Symbol Pending - A Power Girl Blog

SPIN CYCLE JSA 80-PAGE GIANT Published:  18th November 2009 Cover Date:  January 2010 Cover Artists:   Freddie E. Williams II Writer:   Jen Van Meter Penciler:  Jesus Merino Inker:   Jesse Delperdang  Colourist:   Allen Passalaqua Letterer:   Rob Leigh Editors:   Chris Conroy Introduction This is five mini-stories that made a whole tale, revolving around the relatively new character of Cyclone who's been thrown back in time, because comics!  Cyclone, as I'm sure you all know is the teenage granddaughter of Ma Hunkle, the original Red Tornado, and DC's first female superhero! Coming out of the same comic as Alan Scott's Green Lantern it was obvious that Ma would be made at least an honour JSA member, being one of the few of the team that's been allowed to grow and stay old. As I seem to struggle to cover a single 22-issue comic I won't try to cover everything, besides the only one that contains Power Girl is Spin Cycle, so that is the one I'm going to cover t

  THE CRATER THAT WAS KEYSTONE CITY SHOWCASE #99 Published:  17th January 1978 Cover Date: A pril 1978 Cover Artists:   Joe Staton / Dick Giordano Writer:   Paul Levitz Penciler:   Joe Staton Inker:   Dick Giordano Colourist:   Adrienne Roy Letterer:   Shelly Leferman Editors:   Joe Orlando Introduction Apart from a few pages, we're well out of the formation of the rebooted Pee Gee, instead, we see how she'll work with the rest of the JSA. Now those bits are very important, but that doesn't mean the rest of the comic isn't interesting in itself. Synopsis We start with a full splash page of Brainwave ranting that his computer can't find Power Girl, with the computer apparently using a beauty shot of the woman herself! Meanwhile, Kara herself is finally setting up a secret identity, with the help of Andrew Vinson, she's become Karen Starr a software expert (it was the 70s you have to excuse them not knowing what a programmer was) getting a job at Ultimate Computer