Supergirl 2: Escape From the Phantom Zone

As opposed to the New52 take on Supergirl, this one is inspired by the TV show on CBS/CW. This Supergirl is light, optimistic, and trusting. She can be pretty arrogant at times, but otherwise is alot like the TV version that so clearly inspired her. So many details are borrowed or adapted from the TV show from the focus on National City or Cat Grant or the DEO or the Danvers'. This Supergirl has a life of sorts, and isn't just bouncing hectically from one situation to the other, never spending more than an issue or two in one place which is what the New52 version did.The art is very cartoon-y, looking more manga inspired than Kirby-inspired. Kara gets an outfit and artist that are less geared towards 14 year old boys. The editors clearly are trying to attract girls to this character.

Just like vol. 1 I will give this 3 stars the writing is good but the artwork is definitely falling short in my opinion. I did enjoy the team up with Superman the interaction with his family was the best part of the whole book. I always love a good superhero team up and Batgirl fills that role about halfway through this book but I thought she was a little overwhelming. It seemed like I was reading a Batgirl book and her sidekick is Supergirl obviously I thought it should be the other way around. I mean I bought this because "Supergirl" is the name on the cover.

A drippingly alluring character reboot, my goodness...

Loved it.Big Supergirl fan

It was a gift for my granddaughter and she loved the book.

**BEFORE YOU BUY**If you are planning to read Superman Reborn in the near future, you must read that prior to reading Supergirl Vol. 2. The following issues from Supergirl include full, and complete spoilers from the graphic novel, “Superman Reborn.” That being said, this review is spoiler-free.Review:I thoroughly enjoyed these issues of Supergirl, more so than the last, for three reasons. Hear me out.#1 The team-up with Batgirl:The team-up with Batgirl, I believe, is what DC’s Rebirth is all about. Fixing relationships, making things how they were supposed to be— Batgirl and Supergirl are an iconic duo. And rebirth did it right by pairing the two together in these issues.#2 This serves as— just as good as any— a jumping point to hop on to this series.#3 Most importantly: If you know Batgirl, you know she’s all about logic. Making safe, pre-planned decisions. What makes Supergirl stand out amongst the rest, wasn’t her super strength, x-ray vision, or being faster than a speeding bullet— but for the mere reason that she believes in hope, and putting her life on the line, against the odds, to save her friends. And she did just that in these issues.Conclusion: Supergirl proves in this issue that she is deserving of the S on her chest. She proves again and again to be a symbol of hope.“It’s not an S. On my world, it means hope.”- Superman

This volume collects issues #7-11 of the Rebirthed Supergirl series, along with a team-up story from Batgirl Annual #1, which leads into the title story of the collection.This volume continues with the rebirthing of Supergirl and the morphing of her setting as close to the TV show as they can get away with – see if you can spot her TV show sister in one panel.It also sees a Batgirl team-up and a new “World’s Finest” team established as they share an adventure in the Phantom Zone, though not any Phantom Zone that I remember seeing before. We also get a Superman Family team-up, including dinner with Lois and Jon, as the fall-out from “Superman Reborn” reaches National City.There is a Kryptonian theme running through the stories here, which are linked by Kryptonian technology getting into the hands of people that shouldn’t be messing with things they don’t understand, as the saying goes.Unfortunately (for me, anyway) the artwork if the wrong end of the cartoony spectrum, making many scenes confusing, and the scripting seems disjointed in too many places, if not outright vague, leading to my eyes glazing over as I read through and a complete lack of interest in the story.I have read two other books with cartoony art prior to this, and yet they were enjoyable because the art complemented the scripting, story and characters; whereas here the art and scripting failed to complement each other (other than they both distracted me from the story and characters) and made this an unpleasant book to read. The team has managed to make this less interesting than the New 52 version; no mean feat.

Dans la continuité du volume 1, Kara nous charme, sa candeur, sa naïveté mais aussi sa façon de voir la terre, très différente de Clark qui lui a grandi ici, tout ça offre un personnage Kryptonien qui mélange douceur et puissance, un de mes personnages préféré de l'univers DC.Ce volume 2 offre une continuité et uniformité graphique tout d'abord, le dessinateur reste le même que depuis la toute première page du premier volume. Pas parfait, ce style reste terriblement efficace pour l'expression des émotions et le mouvement des combats, les cases sont fluides et transmettent tout ce que le lecteur doit savoir, sans fioriture.Scénaristiquement, le temps fort de ce volume 2 se trouve relativement au début lorsque Clark explique à Kara tout ce qu'il sait sur la situation globale (à lire en parallèle notamment dans Superman et Superwoman) et offre quelques magnifique moment de Super-famille, assez touchant. Le reste de l'histoire repose sur un duo avec Batgirl, la dynamique est superbe et franchement voir ces deux là, affronter de telles menaces nous montre aussi les perspectives de films potentiels, ça serait vraiment super d'avoir ces deux personnages féminins forts au cinéma ! Xa-du est une menace charismatique mais un poil faiblarde au final, on retiendra surtout la dynamique du duo, la trame du "futur potentiel" avec Emerald et le cliffhanger de fin qui donne l'eau à la bouche !

Awsome story and artwork. Action packed.

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