Supergirl #38

I love Middleton's work on these covers!

And Supergirl outpulls JLA...  Explain?

jailbait is still a kind of bait

@magnum240 Maybe because it's a superior book? Supergiri is for me the most pleasent surprise of the last couple of months. The story is good, the characters are fun and the art kicks ass. What do you want more?

@magnum - JLA is sucking balls right now & everyone is dropping or has dropped it, & Supergirl is strong right now after the New Krypton "event".

I'd question the statement that "Who is Supergirl?" is "the mystery of the year" -- the biggest mystery of 2009 to me is why DC decided to take Superman out of Superman comics & Batman out of Batman comics ... will they still be putting coke in cans of coke?

Edit -- Who is Superwoman*

@Wade and Cylonpete- Oh, I agree.  I'm buying and loving this book, it's alot of fun.  That was more of general commentary on the fall of the JLA, and I just made the comment under a book i'm reading.  Shouldn't JLA be one of the highest pulled books out there?  How do you screw that book up? 

Good point about taking Supes of Action and Bats out of Batman. It's questionable judgements at best IMO.

i cant wait to read this. after New Krypton i cant wait for this title any more.

They haven't taken Batman out of Batman comics.  There is going to be a new Batman.  Superman out of ACTION COMICS isn't a big deal, he has a long history of sharing that book with other characters.

I dunno Connor, taking Supes out of those books, albeit only on a temp. basis just doesn't seem right. Action and Supes seemed to be on a high: great art/great story/writers, etc. Why this turn and why now? Marketing ploy? I am a diehard Superman fan and yet this move frustrates me, will confuse some, and I ask again why? What's wrong with the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" theory? 

I was frustrated like everyone else when I found out Superman was leaving his books, but now I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the ride.  I think the story Robinson, Rucka and Johns have planned could turn out to be lots of fun.  I was, and still am, very excited to read the Superman books.

I don't think that it's too bad taking Superman out his books. The story that started in New Krypton seemed very natural, and led organically to the point we're now. I'm excited to see what Johns, Robinson and Rucka are doing!

@target242: Because they have a story to tell that involves him being off-world.  He will be back in those books; this is just temporary.  We can't have the same story over an over for decades. 

Yeah, I kinda wanna see how this Superman leaving his books story is gonna pan out myself, especially Action.  I might drop Superman though, I don't like Guardian very much.  He is so lame.  Besides, this World Of New Krypton series looks really good also!

Superman being off planet doesn't necessitate him leaving his titles.  No, it's not the end of the world that Superman is leaving his books, and other characters are taking over for awhile, but it is a pretty transparent marketing ploy.  They could just put Nightwing & Flamebird, and What's-his-name into their own titles, but let's be honest those books wouldn't be able to premiere with the sales that two new Superman titles will premiere with, but they can sustain the numbers of Action Comics and Superman for a little while.

So, while I'll acknowledge that in a capitalistic form of economy it's the business of business to make money.  I would argue, however, that it's more appropriately buisnesses business to keep their customer base happy, which will inevitably lead to them making more money by retaining the base they already have, and expanding their base through word-of-mouth.  And I think that the general opinion of this ploy by DC is that it's just sort of sad, which is obviously not keeping their base happy.

Superman being in his own titles, rather than two brand new (and inevitable temporary) books is not having the "same story over and over for decades."  It's a transparent ploy by a publisher to get 30,000+ readers to buy books that they'd otherwise have no interest in.

this is making me wish I would have bought this.

I have to say Supergirl is definitely the "Sleeper-Hit" comic of 2009. New Krypton did nothing for me. I've never been a big Superman Fan (Well, George Reeves & Christopher Reeve Supermen, yes.) and I hoped Johns could keep me on the book. He got me hooked on Legion, but since then it's been a little disappointing.

I honestly don't understand the upset over the "temporary departure" and don't really care to comment on it here. People have their opinions about it. I know for a time I wanted to see Superman brutally beaten and forgotten like so much refuse. But I've since warmed up to him. However, it should be noted, that coming off of New Krypton I'm far more interested in what's going on with Mon-El in Superman and Flamebird/Nightwing in Action then I would be if Superman were in those books. Then again, I seem to be part of the dwindling audience DC is writing, too. 

Anyway... Supergirl=Yay! 

That was great, especially the Superwoman twist at the end...

this was my pick of the week, wow just wow

@Conor: "We can't have the same story over an over for decades."

Ha ha ha ha ha!  It's almost like you haven't read mainstream superhero comics before; of course we CAN have the same story over and over and over (AND over!) again for many decades!  I just think that many readers would prefer it if we got a curveball from time to time.  And in response to this issue of Supergirl, I've really been enjoying this series for the first time since issue #1 and I really appreciate what the New Krypton story's done to shake things up and grab my interest!!

Also, I don't really care about the marketing decisions of DC in general so long as they deliver a good story that I enjoy reading.  If the story happens to coincide with a marketing ploy, that's fine and well too, but not really very interesting to me.