Supergirl #52

[hero_of_lallor]

Revelations in this issue
-Supergirl in dead in Brainy's timeline, presumably in line with her death in crisis in legion chronology.
-The Brainy/Supergirl storyline continues in the Annual in Autumn which I guess will be the 3rd telling of 'Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends'
-Why Una and Karate Kid don't recognise her in the Countdown tie-ins goes unexplained

Comments

[darkblade]

Well yes this does seem to suggest Brainiac 5 is straight the first page does very little to convince me the same of Kara.

[pyrotwilight]

That makes it sound so tragicky. Sure we'll likely never see her die but it sucks to know she will.

[saralakali]

Well as a Brainy/Supergirl shipper, I'm glad to see it. I also don't have a problem with Brainy being bi so everyone can have their OTPs.

[theanswer]

Una and Karate Kid don't recognize her because Brainiac 5 is the only member of Legion with Pre-Crisis memories.

[bluepard]

I really kind of like the idea of the Brainy who lost his Supergirl coming back in time and meeting Past Supergirl who goes into the future and introduces herself to Past-ish Brainy. Time Loop of Love!

But why didn't Supergirl remember Brainy when the first met? Mind wipe? Isn't this a different Supergirl? Isn't she likely to be predisposed against this Brainiac 5 after meeting the 3boot version?

Maybe I should read the actual comic. Or give up on continuity making sense.

(Brainy is obviously Can Kick My Ass-sexual.)

[khaosworks]

Uh, should that be "a thousand years younger than me"?

I'm just sayin'.

[lieut_kettch]

Well, this Brainy was definitely straight. It was 247-Brainy that was hot for Lyle.

I'm surprised that throughout this arc, Kara never mentions her time with the Legion-Prime.

[cleome45]

BTW, does anyone besides me want to like this art more than they actually do?

Maybe it's the coloring. I dunno'... :/

[liara_shadowsong]

Brainy is obviously bi, LOL. (Possibly Kara, too, it looks like. ;P) But he does have good chemistry with Kara in certain incarnations, and with Lyle in others (and other characters in still more versions... like that cartoon with Clark... but these are the most common ones, it seems). ...Though... time travel and alternate timelines gets confusing pretty fast, doesn't it? (And I want to like this art so badly... But even though I like the coloring and I like the linework, I do not like them very much together. Sad.)

[grazzt]

Someone should post his classic first meeting with Supergirl. He's really so lovesick, he's practically not Brainy.