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I just read the first issue on DCUI Ultra. It's a blast! I really liked Princess Shark, and was happy to see Streaky and the comb that changes her hair color -- a great relic of her 80s series. And I'm definitely intrigued by the impostor!
Now that I know Richard and Rob are both reading Supergirl I'm glad I didn't spoil the identiry of "the imposter."
I was holding out on DC Universe Ultra because of the yearly fee. I prefer monthly fees. Now that Ultra has a monthly option for only $5 more than what I was already paying, I went ahead for Ultra. I just finished reading Supergirl 2 and 3. I won't get to #4 until Ultra has it. Still enjoying.
ISSUE #3:
The "imposter" uses Black Kryptonite to transform Supergirl into "Satan Girl." the initial conflict is resolved, but the resolution leads directly into #4.
ISSUE#4:
Lesla Lar becomes Supergirl's ward. Lena Luthor allows her to live in her mansion in Midvale as long as her probationary period lasts. Lesla adopts the heroic identity "Luminary." The three young women go out clubbing that night to The Masquerade, Midvale's goth club. Kara is attracted to a hot guy, but fails to get his name before trouble breaks out. Lesla saves Luna Lustrum from the unwanted attentions of Howard Pendergast, but accidentally transforms him into Decay with a small amount of her invention "super-substance," which she is not supposed to have. Kara becomes Supergirl, Lesla become Luminary and they deal with the immediate threat. Unknown to them, however, a little white kitten has ingested some of the super-substance.
I just read #4 on DC Universe Ultra. The story was very original, which isn't something that can be said often.
ISSUE #5:
This issue pairs nicely with Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #4 (which also shipped today), featuring Robin-Corgi.
ISSUE #6:
In the days leading up to Hallowe'en, Supergirl is twisting and turning each night as she is haunted by visions of her past in her dreams, causing her to practically sleepwalk through her patrols. The waking sections are drawn by regular artist (and writer) Sophie Campbell, and the dreaming sections by Rosi Kampe. The Silver Age Supergirl died during Crisis on Infinite Earths. The post-Zero Hour version was introduced in 2005. (The post-Crisis version was a mass of protoplasm from a "pocket universe" and is not germane to the discussion here.) AFAIAC, the current version is different than both of these, but this issue indicates that she and the 2005 version are one and the same. (The new History of the DC Universe "establishes" that the 2005 version is the Silver Age version brought back to life by Darkseid, but I don't buy it.) I would, however, be willing to entertain the notion that the current version is the same as the 2005 version, but with a fuller backstory broght about by "the pounding of Superboy's fists" or Dr. Manhattan or something, but that's as far as I'm willing to go.
This is a very nostalgic series, isn't it? The covers of #3, #4 and #6 each reference specific stories from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Not a fan of the 2005 Supergirl costume, particularly with that body type. Beyond being too directly derivative, it goes beyond implausible straight into suggestive in all the wrong ways. It clashes badly with the personality that any Supergirl is expected to have.
While the costume reflected a style that was in vogue in the early 2000s among some teen girls, they pushed it to the extreme, so that artists came within a close shave of drawing part of a minor's privates every time Supergirl appeared.
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