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Supergirl #18 Review |
This month's Supergirl is satisfying, if not terribly important. Kara is recovering from her recent ordeal with H'el in which she was poisoned by Kryptonite. She's now spent weeks recovering in a facility directly adjacent to the sun in solitude, giving her time to recover both physically and psychologically. As she was clearly the main character of the H'el on Earth story arc, it's appropriate that we're dealing with some last effects from the encounter moving forward. This issue does nothing but continue to reinforce how good a character she has become.
Meanwhile we get to see Lex Luthor acting in his best role yet in the New 52. From inside his prison he's masterminding and collaborating with other villains, using his intellect to manage and relegate duties rather than actually take part in crime. It's clever, satisfying, and totally appropriate. Clearly Mike Johnson is more qualified to be writing Superman right now than anyone else.
The book closes with a tie-in that we've all been a little curious to see - Powergirl is being affected by something tying her and Kara together. It clearly means we're going to see the two of them meet, which should be pretty exciting. I'm looking forward to seeing where the series goes from here.
All-in-all a perfectly okay book. Nothing of particular interest happened here so I can't rate it hight, but I still love the series. Every now and then it's actually important to have these status-quo books, and I'm glad we got this one.
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