SUPERGIRL #28

Way Of The World, Part One

June 2008

Written by Kelly Puckett

Pencils by Drew Johnson and Ron Randall

Inks by Ray Snyder and Ron Randall

Cover by Drew Johnson and Ray Snyder

Synopsis

Supergirl has decided that she will cure cancer.  When she asks Wonder Woman for help, Diana tries to convince her not to pursue the idea, but Supergirl refuses to listen.  In California, Supergirl tracks down the Resurrection Man with the hopes that he can help her.  When he dies, the Resurrection Man comes back to life with a new power, so Supergirl wants to kill him until he returns with the power to cure cancer.  However, she can’t kill him, even knowing he will come back to life.  So, Supergirl approaches Doctor Luzano, breaking him out of jail, so they can use his nanotech technology.  In Metropolis, Superman learns of Supergirl’s actions and decides to investigate. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

This is the first time that Puckett has told a narrative that actually made sense.  It is a straight-forward story, with Kara attempting to do something she shouldn’t and going about it in a rather impulsive way.  I liked Wonder Woman’s appearance and her reasoning to Kara on why they shouldn’t even attempt to do it, much less make a promise.  I even like Kara’s counter argument.  The conversation between the two women exemplifies the type of thinking between an adult (Diana) and a teenager (Kara) and the way the two sides view the world.  With experience comes a certain world view, or pessimism if you will, that doesn’t exist in the young.  It is a good scene.  The rest of the issue builds on that scene as Kara continues her quest to cure cancer, even though it takes her to strange places and situations.  Moreover, Puckett portrays her correctly, as a young woman who is headstrong enough to tackle what she wants to do, but naive enough in thinking it might actually work.  This is good stuff.

The only misstep in the entire issue is the break out of jail scene.  I suppose one could argue that she decided to conduct an escape because she was impulsive or felt others (mainly Superman) would not let her do what she wants.  And there is a certain truth to that.  But I also think that Kara is smart enough to realize that breaking someone out of jail is stupid and that there are other ways (such as talking to the warden, or the district attorney, or the governor) that would not have to involve other heroes that would get Luzano out of jail. 

The first two pages of Resurrection Man in Gotham were a waste of pages.  The background information from the JLA database was a perfect summation, providing the reader with everything we need to know while at the some time explaining how Supergirl got her information and how she knew to track him down.  The first two pages didn’t do anything that the following pages didn’t cover. 

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