Phantom Power

[stubbleupdate]

I said last month thaat It used to be that when DC solicits came out, I checked immediately if Ex Machina was out that month. It never was.

Now the first thing that I do is check the Power Girl solicit, to see who is starring in her book.

You can imagine that each day of reboot announcements without Power Girl led me to be more and more nervous about the fate of the one DC book that I'm picking up and enjoying (Supergirl isn't that good, though I'm eternally optimistic about the next issue).

She's not got her own reboot title. Perhaps she'll part of the expanded JLA lineup, so I can enjoy her being part of the wallpaper like Ms. Marvel is in New Avengers.

I'm just grumping, which I'd rather not do. I'm disappointed.

Instead, I'll post some of the Gray/Palmiotti/Conner run of Power Girl aka Busty Airborne Lass






And the Adam Hughes variant cover for the first issue of her solo series featuring the costume that Jim Lee would not dare to redesign.

Comments

[jlroberson]

Connor. Hughes. The inarguable justifications for this costume.

[betaraybetty]

I refuse to acknowledge any other permutations.
High neck + big round hole or nothing (eheheheh) :]

[nezchan]

So is official now there won't be a Peej book in the fall?

[stubbleupdate]

They've announced 52 books. None of them are Power Girl

[darkknightjrk]

Yeah, sad we won't get any big Karen action with this new line--but who knows? Maybe after a while, when some of the books fail, maybe they'll give her a new title too. :)

[stubbleupdate]

Let's look forward to seeing her confirmed as a second/fifty third choice title

[jeyl]

"Perhaps she'll part of the expanded JLA lineup"

Because if there's one thing that cheers me up about female heroines not continuing their own solo titles is the knowledge that they'll be support characters in a heavily male run league.

If this happened to Batwoman, there would be blood in the streets. Heck, even saying that she would show up on occasion in some other character's solo gig would be worse. Because at the end of the day, they don't believe she's worthy.

[arbre_rieur]

Well, one difference at least is that BATWOMAN sold well, while POWER GIRL was one of DC's lowest-sellers, I believe.

[proteus_lives]

I would buy an "Busty Airborne Lass" comic.

[auggie18]

You aren't alone there.

[terabient]

Power Girl and Birds of Prey have been the only DC comics on my pull list for awhile. Where am I going to get my heroine fix after September? :(

[star_of_airdrie]

I refuse to make a Methadone pun...

I am not seeing nearly enough of the womens...

[q99]

Yea, one of the problems here; lack of heroine power. Well, aside from the big names at least.

You could go Top Cow and try Witchblade :)

[blackruzsa]

That cover... the faces amuse. But it is quite gorgeous.

Busty Airborne Lass. Please DC, please?

[thormonger]

I'm going to miss Power Girl's solo series. :(

[stubbleupdate]

I turned to Power Girl when Ms. Marvel stopped.

[flidgetjerome]

I'm not that concerned about her long-term prospects, she's at least a popular enough character to get a mini-series every few years and I wasn't really enjoying Winick on the title anyway.

What I am pretty worried is what this whole reset/rewinder/merger is going to do to her backstory. I mean, we just got her continuity snarl more or less settled, I'm not looking forward to having to go through that mess again before DC realises once more that, yes, they should have probably stuck to the original origin.

[superboyprime]

I think there's a good chance her maze of a backstory is precisely why she was left out of the relaunch. I mean, it's far from the most new-reader friendly of origins.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

*sulk sulk sulk* All my favorite heroines are gone. No Oracle, no Steph, no Cass, and no PG. *SUPERSADFACE*

[nickfury90]

Is she defending Batman from lightning with her breasts?

Those things can just do it all, huh?

[biod]

I like to think that the lightning is just naturally drawn to her bountiful bossom.

[feyandstrange]

I'm gonna go re-read these now and enjoy the days when Terra couldn't find her costume and fought crime in her socks.

Feeling less and less optimistic about the new runs.

[stubbleupdate]

I went to buy them on Amazon but the first TPB looks like it's out of print, since it's available for £35 on Marketplace

[jlbarnett]

there seems to be either no room for positve female heroes in this relaunch, or there's nothing about them worth mentioning besides they exist.

The only thing we know about Wonder Woman right now is she wears pants and lets a beligerant thief run around calling herself Wondergirl.

[q99]

Voodoo tends to be one of the nicer Wildstorm heroes. And Babs (though she's just taking the place of an even more upbeat heroine).

[shanejayell]

According to this DC is 'resting' the JSA, and I assume Powergirl.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/11/saturday-runaround-stan-lee-and-the-playboy-bunnies/

“We have decided to rest this concept while we devote our attention on the launch of the three new Justice League series. As for other characters and series not part of the initial 52, there are plenty of stories to be told, and we’re just getting started.”

[rdfox]

Well, given this non-answer ("No, we're not dropping it, we're just... resting it. For an indeterminate length of time. While we try to relive the early 90s with multiple GRIMDARK Justice Leagues instead."), and the fact that I haven't said it in *this* post yet...