Friday, March 15, 2019

Supergirl: Being Super


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Today’s post is on Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki, Joelle Jones, Sandu Florea and Kelly Fitzpatrick. It is 200 pages long and is published by DC Comics. The cover has Kara flying upside down with the earth under her and at the top of the cover. The intended reader is someone likes Supergirl and comic books. There is no foul language, no sex, and mild violence. The story is told from third person close of Kara. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- One Girl. Two Worlds, Infinite Complications.
She's super-strong. She can fly. She crash-landed on Earth in a rocket ship. But for Kara Danvers, winning the next track meet, celebrating her 16th birthday and surviving her latest mega-zit are her top concerns. And with the help of her best friends and her kinda-infuriating-but-totally-loving adoptive parents, she just might be able to put her troubling dreams--shattered glimpses of another world--behind her.
Until an earthquake shatters her small town of Midvale...and uncovers secrets about her past she thought would always stay buried.
Now Kara's incredible powers are kicking into high gear, and people she trusted are revealing creepy ulterior motives. The time has come for her to choose between the world where she was born and the only world she's ever known. Will she find a way to save her town and be super, or will she crash and burn?
Review- In the reboot of Supergirl there is so much to like about it. Kara is very normal, worried about her future, about her powers, and about life in general. She felt very real to me. The plot is about Kara’s powers are not always working, there are earthquakes happening, and then her best friend dies. In spite of the fast plot, I felt like I knew Kara and I understand her emotions and motives. She wants to discover who she is, why does have these powers, and what is going wrong with them. I really liked the art and that Kara was not sexualized, she is sixteen and that is not needed for the character or the story.

I give this comic book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.

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