| Title | : | Supergirl, Volume 5: Red Daughter of Krypton |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1401250513 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781401250515 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 |
| Publication | : | First published January 20, 2015 |
Supergirl, Volume 5: Red Daughter of Krypton Reviews
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(B+) 76% | Good
Notes: A catchall collection, it's a casualty of crossover corpulence: caught in crossfire, cracked, and qualitatively capricious.
*Progress updates:
Preamble ◦
Issues #26-27 ◦
Issues #28-29 ◦
Green Lantern #28 ◦
Red Lanterns #28-29 -
Alright, I may be stretching this week's
Shallow Comics buddy read a wee bit by insinuating that Supergirl was Superman's sidekick. However, I'm giving anyone who worked or trained with one of the Major Players sidekick status.
So there. Neener neener.
Remember the old Supergirl? Sweet Supergirl?
Yeah, she doesn't exist in this world. Gone is Clark's culturally confused cousin from out of town, and in her place is an anger-fueled whiny teenager from Krypton.
Yep, in the New 52, Supergirl hates Superman.
In fact, she pretty much hates everyone and everything, at this point. So, it's no real surprise that one of those extra Red Lantern rings finally tagged her, is it?
No. No, it is not.
I think it's good that she's finally dealing with her issues, don't you?
At any rate, the majority of this volume has been hijacked by the Red (and Green) Lanterns' stories.
I'm not even upset, because it was pretty cool seeing Kara hold her own with the Reds. Also, because this was the first time I got to peek at Guy Gardner's new porn-stache makeover.
That's...a bizarrely intriguing look, you know? It's like I can't stop staring at that pelt on his face! Is he a cosmic mountain man? A serial killer? A prepper? Does he need a trucker hat?
No, wait! I know why he looks so familiar!
Aw, yeah!
Fine, I'll stop.
The story of Supergirl turing Red wasn't a bad thing. I'd say this was the best volume of Supergirl that I've read since the original volume (which I really liked).
No, the problem wasn't in the story itself. It was in what was missing from the story.
One minute Supergirl is running off to do something important, and then...Poof! She's been kicked out of the Lanterns (or something?), and she's headed somewhere else.
Sorry, readers! We hope you weren't expecting a conclusion to that original story. If so, you'll have to track it down in some other issue.
Thanks,
DC
*screams internally*
You motherfucking money-grubbers...
Yeah. So, while the majority of this was good, especially if you like the Lanterns, DC (once again) decided to screw its fan base over by not including the WHOLE GODDAMN STORY. -
I’m really not sure what I was thinking with this one. I kinda like the Red Lanterns – the comically-angsty version of the Green Lantern Corps – and Tony Bedard’s not that bad a writer… yeah, I was wrong. Supergirl, Volume 5: Red Daughter of Krypton is terrible!
Supergirl pointlessly fights Abercrombie and Fitch Lobo, then becomes a Red Lantern because Contrived Plot! Her better escapades as a Red Lantern are covered in Charles Soule’s Red Lanterns run, but here she continues to pointlessly fight a series of nobodies like some totally not Chitauri-from-Marvel called the Diasporans and a sentient Krypton armour. Uh huh. Are we meant to care about any of this?
The “story”, such as it is, is all over the shop and never rises above boring. Nothing memorable happens, just the usual superhero dross of dumb fights, worse soap opera shenanigans and the ever increasingly sense of hopeless dread that comes with reading utter shite. I didn’t see red because my eyelids kept closing. Don’t bother with this one, anyone! -
Tony Bedard has taken over the writing and it shows. Much better pacing although I'd prefer some subplots in addition to non-stop punching. Cinar's art is quite good as well.
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This just cemented the fact that I don't want to read any of the Lantern titles.
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In this attempt to make Supergirl mor modern, I really think they have only made her grittier and less likeable... although, given her backstory, it IS understandable.
But that doesn't mean I enjoy it. -
Good! So I have not read any of the previous volumes of this series, nor do I really want to; I just got this because it has Supergirl becoming a Red Lantern; but that's maybe my inner 12 year old child saying, awesome!!! That's not say this was not good; it was very good! So the story has Supergirl; being a moody teenager basically, angry at everyone trying to boss her around; and certain circumstances lead up to her becoming a Red Lantern! I did not really care for the moody teenager angle; I'm 20 years old just coming out of teen hood and even I find it annoying! However it does work in this context because they have to explain how she becomes a Red Lantern; but I don't think I could stand it in the other volumes! But this was a really fun read; especially when Kara goes out and meets the other Red Lanterns; then it really gets good, because it becomes this Guardians of The Galaxy space comedy story! This volume collects issues from Supergirl, Red Lanterns; and Green Lantern; and I must say the art holds up; it looks very nice all around! My only real complaint is how this is collected; now I'm not sure if it was how the story was written; or if they skipped certain issues; because especially towards the end; they would skip ahead after something happens; without actually showing it, which made things a bit confusing! But overall this was very fun read!
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Supergirl is back! After a disappointing vol 3, and a vol 4 I have not bothered to read yet, Supergirl is back to being a truly fun comic. I was just geek heaven watching Supergirl terrorize the scum of the universe as a red lantern. This is the most geek fun I have had sense Locutus of Borg terrorized 1994! Great read!
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This wasn't bad. So we have Supergirl get a red ring and become a Red Lantern!
However, this is a different red lantern team than what I'm used to since I've only read volume 1-2 so Guy hasn't joined the Red Lanterns yet. So when Kara is just flipping her shit the red ring finds her and she becomes one. First the green lanterns have to hold her back but once they bring her to the Red Lanterns, we get some big character development for Kara.
It's pretty fun. While not great, and the villain is boring as could be, the fights and colorful artwork are fun. I enjoyed Kara's change and her growth as a bratty teen to an adult. I could have had her as team red lantern for longer though. A 3 out of 5. -
Some of the DC crossovers are really starting to shit me, because they expect you to buy every single title in order to make sense of the tracking storyline. Sorry, but I am not interested in the Red Lanterns. Hell, even the Green Lanterns struggle to excite me most of the time.
DC have to either supply synopses when they collect these volumes so readers know what the hell is going on, or include the relevant issues when necessary.
It just creates a huge jarring feeling when in one issue Kara is whooping it up, finally finding her 'place' in the Red Lanterns, and then the next chapter in the volume starts with her being 'fired' from the Red Lanterns by Guy Gardner - and of course this all happened in the Red Lanterns series so we have no fucking idea why this happened or what caused it. -
I've been pretty down on DC lately but I LOVED THIS BOOK.
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I really wanted to love this volume, I mean it has Kara in space as a Red Lantern! What could be cooler? But it just has a couple of shortfalls that couldn't move it from the like to love category.
First, once again this volume is caught up in several crossovers. There is more stuff with Dr. Veritas and a demon named Blaze that never gets finished, Lobo shows up and then just disappears, Siobhan/Silver Banshee has a shady seeming new roommate that isn't really explained, we get parts of Kara's awesome story as a Red Lantern, but not all of it. This volume is just kind of a disappointing mix of a lot of fun plot lines that just turn into hanging threads.
Still, I'm in it for the long run and I will see the New 52 version of Supergirl to the very end. Bring on volume 6. -
I rather enjoyed this volume. The costume design for Red Lantern Kara was pretty cool. The story was pretty fast paced, and had high stakes. I was rather disappointed that we did not get more backstory on why Kara got kicked out, but again lots of crossover here, with both Red and Green Lantern. Overall, I thought this was a pretty good installment in the series.
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So I've written a fair share on my opinion of Kara's New 52 journey in some other reviews, as she has bounced from one hyperactive situation to another with no small degree of mistrust, but as Tony Bedard takes over the book with Emanuela Lupaccino in Supergirl, Vol. 4: Red Daughter of Krypton, there's really only one thing the reader needs to know:
Kara Zor-El is really, really angry.
If you really want to know why she's so angry, I suppose you could go back and get all of the convoluted details from all of the other books, but thankfully, this is not necessary. Bedard and Lupaccino make this book about the current situation and the current situation alone--and that's great, because the current situation makes all of the other rage-fest-soul-searching totally worth it when Kara finally snaps finds a new level of rage, and becomes a Red Lantern.
This is a move that makes a ton of sense story-wise. Kara has literally had zero breaks since she woke up on Earth. She's been abducted, lectured to, experimented on, mind-controlled, banished to her own subconscious, and judged by her only surviving family member. The rest of the surviving Kryptonians have creepily expressed a wish to "possess" or marry her in some way. Lining all of that up, with no breaks to explore the character, well, it's a bit of a stretch. Even for a comic book, this seems like a pacing issue, because in addition to all of that she has had to confront the "return of Krypton" not once, but twice. It's a lot to ask of a character whose entire perception of reality has just become defined by loss, a point that Bedard does a great job of making at a few key moments in this collection.
He and Lupaccino simplify all of that into a brief two-issue arc that features Lobo, and the final strand of that is some of the best writing that Supergirl has gotten in the New 52. It blends naturally, seamlessly with her conversion to the Red Lantern Supergirl that the writers explore in this collection, and it's a fascinating story that, while not close to the character's familiar core, it does take a fascinating stance on Kara that makes for what is probably the best Supergirl arc of the new 52.
With only one more collection to go before the last issue in #40, I hope that Bedard can keep the good, character-based writing that he has done here going with something a little truer to Kara's roots. There's a lot of good work done here to move the character forward out of "lone survivor" mode, and it's a shame there's not more to come post-Convergence. Still, Kara's adventure in Red Daughter of Krypton is nothing if not memorable and a highlight in her recent adventures. -
4.5
Kara becomes a red lantern because she is angry, tired and in pain. And I loved it so much.
Teen girls are never allowed in media to be angry and it is wonderful to see that Kara has a space to deal with her complicated and very understandable emotions. Red Daughter of Krypton shows a huge development from Kara. She had embraced her past, but finally, she embraces her powers and emotions. I'm glad that the comic deals with Kara's trauma. Stories with superheroes normally ignore emotional and psychological aspects. And mental health is very important.
I also liked the message of "there is power on anger because being angry is a normal and sometimes necessary emotion." Again, I'm glad that Kara, as a teen girl, has a space to be angry and burned the world to the ground."The universe tried its best to destroy you and it only made you stronger."
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The Supergirl story line gets completely hijacked to make her a member of the Red Lantern Corps, which adds nothing to the story of either the Red Lantern Corps or Supergirl. The end result being that this book was compeletely pointless.
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Slow to start, and Red Guy Gardner looks terrible, but once the story gets going its a good read. Although you will get sick of the phrase 'magic blood pool'.
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I wanted to like this so much more than I actually did. I dream of someday seeing a talented female writer take the helm on this book. It's just been such a mess since the beginning of the New 52.
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I am so glad I finally decided to read these books. I've always been a fan of the girl from Krypton, though she has, for far too long, lived in her cousin's shadow. Even the stories have paled against those of Superman. However, with DC's New52 we finally have a Supergirl to be proud of. This has been due to the great writing and brilliant artwork. And, that doesn't change in this volume.
This is what the entire story arc has been leading up to. Poor Kara hasn't been accepted on Earth, she's been betrayed by almost everyone, including her father. She feels alienated from Siobhan, the one true friend she has... through her own machinations and not Siobhan's.
All this builds up within her until the day she goes head to head with Lobo. She's angry with Dr Veritas, who calls upon her to fight him. Tired of fighting she tries to talk to him to work things out. Lobo, though, prefers fighting over talking. Unfortunately, for him, it ends with Supergirl punching him to death. But as with talking, Lobo doesn't like staying dead and reincarnates.
He taunts Kara at every moment, increasing her anger and her rage, in the hopes she'll make a mistake. The mistake is that Atrocitus created more Red Lantern rings to seek out new Corp members. It quickly finds Kara and makes her an offer she cannot refuse.
From here on in, we get Supergirl's adventures in the Red Lantern Corps. This is my favourite Supergirl story so far and a fitting conclusion to a marvellous run. Though there are many new threads left hanging. The most annoying one by far is Blaze. The character revealed in this book looks to be one hell of an adversary... or could they be a dark hero? Shame we won't know.
And, just who is Siobhan's new roommate? And, what is the Epilogue all about at the end of the book?
The first four chapters are the Lobo story, this is well told by Tony Bedard and pencilled superbly by Yildiray Cinar, who is my second favourite artist on this run after Mahmud Asrar. Though I do have to give a shout out to the expert colouring and shading of Dan Brown, who adds a depth and a pop to the panels.
After that, you get wonderful writers, Charles Soule and Frank Barbiere, and artists, Alessandro Vitti (except, at times his figures can be a little too blocky - and over inked), Emanuela Lupacchino, Diogenes Neves, Ray McCarthy, Guillermo Ortego, Cory Smith, Jeff Johnson, and Ben Caldwell and colourists, Gabe Eltaeb, and Hi-Fi. This gives you a well-told set of stories filled with interesting and nicely created art.
The only drawback is that there's a strange jump in the story between Red Daughter of Krypton (Part 2) Red Remembrance and Red Daughter Of Krypton (Part 3) Judgement Day. This is due to the fact that Judgement Day is the second part of a Red Lantern story. It's a three-part story also called Judgement Day and spans Red Lanterns issues 30, 31 with Supergirl issue 31 in the middle.
This should then alleviate the disjointed feel of the story at this point. I will say it would be worth your while getting the extra Red Lantern issues.
The best and strongest Supergirl to date. Thank you, DC for this set of stories. Thank you kindly. -
Después de casi 30 números viendo como Kara se sentía sola y frustrada, llegamos a un punto donde todo el enojo acumulado sale a la luz de un anillo Red Lantern. Aunque es algo que recién leo, sabía de antemano que en algún momento se iba a hacer portadora de dicho anillo, pero desconocía las circunstancias y tendía a creer que era un invento del momento para girar la trama. Pero no. Pareciera la opción más lógica después de todas las situaciones en la que ya vimos envuelta a Supergirl, yendo siempre de mal a peor.
El estallido se da en un enfrentamiento contra un Lobo modelo New52, mas delgado, mas calculador y aparentemente menos crudo en un 10 mil porciento que el que conocíamos. Victima de la posesión del anillo, Kara no puede pensar con claridad y comienza su ataque contra todo en general. Allí, Silver Banshee aparece para hacerle frente e intenta contenerla sin mucho éxito. Hasta que logra de alguna forma persuadirla de que se vaya del planeta.
En este punto nos encontramos con el cuerpo de Green Lanterns (dirigidos por Hal Jordan) que en este momento están en situación delicada y con prácticamente el universo en contra. Supergirl es contenida por los verdes y llevada ante Guy Gardner, actual líder de los pocos Red Lanterns que quedan, y sumergida en el lago de sangre de la batería roja. Una vez que emerge recupera la cordura y logra comunicarse nuevamente. Ella se siente cómoda con el cuerpo de Red Lanterns y pese a la insistencia de Superman en que lo abandone y vuelva a la tierra, ella continua recriminándole que aquel no es su hogar. Finalmente Clark la manda a freír espárragos.
El patrullaje con los Red Lanterns dura unos pocos números, y concluye en un enfrentamiento con el 5to de los matamundos que hasta ahora no se había mostrado. Este busca tomar control del cuerpo de Supergirl para fusionarse y "mejorar" el cuerpo Kryptoniano. Pero ella le canta un retruco casi a costa de su vida y asi se deshace del matamundos y del anillo.
Realmente creo que la opción de los Red Lanterns venia como anillo al dedo (je). Muchas veces me pregunte porque con tantos personajes en el universo DC con características tan marcadas para los requisitos de los anillos de colores, nunca llegaron a serlo o solo por números concretos... por ejemplo, Scarecrow podría ser siempre un Yellow Lantern. Me hubiese gustado que durara un poco mas esta estadía de pura Bronca sin arrepentimiento y escupir sangre en Supergirl, realmente la disfrute. -
Całkiem ciekawy i udany eksperyment ubrania Kary w nieco inne ciuszki, nie noszący jednak ze sobą znamion czegoś dużo bardziej poważniejszego dla rozwoju postaci, choć trzeba przyznać że Supergirl w ekipie czerwonych prezentuje się świetnie.
Zaczyna się od starcia z Lobo, które wywołuje w dziewczynie pokłady nieokiełznanego gniewu, który pączkował już od jakiegoś czasu. Przeżycia Kary mają na nią ogromny wpływ. Najpierw utrata własnej planety z rodzinką, potem życie na Ziemi, które też nie było usłane różami. W końcu walka z pierwszą miłością, a nieco później z kimś, kto imitował dla niej nowy Krypton. Taka zbieżność emocji owocuje powstaniem nowej Czerwonej Latarni.
Pierwsza Kryptonianka w zespole jest jednak okazem dosyć nieokrzesanym. Nadmiar emocji sprawia, że stanowi ona zagrożenie dla innych, a pierścienia z ręki nie da się od tak ściągnąć. Dokonać tego mogą Niebieskie Latarnie, ale tych już nie ma. Hal Jordan, który przejął bohaterkę nie ma wyboru i musi zgłosić się do starego kumpla, który teraz przewodzi części Czerwonych Latarni.
Zbiór zeszytów jest ze sobą mniej więcej połączony, ale miejscami czuć że coś więcej musi znajdować się gdzieś indziej i przez to zabiera nieco przyjemności z czytania, choć i tak nie jest to poziom chaosu, jaki widywałem w części łączonych eventow kilku tytułów DC, gdzie poszczególnych tomów nie dało się zupełnie czytać, bez bycia pozostawionym na lodzie z masą pytań.
Kara musi się odnaleźć w nowej roli. Napotyka swojego kuzyna, który jest nieco zaskoczony nową formą bliskiej osoby. Walczy w bytem pochadzacym z Kryptona i przede wszystkim musi zaakceptować siebie i swoje emocje. Finał zeszytu jest przewidywalny i troszkę szkodliwy dla szumnych deklaracji, zawartych jeszcze na początku omawianego tomu. Ja wiem, że to wybitna rasa, ale...
Całości towarzyszy znośnia kreska, która może się spodobać, ale nie musi, bo mamy tu kilka prac różnych artystów, a style niekoniecznie że sobą idealnie współgrają, co widać. Niemniej piąty już tom przygód Supergirl to krok we właściwym kierunku i wypada tylko sięgnąć po finałowy zbiór losów Kary w New 52. Oby był godny postaci. -
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Supergirl Vol. 5: Red Daughter of Krypton by Michael Alan Nelson (illustrated by Chad Hardin, Diogenes Neves, Various, and Paulo Siqueira) is a graphic novel featuring it’s title heroine who joined the Red Lantern Corps. This graphic novel collects Supergirl #21-25, and Action Comics #23.
The New 52 Supergirl hates everyone. It is no wonder that the Red Lantern ring finally found her, creating one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe.
didn’t read the previous Supergirl books, so I have no idea why Kara Zor-El is so angry. Frankly though, I don’t care since it’s not really necessary to know all the details, which, in true comic book form, I’m sure are convoluted and contrived.
All I know is that she is in full rage mode until she finally snaps and becomes a Red Lantern, and it seems like that’s all I needed to know.
The writers introduce Lobo into the graphic novel Supergirl Vol. 5: Red Daughter of Krypton by Michael Alan Nelson (illustrated by Chad Hardin, Diogenes Neves, and Paulo Siqueira), a fascinating story which really moves the story forward and not just a cheap trick to use a popular character. The Lobo story line helps the narrative smoothly transition from a Supergirl, to a Red Lantern Supergirl.
I enjoyed the art, it was consistent, expressive and move the story along without distractions or getting in the way. This was a really fun comic, but for all its length and great story telling… we don’t get the ending! -
Art: the art for the New 52 Supergirl is my favorite for the character. I loved her design, her costume, her cape. If Superman doesn’t expose his midriff, neither should Kara. If he has a grand cape, so should Kara (what is the point of those tiny baby capes they sometimes give her?!)
Story: Unfortunately, the New 52 Kara is a mess. During her whole run, she is reacting to things, but never making decisions. She has no agency in her own comic. Also, she doesn’t learn from her experiences/mistakes. As if this wasn’t enough, many important moments in her story happen in other titles (Superman, Action Comics, Green Lantern, Red Lantern). For those of us reading the Supergirl title, the search for the story in other books can become downright annoying before we abandon it altogether. -
I still enjoy the storytelling, but I've lost it with the way that in every book, Kara starts out confident and ready to be a hero, and then half the story is her trapped in some way with other characters making decisions for her and the other half is her messing everything up (possibly after being tricked by another character). She does get a good hit in at the end, but it's not enough. I need my female superheroes to have agency and to make their own choices (see Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, and others).
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Kara Zor-El transforming into a Red Lantern was a twist but a wonderful one! It frankly matches her character & I cherish the friendship she creates with the Red Lanterns. Four-star review because her suit & hairstyle isn’t pretty & I wish they illustrated Kara taking advantage of actual Red Lantern ring constructs instead of just resorting to her abilities. I mean, she did transform into a Red Lantern so why isn’t she creating constructs? Other than that, part of me wishes she remained a red lantern after her growth & acceptance.
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The rage piling up in Supergirl since the beginning has finally erupted into her becoming a red lantern. Wit that power, it was truly amazing to see the character development of both the red lantern corps and Supergirl herself. Intense and interesting storyline. Kryptonian-RedLantern-Worldkiller was too much to handle for the Universe and I’m glad it ended up fast otherwise it would have left unnecessary gaps in the storyline.
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This was so much better than all the previous issues in the New 52 supergirl run. I am not sure it is a 4 star because of the poor issues by comparison or if it really was a great comic. Yet, the concept was well done and the execution was clean. It had some strong art. But as with previous installments most of the art was plain and under utilized.
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My favorite in the new 52 so far since Kara got to choose to do stuff instead of just reacting an trying to survive. There are a few jumps in the plot and it's be nice if there was a notice as to which comic the plot continued in somewhere on the page.
