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Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2
Showcase Presents: Supergirl, Vol. 2
Collects comic books starring Superman's cousin from the planet Kara Zor-El, the teenager who would become Supergirl.
512 pages, Paperback
First published December 16, 2008
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Jerry Siegel
619 books81 followersJerome "Jerry" Siegel, who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S. Fine, was the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster), the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable icons of the 20th century.
He and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.
He and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.
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December 10, 2024
Enjoyable read. I like these collection because they let me easily revisit the comics I read as a kid. Recommended
August 19, 2022
It was interesting to see the progression of the series in this volume. In the first volume, Supergirl was stuck in an orphanage and had to keep her very existence a secret. In this volume, she is adopted and finally revealed to the world. Then things got silly at the tail end of the volume when she ends up in college. It turned into a weird story with her battling the evil, spoiled head of the sorority. It was like Supergirl as Van Wilder or something.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but there were some weird incest and bestiality themes going on here. Superman looks deep into Supergirl's eyes and explains how cousins on Krypton couldn't marry, hinting that he'd like to marry her. Then Supergirl's "stepbrother" gives her a kiss and she enjoys it more than she should have. It turned out to not really be her stepbrother, but it was a weird moment. And finally, Superhorse, who is really a centaur turned into a horse, keeps having romantic moments with Supergirl when he's in human form. Then they frolic together when he's a horse and she's human. Just seemed odd. Dr. Wertham would probably have had a field day. None of this is probably as bad as I make it sound, but it did come across as strange.
Anyway, the art was good as always and for the most part the stories were the Silver Age DC type I've come to expect. Not bad, but a little simple. Overall, if you are into the sometimes campy DC stories of the Silver Age, this is a good volume for you.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but there were some weird incest and bestiality themes going on here. Superman looks deep into Supergirl's eyes and explains how cousins on Krypton couldn't marry, hinting that he'd like to marry her. Then Supergirl's "stepbrother" gives her a kiss and she enjoys it more than she should have. It turned out to not really be her stepbrother, but it was a weird moment. And finally, Superhorse, who is really a centaur turned into a horse, keeps having romantic moments with Supergirl when he's in human form. Then they frolic together when he's a horse and she's human. Just seemed odd. Dr. Wertham would probably have had a field day. None of this is probably as bad as I make it sound, but it did come across as strange.
Anyway, the art was good as always and for the most part the stories were the Silver Age DC type I've come to expect. Not bad, but a little simple. Overall, if you are into the sometimes campy DC stories of the Silver Age, this is a good volume for you.
December 30, 2016
A pleasant surprise considering it was written during the generally stiltled DC Comics in the 1960's, what with its usual one issue only storylines, Gilligan's Island-esque return to status quo all the time, etc.
But I think due to the short nature of the stories, as well as being mostly B-stories in "Action Comics", backing up Superman adventures, allowed for more experimentation and adventurous ideas, serializing Supergirl's adventures in a more exciting way than the pat version of her Kryptonian cousin.
The stories have more imagination than their contemporaries, showing changes to Supergirl's relationship to her friends and stuff, even if temporary. A storyline about her adoptive parents and her real parents was particularly effective and not entirely wiped away by the end of a story.
And it doesn't hurt to have Jim Mooney's art the whole time. Easily the best mix of craftsmanship artwork and relatibility/adventure animations and weird/kooky stuff. Definitely worth the reading alone.
"Action Comics #283" introduces a fun idea that they carry over a couple separate issues, in that Supergirl encounters a series of Red Kryptonite meteors that give her wacky new body types that she has to deal with and her secret identity. A real clever use of the artists imagination, and at least a mild chuckle at its inherent wackiness, as Supergirl has to deal with temporarily being a really big fat person and a werewolf type thing. The werewolf in particular was drawn well and was a compelling story idea.
"Action Comics #300" starts to resolve a storyline from several issues back, where Comet, Super-Girl's super horse, overcomes some issues with amnesia and finds his way back to her. Comet is an example of the use of a varied supporting cast of super powered things and human companions of Linda Lee "Supergirl" Danvers alike, to create a variety of different events between issues. There is a stronger sense of suspense with Comet's story, it feels less linked to the Super-character mythos, and there's a couple changes in setting to keep the pace up.
"Action Comics #321" is about Supergirl inexplicably discovering a superpowered "Supergirl" impostor who is doing bad things to ruin the real Supergirl's reputation.
This issue is emblematic of the strength that happened near the end of the volume, where Linda Lee Danvers goes to college, dealing with new friends and college awkwardness while still maintaining time to fight Supergirl crimes. It really does a good job of humanizing Linda's feelings and creating more complex relations between the real world and the Super world, making the whole thing more relatable for adults as much as a kids superhero comic can be.
So all in all the stories in this volume won't hold up to the modern storytelling scrutiny all the time, but I think some subtle touches in Supergirl's personality help to make her relatable, and the 12 pages per issue structure and at least some storytelling imagination keep it compelling as it goes.
5/5
But I think due to the short nature of the stories, as well as being mostly B-stories in "Action Comics", backing up Superman adventures, allowed for more experimentation and adventurous ideas, serializing Supergirl's adventures in a more exciting way than the pat version of her Kryptonian cousin.
The stories have more imagination than their contemporaries, showing changes to Supergirl's relationship to her friends and stuff, even if temporary. A storyline about her adoptive parents and her real parents was particularly effective and not entirely wiped away by the end of a story.
And it doesn't hurt to have Jim Mooney's art the whole time. Easily the best mix of craftsmanship artwork and relatibility/adventure animations and weird/kooky stuff. Definitely worth the reading alone.
"Action Comics #283" introduces a fun idea that they carry over a couple separate issues, in that Supergirl encounters a series of Red Kryptonite meteors that give her wacky new body types that she has to deal with and her secret identity. A real clever use of the artists imagination, and at least a mild chuckle at its inherent wackiness, as Supergirl has to deal with temporarily being a really big fat person and a werewolf type thing. The werewolf in particular was drawn well and was a compelling story idea.
"Action Comics #300" starts to resolve a storyline from several issues back, where Comet, Super-Girl's super horse, overcomes some issues with amnesia and finds his way back to her. Comet is an example of the use of a varied supporting cast of super powered things and human companions of Linda Lee "Supergirl" Danvers alike, to create a variety of different events between issues. There is a stronger sense of suspense with Comet's story, it feels less linked to the Super-character mythos, and there's a couple changes in setting to keep the pace up.
"Action Comics #321" is about Supergirl inexplicably discovering a superpowered "Supergirl" impostor who is doing bad things to ruin the real Supergirl's reputation.
This issue is emblematic of the strength that happened near the end of the volume, where Linda Lee Danvers goes to college, dealing with new friends and college awkwardness while still maintaining time to fight Supergirl crimes. It really does a good job of humanizing Linda's feelings and creating more complex relations between the real world and the Super world, making the whole thing more relatable for adults as much as a kids superhero comic can be.
So all in all the stories in this volume won't hold up to the modern storytelling scrutiny all the time, but I think some subtle touches in Supergirl's personality help to make her relatable, and the 12 pages per issue structure and at least some storytelling imagination keep it compelling as it goes.
5/5
February 7, 2010
Here Supergirl's secret existence is revealed to the world, she finds her real parents, goes to college and meets Superhorse.
Reading this with my four year old daughter is loads of fun but even she realizes how silly it is. People seem to drive off of cliffs way too often in Midvale. I'm not sure what they'd do without Supergirl there to save them.
Reading this with my four year old daughter is loads of fun but even she realizes how silly it is. People seem to drive off of cliffs way too often in Midvale. I'm not sure what they'd do without Supergirl there to save them.
April 5, 2016
Linda Lee Danvers, secretly Supergirl, can be downright clueless when it comes to love and women's lib. She kisses a merman, a centaur-turned-horse-turned-man, an android, an alien and an earthling here. Wake up already and make a play for Superman! So what if you're cousins? You folks are from Krypton, that don't mean a thing over there!
September 26, 2014
waste of time.
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