Rebirth, part III
Worlds’ Finest #3
Cover Date: September 2012
Released: 4th July 2012
⋅ Writers: Paul Levitz ⋅ Pencilers: George Pérez / Kevin Maguire ⋅
⋅ Inkers: Scott Koblish / Kevin Maguire ⋅
⋅ Colourists: Hi-Fi Design / Rosemary Cheetham ⋅
⋅ Letterers: Carlos M. Mangual ⋅ Editors: Wil Moss ⋅
Continued from Rebirth, part II.
We picked up from part 2 with Huntress having to protect Power Girl from the nuclear creature, using her athletics and crossbow to dodge around until Kara has recovered enough to grab the villain. Huntress then puts a crossbow bolt into the cooling pipes dumping radioactive water on top of them. Power Girl then does what all good Kryptonians do and yeets him away from the nuclear reactor. We also have some really good banter between the two characters, mostly about how invulnerable Power Girl is to just about everything.
We then get another flashback to the early days on Earth prime, this time in London where they rightly complain about our pizza, which is a totally legit criticism. We get Helena talking about this world’s Robins and again Kara isn’t bothered to find out about this world’s Kryptonians. We go from Kara talking about sleeping around to her studying programming languages, including a joke about Red Hat Linux because it’s 2012! She decided rather than do it herself she needs to hire some geniuses to help her out, rescuing a cat that in a little nod looks not dissimilar to Stinky Power Girl’s regular cat. We’re not done with references to the old Power Girl as we cut to her corporate days where she wears a suspiciously well know boob windowed white dress. It’s implied this is when she goes to seduce Holt (Mr. Terrific).
After a quick aside to rescue the pilot of a crashing jet fighter the two find out what happened to Hakkou, thanks to the last burst of radiation he’s grown to kaiju size and is menacing Tokyo, because of cause they do! Apparently the bigger they are the easier they are to defeat as Power Girl just rips off a radio antenna and bats the giant villain into Tokyo bay.
The story is happily rumbling along, setting up the background in flashbacks as they deal with the nuclear villain. Really the modern-day stuff is the least interesting stuff, showing how they got here from being stranded here five years ago. We also get good to see the chemistry between the two women, it’s nice to see I must admit.
The review might be on the slight side, but that’s because it’s pretty efficient storytelling that does its job well and gets out of the way!
