Two “Girl” Comics and a Buffy: My Lady-est Week Ever
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Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #6
Grant Morrison does an excellent fill in on the final issue. No. But seriously, this issue had some time traveling, multi-universal craziness worthy of Final Crisis. In a nutshell, Mr. Mxyzptlk makes everyone trip out, and Supergirl saves the day. I really loved this series, and I feel like other creators of all-ages comics should use this as their template: it was fun, had wide appeal and used familiar tropes but also had its own thing going on. And it came out regularly, so kids (and adults) didn’t lose interest. (I’m looking at you Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam. Great book, but c’mon! You’re not Optic Nerve!)
Power Girl #1
I feel pretty invested in Power Girl as a character. I guess ’cause she’s often been such a joke, or she’s been the iconic image of why comics are just for dudes. So I totally love the way Palmiotti and Conner make her not suck. I love how she can be funny and brave and cute and relate-able! That said, I found this issue a little lackluster, and just not as emotionally engaging as I was expecting. It was the first issue though, so I’ll quit my complaining until a few more come out. I did love the way Power Girl looked, especially her boots! Those round buckles! I loved when that dude called her "Pee Gee." And I was really into her grumpy cat.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #25
The Buffy comic was losing me for a bit there, as the stories seemed a little forced and not totally fresh. But this issue pulled me back in. It was nice to wrap up the Dawn storyline that’s been naggingly unresolved since the first issue of the series. I felt like the conclusion was honest, and even told us that Dawn is a bit a like her big sister, and maybe sleeps with people for the wrong reasons. There was some nice Xander and Buffy dialogue and Buffy even mentioned watching Veronica Mars! (A little late to name-drop this sadly canceled show, but still cool. Although, if this season eight comic takes place the year after Buffy the show ended [and the show was always on the same time-line as real life], then Veronica Mars wouldn’t have even been on yet when the events in this issue took place!!! How did Buffy get those DVDs? Did Superboy punch a hole in the world?)
Anyway. How ’bout that Jo Chen cover? Perverted!
Man, I feel like I should buy Buffy because it mentions Veronica Mars. And because of the pure awesome that is ze cover.
In Mike Kunkle’s defense, at the NYCC’s Johnny DC Panel they mentioned that some personal issues came up (obviously not saying what), and they have announced a filler team to keep the comic going.
Grant Morrison should be wishing he was Landry Q. Walker after this comic. :)
Theres supposed to be a gap between Buffy’s last “appearance” (final season of Angel sort of) and the start of Season 8. Or VM came out sooner in the Buffy-verse…
ShadowWing Tronix: Aw, that’s too bad about Mike Kunkle. I do really love his work on that book. I’m sure that lots of creators have totally legitimate reasons for their stuff coming out late, it is just hard to keep with a title that’s often delayed.
lurkerwithout: Buffy did do some time-traveling lately. Maybe she managed to pick up Veronica Mars somewhere between the Fray universe and home.