Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix (2015) #1

Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix #1

by Keith Giffen (Writer), Howard Porter (Cover Art), Hi-Fi (Colorist)

STARRING HEROES FROM ZERO HOUR! What do Supergirl, Lady Quark, and Ambush Bug have in common? Well...nothing, really. But that doesn’t stop them from appearing in this story together. You are SO welcome.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 2015

About the author

Keith Ian Giffen was an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics.

Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.

He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.

He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 3 out of 5]

(B) 72% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-2 and other tie-ins can be found here: Convergence: Zero Hour, Book Two.

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

Note that this review is for the both Convergence tie-in issues, not just the first issue.

This was easily my least favorite of all the Convergence tie-ins, which may partially be my fault. I thought I was picking up a Supergirl comic, but I had no idea that this Matrix story-line was not about Supergirl. But even with that said, I didn't like the opponent she was faced against, Lady Quark, or the gonzo side character Ambush Bug. There may be an audience that loves whatever alternate universe they pulled this from, but that audience does not include me.

[Vinicius · Rating 2 out of 5]

Que bom que a própria DC sabe que uma história da "supergirl" vs Lord volt é algo que ninguém pediu e eles fazem piada com isso, porque sinceramente, que história esquecivel.

Não agregou em nada e só estou lendo porque está no encadernado de convergência superman

[Tim Uriac · Rating 2 out of 5]

That was fun, but why is this called Supergirl if there isn't the real supergirl in it ?
The CW show had more Supergirl of the comics than those two Supergirl matrix.