Earth 2 Powergirl and Supergirl Finally Encounter Each Other

[superfangirl1]

SUPERGIRL #20

Written by MICHAEL ALAN NELSON

Art by MAHMUD ASRAR

Cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO

On sale MAY 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Supergirl is dead—Long live Supergirl! Or so it seems as the strange connection between the Karas has Power Girl becoming Supergirl again.

Comments

[darkknightjrk]

Man, Peej is just really diversifying her wardrobe in May! :O

Seriously, though, I've been looking forward to these two meeting for a while. Though I can't imagine it ending well, with Supergirl screaming "CLONE!" and punching and kicking and heat-visioning Peej's costume off.

[icon_uk]

and heat-visioning Peej's costume off

That might explain the return of the boob window.

[silicondream]

Based on that cover, I'm imagining Kara_1's S-shield tearing off and sticking to Kara_2 after they have a mournful bust-to-bust embrace at 200,000 PSI.

[lieut_kettch]

*forms mental image in head*

I'll be in my bunk...

[halloweenjack]

Though I can't imagine it ending well, with Supergirl screaming "CLONE!" and punching and kicking and heat-visioning Peej's costume off.

We obviously have a profoundly different idea of "ending well."

[remial]

I'd buy that issue...

can they do it in a giant vat of Jello?

:P

[insolent_one]

But if she's Supergirl and Powergirl becomes Supergirl then Supergirl and girl super...?

[glprime]

Clean up on aisle seven...

[darkknightjrk]

I think you mean:

[lucky_gamble]

That cover, yikes. But the story should be totes interesting.

[nightauditguy]

Many fanfics will be written

[ap0cryphal]

that is one terrible, terrible cover. What's up with Nu-52 Supergirl's ribcage? Is she a Durlan? A Martian?

i mean, does the editor not get that DISTRESSED HEROINE + TITS + ASS = CREEPTASTIC?

[lissa_quon]

You mean did the editor working for DC not get how creeptastic this cover is?

I think DC right now is running on a different level of "acceptable" than common taste.

[skemono]

What gets me about it is that Power Girl is holding Supergirl in that pose. It looks like she's positioning Supergirl to point her breasts at the cover, while looking straight at us and going "Psst! Reader! Take a look at these!"

I also have no idea what's going on with Supergirl's cape there.

[kaileighblue]

Because typically as an artist you want their faces to be seen by the viewer unless you can't avoid it or trying to be mysterious.

[ladymoondancer]

I thought the exact same thing! Why you gotta tilt Supergirl like that, Peej?

[silverzeo]

Anyone else wanting to re-reead the Batman/Superman issue with all the Supergirls saving Supes?

[dustbunny105]

Supergirl looks less dead than dozing, imo.

[darkknightjrk]

"Okay you scum-sucking maggots, who replaced Supergirl's narcolepsy pills with Skittles?!"

[dejadrew]

Honestly, I'm most annoyed by how the pose/expression seem to be somehow at odds with each other and with the situation.

Peej's face is "grr" (albeit a bland prettified grr that leaves no wrinkles in the forehead or lines around he mouth) but there's no tension in her arms and shoulders. Her arms are supposedly holding up SG's body, but they don't LOOK like they're holding up anything, they look like they're just placed there. SG looks like she's holding herself up on her elbows, thrusting upwards.

She's sitting straight upright, not leaning forward at all, either in challenge to us the viewer (who, judging from her kinda-expression, are filling in for something she is mad at) or in protectiveness over Kara. Her body is just WAY too damn relaxed.

Peej's left knee is way the hell away over there, I don't know where her right knee is behind the cape (and holy crap that is a f**kton of cape). Possibly she's been drawn in the process of gently laying SG on the ground shortly before kicking someone's ass for this, but the pose isn't quite reading that way, possibly because of the too-upright spine. If she's cradling SG in her lap, her knees need to be over here to MAKE a lap.

Just... yeah. There's no emotion in this scene whatsoever. It's just been completely drained of any intensity, pathos, or urgency by the poor body positioning.