Supergirl in "All Men Are But Slaves!" (Not as exciting as it sounds.)

[skjam]

Wrapping up the scans of Adventure Comic #417 with 4 1/3 pages from the thirteen page Supergirl story, "All Men Are But Slaves!"



This scene does not appear in the story.



We open with a young woman begging her father to not grab a rifle, as there are no intruders in the house. The man realizes that Dorothy, his daughter, must be in the conspiracy too, and knocks her out. He runs to the library, apparently does see some intruders,and shoots. The bullets have no effect, and he sees the intruders advancing.

At the hospital, Dorothy is visited by her brother Johnny Drew and his friend Linda Danvers. Dorothy and Johnny's father had been moody lately, and paranoid of all women. He was nowhere to be found when a neighbor investigated and found Dorothy on the floor.

Johnny and Linda investigate the library, discovering the recently-fired rifle and where a stray bullet hit. Linda notices that there's quite a few books on magic. Turns out Mr. Drew was big into mysticism until a short while ago--just about the time he turned paranoid. Linda worries about the possibility that she'll have to deal with magic, one of her major weaknesses. Johnny finds one of the mystic books out on the desk, unusual since his father had stopped reading them. There's a note inside.

As soon as Johnny reads the note, he vanishes. Linda switches to her Supergirl outfit and also reads the note. It whisks her away to another dimension, possibly a mystical one.

Supergirl sees a city off in the distance, but is unable to look closer with her telescopic vision. Her other powers still work, though. She almost flies past the city, which was much closer than it looked--apparently the normal rules of perspective don't apply in this world. In the city, Supergirl is given no more than casual glances by the all-female population.





Yeah, I'm going to presume that Johnmy managed to tick somebody off and was being punished for the day. Because tiny standalone cages in the public square with no toilet facilities? Aren't where you'd keep slaves for more than a few hours. Maybe if you were having an auction?

Supergirl engages the guards, only to have her powers abruptly turn off (as was a recurring problem for her back then. She has some artificial powers thanks to a bracelet created by Zor-El, but they aren't nearly as strong.) Despite her limited powers, Supergirl is still too strong for the guards in hand-to-hand, so they go to their backup plan, summoning a giant monster. It's a tough fight, and Kara barely triumphs over the unnatural beast. And now that the guards have caught their breath, it looks like the finish.




True to her word, the queen banishes the three intruders back to the Drew library on Earth, then burns the note with the secret of dimensional travel. Supergirl leaves quickly, without bothering to tell Johnny about the time differential (but his father should be able to fill him in.) She wonders if Earth will end up that way if its male leaders continue to be warlike polluters. Hint, hint.



Your thoughts, comments?

suggested tags
char: Supergirl/Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers
creator: Joe Orlando
creator: Steve Skeates
publisher: DC Comics
theme: sexism
title: Adventure Comics

Comments

[silverzeo]

Anyone else that Supergirl's red undies were red-panties in one pannel?

[thandrak]

Wasn't someone in Kandor randomly stealing her powers at this period? I never got the full story.

[thandrak]

You know what this reminds me of? No, not Wonder Woman, though it does. That one Fantastic Four story about the teens versus the adults.

[magnetic_regina]

I'm just here to say I love this version of Supergirl's outfit. ♥

[joasakura]

what made this post for me was your title (Not as exciting as it sounds) :GRINS:

[halloweenjack]

Am I the only one who thinks that Skeates wrote this the same day he read "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?"?

[blake_reitz]

Clearly the cage is just a temporary holding area for your men while you go shopping.

What?

[lencannon]

I love her old outfit.

[jlroberson]

Sad man is sad.

[eightleggedbeast]

I like the bit with the 'very, very little pollution'.