Review of
DC
Universe Rebirth Supergirl Vol. 3 Girl of No Tomorrow
ISBN 9781401278243
Five out of five stars
In reading this
reboot of the Supergirl character, it is clear that the people at DC have
learned a lot from the Marvel days of Stan Lee. Supergirl is still extremely
powerful, but she is now vulnerable with problems and faults, something that
Stan Lee designed to perfection with his Marvel characters, specifically
Spider-Man.
Supergirl is
now a young woman that female readers can relate to. She expresses self-doubts,
she has male parent difficulties and her “civilian” clothing is very stylish.
With all of this going on, she still finds time to battle the evil ones that
threaten to take over and destroy her city.
Another
interesting feature of this story is that the Lex Luthor equivalent is a
strong, ruthless female executive that gets things done using tactics that
would make Lex proud and envious. Luthor was always the best antagonist for
Superman, a mortal that was always on the verge of defeating Superman. There
are other protagonists, one of which is female and utters the line that only a
woman could utter when describing her surroundings, “It’s so beige.”
This is a
character reboot that even older males such as me with a long history of
reading comic books will find entertaining.
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