Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

by Tom King and Bilquis Evely

Woman of Tomorrow has been on my list for a while, and the recent summer movie inspired me to complete it.

I wasn't really sure what to expect, but had heard overwhelmingly good things about it, and that was enough for me. If you need more, here's a bit of a premise: it's kind of a space fantasy epic, told in episodes.

Ruthye is this little girl from this large family, whose father was murdered by what you could call a bandit, or a pirate. Ruthye vows to go on a quest for revenge to kill her father's murderer, and enlists Supergirl. Somehow, Supergirl agrees. Not the least of which being the bandit, Krem, beat up her dog.

Ruthye and Supergirl play off each other really well, and it comes off as a travel buddy story. What's unique about this story is the take on Supergirl: somehow Tom King found the dimension of Supergirl that's never been told before, yet rings true in a way you would never have thought. She is a survivor of losing her entire family and birthright. She is among the last of the Kryptonians, and she carries that with a gruff cynicism and minimal communication. Pair that with Ruthye's naivete and flowery wordiness, and they make a great pair.

It's been long enough that I don't have many more specifics about the story, but here's some pretty pictures.

A great 'thesis statement' for this Supergirl:

Coolest comic book moment here: Krem gets ahold of a 'Mordru globe,' which just teleports someone (your enemy) way, way far away so that it'd take years for them to get back to you. Supergirl gets through the first one with time, but for the second one, she rides her space horse until science loses meaning, and the Mordru globe dissipates. I guess you could say it's the point where she travels faster than light, and the principles of modern science do not apply?

SPOILERS ENSUE BELOW:

I think that ending is worth talking about. While Ruthye herself narrates that Supergirl kills Krem, they show Ruthye releasing Krem from the Phantom Zone after millennia of punishment and theoretically, reformation. Krem says that he's learned the error of his ways and is likely reformed.

However, that doesn't stop Ruthye from whacking him upside the head.

That's a real nuanced take that you don't always see in comics. First off, they don't kill him. They punish him, for millennia. And when he comes out of it, he's considered reformed. But even so, redemption doesn't necessitate forgiveness. That's still Ruthye's choice to make, and she does not forgive him.

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DC's Final Crisis: STOP! You must be supercool to proceed.

As we count down to the New Year, we also count down to . . . the FINAL CRISIS!

That's right kids, my library got in the miniseries that we all called "confusing." and "overly reliant on continuity. I want a sandwich." What's my verdict? Am I too confused and in need of a sandwich?

Final Crisis

by Grant Morrison and a mess of artists

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: There was a war and evil won! The New Gods died and were reborn into hip reverends, tiger-dudes and Alpha Lanterns! The evil ones succeed in bringing the end of the 52 worlds, and it's up to the DCU's greatest heroes to save us!

The Flash must outrun Death, the Black Racer! Death can't run greater than the speed of light, but here's a Flash fact -- Barry Allen can!

Superman must rise into the 4th dimension, cross universes and do battle with the vampire of 52 universes to obtain the elixir that can't be brought back to save Lois -- all in the space between her final heartbeat!

WHAT I LIKED: It's billed as a tale of what happens "when evil wins," and yeah, the world really does get taken over by Darkseid's Anti-Life Equation. It's kinda awesome to see how everyone, from Green Arrow to Green Lantern, deals with it, and near the end the JL tower is the only refuge from the Anti-Life Equation.

Morrison takes every high concept from the DCU and throws it at you! Can you handle it?

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: I believe there was a scheduled delay in the single issues. If this is so, why do so many artists fill in for JG Jones? That's kind of disappointing to see.

The plotline gets pretty thick and bramble-y. I couldn't tell it to you myself, but the fights are pretty great, and the concepts are pretty great. For a major crossover event, it could've done worse (Secret Invasion), but I think it's better than DC's recent stuff (Infinite Crisis).
EXTRAS?: Included is the miniseries Superman: Beyond and the one-shot Submit. Superman: Beyond is totally insane and trippy and a great read. Submit, eh, not so much. These two are sandwiched in between issue 3 and 4 of Final Crisis. There's a small sketchbook at the end of it from JG Jones.

FINAL THOUGHTS: Final Crisis is the story of "the last story" and the story of "when evil won," and it fulfills that to the tee. If you wanna blow your freakin' mind at what Morrison packs in here and see superheroes being superheroes, Final Crisis is highly recommended.

CAUTION: Do NOT mess with Supergirl

She will set you on fire.

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Serial for today: Supergirl/Robin team-up after-school special!

They are really pushing Blackest Night aren't they? One of the cashiers tried to get me to get it, "if I was looking for a dark comic;" the entire staff was wearing GL t-shirts, and my local shop even scored a visit from the inker of the first issue. All the geeks were talking to him too, albeit from a socially safe and non-threatening distance.

It was hilarious.

Superman/Batman #62

by Michael Green, Mike Johnson and Rafael Albuquerque

Do you remember the last time Rafael was on S/B? Man, that was awesome.

He brings it again this time, with a look back at The First Team-Up Ever between modern Robin (Tim Drake) and modern Supergirl (Kara Zor-El).Apparently, their first team-up was to stop an outbreak at Arkham, and they encounter all sorts of people, from Two-Face to Ivy and Killer Croc, etc. The best person they encounter though, is Mr. Zsasz. This is the Bat-villain who, whenever he murders someone, marks a tally by cutting himself. His body is riddled with tally marks, and he is one of the more twisted Bat-villains! His gimmick doesn't involve clowns, it doesn't involve plants or a penguin fetish -- he freakin' cuts himself.

That is insane.

It was really scary to see Robin and Supergirl (still new to Earth) encounter all the horror in Arkham, and even in themselves, but it's separated very nicely. It's a story that they're telling to each other as they're having lunch.

Adorable!

There's a "sneak preview" at the end, for Keith Giffen's upcoming Doom Patrol comic, which is a 3.99 comic that I actually plan on getting. The six pages were really hard to understand, because they dump all this info on you while the Doom Patrol is getting their Patrol on in some island, and it's really hard to keep up. Meh.

Lastly:

Mr. Rafael draws a MEAN Killer Croc! What a great comic. Amazing artist.

New Krypton pts. 8/9: Supergirl #36 and Superman #683

I was kind of hoping that I'd get some extra hits from "New Krypton," but apparently, nobody's searching for it. It may be because it's not much of a story, or maybe it's just yesterday's news already. How time goes by.

Part 1!
Part 2!
Part 4/5!
Part 6/7!
Part 8/9!
Part 10!

New Krypton pt. 8: Supergirl #36
by Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle

This is the aftermath of Zor's death, the leader of the New Kryptonians and Supergirl's father.

That's pretty much it. There's a lot of talking, but it doesn't really go anywhere. The words don't mean anything; it's just filler. Superman's spent probably the entirety of four issues failing at being a diplomat, and Supergirl's mother, Alura is set up to take revenge for her husband, against the humans.

There's a social statement they try to make here, about how you can't judge the many from the few, and the few from the many, but they don't capitalize on that at all.

That said, you do not want to mess with Supergirl in this issue.

She will bust you up.

New Krypton pt. 9: Superman #683
by James Robinson and Renato Guedes

More inflammatory gestures, and more hostility. Basically, the only reason the Justice League et al. have an all-on brawl with the New Kryptonians, is because they don't like each other.

How idiotic is that? This comic book single is an excuse for people to start fighting with each other, when there was never any reason at all. There is no actual motivation, beyond people being hostile towards each other.

At least the Guardian looks spectacularly goofy, surfing on his sheild in a parka in the arctic.

Nothing is resolved. All the new characters that were introduced don't have a single say in any part. The only reason they made all this hubbub, was to introduce new characters for some other storyline, not New Krypton. If you ask me, New Krypton has already failed as a story, but will the final part, part 10, redeem it?

Stay tuned!

New Krypton pts. 6/7: Superman #682 and Action Comics #872

Chuggin' along the New Krypton train. All aboard!

Part 1!
Part 2!
Part 4/5!
Part 6/7!
Part 8/9!
Part 10!

New Krypton Pt. 6: Superman #682
by James Robinson and Renato Guedes

So, apparently, Robinson is in charge of taking care of the characters I don't care about. If you'll remember, the New Kryptonians are broken into two factions: Zod loyalists, and. . . uh. . . non-Zod loyalists? Regardless, the Zod loyalists, under the consent of the New Kryptonian govt., grabs all of Superman's foes, and places them in the Phantom Zone. Along the way, they end up brutally murdering some Metropolis Science Police Officers.

You get a few million cameos of people I don't care about, and then you get some scenes with the U.S. govt. characters I don't care about: "Agent Liberty," the "Guardian," and the head of the Science Police, Ms. Control. Nice name, and great concept ("Science Police" is so Golden age), but the execution is kinda boring. It's hard to care about these people I don't know, when, uh, I don't know them.

That said, the cliffhanger is this: the villains in the Phantom Zone end up besieging some guy I don't know -- "Mon-El," who's apparently Superman's older brother?

That's funny Mon. I was wondering the same thing about EVERYONE IN THIS COMIC BOOK.

Aside from the brutal murder of the Science Police (which is PRETTY BIG), this part is mostly set-up for New Krypton. I find it frustrating how all these side characters are taking up pages. You shouldn't have to have read a few dozen comics to enjoy the cameos that everyone plays.


New Krypton Pt. 7: Action Comics #872
by Geoff Johns and Pete Woods

Superman confronts Zor (the leader of the New Kryptonians -- and Supergirl's father!) about the murdered policemen. Then the city of Kandor is invaded by Brainiac sentries, while the "Agent of Liberty" gathers magic-type superheroes, to deal with the New Kryptonians.

More People I Don't Know But Am Supposed To, are the "Creature Commandos," who are a monster-themed squad from WWII. Frankenstein, Dracula, Medusa, you name it. There are 7 of them, and this is a nice concept and all, but. . . it doesn't go anywhere. Why introduce all these characters, when the story isn't about them? I wanna see some internal conflict -- like Superman having to deal with his identity, as Earthling or Kryptonian.

Lastly, Supergirl's dad gets killed.

That's gotta hurt.

All the cliffhangers seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. Part 4 ended with the new "Nightwing/Flamebird" duo. We've seen them in one panel since. Part 5 ended with the new "Superwoman." We haven't seen her at all yet. Part 6 ends with Mon-El getting besieged in the Phantom Zone. Part 7. . . okay, that one's organic. Part 8 actually follows up on part 7.


PROGRESS REPORT? So far, the story has consisted of introducing new characters and killing people off. Where's the characterization? Where's the emotional conflict? Where's the beef?

Oh great. Now I'm hungry.

New Krypton Pts 4/5: Action Comics #871 and Supergirl #35

I always make a big deal about decompression, because hey -- these things cost 3 bucks a piece. I could get 3 Clark Bars for that, and I'd still have enough to beat everyone at the claw machine in the arcade.

So hopefully, you understand my apprehension with "New Krypton," the crossover event between the three Super-books. Geoff Johns knows how to tell a story, that's for sure, but he notoriously writes for the trade. A story he tells in five issues could most likely have been done in 3. When you pay for five comic books, but you really only get three, that kind of crap really grinds my gears.

I purchased parts 1 and 2 of the crossover (here and here!), but when part 3 was an "interlude issue" designed to flesh out some guy I don't care about, I basically gave it up. A few months later -and a local sale- I picked up the rest of the parts, still ignoring part 3.

(EDIT:
Part 1!
Part 2!
Part 4/5!
Part 6/7!
Part 8/9!
Part 10!)

Herein we talk about 'em! The approach here is to enjoy the crossover -- while at the same time ensuring each issue has weight in and of itself, and isn't designed just to take up space for the trade.

New Krypton Pt. 4 (Action Comics #871)
by Geoff Johns and Pete Woods

Johns handles this part, and boy is it a doozy. Remember General Zod? In the movie with Chris Reeves, he was one of the guys trapped in that big glass doo-hickey -- the Phantom Zone. In the comics, he's also imprisoned, and General Zod's underlings sow the seeds for his return. Their feelings about Earth are characterized masterfully, as is the business relationship between General Lane (Lois Lane's father) and Lex Luthor.

Johns is also notorious for his liberal use of retroactive continuity, and he revises the heck out of Super-continuity here. The reason "Bottle City of Kandor" has been used in so many stories, but the real Kandor is here, is because Kandor was such a great city, advanced in science and politics, that every other city took its name!

And remember Doomsday? You know, the thing that randomly fell from space and "killed" Superman? Well, it turns out he was a primordial science experiment from Ancient Krypton! Neanderthal Kryptonians released a child into the wild, cloning what remained, until something evolved enough to survive! That is the insane kind of crap any comic book should have.

The plot moves along well enough -- the Kryptonians chillingly beat Doomsday to a pulp (ON THE MOON!!!!), as Zod's cronies and Lane/Luthor scheme.

A good set-up issue, with adequate action.

New Krypton pt. 5 (Supergirl #35)
by Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle

Oh man, this issue does a little rewriting of Supergirl's history too.

That is to say, it basically overhauls her past. Basically, all those memories of Kara needing to kill her cousin Kal-El, was because she was exposed to K-radiation for 30 years.

Her father, Zor-El treats her and purges the remnants from her body. Kara remembers her real life now.

Aside from that, not much happens. There's some set-up for tension, as Supergirl must choose whether she is Kryptonian or Earthling. We see the mysterious "Superwoman" here, who's getting a five-issue arc right now.

So, like so many other issues of Supergirl, this is a telling of her origin. Hopefully, this is the one that sticks!

A mediocre part of the New Krypton crossover.

She's a menace! A menace to society!

A select few of you - okay, fine - most of you may not know it, but today's the debut of the new creative team for Supergirl. I follow the title on and off, and heck, I even bought the Superman/Batman trade that introduced Kara Zor-El.

(I kinda have a crush on her too)

The title never really did well. There were so many creative teams that it felt bi-polar: is she supposed to be an insecure kryptonian new to the ways of Earth? Sweet, innocent and naive? If so, how long can that even last? Is 33 issues too much? If not, is she supposed to be its antithesis? A teenage Paris Hilton who smoked and partied in the nightlife? And how about that skimpy skirt; it's gotta mean something right?

Who can say. The last creative team started off nicely, but it just got so
darn confusing and inconsistent in the middle, that I didn't bother sticking around for the end. 

Now, there's another new creative team, and this time they're getting a lot of fanfare. They're gonna be the architects for Supergirl's role in the "New Krypton" event, so let's check it out. Let's review. . . 

Supergirl #34

by Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle

Cat Grant's (of the Daily Planet) article on Why the World Doesn't Need Supergirl kicks off the issue, and at the same time, Supergirl is fighting the Banshee in the middle of a baseball field. 

The baseball field fight was perfect. It demonstrated how people can be such jerks to new people (Supergirl), and some of her quick-thinking around the situation (she drops a guy off

in the city to save him from the Banshee's cry: "stayrightthereyou'llbesafesorry!").

Later, she finds the day's Daily Planet, and Cat's article, so she gets sad about it. Sappy, but: I identify with that. Sometimes it's just really hard to fit in and please everyone. There's even more grief when you're an outsider, and you don't know your place in society! Who wouldn't feel weak at times like these right? 

It's this feeling that makes the title unique. See, Superman doesn't even have to worry about that; he was the first superhero after all! Who's gonna throw Clark Bars at him? No one! And it's NOT just because Clark Bars are so damn good!

This difference is why the title of the comic is "Supergirl" and not "female adolescent Superman." I wanna know that Supergirl is a good person, but I also wanna know she's not perfect either. That's what Gates and Igle deliver!

So Superman consoles her in the best possible way he can:

With coffee and a grin. If there's a better method, then you can just butter my butt and call me a biscuit.

The rest of the issue is Supergirl trying to figure out her identity (literally and not-literally). Wonder Woman comes in; the Teen Titans appear, even Ma and Pa Kent get in the action, but the crucial part here is the re-intro of Lana Lang. I don't know her backstory, but she has some kind of past with the Daily Planet, and she's gonna go back there as a reporter. . . with LINDA LANG as her "niece." Aherm. Notice the reference to Peter David's Supergirl. Aherm. 

It looks like Lana will be Linda's mentor, which could start something interesting. Who knows.

All in all, I liked the issue. Supergirl is sweet but naive, fragile but strong at the same time. Now, as you might note, this is pretty much what I said in the first issue of the previous creative team, so I'm certainly carrying some cautious c-optimism here. But then again, the previous creative team didn't work this into their issue. . . 

So who knows! Anything could happen! 

Now I'm off to the internet, to find out what they think of this issue. Feel free to speak up if you have something to say!

Let's talk about the week today, hm?

"I'm the hall monitor. It's my job."

Those were the words of a young grade-schooler who walked with Yao Ming. You might wonder why a nine-year-old boy is walking with the NBA superstar, but then maybe you didn't hear of what he did. When an earthquake all but destroyed his school building, he was one of the lucky ones to escape, but then he went back and he rescued one of his classmates.

Then he went back again and saved another one.

Don't you think that warrants walking with Yao Ming at the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics?

Whether it's Michael Phelp's six-year-and-growing record in the Individual Medley at the pool or Roger Federer's tennis bout with Rafael Nadal or the young boy's heroic feat, the Olympics gravitate around one thing: the best that people can be.

For such an event, I felt that it was appropriate to pospone Friday's post for today instead.

. . . You don't believe me? Okay, fine. I was lazy, but isn't the first reason so much better?

Let's get back to comics: with the week ending, it sounds like a good time to recap it: what I thought was cool, and what I thought wasn't.

Supergirl #32 came out this week, and it's the last issue of Kelley Puckett's attempt to make the cute Kryptonian compelling. I'm still following the title, but only in the vaguest sense. I flipped through the issue, and saw stuff that only worried me: four-panel pages with no dialogue and more decompression. He started this arc in, what was it, issue 25?

Oh wait, no, it was issue 23! And the arc ends in 9 issues!

Needless to say, a new creative team is taking over after a fill-in issue. Hopefully it picks there?

Hey here's another title to rant about: the "Vertigo Doubleshot: House of Mystery #1 and Young Liars #1" Here's my thought process in getting this:

Hey isn't that House of Mystery #1? I thought my shop was sold out of it? And why does it have a red logo. The original publication had a black logo.

Is this a second printing?

Holy crap! House of Mystery really did well enough to get a second printing?

(picks up issue, thumbs through it)

Hmmm, this feels thicker than usual.

Holy crap! These pages are upside down! This is a flip book with the first issue of Young Liars as well!

Holy crap! This is only three dollars!

And that's when I stopped thinking.

Wait, no, that's not what I mean. Okay, fine, you know what I mean. That's when I knew I'd get this issue.

Hopefully you guys know what House of Mystery is about from reading the blog. If you don't, then here's what you need to know: it's about people trapped in a house/diner, so they pass the time by telling stories. There's a deliciously twisted vibe to it, and you can find me talking about issue 3 here (middle portion of the post), issue 4 here (the last portion of the post).

Heck, scans_daily even has the full back-up story from the first issue over here.* It's really, really twisted and really, really disgusting, and really, really written well!

*be careful now: click at the risk of your lunch!

The other comic book in the "Doubleshot" was Young Liars. It's a really hardcore urban decay-style comic book. There's fighting, blood, drugs, sexually questionable behavior, all to a hard rock score.

The premise is that Sadie Dawkins has a bullet lodged in her brain, and it's severely affected her frontal lobe so that she's practically without any inhibitions. Then there's this other guy who's trying to start a band with her who has a crush on her. There are a bunch of supporting characters, but they were pretty hardcore for me.

Basically, it's not a bad issue, but it's a bit extreme for my tastes.

That said, why don't you try the Doubleshot for yourself? It's a damn good deal, and I'm sure you'll appreciate it even better than this simpleton that's talking to you.

comics catch-up

So, when I got to the shop yesterday, I noticed that there was apparently a new issue of Supergirl, number 31.

You can imagine my glee, because, well, I felt like last issue was a big mistake. With last issue, DC was inserting a stand-alone story right in the middle of an arc, and with a different creative team, at that!

So, well, I skimmed through issue 31. I didn't buy it mind you, I just skimmed it.
The good: Kelley Puckett is back on finishing his arc.
The bad: New artist guy?????

It's the new artist that made me put the book back. I mean, this just frustrates me so much.

Is it too much to ask for creative consistency? It is just so darn annoying to see another fill-in artist or a fill-in writer in the comics I read.

Rant done. Reviews now!

What if? Fantastic Four: A Tribute to Mike Wieringo
by a lot of people

Okay, this is from last week, but I was abstaining from buying anything last week because of the con.

Suffice it to say, this issue was awesome. The art is obviously a little choppy, because a lot of artists are getting in on it, but it's all in honor of Mr. Wieringo.

I didn't really know the guy, but it's a very fun and very heartfelt comic all the same. There's a story by Jeff Parker, a one-page comic strip by Chris Giarusso, and then a ton of prose dedications to the guy.

I think some of the proceeds go to the Hero Initiative, so if you haven't already gotten this comic, I very much recommend it.

And the strip by Chris Giarusso, some of which is here:

Mythos: Captain America
by Paul Jenkins and Paolo Rivera

Okay, I think this was from last week as well. Uhh, sorry.

Still, that doesn't really matter, because this is an out-of-continuity re-telling of Captain America's origins, and Cap will always amaze me, not just because he's led the Avengers or can throw that shield like an Olympian, but he braved through the Depression, and he was just a 98-pound kid who wanted to make something of himself.

It's just amazing that the army actually rejected him, but he had the guts to sign up for the top-secret Operation: Rebirth and became the Cap we all know and love.

Cap is a real hero, when the word actually meant something, and this comic is a perfect example of it.

Also, the art is insanely gorgeous. Painter Paolo Rivera even puts in his own sound effects!

Serials for 6-04-08: Detective Comics #845 and Supergirl #30

What a Wednesday! Lots of stuff to read, so let's be fair and alphabetical. Let's take a review at the DC books first, which for me are Detective Comics #845 and Supergirl #30.

Detective Comics #845

by Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen

The finished cover is gorgeous and has a cat-like figure plus a little blurb saying "She's back!" Yes, that's referring to Catwoman, back from the Hell Planet, but that's a big mislead right there. Catwoman gets about only 2.7 pages time in the issue, but at least she spends those pages being awesome:

But the real story here revolves around a new serial killer in Gotham, and unfortunately, the payoff of the mystery is kind of lazy and underwhelming. Not exactly a stellar issue in the writing, but Nguyen's pencils are still sleek and exquisite. And hey, we get Bruce Wayne munchin' on a sandwich while reading a message board!

Ahhh, what a guy. What a hero.

Supergirl #30

by Will Pfeifer and Ron Randall

Whoawhoawhoa slow down here, DC! I took a look at the credits up top and you totally changed them! Your solicits told me that it'd be by Kelley Puckett and Drew Johnson, not Pfeifer and Randall here! What is going on?

And this isn't the first time either! Remember when you said Cliff Chiang was doing the art for Green Arrow/Black Canary #7, but then when I got it, Mike Norton was all up in my face???

I don't know who to trust anymore! I thought we were friends solicits! Why do you hate me solicits???

Oh, about the issue.

I don't know where to place it in continuity. Is this after Supergirl found out that Timmy's dead? If that's the case, why aren't we shown any kind of reconciliation to that thread?

Instead, we get a story about Supergirl revisiting her past. Sounds kinda needless if you ask me, but it resolves a thread from Puckett's very first arc: she uses the portal from that arc to see the remains of Krypton. This feels contrite, because didn't we get this already? I think Kara visited Krypton already before. . .

. . . well, I went through my longbox, and I didn't find it anywhere. Unless I've missed it, this is just a case of the story feeling done before. Which isn't a good thing either!

I feel like DC made a mistake by putting this issue out. It's actually nice, in characterizing Kara against Livewire, but it feels done-before, trite and needless. And look at this half-page!

Two mistakes right there: "sacraficing" is spelled wrong, and Kara's tears are brown for some reason.

Hopefully, next issue turns it around, but for now, I'm disappointed. Hopefully, this down time can actually make some provisions so that Drew Johnson can actually pencil a full 22 pages?

(just so you guys don't think I hate Will Pfeifer, feel free to check out some of his work on Catwoman. It's fun comics!)

We're actually not going to continue reviews next post, but something experimental. I'll guess you'll have to stay tuned!

Supergirl + Drew Johnson = a superb couple (special interactive edition!)

POP QUIZ!

In Supergirl #28, artist Drew Johnson really shone through in a) his panelling, b) his style, c) his promptness, but most importantly. . .

. . . d) his expressions!

For the twelve of these panels, can YOU identify the correct expression on Supergirl? Label the twelve panels according to these ten choices:

A - thoughtful
B - sly/cocky
C - angry/condescending
D - determined
E - confused
F - cute!
G - GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE
H - dazed from GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE
I - remorseful
J - __________ (make your own label)

1)___2)___3)


4)___5)

(reproduced for YOUR convenience!)

6)

A - thoughtful
B - sly/alluring
C - angry/condescending
D - determined
E - confused
F - cute!
G - GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE
H - dazed from GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE
I - remorseful
J - __________ (make your own label)

7)_8)_9)


10)

11)

(reproduced for YOUR convenience!)

A - thoughtful
B - sly/alluring
C - angry/condescending
D - determined
E - confused
F - cute!
G - GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE
H - dazed from GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE
I - remorseful
J - __________ (make your own label)

12)

I'll get you started: the answer to 2) is G - GETTING PUNCHED IN FACE!

According to my answer key, you use each of the ten choices at least once (yes, even choice J). There will be some overlap, as some panels depict the same expression.

I'll get my own answers up at the end of the week Friday, but you guys should totally feel free to prop up your own opinions.

So that means don't be shy! If you think a particular expression is more fitting than one of my own choices -- speak up! The comments section (yes, we do have one) is there for a reason after all!