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Power Girl Is Broken

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Power Girl has a new (time of typing) solo series as of 2023. Helmed by Leah Williams this version of Kara Zor L from Earth 2 has now entered the forefront of a post Dark Crisis and Lazarus Planet DC Comics with a bang. Lots has changed for the character including several things that have begin to make her feel more like Supergirl. Now going by Paige, rather than Karen, Power Girl looks to ingratiate herself with the Super Family She wants to prove herself worthy to Superman. Kryptonian viruses and machine learning ethics await in issue 2. However, have things gotten so different that this version of Power Girl is broken? We discuss here on Casually Comics!

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20 Comments

@CasuallyComics Creator 2 years ago Pinned

I'm so invested in this, lol I'm ready for the evil symbioship arc or whatever we're doing.

@ChristineP223 2 years ago

Not every female character has to be strong and and in control, BUT POWERGIRL DOES!

@ravenwilder4099 2 years ago

"This is issue is heavily padded - as padded as Paige would have to be to look like Karen Starr."
I, for one, am enjoying Catty Pod Person Sasha.

@adamfrey4920 2 years ago

I don't think I've ever seen Sasha so explicitly disappointed.

Anyway, I'll say it again: Kara should be built like a sexy truck.

@HelplessFangirl 2 years ago

Honestly it's really sad to watch her turn out like this. Honestly the sexy, confident CEO powergirl is more interesting and inspirational to me than anything in this comic. I think there's merit in having more insecure or fragile characters, even with the idea of being stuck in a simulation, but putting this on Powergirl feels like it's taking away more than anything.

@vernonhampton5863 2 years ago (edited)

I don't care if I sound like a broken record: This is a story for Miss Martian. Miss Martian! This is not Power Girl, especially with all of this lack of confidence and well... juvenile behavior. Really, she's acting like an awkward child, even with a hand me down cat.
This comic, from the art to the writing, can be summed up in one word: sloppy. Where's the editing?

@bensneb360 2 years ago

As a big Power Girl fan, Sasha is performing a national service, and I thank you for it… give her a metal

@TetsuShima 2 years ago (edited)

One of my favorite Power Girl stories ever is "JSA 82" (a tie-in to the "Infinite Crisis" Saga), in which Karen, who by then was already beginning to remember her past, hears the story of how the original Superman and Batman, after the dissolution of the JSA in the 50's, fought against Gentleman Ghost's attempts to seize their former headquarters' possessions. There's also a quite remarkable final scene in which we see Power Girl in bed, crying naked and pressing a Superman teddy bear to her chest, being aware of the weight that she carries as one of the few survivors of said Earth.

@LastCallwTroyPacelli 2 years ago (edited)

The title is spot on. I was having this feeling by the end of the LAST Power Girl video.

Update: Sorry, I gotta comment on this. We are dancing around a simple fact: If you are going to write an existing character, you need to know that character's history, even if you are going to completely retcon the character ... and it's clear to me that the current team just doesn't. Further, if you ARE going to retcon an existing character, you HAVE to make that CLEAR. You can't reference the past that you are changing WHILE CHANGING IT without an explanation.

@nathanchenery1075 2 years ago

Sasha is too nice to things she obviously hates… 😂

@travishiltz4750 2 years ago

So, both Power Girl and Supergirl writers want to write CW supergirl, but do it without actually researching any of the characters...?

@Beriorn 2 years ago

So why and how did Power Girl of all people become a newspaper columnist? Her being a tech guru dates back to the early runs, and the famous Palmiotti/Conner run made her into a figure that was one shave away from being a non-evil Lex Luthor. So why downgrade her like this? To make her more "relatable"?

@thepredatorlovesyou927 2 years ago

This feels like it was written by someone who knows power girl and super girl are technically the same person and nothing else about her

@slayerofevil98 2 years ago

Between this current Power Girl book and the Supergirl Special I'm even more confused about how each of them fit into the whole scheme of things. I'm pretty sure they both had distinct personalities before.

@TimPoultney 2 years ago

It's almost like someone looked at Peej and said "I wish she wasn't so confident and empowered!".

Then an editor said "Do you wanna write a character that isn't so confident and empowered? We make up new characters that get abandoned in six months all the time!"

"No no" says the person back to the editor. "I wish SHE wasn't confident and empowered!"

So the editor shrugged and a book was made anyway.

@omegaman2846 2 years ago (edited)

Killer Kryptonion virus spreads.
Superman and Lois: “I will never financially recover from this”

@andrewknight2918 2 years ago

Power Girl's worst fear ought to be being written in another issue!

@TrademarkMoxie 2 years ago

One of the things I liked about Power Girl in comparison to SuperGirl is that PG always felt like a grown woman. Like someone who has figured out who she and likes herself. The fact that they changed that aspect of her character annoys me most of all.
Also I don't know what the big deal is about her name being Karen. We still call Nightwing Dick. She can still be Karen.
Anyway fingers crossed, her instincts are right and she is stuck in some sort of simulation.

@Vincent.E.M.Thorn.Author 2 years ago

If Doctor Paige Stetler were a legacy character version of Power Girl it would be weak enough, but Karen deciding to just drop her identity and become a meek little mouse is just.... ugh. If this doesn't end with the reveal that she's been completely mind wiped or replaced and the real problem is that the Super Family are just too detached to notice, what was the point of any of it?

Bring back Karen Starr, and her rocking bod!

@sniktslits 2 years ago

I also don’t like how Power Girl is so codependent on other people. Mostly Superman and Omen, she kinda craves their approval and attention it’s strange.

I like it best when she’s best friends with Helena Wayne. They have a nice balance in their friendship and both offer great things to each other while dealing with the legacies of their predecessors.