Synopsis:  

After the Death Metal events, Kara Zor-El leaves Earth for some alone time, accompanied by Krypto. She finds herself pulled into an interstellar revenge journey as she joins Ruthye, a teenage alien girl, who’s out seeking to avenge her father’s murder, an alien mercenary, Krem of the Yellow Hills.

AWEsomeness:

The story is enticing, and so is the emotionally rich art, along with the otherworldly vibe, with the color rather than the usual superhero tropes.

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My Review:

This story had strong worldbuilding magic in it. The tone of the story is balanced wonderfully. The character’s qualities are also represented. In the deluxe edition, the never-before-published alternate script for issue #6 is also included. Tom King wanted to include Lobo too in the book, but the DC heads wanted it to be solely concentrating on Supergirl, and so Lobo didn’t play any part in the comic.

This space-opera gave Kara a rare spotlight. The story reframes Supergirl in a new light, stepping out of her brother’s shadow without any big universe-changing crossover as a traumatized, “bad ass” adult who uses her pain to guide someone else.

The movie Supergirl, was based on this. They even stuck to the original script as Tom King wanted and even had Jason Momoa playing Lobo, but the movie felt more colorful than the book and didn’t feel the punch.

Rating: 4.7/5 stars

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