Supergirl, Volume 1: Reign Of The Cyborg Supermen by Steve Orlando

Supergirl, Volume 1: Reign Of The Cyborg Supermen Reviews

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  Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin

  I won this graphic novel in a Goodreads/First Reads giveaway.
  
  I enjoyed the majority of the graphics in the book and I thought the story line was a good one. I haven't gotten to read any of the Supergirl books yet so I can't compare it to any others. Actually, I wouldn't anyway because I don't like comparing books!
  
  Either way I enjoyed it. Here are a couple of graphics from the book =)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chad

  This may be the worst of the Rebirth titles. Steve Orlando further proves he's a crap writer. The title is now a version of the TV show. Supergirl is in high school in National City. The Danvers are secret agents for the D.E.O. and are acting as surrogate parents. Supergirl is working for the D.E.O. with Agent Chase in charge and is also working for Cat Grant at CatCo. Cyborg Superman is now Kara's dad, Zor-El which makes zero sense. He's going to restore the citizens of Argo as cyborg Kryptonians but they all need the odic force from humans to survive. No one else in the DC universe helps out when the Earth is invaded by hundreds of Kryptonians. It's like the book is taking place on a different Earth just like the TV show.
  
  The Good: Emanuela Lupacchino's art in the rebirth issue.
  
  The Bad: This whole revised origin of Cyborg Superman makes no sense, especially since Supergirl has fought him before in the new 52.
  
  The Ugly: Brian Ching's art. He draws Supergirl as if she's a little girl. His art is way too cartoony for a superhero book from one of the big two. His art made the book feel like a bait and switch after seeing Emanuela Lupacchino's gorgeous art in the rebirth issue.
  
  Received an advanced copy from DC and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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  Bill

  Some people laugh when I tell them how much I enjoy the TV series Supergirl starring Melissa Benoist. "Seriously ?!" they say. Well, I think it's a great series with plenty of decent characters, humour, action, drama & some wonderful acting cameos to please old gits like myself.
  After seeking out some advice from a friend on Goodreads (Thanks, Aldo!) I've dipped my toe into the Supergirl comic world for the first time.
  There's certainly lots of action here & a fairly decent plot too. Some of the artwork (especially the look of Supergirl) is occasionally disappointing but overall it's a good read, even though I still prefer the TV series.
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  Subham

  This was so good omg!
  
  We get to see Supergirl get her powers back but when the threat of Cyborg Superman aka Zor-EL arises we get to see Kara divided between her old home and her adopted one and how she stops this threat and the megalomaniacal plans of her father and his robotic kryptonian army and a choice between her adopted home and the home that was and its a very classic story and maybe one of the reasons why we love these heroes and I love the way it happens, the moment builds up so well and the climax is just epic and Lar-on/kryptonian werewolf was a fun bonus fight here! I loved this one and its one of my fav Supergirl volumes and I love the art here, its very classic and also Eliza and Ben and specially Cat here are really well built! A definite recommend from me!
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  Vanessa

  This is a collection of the first 6 issues in the Supergirl Rebirth series (which has since been cancelled.) And it was a decent story: teenage Kara is adjusting to Earth when an enemy from the past resurfaces with a surprising true identity that will force her reconnect with her Kryptonian past.
  
  I don't have a lot to say about this. Even though there is a minimum of teen angst, I thought it was just ok. I prefer my Supergirl to be an adult instead of a teenager. And I really don't like the way Brian Ching draws her:
  
  
  
  Instead of looking like a symbol of truth and justice and whatever, she looks like Veronica Lodge just macked on Archie Andrews in front of Betty Cooper one too many times (which would make the next panel this:)
  
  
  
  
  And those pronounced blonde eyebrows are so distracting. I don't know if Ching or the colorist, Michael Atiyeh, is to blame but they have got to go. No blonde has eyebrows like that.
  
  I love this character. I love DC. I will not give up until they get it right--there is supposed to be a Supergirl movie coming next year and, ok. They eventually have to get the DCU films right, right?
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  Artemy

  Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, and just like Superman, she was sent to Earth from the dying planet Krypton. However, unlike Clark, Kara didn't get adopted by a nice family from Kansas — she was found by the government, and her family was assigned to her.
  
  I quite liked this comic, which is surprising to me, because previously I thought of Steve Orlando as an irredeemable hack of a writer. He actually writes Supergirl really well, and he takes some of the better parts of the TV show and reincorporates them into the main DC universe. Just like in the show, in the comic Kara’s adoptive family works for the DEO, although here it’s not her sister but rather her parents. Comic Kara is younger, she’s still going to high school. She lands a job working for Cat Grant, who is also a more TV-like character and not a fake-titted bimbo from the Geoff Johns Superman run. The character of Kara herself is quite different — since she's younger, she is not as experienced, and she has arrived on Earth only recently, so she's still struggling with adapting to life in the new world. She's angstier and less clear-cut, which I liked because it gives her character a bit more depth as well as room to grow and evolve. In short, I really enjoyed all the character work Orlando did in this comic.
  
  What I didn't like is the villain, because that's where the comic got into the "generic superhero comics bullshit" territory. Kara's Kryptonian father as Cyborg Superman was contrived and silly, and his plan to turn Metropolis into the new Argo City was eye-rollingly bland. Their conflict with Kara resulted in some decent character growth moments in the last couple of issues, but holy crap, it wasn't very fun getting to that point.
  
  I really liked the artwork by Brian Ching. His style adds a lot of character to Kara, and I especially liked the way she transformed between being Supergirl and her civilian disguise. I'm also quite happy with her costume being taken from the show, it looks beautiful and yet practical — a huge improvement over that pervy pre-New52 "microskirt and naked belly" look. Overall, visually this comic is quite good.
  
  While I really didn't enjoy the villain part of Supergirl volume 1, I was really impressed by the rest of the book. Again, this is not what I was expecting from Steve Orlando, but I guess he did improve his craft since his earlier books. I even liked this Supergirl book a bit better than Mariko Tamaki's
  Supergirl: Being Super, which suffered from similar problems as this one but didn't have the same redeeming moments in the end. So yeah, this is a decent start to the series, and I am looking forward to the next volume.
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  Sesana

  This is just not very good. It isn't abysmal, but there's nothing really compelling or interesting here. I can see why Orlando decided to take elements from the TV show, and if this were a complete reboot of the character, I might like that. But it isn't, it's just trying to force relationships onto a character and a history that aren't really built for it. On the show, Kara and Alex grew up together, of course they're close. In the comic, she's supposed to have the same bond with parents she was assigned to... a few weeks ago? A few months? It's a bit unclear. At any rate, it just doesn't feel genuine. And could the plot have been more dramatic? All that aside, I don't care for the art style. Don't let the cover fool you, the art for the actual Supergirl series (and not the Rebirth issue) is entirely different. It looked like something I would see in a Tokyopop original series by an American artist circa 2004, but slightly more polished. Not to my taste, at all.
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  Danielle

  Read this review and more on my
  blog, uncovered-books.
  
  I received a free copy of Supergirl Volume 1: Reign Of The Cyborg Super-Men from DC Comics in exchange for my honest opinion.
  
  For someone who has only ever watch the Supergirl TV show that is currently on The CW, I found Supergirl Volume 1: Reign Of The Cyborg Super-Men to be a very good introduction to the Supergirl character.
  
  The storyline focuses on Supergirl as she has to get used to being a ‘human’ on Earth whilst working for the DEO. Whilst she is finding this balance, she goes to the Fortress of Solitude to find comfort in what remain of Krypton. Whilst she is there her father, Zor-El finds her, but he is not completely her father. He is part cyborg, and is driven to revive Argo City from destruction. How Supergirl overcomes this and come to peace with not being able to revive Argo City was very impressive.
  
  The art style was unlike what is currently going on in the DC Rebirth comics. It seemed almost cartoonish, but it worked in its favour. Since the storyline was not as serious as it could have been, a more serious art style (if you could call it that) would have just not worked.
  
  Whilst it seems to be aimed towards the younger audience that watches the TV show, most people will enjoy this volume.
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  Mizuki

  It's a good series opener and the artwork is so lovely (in the New 52 era, the artwork really keeps me away from reading)! I'll stay tone to read more.
  
  PS: let me tell you one thing: hoping to read more books during self-isolation and work-from-home period during the time of the freaking WuHan virus outbreak probably doesn't work so good, I still have ton of unread and half-finished books to work on. *sighs
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  John Yelverton

  It was great to see an actually worthy attempt to blend the comic books with the current television show. Mostly, I enjoyed the fact that Supergirl is finally hopeful and inspiring again, rather than merely being a moody teenager. I look forward to the next volume in this series.
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  Wing Kee

  Canon hijacking aside it was fun!
  
  World: The art is great. I really enjoyed Ching's art, it's light, it's fun, it's exactly what a hopeful young Supergirl book needs. I don't want the Super family to be doom and gloom (that's what Batman is for) and this art hits the right tone for the books. The world building is both fantastic and irksome at the same time. The good parts are the tone and the family of characters that Orlando has surrounded Kara with. Sure, it takes a lot of influence from the current tv show (not a good show) but I think it took the best parts of that show and also adjusted it to make it interesting. Cat is great, DEO is interesting, Kara's adoptive family is good, and Kara is high school is PERFECT. The tone as I said is perfect this is what this book needs (reminds of me Kamala and that's a great thing). Things that irked me were the changes to canon characters like Zor-El and Hank Henshaw, I am not a big fan of that and I think that same story could have been told without changing these iconic character's origins (especially Cyborg Superman as he's so important to Superman as a character). Other than that I liked the world and the piece of the DCU Orlando has created for Kara.
  
  Story: I like it, it was fun, it was light, it was hopeful and positive. The Rebirth issue very strongly established this Kara as being hopeful and looking at the best in people and first arc doubles down on it and I like it. The story is fun and interesting and calls back to Kara's past and I like it. I didn't like the changes to Zor-El and Henshaw and I think this story would have worked without these versions of it. However, looking at the story and it's ties to family and home, changes to characters aside, it does work. I like the inclusion of the DEO and Cat and I like the banter and the chemistry of the characters. I don't think the end relationship with Kara and her adoptive family was earned but the emotions were done well and it was good, just needed more time to fully develop. I liked the high school Kara stuff a lot cause she's suppose to be young and having her fish out of water in high school really brings feelings of Peter Parker and Kamala Khan into the Supergirl story and I like that (she's too old in the tv series). I enjoyed it, flaws aside.
  
  Characters: Kara is great, from the moody New 52 version to this lighter brighter and more hopeful and YOUNGER version I approve. DC needs more books like this and especially for the Super family. They are suppose to be beacons of hope and this book does it. Kara in high school is great and I look forward to that part of her life. Cat is a great addition influenced from the TV series but that was one of the things that did work on that show and bringing Cat here as a mentor is a good thing. Ben is interesting and I look forward to seeing where that interaction with Kara goes (you know it's gonna be a romance...which I'm...not a fan of). Zor-El and Hank was not really done well, in that they did not need to be changed the way they did. However for the sake of the story it does make sense but yeah I would have wanted them not to be these two characters and the story would have still worked. That being said, for the changes they went through they were well presented and done well. Chase, what can I say, making her the battering ram awesomeness that she is, I like (reminds me of J.H Williams III's version in Batwoman).
  
  I liked it, it's different and absolutely where the book needs to head for a hopeful, young and fun Supergirl book. Leave the doom and gloom for the Bat Family.
  
  Onward to the next book!
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  Koen

  Woooow, this was stupendous!
  .. Oh wait, I meant stupid.. :L
  
  I couldn't find a single thing to love/like/enjoy in this album..
  Leaving Supergirl for what it is..
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  Fraser Sherman

  Supergirl was actually showing some promise before DC's new Rebirth phase, so I rather wish they'd stuck with the status quo from Supergirl: Crucible. Especially this is the 21st century's third or fourth reboot of the Maid of Might since Peter David's take. Oh, and it's dreadful.
  First we get a transition to the TV show set-up — Supergirl as Cat Grant's intern (and Cat miraculously switching from co-blogging with Clark Kent to running Catco Worldwide Media), parents miraculously attached, working for the DEO.
  Next we get Krypton! Invading! Earth! which has been done to death and Orlando doesn't do anything to make it worth going through again.
  Oh, and we also have Supergirl suddenly in high school and stuck being the lonely nerd/outsider. Well that's certainly nothing I've seen in a comic book before ... oh wait yes it is.
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  Jenny Clark

  The story was actually pretty interesting. It shows a slightly more mature Kara who is yet still somewhat unsure of herself and her powers. She still has some anger issues, but not as much as in New 52. I still would like to know why she lost her powers though.
  The art is just ok. It reminds me quite a bit of Rebirth Batgirl, and actually a bit of the first Teen Titans cartoon as well. It's not bad, but not my favorite for comic books.
  Overall, seams like a lot of Rebirth is cleaning up the mess left behind by New 52. Lets see if they can keep it going!
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  Will Robinson Jr.

  I really enjoyed reading Supergirl Volume 1 by Steve Orlando. The story is a easy introduction to Supergirl to jump into. The story is well paced and has a sizable amount of action. Fans of the hit CW series will fill right at home here as much of the character beats and feel of the book are pretty close to the show. My first gripe with the book is the artwork. I am just not a fan of this anime style to the characters and the artwork seemed sub par on some panels. Perhaps DC Comics was going for a teen titan cartoony feel to the book. The artwork was bit of a downer to what is a really good plot. My next problem with the book is how they make Kara seem a bit idiotic at times here. This is a problem many fans have express with her characterization on the TV show. To be fair I am not a big Supergirl comicbook reader. I only had exposure to her in comics through the New 52
  Superman: H'el on Earth story arc,
  Supergirl, Vol. 5: Red Daughter of Krypton where Supergirl became a Red Lantern,
  Superman: Doomed, and her current crossover in the Superman Reborn story arc. Most of my knowledge of the character comes from the Superman: The animated Series and her appearance on Smallville.
  Steve Orlando does a great job with Supergirl's dialogue and thought the idea of making her more of an outsider to our culture was a nice touch. Those who have been following the character before this series will be confuse by the continuity but as Deadpool would say "These timelines are so confusing". Just think of this book as a new beginning and you will be fine.
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  Chris Lemmerman

  [Read as single issues]
  It's very difficult to relaunch a character that also has an ongoing TV series without drawing too many comparisons between the two. Luckily, Steve Orlando manages to take a dash of the Supergirl TV series and meld it nicely into a new status quo for the Girl Of Steel that moves naturally on from her New 52 series.
  
  So Kara inherits new parents in the form of Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers (but no Alex, yet), and moves to National City to work under Cat Grant, and alongside the DEO which is headed up by Cameron Chase (instead of Martian Manhunter), which are our TV show links. And then the villain for this arc is her father, the Cyborg Superman, from the previous series (and there's also some stuff in the Rebirth one-shot about Supergirl losing her powers which comes out of the Last Days Of Superman arc I think).
  
  What follows is a story about trying to find your place in the world when everything you knew is changing, and about Kara trying to reconcile her Kryptonian heritage with her new home. It's very personal stuff, and well told. The overall story with the Cyborg Superman is maybe a little too long, but it's not that noticeable when read as a trade, and the story hits the ground running which is great too. I like that Kara here has a very different voice to the TV show Kara, so you're getting a different experience.
  
  The Rebirth one-shot is by Emanuella Luppachino, who I wish would do more interiors because she has such a gorgeous style, and then the main story is pencilled by Brian Ching, whose art is very angular but has a lot of character. It deteriorates a little by the end of the volume, but not to the point where it's undecipherable, and Ching's cyborg characters are very, very creepy.
  
  As a big fan of the Supergirl TV series, I was sceptical when DC announced a new Supergirl series, but this is great stuff that fans of the comic character will enjoy and fans of the TV series will be able to dip into very easily.
  
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  Nadine in NY Jones

  This Supergirl is set on an alternate Earth in which Superman is dead, and all of the women (including - especially - Supergirl) have a horrible spinal deformity that causes them to stand with their breasts and butts pushed out. It must be uncomfortable, because they are prone to pouting and grimacing and speaking in trite phrases. The pain seems to prevent them from using most higher cognitive functions, like speaking in intelligent sentences.
  
  (In fairness, this terrible spinal deformity is severe only when Emanuela Lupacchino is the artist. But the dialogue and story are dreadful in ALL the issues.)
  
  Things that don't make sense:
  - Kara's hair changes from blonde to brown when she puts her glasses on.
  - Kara goes to a special science & technology charter school, but she's desperate for an internship at ... a media company??
  - Cyborg Superman.
  - Argo City is a spaceship.
  - Supergirl and Eliza Danvers flying to Saturn (or wherever the hell it is they're going).
  - "Odic" force bullshit (omg spare me).
  - All of it, really.
  
  Also, people saying this will appeal to fans of the show are dead-wrong (same for whoever wrote the blurb on the back of the book), because ... Where's Kara's sister, Alex? Answer: she doesn't exist in this book. Also, this is nothing like Kara's backstory on the show.
  
  Note to self: Avoid Steve Orlando titles in the future.
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  Cale

  I went into this with trepidations - Supergirl has been one of the poorest-used characters in the DC canon (her New 52 series in particular was pretty pitiful), and I wasn't blown away by Steve Orlando's Midnighter series. But I was pleasantly surprised -although I think some of it may have been the book aligning with the TV series. Supergirl is working for the DEO while attending a specialist high school, although both of those aspects fall to the wayside as the book focuses on Kara dealing with Cyborg Superman, AKA her father, and his attempts to return Argo City. There's a fish-out-of-water element, and the presence of Cat Grant makes is a significant impact, but the story focuses on Kara and parents, both biological and foster. There's a pretty significant action sequence that works out pretty well, and Kara manages to come out a lot more self-confident and powerful than her New 52 era, while still not turning her into another Super Mary Sue.
  The art is good throughout, and the framing and pacing works well too. All told, it was a pleasant surprise, even though all the parent issues got a little old.
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  Kb

  Cat Grant should have her own comic, but I like this take on Kara and giving her the Danvers family.
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  Gary Butler

  83rd book read in 2017.
  
  Number 248 out of 647 on my all time book list.
  
  This is my first "rebirth" read; not so bad, plus Supergirl is ultra cute.
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  Adam Graham

  This book marks the re-launch of Supergirl in a way that makes it's reality a little closer to that of the TV show. The big difference is that Kara is much younger than on television (still a teenager.)
  
  The book begins with the Rebirth story with the DEO shooting Kara at the sun to help recharge her Kryptonian powers. As a condition of that, she has to agree to work for the DEO under the supervision of two married yet childless agents who will be her parents.
  
  However, Cyborg Superman returns, this time with a startling revelation and a promise to fulfill her dreams of bring back Argo City but with a high cost to Earth.
  
  The book gets a lot right. It really captures the way she feels out of place on Earth and how difficult everything is for her to adjust. It'd be like a smart modern teenager being dropped off in an Eighteenth Century school and you really get that sense of how lost and homesick she is. And she really experiences a lot of conflict.
  
  Yet, she remains the same hero, showing kindness to vanquished enemies and never giving up on people, even on villains. The story really captures the kindness and compassion of Supergirl that the TV show portrayed in the first series that made her such a likable character.
  
  I also liked the idea of her foster parents and the way they were portrayed with her mother even being willing to follow her into space as part of the plot. I love the Danvers as just such really likable and interesting characters.
  
  The art in the book is somewhat inconsistent. There are several pages where facial features are (for no apparent reasons) very non-distinct. There may be a style to this, but given that it's on some pages and no on others it makes the art seem occasionally lazy.
  
  The DEO Director isn't Hank Henshaw/Martian Manhunter and what we're given instead is a very generic director who just constantly shouts, gives orders, complaints, and threatens. It's like Maria Hill from Marvel but with nothing interesting about her.
  
  I like Cat Grant's character on the TV show, but I don't think using that TV portrayal as a basis for the comics works well. For one thing, Calista Flockheart manages to make the character likable when with a lesser star, the character could have become insufferably smug. Unfortunately, that's how she comes off in the comic, particularly in her first appearance she chews out Supergirl for stopping high tech armed robber and getting in the way of her brilliant plan to interrogate them and find out everything about their evil organization. It's Cat Grant not Batwoman here. In addition, while it's okay for Cat to give a one or two minute speech every episode on a 40 minute television, that sort of verbosity in a comic book slows things down.
  
  Overall though, I liked the book. The story is solid and relatable and most importantly, the lead and her foster parents are likable. Even though Kara's younger than in the TV show, these first issues captured everything that made Supergirl appealing in Season 1 with it's incredibly kind and caring lead character without the burden of heavy duty politics that came to define the series later on.
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  J.

  This volume started in a bit of a weird place, I thought. Apparently Supergirl had lost her powers at some point? The opening episode involves her getting her powers back, and then a little later she faces down Cyborg Superman...who she has apparently fought before?
  
  I had sort of assumed that the Rebirth volume would start things from scratch, but I guess I either needed to read some of the Superman comics or be more familiar to what happened with Supergirl in the New 52. That didn't detract too much from the read, but it was a little frustrating.
  
  I also thought some of the character introductions were a little clunky, several of them done through dialogue in a way that felt really exposition-y and not very authentic.
  
  But outside of that, I enjoyed this set of stories.
  
  Kara is a teenager who is assigned a family (the Danvers) by the D.E.O. who want to use her powers to handle extraterrestrial threats. We get a lot of flashbacks to her life on Krypton and see how well adjusted she was there and how miserable she is on Earth as she tries to learn the new culture, technology, and so forth.
  
  But despite everything going on, Kara remains a beacon of hope, someone who cares about people and won't give up on anyone, even the criminals she apprehends. I thought Orlando did a really great job of capturing her essence and telling an engaging tale about how she comes to consider the Earth her home.
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  Nadja

  So I actually read this in single issues but I don't really want to count every issue as a book I'm just going with the paperback ecen though I'm missing issues 5 & 6. If I ever get those I will update this review....
  
  I have to be honest I was kind of disappointed. The comic version of Supergirl is quite similar to the tv show version but younger and less experienced with life on earth since she has only been here for a few months... There are also some characters that also appear on the tv show.
  
  I think my biggest problem was, that I just prefer the tv show. In the comic Kara just sometimes seems like a really annoying teenager and her relationship to her new parents was kind of weird, sometimes it seemed like they were very close and sometimes like they weren't close at all... Overall also the other relationships seemed just really inconsistent and I didn't really care for the characters... I also felt like the art wasn't especially good...
  Overall it wasn't terrible or anything but I just did not really like it too much. 2,5/5*
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  Kate

  Good fun, if a little repetitive in the earlier issues. Understandably, Orlando wants to reiterate plot points for those reading as individual issues, but once they're combined for the graphic novel it comes across as heavy-handed and really bogs down the narrative.
  The story holds no surprises (especially the predictable resolution) but as an intro story goes it ticks all the buttons.
  Art style is fresh and bright, with any darker moments complementing the narrative perfectly.
  I'm not a huge Supergirl fan, but this will appeal to those checking her out off the back of the tv show, or looking for a younger character to follow - which I suppose is the intent of DC with a lot of these titles now (See Teen Titans, Son Of... etc)
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  Karen

  No me gustó ni la trama ni el arte, últimamente se ha puesto de moda hacer nuevas versiones de algunas historias y personajes (cómics y libros por igual), con historias carentes de sentido.
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  Morgan

  Super solid, amazing story ideas but the execution falls a little short.
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  Genesis

  I really enjoyed this omggg I missed reading Supergirl comics I love Kara sooo much!!
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  Christian Zamora-Dahmen

  This was horrible.
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  Eleanor

  I went on a little comic spree yesterday and this is my favourite of the three I read. It was my first introduction to the Supergirl series, and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more!
  
  Kara Zor-El, the cousin to Superman, is sent to Earth while her home city is dying. She;s given a secret identity, a human life to lead under the name of Kara Danvers. Her human parents try to help her settle in and live like a normal human, going to school with other teens and even learning to drive a car. But then her father - who she thought was dead - returns, with some strange new (and very modern) changes.
  
  I love Kara as a character. She's a sassy teen, but she also has so much more going on. She's from a whole different planet, she lost her parents (twice, now) and has to make decisions that no teenager could ever dream of. 
  
  And the art style in this is a bit different to other comics - more sketchy, kind of sharper. I liked it.
  
  The overall plot was really good - Kara's dad, Zor-El, is trying to rebuild Argon for her. But his visions are twisted, and he's causing harm to Kara's new family while trying to bring back her old one.
  
  This was easily one of my favourite comics I've read. 5 stars. It was so interesting and exciting and I just love Kara's character so much.