Symbol Pending - A Power Girl Blog

Divided We Stand All Star Comics #68 Cover Dated:  September / October 1977  Released:  28th June 1977 Power Girl step up! They return to their headquarters to see Dr Fate meditating, Flash takes this badly about cosmic calamities before Kara stay how they should now work as a team after the events of the previous issues. It seems that like is a tradition, the Green Lantern has gone bad and wants a Million Dollars or he won't let aircraft land at Gotham International Airport. He seems to have major beef with the Concord, which is very on-brand for the US view of Concord back in the 70s. Whilst the others try and help the planes, crashed and otherwise, mostly Dr Fate but also Power Girl fighting Green Lantern. We also see that Psycho-Pirate turn up to explain how he's controlling GL, before they fly away to cause more drama. We learn that Bruce has figured something was up about the JSA, but thinks all of them as bad as each other. We then get the confirmation that the Fla...

  Attack of the Underlord All-Star Comics #67 Cover Dated:  July / August 1977  Released:  26th April 1977 Holy retcon Power Girl! Instead of just f alling into a pit it seems the three, Power girl, Starman and Wildcat, get dragged down the pit though Power Girl says it was her idea before using one of those cool cloak clasps to call for help. We get some classic bickering between Kara and Wildcat before she just goes all-in and starts beating up the little green aliens, even having a good go at the big bad before the to men get in the way and getting them all knockout. Fate has a quick aside to chastise Bruce for giving up the hero business to be the Commissioner. Its also laying the groundwork that some of the JSA have been acting out of characters, more plot for the future. Whilst the Flash and Hawkman just get themselves almost instantly captured. Power Girl, rightly really, get all pissed that everyone gets upset that she bought everyone down the pit and getting...

  Injustice Strikes Twice! All-Star Comics #66 Cover Dated:  May / June 1977  Released:  22nd February 1977 Start with action I guess so we have the JSA getting their butts kicked by the Injustice Society, the more Silver Age versions of those in the Stargirl. One day I shall see my Kara in a live-action somewhere, because obviously, Geoff reads my little corner of the internet :D. We then flashback to find them arrive back in the 20th Century, so Power Girl can make a comment that there better off to be a man short (she's a feminist you know) and Superman to bounce away to not be in the beatdown. The Injustice League is just the other side of the door yet his superhearing hears nothing! As is standard the team split up with Power Girl going to Alaska with Starman, who decides to sweep up Kara in his arm, her face showing she is far from happy, missing the image of Power Girl showing up in Suadi Arabia. Everyone else bundles down to rescue Hawkman, joined by Doctor F...

The Master Plan of Vandal Savage All-Star Comics #65 Cover Dated:  March / April 1977  Released:  30th December 1976 It all starts so well Kara and her cousin explore what looks like future Earth. They work as a team and begin to figure out whats is going on as they try to track down Vandal Savage in this futuristic city. She even suspects the weird bald man, because Supes doesn't deal with enough of those, of being suspect before they're trapped by Kryptonian draining device #52. Luckily Savage is intelligence but not experience so like any good superhero our two heroes just crash through the wall. Though the spheres are of Anti-matter from another dimension, something that won't be relevant until another ten years or so... More or less straight after that Kara is zapped by the giant floating head of Vandal Savage and strapped to life draining machines part of his plan to regain his immortality. And that's more or less it for Power Girl in this issue so that all everyo...

Yesterday Begins Today! All-Star Comics #64 Cover Dated:  January / February 1977 Released:  21st October 1976 So now is the time we talk about the boob story! As the story goes the artist Wally Wood increased the size of Power Girls breasts seeing how long it was before DC told him to stop it. A good basic summary can be found  here  and here , and its a good Youtube channel in general. And as they spend a good page pointing out she's closed off her boob window its probably a sign that something was said about them about her costume. It's also probably the first time it's bought up about her not having a symbol, in that classic grumpy Kara way. It's also Star Spangled Kid so I can claim a synergy with the new Star Girl series, maybe we'll eventually get Power Girl in the series! (yeah I know but I can dream) Its also a point were it seems that even Kara figures she's gone to far when after dissing Starey Supers of all people just says proved herself and just le...

The Death of Doctor Fate All-Star Comics #63 Cover Dated:  November / December 1976 Released:  24th August 1976 A lot happening here in our little All Star Soap, and very little of it is about Power Girl, but lets try and give a little summary. Fiddler has Wildcat beat up Hawkman, its looks like Ted was an early adopter of MMA as he thinks he's in the ring and I'm pretty sure a choke hold isn't allowed in boxing. When the fight over he regains some of senses he has to fight Grundy who's in full Grundy smash mode. Until in a Deus ex Kryptonian we get the first appearance of Kara, and Clark, who literally pick up Grundy and throw him into a handy nearby volcano. Guess the sun was to far to throw him today! Meanwhile Dr Fate apparently breathes his last whist the rest of the team try to find a way to help him. Until the big bad does a things, that causes something to happen and he wakes up - because Magic! Then this unbeatable big bad goes back into storage, becaus...

To prove my point I like to explore many different forms of media and on a whim, I checked out DC Super Hero Girls which happens to be on ours (UK) version of Netflix. First it's both very short, episodes are around 11 minutes, and secondly its very funny. It's also packed with references to the comic and other classic DC show, as well as various places named after artist and writers it also had call back including the famous Batman '66 movie line "Somedays you just can't get rid of a bomb." So you are saying why mention this on a Power Girl blog, apart from it's good and you should watch it obviously. Well whilst the Kara in the show is Supergirl, and dressed much like 90's Superboy, she's got a brusk personality very much like Power Girl. And this was my thought from the very first episode, and I did wander if it was deliberate or just a need to fill out the six (wo)man band. And wouldn't you know it the series actually addresses it...