Symbol Pending - A Power Girl Blog

Crisis on Infinite Earths #7-12 Cover Date:  October 1985 to March 1986 Release Date:  4th July to 19th December 1985 Infinity Inc #24-25, 27 Cover Date:  March 1986 to June 1986 Release Date:  19th December 1985 to 20th March 1986 A quick apology here but this one get's a little long, and a little ranty, with issue #7 being so important it didn't seem fair to tack it onto the end of the last blog. And being the end obviously the more important stuff comes towards the end. And for the first time, of many, here I do really like this series. It's obviously flawed, and I will mention a few of the here, but overall it tells the tale it was tasked with doing competently. Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 - "Beyond the Silent Night" ( October 1985) Have you ever watched a show and suddenly an underused character gets all the action and the best lines, before being killed off? This is what happens with Supergirl here, no use burying the lead here it's probably the second...

With Crisis winding down and only a few more comics due before all the stuff pre-Crisis comes to an end I'm making a minor change to how I cover the comics. Instead of going strictly chronologically, I'll be skipping around Power Girl's comics. Baring special events the schedule will be two weeks of Early Post-Crisis, Late Post Crisis and nu-52. This will start the last few weeks of April, the plan is the 18th but these things can change obs. To help with this each comic will have one of the following banners: Pre-Crisis (1976-1986) Everything you've been ready so far! Post-Crisis, early (1986-2005) Post-Crisis, late (2005-2011) The split here is around JSA Classified #1 (2005), where they begin to return Power Girl to her Kryptonian origins. And yes that does mean I have to deal with another Crisis this year!  A few comics were published around the same time but are from continuing series, JSA and Bird of Prey, they'll be held back to be at the very end of the ...

Crisis on Infinite Earths is frustrating to talk about. Not because it’s bad, it’s a classic for a reason. Firstly it’s what I’d call a funfair comic, trying to include (and mostly succeeding) every aspect of the soon to be gone DC Universe. Also as one of the first event comics, along with Secret Wars, it ushered in a style of comics that you can say is perhaps now overused. With this rebooting the universe many better authors than me have spilled many words about the impact of Crisis on both the real and fictional universe. Finally, this Crisis doesn’t do Power Girl a service, she cameos in about half of the story but only really plays a part in the last few issues, still let’s look at the entire thing as a whole including her fleeting appearances in Infinity Inc. Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-6 Cover Date: May 1985 to September1985 Release Date: 3rd January to 6th June 1985 Infinity Inc #21-22 Cover Date: December1985 to January 1986 Release Date: 19th September 1985 to 17th October...

Aftermath -- and Prologue Infinity Inc #11 Cover Date: February 1985 Released: 15th November 1984 So you've spent almost a year setting up your team, all the new backstories and the building threat of the one big bad. Now he's defeated what do you add now? More backstory! Yes, this issue tells the tale of how the Star-spangled Kid has reconnected with his partner Stipesy, just a few weeks ago, to help defeat a plot of some gangsters. It involves armoured automobiles and seems pretty solid, but it's totally out of the blue and brings all the momentum of the tales to a screeching halt. It's a shame as the issue has start's really good, and with a Power Girl moment to boot, with the now recovered Superman wondering if the Metropolis could ever forgive him for what he's just done. He even claims that it means that he's never really been at home on Earth, which works better for the juggle planet Supes compared to the more "down to Earth" modern Supes w...

Not every appearance of Power Girl is worth a full write up, here are all the single panel appearances of Kara until Crisis. Secret Society of Super-Villains Vol 1 12 (Janurary 1978) The Plunder Plan! Green Lantern Vol 2 110 (November 1978) The Doom of Dragon-Fire Secret Society of Super-Villains Vol 1 15 The Wizard's War of the Worlds DC Comics Presents Vol 1 38 (October 1981) Whatever Happened to...the Crimson Avenger? Wonder Woman Vol 1 285 (November 1981) The Man in the Murder Ward! Wonder Woman Vol 1 300 (Februray 1983) Beautiful Dreamer, Death Unto thee! America vs. the Justice Society Vol 1 1 (Janurary 1985) I Accuse America vs. the Justice Society Vol 1 4 (April 1985) D-Day for Degaton We also get several pages of her testifying on behalf of the JSA, but it's mostly recaps of old All-Star stories. DC Comics Presents Vol 1 72 (August 1985) Madness In A Dark Dimension! Infinity Inc. Annual Vol 1 (December 1985) Green Dreams & Precious Illusions Legends of the DC Unive...

A Dark and Deadly Place Infinity Inc #10 Cover Date:  January 1985 Released:  18 th October1984 We start with a glorious splash page with a fourth world break, with Ultra-Humanite apparently addressing the reader. Instead, he's addressing our water affected JSAers and offers them more of the water so that the effects won't wear off again (maybe permanently, though it's not made clear). And whilst they consider whether to fight him of not the Infinity Inc began to gather around the mountain in ones and two's. As they do they share information to get all of them, and the reader, up to speed on what has happened over the last few issues. And all together and up to speed, they decide to just crash into the place to finally, finally, face the Ultra-Humanite. This genius of a plan is obviously come to by our one and only Power Girl, who's never been one to give up on a frontal assault! She does however get take out straight away by Superman melting her lead scroll tube, m...

How Green Was My Victory Infinity Inc #9 Cover Date:  December 1984 Released: 20 th September 1984 We open by finding out what happened to the Star-Spangled Kid and Brainwave, Jr, no they weren't crushed by the avalanched caused in #7 but were instead transported to Limbo where they meet the original Brainwave. Old Brainwave is in his Golden Age Doctor Sivana look, which avoids confusion as he's also taken on exactly the look Junior is wearing here. After a quick round of explaining how he was a bad dad, and that Junior's mom is Merry and the sister of Star-Spangled Kid, Senior explains whilst he could transport them to Limbo none of them can leave. Obsidian and Jade are watched leaving the JSA headquarters by Harlequin, an old foe of the Alan Scott Green Lantern. But enough continuity references for this issue it's time for the main point of the story fighting Green Lantern in spaaaccceee..... First Starman has a go at defeating the Lantern but is caught by an illusion...

Atomic Dreams - - Nuclear Nightmares! Infinity Inc #8 Cover Date:  November 1984 Released: 16th August 1984 We start with a bit of a double-dip as we get a (nice) full-page splash of the group of the heroes over the, apparently, unconscious form of Steve Trevor. We then go through how Diana wanted to gift him with immortality as she was watching him get older whilst she aged much, much slower. They then have a spat about whether to take him to a nearby hospital or to Paradise Island, Wonder Woman still being under the influence and all. After a quick scuffle, she flees in her invisible jet with Steve to get him looked after. Then talking of hospitals we visit Jay Garrick (Flash) recovering in hospital and talking with the Mayor from earlier in the story. Dr Mid-nite and Shiera rock up to find out what's happening, which helpfully means we can get an update in the story so far and Infinity Inc's involvement in the whole thing. The Alan Scott (Green Lantern) hijacks the signal, ...