Symbol Pending - A Power Girl Blog

  Master of Worlds and Time All-Star Squadron #15 Cover Date:   November 1982 Released:   26th August 1982 The first few pages, obviously working on the idea readers of All-Star Squadron don't read the JLA, sum up the story so far as told by the big bad of the story Per Degaton. It does start with a lovely splash page of the three teams, though they're not standing quite with how the captions explain the two teams. As usual, it seems Firestorm is hitting on Kara again, alas we don't hear the pitty putdown it looks like she's about to deliver. The explanation cuts to the heroes as the JSA explains how they went from the future 1986 back to 1942 and how the nuclear explosion threw them about and needed reusing in the last issue. We then get the President explaining that unless the heroes can find all the nuclear missiles they'll have to surrender to stop the millions of casualties that the attack would cause. And after all that we're now off and onto the plot. As ...

 The Costume of Power Girl (1976 - 1986) The Classic Costume (All-Star #58 to #63) Wally Wood gave Power Girl the boob windowed leotard that is now what most people consider her classic look. By Issue #59 the single clasp for her cloak is altered to two clasps stays, a look that stays with the costume through her entire Pre-Crisis run. No Boob Window (All-Star #64 to #68) Obviously, the powers at having noticed just how busty our hero looked, though her chest didn't get bigger over the issues despite the myths. So they just covered up the boob window but kept the costume as is. Though it's telling that before the edict to cover up Kara is often drawn showing only above the window, except generally in long shots. Though also immediately we get many more full body shots including a predominance of butt shots. For her first story, she doesn't have the red belt she normally wears, though it's back in the next story and stays for the rest of its brief run. Though for some re...

  The Bomb-Blast Heard 'round the World Justice League of America #208 Cover Date:   November 1982 Released:   5th August 1982 We open with the best of all team up cliche's, the misunderstanding fight between the two groups of heroes. The JLA ( Aquaman,  Firestorm,  Hawkman,  Superman,  Zatanna ) newly arrived in 1942 deck it out with the All-Star Squadron ( Commander Steel,  Liberty Belle,  Johnny Quick,  Firebrand,  Robotman) from the era, who want to know what happened to the JSA. Supes eventually gets fed up enough to literally shout for everyone to stop acting like bickering kids, with Robotman agreeing with the sentiment. I know it's mostly my biases, but being used to the Doom Patrol (TV version) this reasonable version of Robotman is weird . Apparently, all it takes is for supes to mention he's from the future to make everyone cool allies, they even had a little get together to celebrate. Though I could have done without Fi...

Crisis Times Three Justice League of America #207 Cover Date:   October 1982 Released:   1st July 1982 This is the twentieth crossover between the JSA and JLA, though I've only done the last four, so we get an epic three-part series! We're still a good four years from the idea of the sprawling multi-part epic, so four issues will have to do for now. Being an anniversary issue we start with all the usual beats with the two teams being excited about the annual team-up. We quickly cover that Zatana is the chairman of the JLA, Firestorm has a thing for Power Girl and a reminder that Helena is Bruce's daughter even if Batman isn't in this one. And as seems just as traditional the beam is intercepted and they're whisked away somewhere else. We then get a lovely splash page as the JLA face the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3! Apart from the silly-looking costume of Owlman, and the obvious reason Batman and Green Lantern are elsewhere, we get a fairly good fight where the Syndic...

  Whilst I'm not all about the reader I do keep an eye on how many look at my mad ramblings. Posted Days between Readers 17 Jun 2019 0 15/61* 24 Jun 2019 7 7 18 Sep 2019 86 17 25 Sep 2019 7 13 16 Jan 2020 113 15 19 May 2020 124 25 25 May 2020 6 19 27 Jul 2020 63 13 20 Oct 2020 85 23 16 Nov 2020 27 14 15 Dec 2020 29 9 12 Apr 2021 118 6 26 Apr 2021 14 3 3 May 2021 7 4 10 May 2021 7 4 17 May 2021 7 18 24 May 2021 7 11 3 Jun 2021 10 18 8 Jun 2021 5 15 21 Jun 2021 13 12 29 Jun 2021 8 15 6 Jul 2021 7 18 13 Jul 2021 7 9 19 Jul 2021 6 14 26 Jul 2021 7 14 2 Aug 2021 7 13 9 Aug 2021 7 4 16 Aug 2021 7 5 23 Aug 2021 7 23 31 Aug 2021 8 7 7 Sep 2021 7 6 23 Sep 2021 16 57 29 Sep 2021 6 14 5 Oct 2021 6 7 12 Oct 2021 7 16 19 Oct 2021 7 6 26 Oct 2021 7 8 2 Nov 2021 7 3 9 Nov 2021 7 43 * 61 views were from the rewritten All-Star #58 As you can see since about May I've been fairly constant with a post a week, with a few fortnights here and there. Though to be fair I've gained and closed a few ...

Countdown to Chaos Wonder Woman #293 Cover Date:  July 1982 Released:   8th April 1982 The first thing here to comment on is this is a Wonder Woman comic so it's her show, though all the other female heroes get something to do, more or less. We however start with our last female heroes to join the quest, Starfire, Wonder Girl and Raven from the Teen Titans. Raven has a major case of the premonitions so they fly off to Paradise Island to get some help from the Amazons. And like any good hero burning a message into a panel so the boys know where they have gone! The one thing that really strikes me looked back is just how tiny Starfires costumes is, more or less a sparkly bikini, especially the back which for some reason we see a lot in this issue. I've nothing against skimpy costumes now and again, but with almost everyone being more dressed and the cheesecake on how it's drawn it really stands out here. Anyway Korri and Donna go to help stop the final horseman on another Ea...

  Seven Against Oblivion  Wonder Woman #292 Cover Date:   July 1982 Released:   8th April 1982 Previously on Wonder Woman a cut-price alien Celestial has come to Earth to render judgment on humanity. Finding us lacking across the multiverse he's using a Disco Ball to summon the Four Horsemen to somehow destroy the Earth(s). Wonder Woman and Zatana stopped famine, but we still have three more to go... All this is summed up nicely on the splash page before Diana and Lois Lane, because obviously, it'd be Lois, have a moment together. And this Lois is pretty amazing sharp and on the ball, but also pretty supportive. Looking into his magic disco ball our alien looks at the options, in some lovely trippy panels, and decides to send Plague to Earth-2. And I got to wonder at this point why this is going on across the multiverse, apart from the fact that Huntress is a backup strip. If we're going to look at Earth's worth destroying for not being up to speck Earth-3 and Earth...