Supergirl: Rebirth #1

[superboyprime]

Comments

[agharta75]

It's Supergirl's new friend - Super-Werewolf!

[coldfury]

Well, they're adopting the voice of the TV show rather quickly. That's a hard right turn away from the bratty 'You're not my real Dad' snotty teenager they've been pushing since Superman/Batman reintroduced the character.

Not complaining, mind you, just amusing to see how hard DC/Marvel are willing to lean into the media versions of their characters when it suits them, even when it strains continuity past the breaking point. (Coulson, anyone?)

[kalanyr]

I thought Nu52 had a different take to the pre-Nu52 DCU already ? Admittedly I don't think it was anything like this either though.

Not that the pre-Nu52 version was particularly consistent either, she went through like 5 histories and backstories by like issue 30, which they decided to eventually explain as Kryptonite Poisoning.

[ozaline]

Yeah the brattyness was abandoned with the Kryptonite poisoning retcon for the most part... and the New 52 run, she did have some issues with Kal-El, but she was mostly trying to find her place in an unfamiliar world, and I don't think this run is much at odds with that especially that she's had time to learn to fit in.

I really liked both Sterling Gates, and the Michael Green/Mike Johnson runs (I especially hope Siobhan from the later run is still in canon).

[coldfury]

Bratty might be unfair, but I think that the Nu52 Supergirl was still rather standoffish to Clark from the bits and pieces I've seen. I mean, most of their interactions were tied into her saying, "No, you're stupid" and trying to work with Hel to bring back Krypton, until she wasn't, right?

[mrstatham]

They hadn't had the Superbrat take on the character since Sterling Gates took over pre-New52. New52 had the fairly compelling 'unfamiliar alien' take which was pretty compelling. So really, I think it's fed into a pleasant circle, with the TV show using decent stories as inspiration, and the book feeding off of that.

[bradygirl_12]

Poor Lar-On can't catch a break.