The New Supergirl
April 23, 2008 by The Fortress Keeper
We didn’t really follow the promotional materials news released at the New York City Comics Convention this week because … well, we don’t really care all that much about what the Big Two have in store for readers in the upcoming months.
However, Internet friend John Feer informed your humble host that DC is planning to release an all-ages Supergirl title through its Johnny DC imprint!
According to Comic Book Resources, the series will be called Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures In The Eighth Grade and feature the art of one Linda Lee.
(Great name, by the way.)
Although we’re not familiar with Lee’s work - she apparently drew the “Kids Gravity” strip in the late, lamented Disney Adventures- the Keeper naturally welcomes any attempt to create a Supergirl comic little girls may actually want to read.
Still, we can’t help but recall a time when an all-ages super-hero comic didn’t require a special imprint to exist. It was just, you know, a comic book by DC, Marvel, Charlton, etc.
Oh well. Guess those days are long gone.
kids don’t buy comics any more. why? because the only place you can buy comics now is in specialist comic outlets. i don’t know about your local comic shop, but mine’s decidedly lacking in anyone under the age of sixteen. you want kids to buy comics again? ( and i so do! ) then, start putting them out there where kids actually SEE them. and how about a little variety? not every kid cares about blokes in tights beating up other blokes in tights. how about some western action? ghost stories? funny animals? romance? spacemen? war stories?
man, i am too old for this. . .
I dunno, being new comics day, my local was crammed with Junior High kids today, mostly gaming but some were buying books. The above captioned Supergirl title seems tailor-made for tweener girls…quite frankly Kara Zor El seems a natural for that type of setting.
Geez maybe we could up a petition if this turns into an ongoing book,…try and convince DC to give Trina Robbins a shot at writing an all-ages Supergirl.
There is a nice video with her explaining a little about the process and yes I agree with you that once there was only a need for a a comic book by DC, Marvel, Charlton, etc. in order to have an all age adventure
http://www.superheroesspace.com/solves-all-your-children-needs-for-superheroes-67.html