Supergirl Vol. 1: Power (Paperback)

by Jeph Loeb (Author), Ian Churchill (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (June 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401209157
• ISBN-13: 978-1401209155
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #374,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not that bad., July 28, 2006

By	Outsider "Titan" (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews

I'll be the first to admit it isnt the best arc ever written. The whole "new girl on a new planet she doesnt know" angle gets beaten to death and becomes quite predictable. However the art is very good and The sotry has some depth, which is more than one may say about a lot of comics out there. Over all its a good read, not a great one, but a good one and most importantly for me, it didnt bore. The effect of black kryptonite was a suprise for me which wasnt expected And the revamping of the characters origin by making her originally older than Kal and then finding herself to be youger than him was quite refreshing.

I bought the individual comics and am planning on buying the paperback.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Maid of Might Takes Flight, May 19, 2007

By	Alexander Heaukulani (Hilo, HI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

'Supergirl: Power' (or as I like to call it 'Kara vs. DCU') is the immediate follow up to the 'Supergirl' story arc in the 'Superman/Batman' series. It documents Kara Zor-El's first adventures as The Girl of Steel and raises a lot of questions about the true motives of her arrival here on earth.

'Power' collects issue #19 of 'Superman/Batman' and issues 1-5 of the regular 'Supergirl' series.

Someone is keeping tabs on Kara, and it isn't Batman. Whoever it is has been setting up disasters around the world to 'test' the new kryptonians abilities. These 'tests' include blowing up the Hoover Dam, sending terrorists to the Eiffel Tower, and shooting down Air Force One. After dealing with Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, and Clayface, Kara goes looking for someone she can talk to, someone to be a friend, someone who can answer all of her questions. Her travels bring her in contact with the Justice Society of America, Teen Titans, Outsiders, and even the League. They all confirm her suspicions; there is something dark inside her. Kara discovers that the person who has been spying on her is non-other then Lex Luthor. After a little showdown she is exposed to black kryptonite and has a 'splitting of the minds' so to speak. Kara has to figure out who she really is, was she a good girl gone bad? Was she always evil? Or is blue, yellow, and red her true colors after all?

The reason I called this arc 'Kara vs. DCU' at the beginning of this review was because it basically is. Kara (in one form or another) takes on all of the major hero's in the DC Universe. She fights Power Girl, Superboy, Wondergirl, Raven, The Outsiders (minus Nightwing), The Justice League, Wonderwoman, Batman, and finally Superman himself. She even occupies a Green Lantern power ring for a short while.

I loved this arc, it wasn't as good as 'Superman/Batman: Supergirl' but it was still good enough to earn a five star rating from me. The art is brilliant and the story is as good as you can expect coming from a literary genius such as Jeph Loeb.

I do however suggest reading 'Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' and 'Superman/Batman: Supergirl' first. I mean, you don't really have to, Loeb provides a quick recap of how Kara Zor-El came to be on earth, but everything will feel a lot more complete if you've read the arcs leading up to this series first.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, December 3, 2006

By	N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I normally associate the name Jeph Loeb with words like "great", "innovative", and "groundbreaking"; but you won't find any of that here with his launch of Supergirl. Going back to his run on Superman/Batman, Supergirl: Power finds Superman's post-Crisis cousin Kara Zor-El donning the red, yellow, and blue suit of her cuz in her first adventures as a super hero. In this collection, she has run-in's with members of the JLA, meets the JSA and more notably her counterpart Power Girl, as well as Superboy, Poison Ivy, and Lex Luthor, as well as a duplicate. Loeb's writing here is below the kind of superhero yarns he usually crafts, which is a gigantic disappointment. His dialogue is weak and the story progression is predictable. There's some small tie-ins to Infinte Crisis, but even for completists of that series, this can be avoided. Ian Churchill's art features the kind of busty babes and muscled heroes you'd come to expect, and it's pretty well done for the most part, despite some cheesecake shots. All in all, Supergirl: Power is a disappointing work from one of the best and most well known names in all of comicdom, and while it may be worth a look for some, it won't hurt to do without it.