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Real Power Part 3: Power Girl

August 6, 2008
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Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe.

Today we move to Power Girl aka Kara Zor-L aka Karen Starr. Power Girl is the cousin of Earth-2 Superman. She made her debut in All Star Comics #58 (1976) and is essentially that Earths Supergirl. She has been a mainstay in several incarnations of the Justice League including Justice League International and Justice League Europe. She has even teamed up with Infinity Inc. and Birds of Prey, but primarily she is with the JSA.

First look at Power Girl one tends to notice her gigantic breasts, which seem to be a running gag with artists and writers at DC Comics. However, she is much more then pretty to the eyes; she is one of the most powerful and respected of all the female heroines – in any universe. Now, let’s take a look at some of her collected editions:

  • Power Girl TPB Discover the origins of one of the Power Girl featuring Showcase #97-99, Secret Origins #11 and JSA Classified #1-4.
  • Justice Society Vol. 1 and 2 Collects her first appearances from All Star Comics #58-74, DC Special #29, Adventure Comics #461-466.
  • Infinite Crisis HC Power Girl plays a pivotal role in one of the most important stories of the DCU ever.

Currently Power Girl can bee seen in Justice Society of America, but will soon be headlining in her own series due out late 2008/early 2009.

Real Power Part 2: Catwoman

August 5, 2008
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Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe.

Today we move to Catwoman, one of the oldest super villains in the DCU. Debuting as “The Cat” Batman #1 (1940), Selina Kyle quickly gained favor as a worthy foe to The Dark Knight even fueling a bit of a love triangle to Bruce Wayne and Julie Madison. Appearing over the years in several different costumes, Catwoman has become a mainstay in the DCU, sometimes as friend, sometimes as foe, and but mostly just plain selfish.

Interestingly enough, Catwoman wasn’t even supposed to be a part of Hughes’ poster. As Mark Chiarello explains in DC Nation: #118 (June 18, 2008), Dan Didio sent the request to Adam with 10 females, not 11. Catwoman was left purposely off the list. Hughes added her in anyway – in black. Didio liked it and he was persuaded. Now, let’s take a look at some of her collected editions:

  • Catwoman: Nine Lives Of A Feline Fatale Nine tales, nine different costumes, and nine pinups and one cool cover. It’s Catwoman at her best, including her first appearance.
  • Catwoman: When In Rome You’ve read Long Halloween and Dark Victory. But now you can get the whole story. A must for Loeb/Sale fans.
  • Batman: Year One Frank Miller not only rewrote Batman’s origin, but Catwoman’s too.
  • Catwoman: Her Sister’s Keeper In 1989, Mindy Newell expanded Miller’s work and explores Selina’s early career as Catwoman.
  • Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score Written and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke this critically acclaimed tale bridges the gap from the backups in Detective Comics #759-#762 (Trail of the Catwoman) and Catwoman #1 (2002).

Currently Will Pfeifer just wrapped up Catwoman with issues #81 (with covers by Hughes), but DC Comics assures us that she’ll be around the DCU causing trouble for everyone. I hope that she’ll be involved in Gail Simone’s Secret Six.

Collected Edition Blog browsing on Sunday afternoon

July 20, 2008
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No fluff, just reviews.

CCL Podcast #179 – Joker and Two-Face Collected Editions

July 17, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #179

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Well, well, well the week is finally here. The week that The Dark Knight is out in theaters. The week were we finally get to see the greatest sequel to the greatest super-hero movie ever. The greatest performance of the Joker ever on screen and the theatrical origin of Harvey Dent into Two-Face. Today on the show we celebrate all of it with the collected editions of the two main villains of the film.

Also on the show I go over me new website redesign, me in the Detroit Free Press and a tease as to next weeks topic on Marvel Illustrated and my special guest Roy Thomas.

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Chris
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Resident Evil

July 13, 2008
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My thanks go out to Julie Hinds of the Detroit Free Press. Julie called me up a few weeks ago and asked my opinions on How to ensure every comic book hero gets a memorable villain. The article appears in today’s paper and you can read it online.

Also, this Wednesday on the Podcast I’ll be going over the collected editions of The Joker and Two-Face just in time for The Dark Knight.