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POWER GIRL #25

We Can Be Heroes, Part 2

August 2011

Written by Judd Winick

Pencils by Henri Prasetya

Inks by Henri Prasetya

Cover by Sam Basri

Synopsis

Years ago…Adal Mazin tries to instill into his son, Rayhan, that is up to them to find a way to make Americans trust Arabs.  Today…Rayhan had been wrongly imprisoned, but he escaped when he heard his father was ill and they refused to let him see his father.  Now, Power Girl and Batman are attempting to stop him.  Rayhan tells them he is innocent.  They don’t listen.  Rayhan then creates a lightning storm, forcing Power Girl to find a way to stop it.  Meanwhile, Batman tries to stop Rayahna, but he manages to get away.  He then sees his father and is there at the moment he dies.  Afterwards, Power Girl tells Rayhan that Batman found proof of Rayhan’s innocence.  Power Girl offers to help him, as long he agrees to help them...by joining the Justice Society. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

I liked this story.  I like the story of Ryahan, the falsely accused Arab who is railroaded for political reasons.  Winick manages to make a sympathetic character who simply wants to see his dying father, while at the same creating a pretty intimidating character with strong powers.  It has echoes of the real world, but manages to keep its footing and is not too preachy.  It is a good story. 

This issue, however, is another matter.  It is choppy, lacking transitions from one scene to the next, almost as if there are missing pages.  We get a scene in which Batman is trying to take down Rayhan, to Rayhan suddenly appearing in his father’s hospital room.  You would think that given his oft-repeated goal of what he wanted that there would be guards or something waiting for him.  And what happened to Batman?  We see him floating in the water but we don’t really see how he escapes or had the time to check on the black box to confirm Rayhan’s story.  We also don’t see what happens after his father dies, whether or not he was arrested again or if they attempted to arrest him or what else.  It just kinda jumps in the ending and wrap up of the story.  It actually took a bit to figure out what was going on. 

Thinking about it, I wonder if Winick shifted around the contents in order to add the final three or so pages of Batman and Power Girl patting each other on the back on how good they are.  I know that sounds sarcastic, but I liked the scene.  In fact, I thought it was a good wrap up to Winick’s run on the title.  This is what makes me think that maybe it was added in as a wrap-up, which meant cutting up the main story.  A quick look shows that Winick is not on the next issue, so maybe my hypothesis ois correct.  It doesn’t make it a good choice, but it does make sense.   

 

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