable story, which was ok but had underdeveloped characters. Futures End... Just NO. I don't think I've read a single good Futures End. The basic plot is ok, but no explanation of why or how Kara joined the group, or of her and Comet getting together... What about Mike? What about wanting to make a life on Earth? And the last issue before that, what was up with her " feeling different" and being tired, hungry, thirsty and hurting herself with the pin? It was interesting, but not a good point to stop on. Overall, sloppy.
December 31, 2025
Superman with a beard is something I never knew I needed
February 11, 2016
Crucible was the end of New 52 Supergirl for me; after two more partial stories -- crossovers, yay! -- and then a good FULL story including some characters and storylines I vaguely remember from other titles and THEN another partial story to cap it all off, I decided I was done with this title. Keeping up with the characters within the Super-Universe is a lot of work and I don't want to have to make my way through the Superman maze in order to understand Supergirl, sorry. I mean, they're TPBs that I'm reading IN ORDER, it shouldn't be this hard!
But then I found out it actually IS the end of this run of Supergirl, since the title has been canceled, rendering my decision moot. It's irritating, though, I feel like Supergirl is a fantastic character and this series didn't live up to its potential.
But then I found out it actually IS the end of this run of Supergirl, since the title has been canceled, rendering my decision moot. It's irritating, though, I feel like Supergirl is a fantastic character and this series didn't live up to its potential.
January 8, 2016
3.5
They need to stop collecting issues of universe-wide events in these things, because inevitably the story will continue on in another title or two, and it's annoying to start getting into a storyline only for it to suddenly be dropped.
But I LOVED the Crucible storyline and the characters it introduced, and the Future's End short was a good end. Emanuela Lupacchino's art is my favorite of all the artists so far. All in all, one of the stronger volumes of Supergirl, and a great reminder of why I read it. When it's on point, it's on point.
They need to stop collecting issues of universe-wide events in these things, because inevitably the story will continue on in another title or two, and it's annoying to start getting into a storyline only for it to suddenly be dropped.
But I LOVED the Crucible storyline and the characters it introduced, and the Future's End short was a good end. Emanuela Lupacchino's art is my favorite of all the artists so far. All in all, one of the stronger volumes of Supergirl, and a great reminder of why I read it. When it's on point, it's on point.
August 24, 2015
Decent collection for a Supergirl book. Ticked up a notch by the new female artist. Very good work from her. Liked it a lot. Hope she sticks around on the title.
August 25, 2015
Supergirl finally takes flight! Now she's no longer a Red Lantern, and there's a new artist taking her on, this feels more like a Supergirl title even if she isn't on Earth for most of it.
January 14, 2017
Supergirl. La historia me gustó, y es que por lo que he leído hasta ahora de comics, el estilo de DC me gusta más. El diseño y el desenvolvimiento de la trama excelente.
August 29, 2024
Alright, so vol 5 & 6 are arguably the best books out of the entire series, and that's saying something as this series was a mess and struggled to maintain a cohesive plot/story arc 🤨.
The main plot of this vol involves Supergirl going to an elite multi-galaxtic species school for the specially gifted on their respective homeworlds. Supergirl is randomly plucked from her newly found happy-ish home on Earth to attend this school and is put through a series of tests by the head instructor Amata. Supergirl is challenged by the 3 top students, Tsavo, Maxima, and Cosmet. Amata and V.P. Kuku accepted her as their latest student, and Kara began attending this boarding school for the specially gifted. Not much happens in between as the plot runs dry with Kara trying to once again reinvent herself in a new environment when we are suddenly re-introduced to Superboy who is revealed to have not died in the 'H'el on Earth' series where old Krypton exploded. As a result, Connor Kent or Kon El has been trying to discover his true purpose on earth through mindful meditation as a monk and has now finally emerged as Superboy as a disguised at a Comic Con convention in Rome...how original DC 👏🙄.
Meanwhile, Tsavo & Supergirl are randomly telaported to Tsavo's home planet, where he is called to fight a war with opposing clans. In the heat of battle, Tsavo comes to aid of his parents, and the villain is revealed to be his older brother Roho and his band of rejected Crucible students from various planets. Supergirl & Tsavo subdue the team, but Tsavo must stay with his royal family to strengthen his parents while Supergirl, Maxima, & Cosmet go after his brother.
This is where the 2 plot lines converge as we see Heroes Maxima, Cosmet, and Supergirl appear on Earth to defend the people from Roho (Tasavo's brother) and his groupies of rejected Crucible academy. Our protagonists best the outcasts, and Maxima reveals that the team was ordered to bring the 'Clone' back with them. Kara initially refuses, but Connor does not give an F and goes with the group while Kara is forced to stay with a weakened Cosmet 🙄.
Kara drops off Cosmet on Earth with her new boyfriend Michael (he saved her life in the beginning, so now they are dating after she saved his parents' life...don't ask too many questions, ok 😮💨). Supergirl then returns to Crucible and is met by evil robots and an empty school this is when Kuku reveals himself to be the one in charge of the whole operation and shows Kara the line up of students who are to be genetically altered and cloned based on Superboy's DNA to fight back threats to the student's various home planets. This plan was not backed by the Council (think GL corps) or principal Amata. Supergirl is weakened, but Tsavo returns, and they free Maxima & Amata, who are trapped while Cosmet gets the distress call and joins the party. Superboy is freed by Kara, Kuku & Roho are imprisoned, The team frees the students, and the school blows up because evil-vilians do what they do.
The story ends with Kara & Connor finding new friends but peace out back to earth while Tsavo & Maxima take on new leadership roles to be principal & V.P. of Crucible. Kara then returns to earth, and her job as a barista when she suddenly discovers her powers are weakened and the story ends on a cliffhanger 😒.
The remainder of this book beyond the main plot involves the beginning where Michael a wheelchair bound black young man saves Supergirl from completing fatigue due to the Superdoom event and Kryptonite boom In addition to a Red-Hood guest adherence where Jason is trying to track down and stop the sales of alien immobilizing tech on the black market. Finally, we end this whole Volume with a mini episode from Future's end where Kara is transformed into a Cyborg by Cyborg Superman, and Cosmet is revealed to be her love interest who saves the day with the Crucible apprentices while Kara finds the true meaning of love.
I'd say overall this wasn't a bad volume as there was some good dialog between Clark & Kara, which helped to patch their relationship as well as some key leadership roles from Kara. The main issue with this volume is the echoes of a lost identity, which seems to be Kara Zor-El's only identifying trait 🙄. I really wish we went back to the days of old when Kara trained under Wonder Woman and accepted her fate as a Kryptonian on earth instead of wallowing in pity over her lost home planet. I understand that DC was going for a more greifsticken Supergirl, but she reads as a maladaptive teenage overemotional girl who rarely gets to shine. Kara also bounces around between friend and friend groups quite often within the series, which never allows her the chance to stand on her own. If you're going to write a book series about Supergirl's journey to self-identity and actualization then give the girl some alone time to develop and maybe a mentor like her cousin or Wonder Woman to mold her into greatness. This series has moments of greatness, but it's hardly worth the read. Just like Kara Zor-El in the New 52, it screams wasted potential 😒. Hopefully, Supergirl Rebirth is better than this series. 7.0/10 🌟.
The main plot of this vol involves Supergirl going to an elite multi-galaxtic species school for the specially gifted on their respective homeworlds. Supergirl is randomly plucked from her newly found happy-ish home on Earth to attend this school and is put through a series of tests by the head instructor Amata. Supergirl is challenged by the 3 top students, Tsavo, Maxima, and Cosmet. Amata and V.P. Kuku accepted her as their latest student, and Kara began attending this boarding school for the specially gifted. Not much happens in between as the plot runs dry with Kara trying to once again reinvent herself in a new environment when we are suddenly re-introduced to Superboy who is revealed to have not died in the 'H'el on Earth' series where old Krypton exploded. As a result, Connor Kent or Kon El has been trying to discover his true purpose on earth through mindful meditation as a monk and has now finally emerged as Superboy as a disguised at a Comic Con convention in Rome...how original DC 👏🙄.
Meanwhile, Tsavo & Supergirl are randomly telaported to Tsavo's home planet, where he is called to fight a war with opposing clans. In the heat of battle, Tsavo comes to aid of his parents, and the villain is revealed to be his older brother Roho and his band of rejected Crucible students from various planets. Supergirl & Tsavo subdue the team, but Tsavo must stay with his royal family to strengthen his parents while Supergirl, Maxima, & Cosmet go after his brother.
This is where the 2 plot lines converge as we see Heroes Maxima, Cosmet, and Supergirl appear on Earth to defend the people from Roho (Tasavo's brother) and his groupies of rejected Crucible academy. Our protagonists best the outcasts, and Maxima reveals that the team was ordered to bring the 'Clone' back with them. Kara initially refuses, but Connor does not give an F and goes with the group while Kara is forced to stay with a weakened Cosmet 🙄.
Kara drops off Cosmet on Earth with her new boyfriend Michael (he saved her life in the beginning, so now they are dating after she saved his parents' life...don't ask too many questions, ok 😮💨). Supergirl then returns to Crucible and is met by evil robots and an empty school this is when Kuku reveals himself to be the one in charge of the whole operation and shows Kara the line up of students who are to be genetically altered and cloned based on Superboy's DNA to fight back threats to the student's various home planets. This plan was not backed by the Council (think GL corps) or principal Amata. Supergirl is weakened, but Tsavo returns, and they free Maxima & Amata, who are trapped while Cosmet gets the distress call and joins the party. Superboy is freed by Kara, Kuku & Roho are imprisoned, The team frees the students, and the school blows up because evil-vilians do what they do.
The story ends with Kara & Connor finding new friends but peace out back to earth while Tsavo & Maxima take on new leadership roles to be principal & V.P. of Crucible. Kara then returns to earth, and her job as a barista when she suddenly discovers her powers are weakened and the story ends on a cliffhanger 😒.
The remainder of this book beyond the main plot involves the beginning where Michael a wheelchair bound black young man saves Supergirl from completing fatigue due to the Superdoom event and Kryptonite boom In addition to a Red-Hood guest adherence where Jason is trying to track down and stop the sales of alien immobilizing tech on the black market. Finally, we end this whole Volume with a mini episode from Future's end where Kara is transformed into a Cyborg by Cyborg Superman, and Cosmet is revealed to be her love interest who saves the day with the Crucible apprentices while Kara finds the true meaning of love.
I'd say overall this wasn't a bad volume as there was some good dialog between Clark & Kara, which helped to patch their relationship as well as some key leadership roles from Kara. The main issue with this volume is the echoes of a lost identity, which seems to be Kara Zor-El's only identifying trait 🙄. I really wish we went back to the days of old when Kara trained under Wonder Woman and accepted her fate as a Kryptonian on earth instead of wallowing in pity over her lost home planet. I understand that DC was going for a more greifsticken Supergirl, but she reads as a maladaptive teenage overemotional girl who rarely gets to shine. Kara also bounces around between friend and friend groups quite often within the series, which never allows her the chance to stand on her own. If you're going to write a book series about Supergirl's journey to self-identity and actualization then give the girl some alone time to develop and maybe a mentor like her cousin or Wonder Woman to mold her into greatness. This series has moments of greatness, but it's hardly worth the read. Just like Kara Zor-El in the New 52, it screams wasted potential 😒. Hopefully, Supergirl Rebirth is better than this series. 7.0/10 🌟.
July 21, 2019
Okay, so this is a mixed bag as it's the end of the New52 run... which is a shame, especially for this character. Unlike previous versions of Supergirl, this vision of Kara Zor-El gelled with me more. The story arc, up to Volume 5, was logical and full of agitated teen persona. She had every right to be angry and upset and this entire arc is her journey through these emotions and where they led.
For me, I would say stop reading at the end of Red Daughter Of Krypton. However, if you're like me then you'll go on to the bloody end. And, even though the story is good and the artwork is, at times, divinely sumptuous, you may feel, as I did, kinda deflated.
For a start, the first two stories are part of the whole Superman Doomed arc - which, if you've read my review, I wouldn't highly recommend. The first story is pointless unless in the Doomed storyline. The second though is a decent one-shot tale of Supergirl and Red Hood teaming up. This is tagged as being a Doomed Aftermath Tale but isn't. The chemistry and antagonism between the pair are palpable. Tony Bedard does a good job of writing this little tale as Jonboy Meyers does of pencilling it out. Meyers has his a unique style. He likes to keep his characters svelte and long-necked. There are times when the artwork doesn't look too high standard, but for the majority of the panels, it's spot-on. Add to this HiFi doing the colouring and the end product is glossy and spectacular. This is the best story to come out of the Doomed arc.
From here we enter into the last five-part story of Supergirl. This time Mike Johnson is back to writing, along with K Perkins. This dynamic duo brings you mystery, Machiavellian cunning, and action wrapped up in a tale of awakening, belonging and friendship. Kara isn't the only Superpowered entity in the universe. On the contrary, there are many. The Crucible has been built to take the best of these beings from their homelands. To train them to be the best they can be. So they can promote peace, harmony, and prosperity on their planets. To do this, they are grouped into teams. However, when something happens on Tsavo's (one of her teammates) homeworld a dark conspiracy is unveiled. Kara, Tsavo, Maxima, and Comet head off to confront the villains of the piece.
The artwork by Emanuella Lupacchino fits perfectly with this brighter storyline. Ray McCarthy inks it just right. And, HiFi hits the POP and WOW factors by adding the colours. Now, for the earlier stories, I loved the art of Mahmud Asrar. Though, I have to admit his style wouldn't have worked so well here. It's all a question of atmosphere creation.
Though everything is great and the climax of the story is superb, it's the open-endedness of this climax which spoils the entire thing. They knew the run was ending so it would have been nice to have a full stop at the end and not...
Also included in this is Supergirl: Futures End Tie-In. Which also, unfortunately, gives the reader more questions than answers. Written by Tony Bedard we have slipped five years into the future. Supergirl has been missing. Now she's back and she's brought a friend... Cyborg Superman. Can these two possibly be a team? What do they want on Earth? These questions do get answered so it's not such a loss. But this is only a teaser to get you to pick up Futures End (which I would highly recommend to all - it's an EPIC - and I loved it.).
If you've read the other volumes and you "really" have to read this then pick up a copy. It isn't all bad - but remember, you have been forewarned.
For me, I would say stop reading at the end of Red Daughter Of Krypton. However, if you're like me then you'll go on to the bloody end. And, even though the story is good and the artwork is, at times, divinely sumptuous, you may feel, as I did, kinda deflated.
For a start, the first two stories are part of the whole Superman Doomed arc - which, if you've read my review, I wouldn't highly recommend. The first story is pointless unless in the Doomed storyline. The second though is a decent one-shot tale of Supergirl and Red Hood teaming up. This is tagged as being a Doomed Aftermath Tale but isn't. The chemistry and antagonism between the pair are palpable. Tony Bedard does a good job of writing this little tale as Jonboy Meyers does of pencilling it out. Meyers has his a unique style. He likes to keep his characters svelte and long-necked. There are times when the artwork doesn't look too high standard, but for the majority of the panels, it's spot-on. Add to this HiFi doing the colouring and the end product is glossy and spectacular. This is the best story to come out of the Doomed arc.
From here we enter into the last five-part story of Supergirl. This time Mike Johnson is back to writing, along with K Perkins. This dynamic duo brings you mystery, Machiavellian cunning, and action wrapped up in a tale of awakening, belonging and friendship. Kara isn't the only Superpowered entity in the universe. On the contrary, there are many. The Crucible has been built to take the best of these beings from their homelands. To train them to be the best they can be. So they can promote peace, harmony, and prosperity on their planets. To do this, they are grouped into teams. However, when something happens on Tsavo's (one of her teammates) homeworld a dark conspiracy is unveiled. Kara, Tsavo, Maxima, and Comet head off to confront the villains of the piece.
The artwork by Emanuella Lupacchino fits perfectly with this brighter storyline. Ray McCarthy inks it just right. And, HiFi hits the POP and WOW factors by adding the colours. Now, for the earlier stories, I loved the art of Mahmud Asrar. Though, I have to admit his style wouldn't have worked so well here. It's all a question of atmosphere creation.
Though everything is great and the climax of the story is superb, it's the open-endedness of this climax which spoils the entire thing. They knew the run was ending so it would have been nice to have a full stop at the end and not...
Also included in this is Supergirl: Futures End Tie-In. Which also, unfortunately, gives the reader more questions than answers. Written by Tony Bedard we have slipped five years into the future. Supergirl has been missing. Now she's back and she's brought a friend... Cyborg Superman. Can these two possibly be a team? What do they want on Earth? These questions do get answered so it's not such a loss. But this is only a teaser to get you to pick up Futures End (which I would highly recommend to all - it's an EPIC - and I loved it.).
If you've read the other volumes and you "really" have to read this then pick up a copy. It isn't all bad - but remember, you have been forewarned.
September 1, 2021
Después de los quilombos con el anillo rojo, Supergirl regresa a la tierra al momento en que concluye la saga de "Superman: Condenado" aprox. Con la atmósfera cargada de Kryptonita, cae debilitada y es puesta a salvo por un muchacho lisiado de su misma edad, con la que establece una conexión medio romántica. Luego tenemos un team-up con Red Hood y una resignada Kara trabajando en un Cafe intentando llevar una vida normal.
Pero como parece que la historia no avanza por ese lado, Kara es abducida por una especie de Superescuela de Héroes espacial llamada "El Crisol". Allí la colocan en un grupo de trabajo (Entre ellos un Comet edición New52, nombre ya muy repetido en los comics de Supergirl a lo largo del tiempo) y estudia sobre cuestiones generales de planetas, culturas y entrenamientos, buscando siempre el factor Líder entre todos los alumnos. No pasará mucho tiempo para los problemas porque un profesor de la academia tiene sus planes para armar un ejercito de Clones e imponer su propio orden galáctico. (bostezo).
Al finalizar la fiesta, Kara decide volver a la tierra para intentar vivir al fin. Pero para su sorpresa, se lastima, sangra y siente hambre... una muestra de que esta perdiendo los poderes.
Como un extra, el tomo trae el especial del "Future's End".
El tomo pasa sin pena ni gloria. Es el final del período New52 para la serie de Supergirl. Kara volverá a aparecer para la saga de "Los Días Finales de Superman". Pero por su lado, nunca nos vamos a enterar porque perdía los poderes. Recién en algún numero de Action Comics dirá al pasar que fue por culpa de Vandal Savage y un meteorito. No hay una intención de cierre precisa... de hecho termino en el #40 a diferencia de otras series que siguieron hasta pasados los #50.
En conclusión general del run, podría decir que tuvo un muy buen inicio, una estabilidad de serie estándar en el medio, una subidita en La Llegada de H'El y un buen ascenso al climax hasta llegar con los Red Lanterns. Pero este último tomo parece arañando paredes. El enfoque de soledad que dan sobre el personaje queda bien definido y con una adaptación que no parece llegar nunca, que de pronto es mucho mas realista si se quiere para alguien que perdió todo su planeta. Sin embargo, esto se extiende durante todo el Run, dejando como una falta de integración al resto del universo DC. De hecho la relación con la única familia que le queda, Superman, no es buena en ningún momento, y aca es donde creo que tendrían que haber ahondado más en el asunto familiar y no una negación constante al respecto. Quedan pendientes muchas preguntas, como que paso con el bicho que aparentemente sobrevivió en la fortaleza de la Soledad, que paso con Cyborg Superman B, o a donde demonios apuntaba la relación con el terráqueo paralitico... porque queda ahí sin resolver nada... y Silver Banshee? No le hablo nunca mas? Quizás estas cuestiones continúen en el período Rebirth, pero no estoy muy motivado de leerlo... las ilustraciones no me agradan y tengo entendido que quisieron asemejarlo mas a la serie de TV, lo cual de entrada como idea parece forzado.
Pero como parece que la historia no avanza por ese lado, Kara es abducida por una especie de Superescuela de Héroes espacial llamada "El Crisol". Allí la colocan en un grupo de trabajo (Entre ellos un Comet edición New52, nombre ya muy repetido en los comics de Supergirl a lo largo del tiempo) y estudia sobre cuestiones generales de planetas, culturas y entrenamientos, buscando siempre el factor Líder entre todos los alumnos. No pasará mucho tiempo para los problemas porque un profesor de la academia tiene sus planes para armar un ejercito de Clones e imponer su propio orden galáctico. (bostezo).
Al finalizar la fiesta, Kara decide volver a la tierra para intentar vivir al fin. Pero para su sorpresa, se lastima, sangra y siente hambre... una muestra de que esta perdiendo los poderes.
Como un extra, el tomo trae el especial del "Future's End".
El tomo pasa sin pena ni gloria. Es el final del período New52 para la serie de Supergirl. Kara volverá a aparecer para la saga de "Los Días Finales de Superman". Pero por su lado, nunca nos vamos a enterar porque perdía los poderes. Recién en algún numero de Action Comics dirá al pasar que fue por culpa de Vandal Savage y un meteorito. No hay una intención de cierre precisa... de hecho termino en el #40 a diferencia de otras series que siguieron hasta pasados los #50.
En conclusión general del run, podría decir que tuvo un muy buen inicio, una estabilidad de serie estándar en el medio, una subidita en La Llegada de H'El y un buen ascenso al climax hasta llegar con los Red Lanterns. Pero este último tomo parece arañando paredes. El enfoque de soledad que dan sobre el personaje queda bien definido y con una adaptación que no parece llegar nunca, que de pronto es mucho mas realista si se quiere para alguien que perdió todo su planeta. Sin embargo, esto se extiende durante todo el Run, dejando como una falta de integración al resto del universo DC. De hecho la relación con la única familia que le queda, Superman, no es buena en ningún momento, y aca es donde creo que tendrían que haber ahondado más en el asunto familiar y no una negación constante al respecto. Quedan pendientes muchas preguntas, como que paso con el bicho que aparentemente sobrevivió en la fortaleza de la Soledad, que paso con Cyborg Superman B, o a donde demonios apuntaba la relación con el terráqueo paralitico... porque queda ahí sin resolver nada... y Silver Banshee? No le hablo nunca mas? Quizás estas cuestiones continúen en el período Rebirth, pero no estoy muy motivado de leerlo... las ilustraciones no me agradan y tengo entendido que quisieron asemejarlo mas a la serie de TV, lo cual de entrada como idea parece forzado.
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February 26, 2024If I had a nickel for every time Supergirl kissed a guy like two hours after meeting him, I’ve have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s irritating it’s happened twice.
Bro I’m so tired of stuff having happened in other comic books that I didn’t know exists
Supergirl fought with Red Hood on WarWorld? What? When? Where did that even happen, you even gonna tell me what comic that was ???
Supergirl and Superboy just killed a bunch of innocent clones ?????? The frick?!?!?!
did this lady just leave a teenager in charge of the boarding school or
Unexplained time skip! Reference to important events we never saw!
Sweet cheese how many boyfriends has this kid had
What the frick!!! Why does it END like that ??? It’s so weird and freaking random!!
You know the ol’ argument against superheroes that they’re bad becuase they cause more harm than good and they attract bad guys to them
Well usually one is able to argue against that
But with Kara here??????????? Bro she destroyed so much stuff all the time and never faced consequences
She attracted bad guys like some people attract mosquitos
This girl was a MAGNET for trouble and a significant source of trouble herself
Ok why she never talk to Siobahn again??? Why???? Sure they argued when they last saw each other but it was ONE ARGUMENT this friendship could be mended she knows where she lives
I think my favorite part of this series is when Kara used her heat vision to toast a marshmallow for Siobahn that’s fun
I think she’s an interesting charater with great potential for a great story so I googled to see if there were better versions out there but everyone was saying that this was like really good and I’m like
🤨
If THIS is the best do I even want to know what else is out there
Frankly I’m disappointed
Bro I’m so tired of stuff having happened in other comic books that I didn’t know exists
Supergirl fought with Red Hood on WarWorld? What? When? Where did that even happen, you even gonna tell me what comic that was ???
Supergirl and Superboy just killed a bunch of innocent clones ?????? The frick?!?!?!
did this lady just leave a teenager in charge of the boarding school or
Unexplained time skip! Reference to important events we never saw!
Sweet cheese how many boyfriends has this kid had
What the frick!!! Why does it END like that ??? It’s so weird and freaking random!!
You know the ol’ argument against superheroes that they’re bad becuase they cause more harm than good and they attract bad guys to them
Well usually one is able to argue against that
But with Kara here??????????? Bro she destroyed so much stuff all the time and never faced consequences
She attracted bad guys like some people attract mosquitos
This girl was a MAGNET for trouble and a significant source of trouble herself
Ok why she never talk to Siobahn again??? Why???? Sure they argued when they last saw each other but it was ONE ARGUMENT this friendship could be mended she knows where she lives
I think my favorite part of this series is when Kara used her heat vision to toast a marshmallow for Siobahn that’s fun
I think she’s an interesting charater with great potential for a great story so I googled to see if there were better versions out there but everyone was saying that this was like really good and I’m like
🤨
If THIS is the best do I even want to know what else is out there
Frankly I’m disappointed
March 21, 2025
Back to school
A very good book, I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. Good artwork and very good story.
Kara is back on Earth she wants to help, but with her disastrous stint with the Red Lanterns and Superman going crazy with the Doomsday infection their is not a great deal of trust for Kryptonians However, she might have found the right person at the right time.
Then it is back to school. Enter the Crucible. An intergalactic school for powered beings, to mould them into the peacekeepers of tomorrow. However, when the facility has different ideas on how to achieve that peace, the school will take a sinister turn. Also, a return of another member of the super-family.
I think a lot more could have been done at the Crucible to show the relationships forming, but everything seems to happen at super speed. Maybe I am just greedy for more. The fights also tended to be one strike affairs. The book finished with a varient covers gallery.
A very good book, I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. Good artwork and very good story.
Kara is back on Earth she wants to help, but with her disastrous stint with the Red Lanterns and Superman going crazy with the Doomsday infection their is not a great deal of trust for Kryptonians However, she might have found the right person at the right time.
Then it is back to school. Enter the Crucible. An intergalactic school for powered beings, to mould them into the peacekeepers of tomorrow. However, when the facility has different ideas on how to achieve that peace, the school will take a sinister turn. Also, a return of another member of the super-family.
I think a lot more could have been done at the Crucible to show the relationships forming, but everything seems to happen at super speed. Maybe I am just greedy for more. The fights also tended to be one strike affairs. The book finished with a varient covers gallery.
November 23, 2019
So apparently K. Perkins wanted to write Supergirl as Harry Potter? We've got her enrolled in a special school for the 'best' of all species, but with conspiracies and corruption and every other school cliche you can throw in. There's almost nothing original in the whole story, and most of the ideas have been implemented better in other places. There's a whole cast of unmemorable characters added, but who have no long term impact. The series ends on a whimper, teasing some change for the character but honestly I didn't care about this iteration of her enough to be bothered. Art is decent, with a fair amount of action sequences, but all of it is in service to a story that just isn't particularly good.
May 1, 2023
Wouldn’t normally include shorter volumes in my yearly reading goal, but this was the end of 40+ issues across 6 volumes I read this year, so I’m counting it. This series overall was misguided and directionless. There were some really interesting and more compelling moments, such as the H’el on Earth event and the Red Daughter of Krypton, but those were too few and far between a mass of largely cliche and muddled storytelling. The artwork is where I’d expect for something published by DC, but nothing super memorable. The series really could have benefitted from a more clear vision for Supergirl’s character and a commitment to storylines for longer than 3 or so issues.
November 5, 2018
The Crucible storyline in Supergirl volume 6 is pretty cool. The idea of a school for the universe’s best and brightest makes a pretty good story. Also awesome to see Maxima in a story not dominated by her love for Superman. I would have read an entire book about the brother/sister relationship between Kara and Kon and their search for Meaning in their lives.
I like the art of the last couple of issues a lot, Emanuela Lupacchini draws a vibrant, strong, young Supergirl.
It seems like Supergirl was just getting her legs again in this volume when her series ended for the Rebirth incarnation.
I like the art of the last couple of issues a lot, Emanuela Lupacchini draws a vibrant, strong, young Supergirl.
It seems like Supergirl was just getting her legs again in this volume when her series ended for the Rebirth incarnation.
April 3, 2019
Kara zostaje nagle zwerbowana do międzygalaktycznej szkoły dla superistot, co ma pomóc jej zostać kompetentną heroiną oraz odpowiedzialnym członkiem społeczeństwa. Szkoła ta jest tylko narzędziem fabularnym, który ma naprostować charakter zbuntowanej nastolatki do statusu znanej i lubianej postaci sprzed flashpointa. Trochę późno i niepotrzebnie, bo seria ta dostarczała powiewu świeżości.
February 10, 2021
A missed opportunity.
The Crucible is actually a good idea. But of course, there are some dark designs going on.
I've read the entire New 52 Supergirl run and it's the same scenario every volume. She's trying to control her powers, she meets someone who just so happens to speak Krytonian, that person uses her trust against her, she beats up said person and flies away.
The Crucible is actually a good idea. But of course, there are some dark designs going on.
I've read the entire New 52 Supergirl run and it's the same scenario every volume. She's trying to control her powers, she meets someone who just so happens to speak Krytonian, that person uses her trust against her, she beats up said person and flies away.
February 11, 2026
A perfect send-off to this series: A trade collecting individual issues lore dumping on non-included event issues that tie into other non-included event issues, one cohesive story line involving a cast of new characters, and ending with an issue implying a 5-year time gap between the rest of the story implying yet another non-included event story.
September 28, 2022
it's great to see supergirl be supergirl. the lone, scared, out of place misfit is long gone, and kara is finally a hero. it's a great overall for the series but the story is kind of who cares. all of the side characters are forgettable and the good guys and gals win. yay
October 15, 2018
Ok read
Ok read, was simplified story and predictable , graphics were well drawn, would read this author again, was typical super man story
Ok read, was simplified story and predictable , graphics were well drawn, would read this author again, was typical super man story
January 5, 2021
Overall kind of uninspired comic speckled with some talented artists, but art alone couldn't carry it.
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