Symbol Pending - A Power Girl Blog

  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 Firebrand serving drink, to be fair I gu

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-X

 The problem with sites like Mikes, to balance with my previous gushing, is that you get to know every appearance however bit or small. And as it happens we have two issues where Power Girl gets just a single panel appearance. So here are two examples that helpfully come one after another. Targets on Two Worlds Justice League of America #195 Cover Date:   October 1981 Released:   9th July 1981 Power Girl turns up in the traditional JSA / JLA meeting, with her brushing off the advances of Firestorm (again). It's a shame as the rest of the story is a solid one about villains from Earth-1 and 2 slowly teaming up in a plot to take down the heroes. It's a great looking and solid story, just with no Kara in it.   ⋅   Writers:  Gerry Conway  ⋅   Pencilers:   George Perez   ⋅   ⋅   Inkers:   John R. Beatty  ⋅     Colourists:   Carl Gafford   ⋅   ⋅   Letterers:   Ben Oda   ⋅   Editors:   Len Wein   ⋅   Judgment in Infinity Wonder Woman #291 Cover Date:   May 1982 Released:   4th Febru

  A Friend in Need Wonder Woman #276 Cover Date:   February 1981 Released:   13th November 1980 It seems the catch was a little premature as we get a repeat of the catch and the mention of Helena's name, Helena decides to take Sim's home whilst Power Girl decides to check back on the DA's office. Now confession time here, but with little or no real evidence, which is the standard for such things, I get these vibes that Kara is gay or at least bi. It helps that thanks to the format of the comic we haven't really gotten to see any of Kara's private life except with Helena. To my baby shipper brains it looks like Kara is upset that Helena has feelings for Harry. I'm sure that it's not quite what the author had in mind but it's how I like to read it, and you are of cause welcome to read it as just friends being mardy with each other.  Back to the plot and Kara find that Sim seems to be signing the vignette suppression into law, it is obviously the Thinker p