Power Girl #26

Cover by Sami Basri

Power Girl #26 (July 20, 2011)

Writer: Matthew Sturges

Penciller: Hendry Prasetyo

Letterer: Travis Lanham

Colorist: Jessica Kholinne

If I may judge a book by its cover (which I know is a cardinal sin), Power Girl appears to be just awful.

I have a pretty high tolerance for skimpy outfits on female superheroes, but there is absolutely no logical reason for Power Girl’s costume. What function does it perform? That cut-out… perhaps it’s used to distract her attackers or something. No matter the reason, I instinctively and actively dislike Power Girl. It also doesn’t help that she seems like a poor man’s Supergirl. Also, the first comic I read starring her was terrible. 

So I did not have high hopes for Power Girl #26.

Power Girl #25

Cover by Sami Basri

Power Girl #25 (June 15, 2011)

Writer: Judd Winick

Penciller: Hendry Prasetyo

Letterer: John J. Hill

Eh.

That’s really all I can say about this comic, to very loosely paraphrase an early Lady Gaga song.

I haven’t been this apathetic about a comic in a long time and my complete indifference is quite staggering.

It’s partially my fault; I picked Power Girl #25 totally arbitrarily (well, the cover has Power Girl taking a bolt of lightning to her dangerously exposed breasts and I was both curious and embarrassed for her) and of course, this was part 2 of a story arc though I have to wonder just how strong of an arc it was based on this very lackluster conclusion.