Beginnings are always a difficult thing, where do you start?
Maybe you start with the place in history or its location in the fictional world. So I might say that All-Star Comics #58 was released in October 1975, but cover-dated Jan/Feb 1976 (and obviously thank Mikes Amazing World of Comics). Or mention that the comic isn’t set in DC main universe, it’s Earth-1 if you will, but Earth-2 where its Golden Age heroes still fought in the Silver Age. I may even make a joke about how the editors thought that this is too confusing, even though it’s clearly explained on the splash page. Then mention how this leads to one of the greatest even of the ’80s, maybe a faint hint of event fatigue, and how I’ll get to it eventually…
Or maybe the character herself, the thing is she’s not in two-thirds of the comics. First, we have an older Robin, which proves that an adult really shouldn’t wear the Robin Costume. And he’s very Dick Grayson in nature. Actually, he’s second to Star-Spangled Kid, a character so bland to me I forgot he was the first character in the Super Squad.
The Super Squad? Well, now I’ll explain the Justice Society of America are sent to stop a plan to destroy the world and whilst they go out to try and stop things they run across the three characters, who will obviously become the Super Squad. Not that it’s important but the villain doing this is called Brain Wave, I don’t know if he’s important in future but if I have readers I’m sure they’ll tell me one way or the other!
What… oh Power Girl? I guess now is a good time to start talking about her, about two-thirds of the blog, just like the comic itself!
She’s Power Girl, she flys into the story, and Beijing (when we still called it Peking), she’s strong confident and knows exactly what she’s doing. In a single frame, she explains she’s basically Supergirl (with less orphanage abandonment apparently) after she’s already sorted out the volcano threatening the city. And yes she’s wearing her classic white costume and despite what you might have read she’s already a big girl in that department. She just is exactly who think she’d be, right off the bat, I might be biased but she is probably the most proactive character of the whole bunch.
Whilst its a strong start for Kara, personally I find the comic quite forgettable, though not terrible. It’s not the worse start but let hope we’re heading for better things!