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vibeke_hiatt's review against another edition
3.0
It was OK. After reading Being Super, everything else just pales in comparison.
stevequinn's review against another edition
2.0
Damn. Supergirl was headed the right direction on the last volume, which I enjoyed even though Roghol Zaaaar.
What happened here? The story just fell apart. Many many important hints happened elsewhere and weren’t even remotely explained here.
I’ll give the next volume one. Last. Chance. If it doesn’t improve I’m out.
Also, why did the circle destroy krypton? I feel like it was never actually explained other than “kryptonians bad”.
What happened here? The story just fell apart. Many many important hints happened elsewhere and weren’t even remotely explained here.
I’ll give the next volume one. Last. Chance. If it doesn’t improve I’m out.
Also, why did the circle destroy krypton? I feel like it was never actually explained other than “kryptonians bad”.
katieb94's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ericawrites's review against another edition
2.0
Kryptonian nonsense. An evil stepmother trope with Unpleasant Parent Reveal, Bad Adoptive Parent, and Saint Bio Mother. Plus, romantic jealously ridiculousness. Maguire's art was pretty good.
the_rox13's review against another edition
2.0
Synopsis: We get confirmation that Z'ndr is in fact a spy for Lord Gandelo and she is also his adoptive mother. She thinks that Kara has twisted his mind since he doesn't think she deserves to die and Gandelo tries to kill him - Krypto saves him and they escape, looking for Kara. The Clone Wars plot wraps up when Hokum releases an army of deranged looking cloned Supergirls. Starfire's brother gives Kara a solar boost and she destroys the clones. Hokum escapes to Gandelo, who kills him for his failure.
Kara unites all the stones alone with the axe and relic K'ndr found in the last volume. Basically this is what we're told about Rogol Zaar: Gandelo wanted to be proactive and basically destroy planets that she felt were doomed anyway - the Circle decided against this, but she did it anyway. Eventually the Circle enlisted the help of Rogol Zaar, thinking they could channel his rage, but Glandelo made a deal with him. She will help him destroy Krypton with the device (a device meant to create planets, not destroy them) Zor-El built if he swears his loyalty to her.
Gandelo tracks Supergirl and Z and she and Supergirl duke it out. Supergirl manages to subdue her after Krypto convinces Kara to not kill her. Then Kara is sucked up into space by the axe where Superman and Jon are waiting. Zaar and his cohorts from the Phantom Zone are after Jor-El and they need Kara's help. A battle ensues with Zaar and his followers, and Gandelo is killed by Zaar, but they win and get the axe back. All of them are captured by the Thanagarian Black Guard. This ties in with Superman volume 2 and I'm not even going to go into it. Basically at the end, Kara ends up back on earth.
Review: Meh. There's really no information here to be honest. It's a lot of the same and repeating what's already happened. The ending is kind of a confusing mess if you don't read it with Superman volume 2 and even then. It's unfortunate, because I do enjoy Kara quite a bit and there's a lot of focus on her rage in this volume, which is why the axe works so well for her. I thought it would have been cool if Kara could have kept the axe as a weapon, but it seems to have burnt out at the end.
I liked the character of Z'ndr as well. I hope to see him in future Supergirl comics, but I don't know how realistic that is if the next volume is the last one for awhile since the title got canceled. All well. I wish the Circle stuff had come to something greater than this, but they're always downplaying Supergirl's role in everything. I shouldn't have been surprised.
Kara unites all the stones alone with the axe and relic K'ndr found in the last volume. Basically this is what we're told about Rogol Zaar: Gandelo wanted to be proactive and basically destroy planets that she felt were doomed anyway - the Circle decided against this, but she did it anyway. Eventually the Circle enlisted the help of Rogol Zaar, thinking they could channel his rage, but Glandelo made a deal with him. She will help him destroy Krypton with the device (a device meant to create planets, not destroy them) Zor-El built if he swears his loyalty to her.
Gandelo tracks Supergirl and Z and she and Supergirl duke it out. Supergirl manages to subdue her after Krypto convinces Kara to not kill her. Then Kara is sucked up into space by the axe where Superman and Jon are waiting. Zaar and his cohorts from the Phantom Zone are after Jor-El and they need Kara's help. A battle ensues with Zaar and his followers, and Gandelo is killed by Zaar, but they win and get the axe back. All of them are captured by the Thanagarian Black Guard. This ties in with Superman volume 2 and I'm not even going to go into it. Basically at the end, Kara ends up back on earth.
Review: Meh. There's really no information here to be honest. It's a lot of the same and repeating what's already happened. The ending is kind of a confusing mess if you don't read it with Superman volume 2 and even then. It's unfortunate, because I do enjoy Kara quite a bit and there's a lot of focus on her rage in this volume, which is why the axe works so well for her. I thought it would have been cool if Kara could have kept the axe as a weapon, but it seems to have burnt out at the end.
I liked the character of Z'ndr as well. I hope to see him in future Supergirl comics, but I don't know how realistic that is if the next volume is the last one for awhile since the title got canceled. All well. I wish the Circle stuff had come to something greater than this, but they're always downplaying Supergirl's role in everything. I shouldn't have been surprised.
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