Supergirl Candor

by Joe Kelly and Greg Rucka

Collects books such as Supergirl numbered 6-9, Superman/Batman numbered 27, Superman numbered 223, and JLA numbered 122-123. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401212263
• ISBN13: 9781401212261
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: DC Comics
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

it's ok

The Supergirl's so far have been unimpressive. They seem to be a hodgepodge of books, those that don't fit in the other collections, in fact, Supergirl doesn't even have to be involved in the comics collected under her name. And this volume...half takes place before the crisis and half a year later. It can all be very confusing. That being said, the individual stories (and there's like four of them) are pretty good, even if they somehow seem to have no beginning or end. I just wish whoever edits these collections would get their head together. There is a lot of potential here.

An improvement compared to the first story

Compared to the first Supergirl story arc, this book isn't as bad as most make it seem. First off, we get to return to Kandor which hasn't been seen since Godfall (A pretty good Superman read). The adventure in Kandor is interesting and has Power Girl and Supergirl take on the identities of Flamebird and Nightwing, heroes from Krypton's past. I admit when I first heard of this I wasn't sure it would be good but it really surprised the heck out of me. The true gem is the way KAra Zor-el was displayed in this arc. We were shown how powerful Supergirl was in her first trade but this collection goes into her character more then her abilities. Supergirl is unsure of her role in a world that looks up to her cousin, Superman. The writers here do a good job of not only displaying a teenaged superhero who might not want to put on the cape because she has the power to make a difference. Instead we see a girl who hasn't grown up yet, She runs from responsiblity and avoids the one person who cares about her the most. As far as the extra story thrown in involving the JLA, I guess that was DC trying to show what Supergirl was doing before the crisis and how she was recruited by Donna Troy. The thought of making sure the reader knows what happens before OYL is appreciated but they could of just easily put a paragraph explaining what happened (and saved money) People can say what they want about this title but I feel the writers have done an excellent job of making the Girl of Steel as human as possible. The upcoming thrid volume of Supergirl is even better.