Symbol Pending - A Power Girl Blog

Rebirth is a strange thing!* The New 52 was, in and of itself, not a terrible idea, a complete reboot to allow new tales with new versions of the same characters. The success of Marvel's Ultimate Universe and DC's Absolute shows just that. The problem was that it was rushed, and no plans were made as to how the new universe works, what was to be kept and what was completely new. And as usual, Batman wasn't rebooted, Batman is never rebooted! So after only five years** DC gave up and gave us Rebirth, and kind of smooshing together of old and new continuity. With this Silver Age wackiness, with a little Bronze Age social consciousness began to leak back into the universe. Both the much-loved*** Woman and Tomorrow and the current Supergirl run lean heavily on this balance of Silver / Bronze boundary, with WoT going more Bronze and Supergirl Silver.  You may ask why I'm waffling about everything but Rebirth itself, well there's not much to tell. Wally Wood is stuck in t...

    MAY 2017 8th MARCH 2017 EARTH 2 - A POTTED SUMMARY When New 52 first started, I was one of those who bought everything, but I only kept two of them: Worlds' Finest and Earth 2. Let me remind you, I knew nothing about Power Girl or the characters of Earth-2. Obviously, I was predestined for all this! I dropped off around the time of Futures End so I missed a lot, and I mean a lot of Earth 2 lore!  So sensibly, we're starting at the very end of Earth 2! Much like the current Absolute universe, Earth 2 was born from interference from Darkseid, this time an invasion that killed the big three of that universe, driving them off. Into that void, new heroes, called Wonders here, step up as versions of the original Earth-2 heroes. Ironically, it's Earth 2 of Alan Scott (Green Lantern) that first made him gay (though, like another Lantern, Kyle, the story also fridges his love interest). In the end, they lose and Earth is destroyed, and what is left of humanity flees on space a...