Thank you! The ONE time they could have gone nuts with the "strong woman" trope is when they nerf Power Girl. It's like they are getting advice from Rian Johnson.
@@PatheticApathetic He is behind the controverse The Last Jedai, that lots of people see as the start of the ongoing decline of Star Wars. AKA "Is like they getting advice from the worst person possible"
I don't care if I sound like a broken record: This is a story for Miss Martian. Miss Martian! This is not Power Girl, especially with all of this lack of confidence and well... juvenile behavior. Really, she's acting like an awkward child, even with a hand me down cat. This comic, from the art to the writing, can be summed up in one word: sloppy. Where's the editing?
Because these writers don’t know anything about the characters and the editors are fine with that. They actually want the writers to know nothing about the characters.
@@arcadiaberger9204 “Conspiratorial”? What on earth are you talking about? Have you not actually watched this video? It’s obvious she doesn’t know anything, that’s not Power Girl.
Honestly it's really sad to watch her turn out like this. Honestly the sexy, confident CEO powergirl is more interesting and inspirational to me than anything in this comic. I think there's merit in having more insecure or fragile characters, even with the idea of being stuck in a simulation, but putting this on Powergirl feels like it's taking away more than anything.
I agree, even though the confident CEO version of Powergirl did have some insecurities, and was suprisingly prudish in spite of her dress sense, she pushed herself to be so outwardly confident and brash it made her an interesting character.
Yeah, if Power Girl were active in the late 60's. This comes across like the way women were often portrayed back then, in movie, tv, books. Awkward, timid, even if they had some great skill or knowledge they were still portrayed as being very meek. Look at the way Marvel portrayed Sue Storm in the early FF stories...I can see some of the same attitudes in what they are doing with Power Girl.
One of my favorite Power Girl stories ever is "JSA 82" (a tie-in to the "Infinite Crisis" Saga), in which Karen, who by then was already beginning to remember her past, hears the story of how the original Superman and Batman, after the dissolution of the JSA in the 50's, fought against Gentleman Ghost's attempts to seize their former headquarters' possessions. There's also a quite remarkable final scene in which we see Power Girl in bed, crying naked and pressing a Superman teddy bear to her chest, being aware of the weight that she carries as one of the few survivors of said Earth.
It's been quite a while since I have felt we have gotten books from DC that felt even remotely as powerful/moving or looked half as good. Growing up I liked Power Girl, and for more than just the boob window. I always thought her character could be incredibly interesting and layered that could tell world threatening tales but still make them seem intimate and personal due to everything PG had been through. The current book just doesn't do it for me, but that is pretty much my feeling towards all of DC these days.
@@jeremysmith4620sadly the only " good to great " comics I've read from since almost rebirth. Are out of continuity black label stories lol. And metal I loved metal. But that's because Snyder's batman run was my first, so how could I not.
The title is spot on. I was having this feeling by the end of the LAST Power Girl video. Update: Sorry, I gotta comment on this. We are dancing around a simple fact: If you are going to write an existing character, you need to know that character's history, even if you are going to completely retcon the character ... and it's clear to me that the current team just doesn't. Further, if you ARE going to retcon an existing character, you HAVE to make that CLEAR. You can't reference the past that you are changing WHILE CHANGING IT without an explanation.
So why and how did Power Girl of all people become a newspaper columnist? Her being a tech guru dates back to the early runs, and the famous Palmiotti/Conner run made her into a figure that was one shave away from being a non-evil Lex Luthor. So why downgrade her like this? To make her more "relatable"?
@@Vincent.E.M.Thorn.Author ... maybe she is pulling a Dr. Fraiser Crane or a Dear Abby, I don't know. This crap on cannon has been hurting comics for years now.
the real question should be, why is it that DC thinks Power Girl needs to be treated this was, and writer her like she is this unconfident person who always messes up?
It's almost like someone looked at Peej and said "I wish she wasn't so confident and empowered!". Then an editor said "Do you wanna write a character that isn't so confident and empowered? We make up new characters that get abandoned in six months all the time!" "No no" says the person back to the editor. "I wish SHE wasn't confident and empowered!" So the editor shrugged and a book was made anyway.
One of the things I liked about Power Girl in comparison to SuperGirl is that PG always felt like a grown woman. Like someone who has figured out who she and likes herself. The fact that they changed that aspect of her character annoys me most of all. Also I don't know what the big deal is about her name being Karen. We still call Nightwing Dick. She can still be Karen. Anyway fingers crossed, her instincts are right and she is stuck in some sort of simulation.
They also tried REALLY hard to try to get us to call him Rick, and I'm assuming this is PG's painful attempt at changing that. Hopefully this attempt won't last 2 sodding years.
@@thomaswood8405 wasn't the Rick thing after he was shot in the head? That always felt like it was a choice they made to make a distinction between the old Dick and the person he was without his memories. Even the other characters didn't like calling him Rick.
@@undetestable1 It was a distinction in a way that they were really trying to completely replace Nightwing and pretend this new character was him. The writer of the whole thing is notoriously awful towards Nightwing. The amount of push it had was something they were clearly trying to establish as a new status quo, and the way it was quickly thrown away showed that without the dunderhead pushing that narrative, everyone knew it was a terrible idea.
Between this current Power Girl book and the Supergirl Special I'm even more confused about how each of them fit into the whole scheme of things. I'm pretty sure they both had distinct personalities before.
Even that only explains part of the problem, that Power Girl is a completely different character that just happens to be reusing a DC trademarked name. It still doesn't explain the characters not working within the story itself, such as no one seemingly even caring about the killer virus that *someone* should be trying to stop.
@@BainesMkII I mean, definitely SOMEONE should be trying to stop the killer virus, but it should probably be, like, a doctor or something - unless the virus grows big enough for Power Girl to punch, their main skillset isn't particularly relevant.
@@ravenwilder4099 True, but both Superman and Lois have pushed the idea that Power Girl *needs* to investigate this virus fast because people are dying, yet no one seems to actually care. Power Girl doesn't care. She put in the absolute minimum effort and then quit. She had to be scolded by Lois to resume, and even then it was her lowest priority. Superman and Lois don't care. If investigating the virus could actually help, then why aren't Superman and Lois investigating the virus? Why are they leaving it to Power Girl after it was clear that she wasn't up to the task? Even if it ultimately turns out to be a fake-out, with Superman "testing" her with the threat of a fake virus, you still have Power Girl failing to question why Superman and Lois aren't actually acting like it is serious while they simultaneously tell her it is serious.
More people need to start using Sean Gordon Murphy's solution in Batman White Knight re: Harley Quinn: The modern version is a near-similar impostor and the real character was off somewhere else. I'd love to see Kara reappear and be like: "*Paige*? Why would I ever allow a man to *change my name*?"
They can hopefully retcon it by saying 'a wizard did it' or... more creatively, "Johnny Sorrow was messing with Karen's mind this whole time..." or some other enemy. But that's after this sad @$$ run ends...
For me, the Justin Gray/Jimmy Palmiotti/Amanda Conner Era was the best thing that ever happened to Power Girl. Not only was Conner's cartoon art really beautiful and fitting, but Gray and Palmiotti gave us some pretty hilarious and creative stories in which the authors fully embraced her status as a sex symbol. Plus, her sisterly bond with the adorable and innocent Atlee (the most underrated heroine EVER) was really funny and wholesome. The other authors who dealt with the character after them (such as Judd Winick and Paul Levitz) also did a good job, but NOTHING will ever surpass the terrific trio
Conner/Palmiotti is my favorite version too, and one of the things I liked best was that, without losing any of her trademark temper, she was often portrayed as the Adult In The Room. Many of her opponents came off- in a fun way- like irresponsible children running loose and breaking things, while she was the babysitter who reined them in and cleaned up the mess.
Jimmy Palmiotti wrote that series with Justin Gray, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Paul Mounts as the colorist. Amanda Connor is a fantastic artist, but when combined with Mount's coloring, it's out of this world. My problem with the Winick/Levitz run afterwards was how seriously it took itself. Not bad, but with comics going through a bit of an overly grim/mature feeling, the previous run was something that stood out in both plot and art. Definitely one of my favorite comic runs.
@@s4juliette Since comics are forced into stagnated development due to the nature of the medium, Supergirl will always stay as she is, give or take some growth every now and then. My thought is that Power Girl should be closer to a Superwoman; a final evolution of Supergirl, rather than essentially a completely different character that just happens to be a Variant, which is how they’re typically presented.
I also don’t like how Power Girl is so codependent on other people. Mostly Superman and Omen, she kinda craves their approval and attention it’s strange. I like it best when she’s best friends with Helena Wayne. They have a nice balance in their friendship and both offer great things to each other while dealing with the legacies of their predecessors.
Wow, when even Sasha, the queen of even-handedness and giving-the-benefit-of-the-doubt, is openly dunking on you -- you know you done screwed up. :-0 Also, while I understand that sliding timelines are a thing, the fact that the Symbioship storyline from 1978 is being treated like it just happened the other day makes me laugh.
The Post-Crisis Supergirl comic ended with Karen really not trusting in Kara for betraying her at Kandor. I like that dynamic that Karen was justified in hating Kara.
I'm slightly tickled by the super-nepotism at display in this series. Not only did Power Girl make herself a doctor, but she then gets a columnist job at one of the world's premiere newspapers with no experience because she knows the EIC. Real self-made woman that Power Girl.
I give you mad props! I tried to read the 1st issue twice and I just angrier the longer I read it. Do most Power Girl fans feel this way? Am I wrong feeling like this is NOT Power Girl at all? It's like changing Batman's name to Dave Johnson who is actually psychic and fights villains in a metaphysical realm. And was trained by Detective Chimp.
Ngl a story of batman just entering his rogues galleries minds and seeing what makes them tick and getting lost in the madness would be fun, especially with Detective Chimp involved.
Power Girl is my favorite heroine, hands down. I cannot understand why these new writers don't read the comics and understand who they are writing... before they get the job.
@@ProjektTaku Ngl, a story where Bill the poopthrower becomes Superman for a day and throws poop at everyone and then makes out with Storm from X-Men would be fun, especially with DC and Marvel involved. ...or it would be pretty awful. I'm gonna go with awful.
This whole series reeks of DC: "We like your resume and think you'd be a great fit here in our roster of writers." Writing team: "OH thank you! I LOVE DC Comics! I grew up reading them exclusively and never put them down! I especially love Superman, Supergirl and Green Lantern! I'm practically an encyclopedia at this point!" DC: "Great! Well, since you're a new hire, we'll start you off with a smaller book and work you up. But still want you to be comfortable and in your wheelhouse. So something Superman related." W: "OK! 😊" DC: "So we're going to give you Power Girl." W: "Who?"
Even as someone who doesn't know much about Power Girl, this just seems like a flanderized version of her they did to force her into a story idea someone had but didn't have a character for.
If Doctor Paige Stetler were a legacy character version of Power Girl it would be weak enough, but Karen deciding to just drop her identity and become a meek little mouse is just.... ugh. If this doesn't end with the reveal that she's been completely mind wiped or replaced and the real problem is that the Super Family are just too detached to notice, what was the point of any of it? Bring back Karen Starr, and her rocking bod!
I think the assessment that this is written more like a supergirl story more than a Power girl story is very accurate in my opinion. Like I think most the elements and concepts in the run aren’t necessarily bad in a vacuum but when you add in a character like power girl who has a lot of their history as a superhero that’s when problems occur.
Also, she has super speed she could literally finish all the Daily Planet work in less than half a second. Hell, Lois knows she is Powergirl so she doesn’t even have the excuse of hiding her powers. JUST SPEED WRITE IT ON THE PHONE AND MAIL IT TO LOIS ON THE WAY TO GO HELP PEOPLE!
@@legoben98productions I refuse to believe she doesn’t have some ultra-high tech phone to protect her identity from any hacking/it surviving being in her pocket during a fight.
@@theelementalstation947 I was just referring to it being like a dyslexic type situation where the powers are a downfall in the situation, not a secret identity issue. Like if they’re typing a paragraph but used super speed it’ll end up being “inthssituon Lecop fl ude a lase fromUSgomet und talundrin…” from what they try to type “in this situation Lexcorp falls under a lawsuit from the US government under tax fraud and money laundering”
Can‘t help, but some parts of this had a fan-fiction vibe to it. The way she works with Superman as a superhero and for Lois in her private life … it’s like those self-insert characters in fan-fiction. While the whole cupcake for dinner part really reads like out of the life of the writer.
Yeah, I was picking up that kind of vibe too. The author is probably writing Power Girl as a self-insert, and making Karen... uh...'Paige', reflect the author's personality instead of Karen's own already awesome personality.
I would argue she's not cause there's the scene where she throws her bra onto Streaky, so if she were that would have been a great time to draw that in. You wouldn't even have to mention it and eagle eyed people would notice, or if could be brought up. However, I think it's just inconsistent art.
@@gregcourtney751Wearing a binder would not mean she is trans. Plenty of cis women wear binders because they are uncomfortable with their breasts. It is just a tool to minimize the bust. While many trans men, trans-masculine, and nonbinary people wear binders, binders are used by many people both trans and cis.
Forget Faux-Power-Girl 'not knowing how to Human very well', I don't think the author knows how to Human very well. Seriously, the author gave PG a doctorate, but still made her a grunt-reporter? I guess she is acknowledging that the doctorate is totally fake and worthless.... This is why I don't actually read modern mainstream comics....
This is entirely the fault of the editors, not the terrible writers, they can’t help that they’re bad. The writers most likely tell the editors that they don’t know anything about the characters and the editors are fine with that, actually happy because they want “a fresh take”. They couldn’t care less about canon and the behaviour of the characters, to them everyone can sound and act completely differently as they have in the past.
The biggest problem with this run is it doesn't know what it wants to be. It doesn't know if it wants to have Karen's Earth-2 backstory. It doesn't know if it wants to be something new. It doesn't know if it wants to have Karen as a member of the Super-Family or not. It doesn't know if it wants Karen too look like Karen or not. As if it's having an identity crisis. It really feels like Leah wanted to do a Supergirl run but Editorial said "Nah, do someone else."
Since this story has gone off the rails I think it's time to introduce another Supergirl into the story just to make things more convoluted. Didn't Peter David have an idea with 3 Supergirls? Kara from Krypton, the Linda Danvers Supergirl, and Power Girl. I think he code named it "Blonde Justice"
on the “this doesn’t look like Power Girl”, i had to google Leah Williams and- yep, self insert. The problem isn’t female writers, but this rude awakening that DC/Marvel hired a ton of writers do don’t want to write the established characters
I thought she was supposed to be the more mature and confident Kara from a doomed parallel reality and she comes off as mousy and indecisive. I think I would place this on the unhealthy obsession with scatterbrained and failure to launch being misconstrued as relatable or normal.
9:47 POWER GIRL looks like some kind of homely receptionist here, so meek and unassuming. And no, its not a Clark Kent "I-change-my-posture" thing, because she's talking to Lois, one of the few people she doesnt have to pretend around. *sigh*
This is one of those things where I don't really have the grounding in the old character to see what's changed. Would there be particular runs or story's that folks would recommend for the Power Girl characterization that this is clashing with?
@@thabangmaleke4023especially the first part of the power girl 2006 series. It's practically a manual on how a strong woman should be portrayed in a superhero comics.
Whew, this series is like an ongoing movie series of WW1984, crisis of infinite garbage. Thank-you Sasha for more wise and fun sharing, you're AMAZING!
I cannot find where the super siblings came from and there's too much to go back at this point. And how is there any crime in metropolis when they have a rapidly rising number of superfolk?
You're talking about Otho and Osul, right? They came from the Warworld saga in Action Comics. The saga starts on issue #1036 or you could probably just find a TH-cam video on the whole thing if you wanna save time.
@@QTRemnantnot op, but ty lol. I recently picked up Dawn of DC action comics but gave up on anything but the jurgens back up since i had no idea what was happening, lol
Sasha, thank you for "taking one for the team"! So did Superman put a bug in Lois' ear, to get her to tell Paige to go to Bermuda, because he knew Paige would listen to Lois but not to him? I dunno so confusing!
In addition to Power Girl not acting in character, Omen, Lilith Clay, also is not in character. She’s always been brooding, shy and mysterious. When did she become an outgoing cliche’d gal pal.
this version of "PowerGirl" feels to me alot like what happened to Tim Drake. A writer not really familiar with the character or its history was just given free run with no oversight. In Tim's case if felt like an Editor said 'make Robin explore his sexuality' but the writer picked the wrong Robin (it should have been Damien). Here Sasha's comparison to this version of PowerGirl to Supergirl seems the same. History matters even if in like PowerGirl's case that history can be confusing. side: Also I feel like Sasha's instincts are correct PowerGirl's 'bestie' is probably some sort of bio-android sent to spy on her by the mysterious big bad hence the article she wrote about AI.
I love your content! Can you please make a video about Cassandra Cain’s (instrumented) fall into irrelevancy from the 90s to now? It reminds me of what they did to poor Power Girl here
I want the super fam titles to be a success so DC has some non Batman diversity, however I’m feeling wary from these first 2 issues on top of what DC did to Jon…. I actually miss Rebirth Superwoman. That was fun.
Excellent analysis. With your knowledge of characters and storytelling, DC should hire you as an editor. These writers need someone who knows enough and cares enough to rein in their dumb ideas.
I think this is a very good Super Girl story. Incidentally, why is Supergirl wearing Power Girl's clothes and calling herself "Power Girl", and looking after Power Girl's cat? I mean it's obvious that she's not her. Wrong personality, wrong body type. So where is Power Girl, anyway?
0:17 woah, someone told her to only write about what she knows it seems! Jokes aside this is a great run and I’m really glad women are finally getting to be credited as comic book writers
The reason that the mundane parts of the story are focused is a literal forced attempt to shove "slice of life" into mainstream books. slice of life issues of books like Superman, Batman, etc used to be a nice palette cleanser, but only because the books favored the action and adventure aspects of the characters, with the introspection happening among that, not before it. Like you mentioned, the introspection could have been done (and better in my opinion) during the actual investigation.
Great as always. I'm a first generation Power Girl fan. When she debuted, she was a huge step forward for women comic book heroes. She didn't want to be called Supergirl. She didn't want a logo. She didn't like Superman. She didn't respect the traditions of the Justice Society. She instantly made that team suddenly exciting and relevant. How did we get from that mid seventies Power Girl to this simpering office temp?
You don't remotely even need to be a Power Girl fan to understand this. You just need to have even passing familiarity with the character. *This is not Power Girl.*
There are so many things completely wrong with this iteration of Power Girl, BUT; The one thing that hacks me off the most... Kara has done EVERYTHING over the years to distance herself from her cousin's brand. The hole in her costume, is not there for just display, it's a statement. Not only is there no "Super" symbol on her costume, there is literally NO PLACE on her costume for one. The hole is a statement of her individuality, she is NOT "Supergirl", she is ENTIRELY her own person. This one has superman emblems on her shoulder flashes. They've even recently taken to shaping the hole in Power Girl's costume to look like Superman's chest emblem where before it was just an oval. Power Girl was STRONG, CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT, INTENSELY INDIVIDUALISTIC, in short EVERYTHING that the modern woman SHOULD be, but now they've stripped that all away from her. In a time when people are SCRAMBLING for successful "Large and in charge" women in media, they HAD that with Power Girl, and for some unfathomable reason, they took it ALL away. IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!
I think she should start wearing more blue in her costume, that would really distinguish her from Supergirl... maybe get a red lantern ring at some point
All right. This is NOT the Power Girl I grew up with. I was there when she first appeared, All Star Comics #58 cover dated Feb. 1976. A two issue story arc that also saw the return of the Earth-2 Robin and Star Spangled Kid. I suppose because of my age I have a greater affinity for the Pre-Crisis DC universe than those who didn't get into comics until after that unmitigated disaster. From what I have seen over the years, Power Girl was one of the characters that was, basically RUINED because of the original Crisis on Infinite Earths. In the aftermath of that event they had a hard time trying to find a place for her, she went from being a survivor of the Pre-Crisis universe, to being connected to Ancient Atlantis and Arion with magical based powers and a ridiculous weakness to unprocessed natural materials or some such thing, back to being Kryptonian and for a very long time they just didn't know what to do with her. I will admit that as far as her personality, there were some similarities to a marvel character, one Ms. Marvel (especially during her run with the Avengers). Both strong female types, both with obviously feminist views, although Power Girl did seem to be more concerned with proving her self, as well as distancing herself from her cousin. Point is the one thing that was consistent about Power Girl in all those years was that she was a strong character. She had a well centered sense of self, and had managed to carve out her own identity. Back in those times she was not socially awkward in any way, hell her and Helena Wayne, Huntress, the daughter of the Earth-2 Batman were good friends, appearing together many times in back up stories in Wonder Woman in the 80's back when DC was running 8 page back up stories in many of their titles. But now...now...oy...I don't know what they think they are doing but they've made her unsure, socially awkward, at times she seems almost timid. I mean I could go one for days about how they have screwed up so many of the characters I grew up with in the last years (Hal Jordan's Green Lantern, Flash, Captain Marvel...hell the whole Shazam Family for that matter) but I'll save that rant for another time and just focus on Kara Zor-l. I'm actually surprised at the course this has taken, if anything it seems like it's the opposite of what they have been doing with other characters, and almost making her a caricature of herself. I mean The depictions of Sue Storm in the 60's were pretty bad, and they seem bound and determined to make Power Girl into the same kind of character that Sue was in those Early FF issues. I know that is a bit of a harsh comparison, but I calls them as I sees them.
This could have been _so neat_ if they just wrote a new character and if they were consistent. This is just depressing. I *loved* the Gail Simone run and this just feels sacrilegious. Her whole "outside context problem" thing is something I wish they'd really explore, but no, they had to write wannabe Supergirl in all but name.
Even as someone who is only tangentially familiar with Power Girl and has only read two comic books that so much as feature her (They were Justice League of Amazons and Justice League of Atlantis from the "Justice Leagues" storyline. Which I discovered from watching your videos. So thanks for that Sasha.), I find this level of mischaracterisation distracting. Just from what little I've picked up about her over the years, I was able to put together what kind of character she is. Confident. Brash. Surprisingly uncomplicated. Strong both figuratively and literally. None of which is on show here. Given how "Paige" and just about everyone else is acting here, it really feels like you could just turn around and say this series is all some simulation Power Girl's been trapped in to weaken her and it would be totally believable.... Which given all the referencing to the fake memory stuff, could genuinely be where this series is going. Though to be honest, this doesn't feel nearly self aware enough for that kind of twist.
It really feels like DC knew people missed Power Girl but if they just put out a blonde with a boob window fans be happy enough. PG and Faye Valentine is an unexpexted but honestly pretty appropriate comparison. More so than PG and the more laid back Spike, who I wonder was mentioned instead because he's more popular?
Appreciate this video, and love your presentation. Im a comic book kid of the 80s. Got back into comics during Geoff Johns masterful JSA run, that's the Power Girl I was first introduced to. Also read the Power Trip trade. All I can say is this version is written poorly and the story is all over the place.
The relooking of Power Girl is even stranger to me now that I know what Leah Williams look like - you'd think someone with her physique would be happy to write a character as curvy as she is. PG should never look moussy.
I'm so invested in this, lol I'm ready for the evil symbioship arc or whatever we're doing.
Paige’s shrinking boobs , have got to be a better disguise than Clark’s glasses 😎🖖🏾
I'am glad you do
and thanks for video
There is a twist ending. All the foreshadowing about A.I. leads to a reveal that Leah Williams has been using ChatGPT to write the scripts.
Sasha can you drop the the wonder woman video today please....and maybe do a livestream
I voted for Wonder Woman because I knew this would hurt, but I am morbidly glad you went this route
Not every female character has to be strong and and in control, BUT POWERGIRL DOES!
Thank you! The ONE time they could have gone nuts with the "strong woman" trope is when they nerf Power Girl. It's like they are getting advice from Rian Johnson.
😂😂Oh wow, that one made me laugh a solid minute. Just cutting through all the BS.
@@BoSmith7045the fuck does Arian Johnson have to do with anything?
@@PatheticApathetic I don't know who Arian Johnson is but Rian Johnson directed the Last Jedi and wanted to "subvert expectations".
@@PatheticApathetic He is behind the controverse The Last Jedai, that lots of people see as the start of the ongoing decline of Star Wars. AKA "Is like they getting advice from the worst person possible"
I don't think I've ever seen Sasha so explicitly disappointed.
Anyway, I'll say it again: Kara should be built like a sexy truck.
I wish that I could give this comment 10 likes!
@@MatthewTyreeKSYou could give ten comments one like.
@@adamfrey4920lol
Kara is DC's Optimus Prime now.
All these comments made me laugh out loud, at 1am. XD
"This is issue is heavily padded - as padded as Paige would have to be to look like Karen Starr."
I, for one, am enjoying Catty Pod Person Sasha.
😂
Liked the "Sickness for the thiccness thighs." Interesting turn of phrase.
My two favorite lines from this whole episode. Sasha deserves to win an award for this episode!
@@atoth62 Get down with the thiccness!
I don't care if I sound like a broken record: This is a story for Miss Martian. Miss Martian! This is not Power Girl, especially with all of this lack of confidence and well... juvenile behavior. Really, she's acting like an awkward child, even with a hand me down cat.
This comic, from the art to the writing, can be summed up in one word: sloppy. Where's the editing?
Great Ghu...do you suppose Paige will actually turn out to *_BE_* Miss Martian...?
Now that I think about it.... yeah you're right.
Because these writers don’t know anything about the characters and the editors are fine with that. They actually want the writers to know nothing about the characters.
@@InfamyOrDeath-__- That sounds a trifle mite conspiratorial.
@@arcadiaberger9204 “Conspiratorial”? What on earth are you talking about? Have you not actually watched this video? It’s obvious she doesn’t know anything, that’s not Power Girl.
Honestly it's really sad to watch her turn out like this. Honestly the sexy, confident CEO powergirl is more interesting and inspirational to me than anything in this comic. I think there's merit in having more insecure or fragile characters, even with the idea of being stuck in a simulation, but putting this on Powergirl feels like it's taking away more than anything.
Agreed, there’s many characters you can make into shy little gremlins and have it work. Power Girl is not one of them 😂
I agree, even though the confident CEO version of Powergirl did have some insecurities, and was suprisingly prudish in spite of her dress sense, she pushed herself to be so outwardly confident and brash it made her an interesting character.
This comic feels like what if CW made a Power Girl tv show.
More like this feels like CW Supergirl.
I thought I was reading Supergirl on CW, and I thought Cat Grant was the boss she had to see. No lie.
Yeah, if Power Girl were active in the late 60's. This comes across like the way women were often portrayed back then, in movie, tv, books. Awkward, timid, even if they had some great skill or knowledge they were still portrayed as being very meek. Look at the way Marvel portrayed Sue Storm in the early FF stories...I can see some of the same attitudes in what they are doing with Power Girl.
@@patronofdragons Exactly what I was thinking!! I was a fan, but that's not Powergirl.
That's for sure. And with the way the CW treated Supergirl, I can see why.
As a big Power Girl fan, Sasha is performing a national service, and I thank you for it… give her a metal
International service.
Medal
After bitching about boobs this is national service?
Steel? Adamantium? Vibranium? Which metal?
Poor Powergirl. I loved this character. Thank you for reading this so I don’t have to.
One of my favorite Power Girl stories ever is "JSA 82" (a tie-in to the "Infinite Crisis" Saga), in which Karen, who by then was already beginning to remember her past, hears the story of how the original Superman and Batman, after the dissolution of the JSA in the 50's, fought against Gentleman Ghost's attempts to seize their former headquarters' possessions. There's also a quite remarkable final scene in which we see Power Girl in bed, crying naked and pressing a Superman teddy bear to her chest, being aware of the weight that she carries as one of the few survivors of said Earth.
Also, that story was drawn by the legendary George Pérez, which automatically makes it a must-read
It's been quite a while since I have felt we have gotten books from DC that felt even remotely as powerful/moving or looked half as good. Growing up I liked Power Girl, and for more than just the boob window. I always thought her character could be incredibly interesting and layered that could tell world threatening tales but still make them seem intimate and personal due to everything PG had been through. The current book just doesn't do it for me, but that is pretty much my feeling towards all of DC these days.
@@jeremysmith4620sadly the only " good to great " comics I've read from since almost rebirth. Are out of continuity black label stories lol. And metal I loved metal. But that's because Snyder's batman run was my first, so how could I not.
Sasha is too nice to things she obviously hates… 😂
Big "I'm not mad, I'm disappointed", honestly it cuts waaaay sharper 😂
Is any one surpised that the main product is disapointment
Sasha is the best
The title is spot on. I was having this feeling by the end of the LAST Power Girl video.
Update: Sorry, I gotta comment on this. We are dancing around a simple fact: If you are going to write an existing character, you need to know that character's history, even if you are going to completely retcon the character ... and it's clear to me that the current team just doesn't. Further, if you ARE going to retcon an existing character, you HAVE to make that CLEAR. You can't reference the past that you are changing WHILE CHANGING IT without an explanation.
So why and how did Power Girl of all people become a newspaper columnist? Her being a tech guru dates back to the early runs, and the famous Palmiotti/Conner run made her into a figure that was one shave away from being a non-evil Lex Luthor. So why downgrade her like this? To make her more "relatable"?
Why would a lowly newspaper columnist be giving such a big speech at a charity event? It would seem that she would be reporting about it instead.
Poor writing. Piss poor. Smh
@@Pad929 Adding to that, why would a *doctor* be working as a newspaper columnist?
@@Vincent.E.M.Thorn.Author ... maybe she is pulling a Dr. Fraiser Crane or a Dear Abby, I don't know. This crap on cannon has been hurting comics for years now.
the real question should be, why is it that DC thinks Power Girl needs to be treated this was, and writer her like she is this unconfident person who always messes up?
It's almost like someone looked at Peej and said "I wish she wasn't so confident and empowered!".
Then an editor said "Do you wanna write a character that isn't so confident and empowered? We make up new characters that get abandoned in six months all the time!"
"No no" says the person back to the editor. "I wish SHE wasn't confident and empowered!"
So the editor shrugged and a book was made anyway.
That someone was Leah Williams. She's a terrible writer
Killer Kryptonion virus spreads.
Superman and Lois: “I will never financially recover from this”
One of the things I liked about Power Girl in comparison to SuperGirl is that PG always felt like a grown woman. Like someone who has figured out who she and likes herself. The fact that they changed that aspect of her character annoys me most of all.
Also I don't know what the big deal is about her name being Karen. We still call Nightwing Dick. She can still be Karen.
Anyway fingers crossed, her instincts are right and she is stuck in some sort of simulation.
It took me way too long to associate Karen Starr to "Karen" in your comment.
They also tried REALLY hard to try to get us to call him Rick, and I'm assuming this is PG's painful attempt at changing that. Hopefully this attempt won't last 2 sodding years.
@@thomaswood8405 wasn't the Rick thing after he was shot in the head? That always felt like it was a choice they made to make a distinction between the old Dick and the person he was without his memories. Even the other characters didn't like calling him Rick.
@@undetestable1 It was a distinction in a way that they were really trying to completely replace Nightwing and pretend this new character was him. The writer of the whole thing is notoriously awful towards Nightwing.
The amount of push it had was something they were clearly trying to establish as a new status quo, and the way it was quickly thrown away showed that without the dunderhead pushing that narrative, everyone knew it was a terrible idea.
@@thomaswood8405that writers got a serious hate on for the whole OG titans gen
Between this current Power Girl book and the Supergirl Special I'm even more confused about how each of them fit into the whole scheme of things. I'm pretty sure they both had distinct personalities before.
Leah Williams having no idea about the history of the character she's writing seems to be a major theme.
Even that only explains part of the problem, that Power Girl is a completely different character that just happens to be reusing a DC trademarked name. It still doesn't explain the characters not working within the story itself, such as no one seemingly even caring about the killer virus that *someone* should be trying to stop.
@@BainesMkII
That's how most of the comics have been since 2016.
Trump broke their brains.
@@BainesMkII I mean, definitely SOMEONE should be trying to stop the killer virus, but it should probably be, like, a doctor or something - unless the virus grows big enough for Power Girl to punch, their main skillset isn't particularly relevant.
@@ravenwilder4099 True, but both Superman and Lois have pushed the idea that Power Girl *needs* to investigate this virus fast because people are dying, yet no one seems to actually care.
Power Girl doesn't care. She put in the absolute minimum effort and then quit. She had to be scolded by Lois to resume, and even then it was her lowest priority.
Superman and Lois don't care. If investigating the virus could actually help, then why aren't Superman and Lois investigating the virus? Why are they leaving it to Power Girl after it was clear that she wasn't up to the task? Even if it ultimately turns out to be a fake-out, with Superman "testing" her with the threat of a fake virus, you still have Power Girl failing to question why Superman and Lois aren't actually acting like it is serious while they simultaneously tell her it is serious.
Exactly!
More people need to start using Sean Gordon Murphy's solution in Batman White Knight re: Harley Quinn:
The modern version is a near-similar impostor and the real character was off somewhere else.
I'd love to see Kara reappear and be like: "*Paige*? Why would I ever allow a man to *change my name*?"
Wait. A columnist who ignores life-threatening issues and named Paige? Oh no. *Flashback to Charmed*
I hope Power Girl is trapped in some kind of simulation so this entire arc can be easily retconned in the near future
Yea once that was mentioned i thought the same thing 🤣
They can hopefully retcon it by saying 'a wizard did it' or... more creatively, "Johnny Sorrow was messing with Karen's mind this whole time..." or some other enemy. But that's after this sad @$$ run ends...
Power Girl's worst fear ought to be being written in another issue!
For me, the Justin Gray/Jimmy Palmiotti/Amanda Conner Era was the best thing that ever happened to Power Girl. Not only was Conner's cartoon art really beautiful and fitting, but Gray and Palmiotti gave us some pretty hilarious and creative stories in which the authors fully embraced her status as a sex symbol. Plus, her sisterly bond with the adorable and innocent Atlee (the most underrated heroine EVER) was really funny and wholesome. The other authors who dealt with the character after them (such as Judd Winick and Paul Levitz) also did a good job, but NOTHING will ever surpass the terrific trio
I totally agree.
Conner/Palmiotti is my favorite version too, and one of the things I liked best was that, without losing any of her trademark temper, she was often portrayed as the Adult In The Room. Many of her opponents came off- in a fun way- like irresponsible children running loose and breaking things, while she was the babysitter who reined them in and cleaned up the mess.
Jimmy Palmiotti wrote that series with Justin Gray, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Paul Mounts as the colorist. Amanda Connor is a fantastic artist, but when combined with Mount's coloring, it's out of this world.
My problem with the Winick/Levitz run afterwards was how seriously it took itself. Not bad, but with comics going through a bit of an overly grim/mature feeling, the previous run was something that stood out in both plot and art. Definitely one of my favorite comic runs.
Paul Levitz worked on Power Girl before them in the 80’s and again in the New 52.
Speaking truth my friend. Absolutely truth.
As someone who’s always wanted Power Girl to be more similar to Supergirl… This wasn’t what I meant.
That's the "Monkey's Paw" for ya
Im curious, what did you mean?
Why would you want that?
@@s4juliette Since comics are forced into stagnated development due to the nature of the medium, Supergirl will always stay as she is, give or take some growth every now and then. My thought is that Power Girl should be closer to a Superwoman; a final evolution of Supergirl, rather than essentially a completely different character that just happens to be a Variant, which is how they’re typically presented.
@@WhiteRaven696 I like that idea, a "complete" Kara Zor-eEl
The eye roll was totally deserved.
I also don’t like how Power Girl is so codependent on other people. Mostly Superman and Omen, she kinda craves their approval and attention it’s strange.
I like it best when she’s best friends with Helena Wayne. They have a nice balance in their friendship and both offer great things to each other while dealing with the legacies of their predecessors.
You’d think Leah Williams could at least insist she see herself represented in Power Girl’s bust size.
This feels like it was written by someone who knows power girl and super girl are technically the same person and nothing else about her
Wow, when even Sasha, the queen of even-handedness and giving-the-benefit-of-the-doubt, is openly dunking on you -- you know you done screwed up. :-0
Also, while I understand that sliding timelines are a thing, the fact that the Symbioship storyline from 1978 is being treated like it just happened the other day makes me laugh.
The "Sliding Timeline" equates to all is valid until I don't like it or forgot about it.
Well, there's been, what, a dozen universe reboots since then?
I feel like the rivalry between Power Girl and Supergirl is under-explored but fascinating. Do you think you could cover that in a video?
The Post-Crisis Supergirl comic ended with Karen really not trusting in Kara for betraying her at Kandor. I like that dynamic that Karen was justified in hating Kara.
I'm slightly tickled by the super-nepotism at display in this series. Not only did Power Girl make herself a doctor, but she then gets a columnist job at one of the world's premiere newspapers with no experience because she knows the EIC. Real self-made woman that Power Girl.
So, both Power Girl and Supergirl writers want to write CW supergirl, but do it without actually researching any of the characters...?
I look forward to the retcon where Paige is declared to be Xorn.
I give you mad props! I tried to read the 1st issue twice and I just angrier the longer I read it. Do most Power Girl fans feel this way? Am I wrong feeling like this is NOT Power Girl at all? It's like changing Batman's name to Dave Johnson who is actually psychic and fights villains in a metaphysical realm. And was trained by Detective Chimp.
Ngl a story of batman just entering his rogues galleries minds and seeing what makes them tick and getting lost in the madness would be fun, especially with Detective Chimp involved.
Power Girl is my favorite heroine, hands down. I cannot understand why these new writers don't read the comics and understand who they are writing... before they get the job.
You're not wrong and PG fans feel the same way. This run sucks
@@ProjektTaku Ngl, a story where Bill the poopthrower becomes Superman for a day and throws poop at everyone and then makes out with Storm from X-Men would be fun, especially with DC and Marvel involved.
...or it would be pretty awful. I'm gonna go with awful.
@@snorpenbass4196 I mean Chimp by "DC", not the company.
This whole series reeks of
DC: "We like your resume and think you'd be a great fit here in our roster of writers."
Writing team: "OH thank you! I LOVE DC Comics! I grew up reading them exclusively and never put them down! I especially love Superman, Supergirl and Green Lantern! I'm practically an encyclopedia at this point!"
DC: "Great! Well, since you're a new hire, we'll start you off with a smaller book and work you up. But still want you to be comfortable and in your wheelhouse. So something Superman related."
W: "OK! 😊"
DC: "So we're going to give you Power Girl."
W: "Who?"
The writer actually said she didn't know anything about Power Girl when she started writing this series.
@@ianfinrir8724 why they keep hiring people that do this and do no research? It's the She-Hulk series all over again!
Even as someone who doesn't know much about Power Girl, this just seems like a flanderized version of her they did to force her into a story idea someone had but didn't have a character for.
If Doctor Paige Stetler were a legacy character version of Power Girl it would be weak enough, but Karen deciding to just drop her identity and become a meek little mouse is just.... ugh. If this doesn't end with the reveal that she's been completely mind wiped or replaced and the real problem is that the Super Family are just too detached to notice, what was the point of any of it?
Bring back Karen Starr, and her rocking bod!
Powergirl's cat was called Stinky. It was a whole thing. The cat was grey and it was discovered it was just dirt. Ugh!!
I think the assessment that this is written more like a supergirl story more than a Power girl story is very accurate in my opinion. Like I think most the elements and concepts in the run aren’t necessarily bad in a vacuum but when you add in a character like power girl who has a lot of their history as a superhero that’s when problems occur.
This version of Power Girl is starting to sound a lot like the Other M version of Samus Aran, and we absolutely DO NOT need any more of that.
Sigh. Someone desperately needs to pimp slap the writers, AGAIN.
Im nervous to click off the foreboding titlecard 😢
Edit: finished the video, the issue is worse than i was expecting 😬
Yeah…it’s…suggestive for sure.
Also, she has super speed she could literally finish all the Daily Planet work in less than half a second. Hell, Lois knows she is Powergirl so she doesn’t even have the excuse of hiding her powers. JUST SPEED WRITE IT ON THE PHONE AND MAIL IT TO LOIS ON THE WAY TO GO HELP PEOPLE!
Can’t exactly use super speed on a computer, it’d skip so much typing
@@legoben98productions I refuse to believe she doesn’t have some ultra-high tech phone to protect her identity from any hacking/it surviving being in her pocket during a fight.
@@theelementalstation947 I was just referring to it being like a dyslexic type situation where the powers are a downfall in the situation, not a secret identity issue. Like if they’re typing a paragraph but used super speed it’ll end up being “inthssituon Lecop fl ude a lase fromUSgomet und talundrin…” from what they try to type “in this situation Lexcorp falls under a lawsuit from the US government under tax fraud and money laundering”
Can‘t help, but some parts of this had a fan-fiction vibe to it. The way she works with Superman as a superhero and for Lois in her private life … it’s like those self-insert characters in fan-fiction. While the whole cupcake for dinner part really reads like out of the life of the writer.
Yeah, I was picking up that kind of vibe too. The author is probably writing Power Girl as a self-insert, and making Karen... uh...'Paige', reflect the author's personality instead of Karen's own already awesome personality.
@@robertcarter4002If Paige was Leah’s self-insert, her chest wouldn’t have been so shrunk.
Maybe Power Girl wears a binder while in her civilian identity, you know like Clark’s glasses
That's a solid explanation. Shame that you probably thought about this more than the writers.
I would argue she's not cause there's the scene where she throws her bra onto Streaky, so if she were that would have been a great time to draw that in. You wouldn't even have to mention it and eagle eyed people would notice, or if could be brought up. However, I think it's just inconsistent art.
Wait is she trans? Is that why the trans conner Kent pitch didn't work? They were doing the same with power girl.
@@gregcourtney751Wearing a binder would not mean she is trans. Plenty of cis women wear binders because they are uncomfortable with their breasts. It is just a tool to minimize the bust. While many trans men, trans-masculine, and nonbinary people wear binders, binders are used by many people both trans and cis.
This is making a really great case for why character bibles should be a thing
Starfire overlaid on Power Girl?
Aren't we doing "phrasing" anymore?
Forget Faux-Power-Girl 'not knowing how to Human very well', I don't think the author knows how to Human very well. Seriously, the author gave PG a doctorate, but still made her a grunt-reporter? I guess she is acknowledging that the doctorate is totally fake and worthless.... This is why I don't actually read modern mainstream comics....
Isn't the rumor is the writer wanted to do a kara/supergirl story but got stuck doing power girl and they know nothing about peej?
My favorite Power Girl moment was in Kyle Rayner's Circle of Fire storyline where we get a glance at her closet and see all of her old outfits.
This is entirely the fault of the editors, not the terrible writers, they can’t help that they’re bad. The writers most likely tell the editors that they don’t know anything about the characters and the editors are fine with that, actually happy because they want “a fresh take”. They couldn’t care less about canon and the behaviour of the characters, to them everyone can sound and act completely differently as they have in the past.
“She’s no longer confident or brash or assertive. She’s desperate for Superman’s approval.”
Yeah imma head out.
"The first rule about Cat Fight Club is make a comic about it so I can read it." LMAO! This is why I watch you, Sasha! That comment just made my day.
The biggest problem with this run is it doesn't know what it wants to be.
It doesn't know if it wants to have Karen's Earth-2 backstory. It doesn't know if it wants to be something new. It doesn't know if it wants to have Karen as a member of the Super-Family or not. It doesn't know if it wants Karen too look like Karen or not. As if it's having an identity crisis.
It really feels like Leah wanted to do a Supergirl run but Editorial said "Nah, do someone else."
"Look how they massacred my girl."
Since this story has gone off the rails I think it's time to introduce another Supergirl into the story just to make things more convoluted. Didn't Peter David have an idea with 3 Supergirls? Kara from Krypton, the Linda Danvers Supergirl, and Power Girl. I think he code named it "Blonde Justice"
He did.
on the “this doesn’t look like Power Girl”, i had to google Leah Williams and- yep, self insert.
The problem isn’t female writers, but this rude awakening that DC/Marvel hired a ton of writers do don’t want to write the established characters
They took the Power out of Powergirl 😢
I thought she was supposed to be the more mature and confident Kara from a doomed parallel reality and she comes off as mousy and indecisive. I think I would place this on the unhealthy obsession with scatterbrained and failure to launch being misconstrued as relatable or normal.
9:47 POWER GIRL looks like some kind of homely receptionist here, so meek and unassuming. And no, its not a Clark Kent "I-change-my-posture" thing, because she's talking to Lois, one of the few people she doesnt have to pretend around.
*sigh*
This is one of those things where I don't really have the grounding in the old character to see what's changed. Would there be particular runs or story's that folks would recommend for the Power Girl characterization that this is clashing with?
JSA comics and the power girl series in 2006/ 09
@@thabangmaleke4023especially the first part of the power girl 2006 series.
It's practically a manual on how a strong woman should be portrayed in a superhero comics.
Whew, this series is like an ongoing movie series of WW1984, crisis of infinite garbage. Thank-you Sasha for more wise and fun sharing, you're AMAZING!
I cannot find where the super siblings came from and there's too much to go back at this point. And how is there any crime in metropolis when they have a rapidly rising number of superfolk?
You're talking about Otho and Osul, right? They came from the Warworld saga in Action Comics. The saga starts on issue #1036 or you could probably just find a TH-cam video on the whole thing if you wanna save time.
@@QTRemnantnot op, but ty lol. I recently picked up Dawn of DC action comics but gave up on anything but the jurgens back up since i had no idea what was happening, lol
Sasha, thank you for "taking one for the team"!
So did Superman put a bug in Lois' ear, to get her to tell Paige to go to Bermuda, because he knew Paige would listen to Lois but not to him? I dunno so confusing!
In addition to Power Girl not acting in character, Omen, Lilith Clay, also is not in character. She’s always been brooding, shy and mysterious. When did she become an outgoing cliche’d gal pal.
this version of "PowerGirl" feels to me alot like what happened to Tim Drake. A writer not really familiar with the character or its history was just given free run with no oversight. In Tim's case if felt like an Editor said 'make Robin explore his sexuality' but the writer picked the wrong Robin (it should have been Damien). Here Sasha's comparison to this version of PowerGirl to Supergirl seems the same. History matters even if in like PowerGirl's case that history can be confusing.
side: Also I feel like Sasha's instincts are correct PowerGirl's 'bestie' is probably some sort of bio-android sent to spy on her by the mysterious big bad hence the article she wrote about AI.
I love your content! Can you please make a video about Cassandra Cain’s (instrumented) fall into irrelevancy from the 90s to now? It reminds me of what they did to poor Power Girl here
I have one, main question... if they were going to change the Powergirl character so much why not just create a new character?
This whole series will turn out to be a dream.
Power Girl is being portrayed as a Robin. That’s the vibe I get from it. Sigh…
Yeah...even Atlantean Power Girl was less of a mess...
I want the super fam titles to be a success so DC has some non Batman diversity, however I’m feeling wary from these first 2 issues on top of what DC did to Jon…. I actually miss Rebirth Superwoman. That was fun.
It was fun and unique.
So was pre-Crisis Superwoman. I miss Kristen Wells. 😢
Excellent analysis. With your knowledge of characters and storytelling, DC should hire you as an editor. These writers need someone who knows enough and cares enough to rein in their dumb ideas.
Maybe when she turns into Power Girl she goes "I have THE POWAHHH!" and she gets muscles and boobs.
Lois and Superman are giving me villain vibes. If I didn’t know who they were I would assume they were.
"As padded as Paige will have to be to look like Karen..." Made me gasp
I think this is a very good Super Girl story. Incidentally, why is Supergirl wearing Power Girl's clothes and calling herself "Power Girl", and looking after Power Girl's cat? I mean it's obvious that she's not her. Wrong personality, wrong body type.
So where is Power Girl, anyway?
This weekend I realized the new Peeg design is Prince Adam.
She's a new character "De-Powered-Girl".
Another great video
Thanks
0:17 woah, someone told her to only write about what she knows it seems! Jokes aside this is a great run and I’m really glad women are finally getting to be credited as comic book writers
whoa boy i hope that wasnt the subliminal reason they picked her to write PG.
The reason that the mundane parts of the story are focused is a literal forced attempt to shove "slice of life" into mainstream books. slice of life issues of books like Superman, Batman, etc used to be a nice palette cleanser, but only because the books favored the action and adventure aspects of the characters, with the introspection happening among that, not before it. Like you mentioned, the introspection could have been done (and better in my opinion) during the actual investigation.
Great as always. I'm a first generation Power Girl fan. When she debuted, she was a huge step forward for women comic book heroes. She didn't want to be called Supergirl. She didn't want a logo. She didn't like Superman. She didn't respect the traditions of the Justice Society. She instantly made that team suddenly exciting and relevant. How did we get from that mid seventies Power Girl to this simpering office temp?
You don't remotely even need to be a Power Girl fan to understand this. You just need to have even passing familiarity with the character. *This is not Power Girl.*
The Supergirl Special somehow made this even worse.
Lol, I'm thinking of giving that it's own video cause it's so fascinating to read in context of everything.
@@CasuallyComics I say go for it. Very interested to hear your thoughts
There are so many things completely wrong with this iteration of Power Girl, BUT;
The one thing that hacks me off the most... Kara has done EVERYTHING over the years to distance herself from her cousin's brand. The hole in her costume, is not there for just display, it's a statement.
Not only is there no "Super" symbol on her costume, there is literally NO PLACE on her costume for one.
The hole is a statement of her individuality, she is NOT "Supergirl", she is ENTIRELY her own person.
This one has superman emblems on her shoulder flashes.
They've even recently taken to shaping the hole in Power Girl's costume to look like Superman's chest emblem where before it was just an oval.
Power Girl was STRONG, CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT, INTENSELY INDIVIDUALISTIC, in short EVERYTHING that the modern woman SHOULD be, but now they've stripped that all away from her.
In a time when people are SCRAMBLING for successful "Large and in charge" women in media, they HAD that with Power Girl, and for some unfathomable reason, they took it ALL away.
IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!
poor power girl....she cant catch a break
Look how they massacred Powergirl.. the disrespect 🤦🏿♂️
Even Galatea was more Powergirl than Paige, and she wasn't technically allowed to be Powergirl
I think she should start wearing more blue in her costume, that would really distinguish her from Supergirl... maybe get a red lantern ring at some point
I see what you did there.
All right. This is NOT the Power Girl I grew up with. I was there when she first appeared, All Star Comics #58 cover dated Feb. 1976. A two issue story arc that also saw the return of the Earth-2 Robin and Star Spangled Kid. I suppose because of my age I have a greater affinity for the Pre-Crisis DC universe than those who didn't get into comics until after that unmitigated disaster. From what I have seen over the years, Power Girl was one of the characters that was, basically RUINED because of the original Crisis on Infinite Earths. In the aftermath of that event they had a hard time trying to find a place for her, she went from being a survivor of the Pre-Crisis universe, to being connected to Ancient Atlantis and Arion with magical based powers and a ridiculous weakness to unprocessed natural materials or some such thing, back to being Kryptonian and for a very long time they just didn't know what to do with her. I will admit that as far as her personality, there were some similarities to a marvel character, one Ms. Marvel (especially during her run with the Avengers). Both strong female types, both with obviously feminist views, although Power Girl did seem to be more concerned with proving her self, as well as distancing herself from her cousin. Point is the one thing that was consistent about Power Girl in all those years was that she was a strong character. She had a well centered sense of self, and had managed to carve out her own identity. Back in those times she was not socially awkward in any way, hell her and Helena Wayne, Huntress, the daughter of the Earth-2 Batman were good friends, appearing together many times in back up stories in Wonder Woman in the 80's back when DC was running 8 page back up stories in many of their titles.
But now...now...oy...I don't know what they think they are doing but they've made her unsure, socially awkward, at times she seems almost timid. I mean I could go one for days about how they have screwed up so many of the characters I grew up with in the last years (Hal Jordan's Green Lantern, Flash, Captain Marvel...hell the whole Shazam Family for that matter) but I'll save that rant for another time and just focus on Kara Zor-l. I'm actually surprised at the course this has taken, if anything it seems like it's the opposite of what they have been doing with other characters, and almost making her a caricature of herself. I mean The depictions of Sue Storm in the 60's were pretty bad, and they seem bound and determined to make Power Girl into the same kind of character that Sue was in those Early FF issues. I know that is a bit of a harsh comparison, but I calls them as I sees them.
From the panels you showed I was sure she was Supergirl. She just doesn't look like Powergirl
You can tell Sasha was really trying to understand the logic in this comic by how many times she tries to stop and justify some of the points. 😂
This could have been _so neat_ if they just wrote a new character and if they were consistent. This is just depressing. I *loved* the Gail Simone run and this just feels sacrilegious. Her whole "outside context problem" thing is something I wish they'd really explore, but no, they had to write wannabe Supergirl in all but name.
Anyone else pause the Leah Williams pic to be like, "For real?!"
Even as someone who is only tangentially familiar with Power Girl and has only read two comic books that so much as feature her (They were Justice League of Amazons and Justice League of Atlantis from the "Justice Leagues" storyline. Which I discovered from watching your videos. So thanks for that Sasha.), I find this level of mischaracterisation distracting. Just from what little I've picked up about her over the years, I was able to put together what kind of character she is. Confident. Brash. Surprisingly uncomplicated. Strong both figuratively and literally. None of which is on show here.
Given how "Paige" and just about everyone else is acting here, it really feels like you could just turn around and say this series is all some simulation Power Girl's been trapped in to weaken her and it would be totally believable.... Which given all the referencing to the fake memory stuff, could genuinely be where this series is going.
Though to be honest, this doesn't feel nearly self aware enough for that kind of twist.
It really feels like DC knew people missed Power Girl but if they just put out a blonde with a boob window fans be happy enough.
PG and Faye Valentine is an unexpexted but honestly pretty appropriate comparison. More so than PG and the more laid back Spike, who I wonder was mentioned instead because he's more popular?
Appreciate this video, and love your presentation.
Im a comic book kid of the 80s. Got back into comics during Geoff Johns masterful JSA run, that's the Power Girl I was first introduced to. Also read the Power Trip trade.
All I can say is this version is written poorly and the story is all over the place.
This is not Streaky supercat approved.
If you want power girl as she should be written, read the current JSA run. She’s still Karen Starr in that book.
You put in words what I've been thinking for weeks, and in a much nicer way that anything I could have said, Thanks
The relooking of Power Girl is even stranger to me now that I know what Leah Williams look like - you'd think someone with her physique would be happy to write a character as curvy as she is. PG should never look moussy.
Thanks for saying my thoughts, lol. I’ve heard of hiring someone on sight, but this is ridiculous!