Power Girl #9 preview

[sherkahn]

Thanks to scans_daily, I have come to love me some PG. Here is me sharing the love as issue #9 kicks off and we see that the life of a super hero isn't that glamorous.Newsarama has the preview. Two glorious images behind the cut.





Hey Karen, the cat is trying to tell you something.




And how come this never happens to Clark more often? Looking forward to the rest of the book and how this plays out.

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writer: Jimmy Palmiotti
writer: Justin Gray
art: Amanda Conner
char: Power Girl/Karen Starr

Comments

[colonel_green]

That loaf and that dish were later bestowed in a place of honour in Mr. Paul's house.

[darkknightjrk]

A few weeks later Mrs. Paul will argue with Mr. Paul about the bread.

"But the bread's starting to mold--"
"You don't know where it's been!"

[pyrotwilight]

Ah the use of strategically placed objects continue.

And I can now use the phrase "Lucky Bread".

[halloweenjack]

Long, hard and crusty, the way she likes it.

[birdofprey]

Amanda Conner draws the best facial expressions. She infuses so much character into PG. I love it.

And of course: hahahahah this is great.

[birdofprey]

I forgot the "heat vision shaving." that is just too awesome.

[cmdr_zoom]

ah, cat butt. One of those "little pleasures" of pet ownership.

[cleome45]

That was my first thought, too.

I'm impressed that one can draw in the proverbial one brown eye without invoking the ire of the censors, as well.

[fungo_squiggly]

Ha, Mr. Paul was carrying a bag of Standard Urban Groceries.

[mcity]

Motto.

[bluefall]

This comic has been walking that same fine line between amusingly unselfconscious and exploitatively squicky that defined Byrne's She-Hulk. I'm trying to decide if it's just that my sensibilities have changed since I first read SENSATIONAL or if Palmiotti and Grey are genuinely less deft than Byrne, but they seem to not be balancing quite as well. Maybe it's the lack of fourth wall breaking? If Peej were annoyed with her writers instead of freaked by her neighbor this scene would probably amuse me a lot more and unsettle me a lot less.

[neuhallidae]

I wouldn't mind some fourth wall shattering. Maybe pull a Stranger Than Fiction?

[retro_nouveau]

Ok... I've seen Kryptonians shave, although not like this, but still, and every time I wonder what sort of odor incinerating Kryptonian hair produces. But I've never, never, never seen someone tinkle in canon before. Um, shouldn't we be waiting outside? Just speak up, we'll be able to hear you share how rough your day was through the door.

The towel dropped right behind you on the stairs, silly.

[bluefall]

The towel dropped right behind you on the stairs, silly.

She's a kryptonian, and she's chasing someone who may or may not be a flatscan, but who is at any rate obviously not a Flash. The only possible reason for her not to have pulled on some clothes at superspeed and beaten the guy to the door is an active desire to run around the complex naked, so I'm assuming the towel drop was intentional.

[punishermax]

This would be the BEST apartment complex to live in.

[jaybee3]

One thing I still don't get understand behind the way DC is using pushing Power Girl's title is that it could technically be taken place in alternative DCU for all it takes into account what happening elsewhere (like the whole JSA All Stars thing leadership thing or the fallout with Magog or especially the War Against New Krypton which Didio has pointedly said PG will not even appear in) and yet when it comes to Shazam and the Marvel Family, where readers have been asking DC to take just this approach, DC has refused - and Captain Marvel is a bigger "name" character than PG.

More ironically, Palmiotti and Gray who have written the Power Girl book as a funny whimsical take on super-hero life (abetted by Amanda Conner's art that sells the book) were two of the worst offenders in Countdown in shredding Mary Marvel's character (IMO she should be written like this - minus the nudity), with Gray in particular making one of the most crass jokes about an underage character's virginity I've ever seen from a professional (the one in Wizard magazine about shoving Mary M and Jimmy Olsen and some booze into a closet to get rid of her virginity and thus her "power"). I personally find it odd how well and likable they're writing PG in light of that.

[jarodrussell]

I personally find it odd how well and likable they're writing PG in light of that.

I think you're forgetting just how many karma points it's worth in the comic community to turn an intelligent, serious-minded, A-type super-heroine into an incompetent moron who can't hide her identity from a child. I don't have my graphs with me right now, but I think Software Tycoon Hiding Her Nudity With Groceries is somewhere between Holy Fuck and Metric Shitloads.

[nezchan]

All I can say is, the better this is, the worse JSA looks.

Like it needed the help.

[iskander]

This book is unimaginable without Amanda Conner on it...

[pyrotwilight]

True, the closest person who could probably do facial expressions and make them as evocative is probably Kevin Maguire.

[jarodrussell]

"Hey, let's do a story about a teen with a crush on Power Girl."

"Cool. Are there any teens in the DCU with a crush on Power Girl?"

"Well, there's Toyman."

"I meant anybody who's boring enough to fit in with out pathetic book."

"Oh, gosh no. No. No!"

"Guess we'll just have to create someone."

Hate this book so much. So freaking much.

[pyrotwilight]

I'm still hoping Hiro shows up in the book, he'd be AWESOME for it.

[amancalledblaze]

I am in love with Amanda Connors art..for real.
Can it be legal to marry it?
Cause its just that awesome.

[skywaterblue]

I freaking love this comic and the cute way it does cheesecake. I'm in the 'this reminds me of She-Hulk in a good way' column. Possibly because it does Peej in a way that reads as believable for a female character - cat butt taking a leak, but with laser vision as a short cut for shaving.

[bean_montag]

omg those first two panels

Still lolling

[proteus_lives]

God I love Conner art.

I would love to have her do a Deadpool series.

[thandrak]

It'd be... awfully lumpy. And Big Bertha would appear in it.

oh behave!

[3goodtimes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0fZeySNck

[psychopathicus_rex]

In retrospect, this sort of thing is a very clever means of addressing the problems with the character of Power Girl. I mean, she's one of the more controversial characters in comics because of the whole great-big-boobies-complete-with-window issue. Virtually every time she's mentioned outside of the fandom community, it's as an example of sexism in comics.
So how do you write a character this loaded? Simple - make it part and parcel of who she is. Acknowledge the fact that she's a little ridiculous, and go wild with it! Sexy shenanigans galore! Fightin' crime while lookin' good! Wheeee! (Also, of course, the fact that she's well-drawn as a realistic-looking female character helps quite a bit - if she was being drawn by one of those boobs-the-size-of-watermelons artists, it would be... awkward.)
Also, that pie crust is RUINED, and I don't mean that in any sort of a salacious sense. Them things is FRAGILE - you put 'em down on the counter in the wrong way, they shatter to bits. Mr. Paul is going to have to get a replacement - that crust must be in a million pieces by now.

[cleome45]

No need to waste the crust, though. Just put the fruit in a lightly buttered pan, throw the crust fragments on top with a little brushing of milk or more butter, bake and-- FRUIT CRISP!

[Can you tell that I'm totally bored with talking about super-chests?]

[schala_kid]

I <3 Amanda Conner's art and I am happy to see Dr. Mid-nite! Can't get enough Dr Mid-nite.

[comicoz]

The kid is not mortal, or at least not male.

No male would ever run from a naked woman remotely that good looking, especially naked!PG, even if threats of physical violence were forthcoming.

She covered one naughty bit with "Pie crust"...that's one of those sneaky references you sneak past the censors, huh?

Amen!

[steverodgers5]

The kid is not mortal, or at least not male.

No male would ever run from a naked woman remotely that good looking, especially naked!PG, even if threats of physical violence were forthcoming.

I was just about to say the exact same thing. He should be still standing there, mouth agape, saying "Okay, I can die happy now..Sooo totally worth it!" ;)

Of course he could be gay, or visually impaired, or a lizard alien in disguise or something...

Nice art

[jazzypom]

Peeg's face is so expressive, and its nice to see art that is so dynamic. :D

[nezchan]

I can quit making icons ANY TIME!

I just don't want to.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

I love that she uses her heat-vision to shave. XD

[stubbleupdate]

[darkknightjrk]

Here's what I'm not getting about this preview:

This kid slips the envelope into her, and she goes after the kid and interrogates him. She doesn't get anything from him and let's him go, and after what I presume is her climbing up her fire escape (secret identity and all), she gets a phone call from Dr. Mid-Nite about those photos that were sent to her not even a few minutes ago.

Okay...how does that work? Did he get those pictures too? Is there some pages that were taken out for the preview? These are the only explanations I can think of that makes sense.