Soon there wil be Super-everything!
Sorry to those who are Supergirl fans, but this is one of the weakest origin stories ever. Created at a time when D.C. was adding the adjective "Super" to everything (ala "Bat" in the Batman titles). The adjective appears in nearly every panel until it becomes like the word 'Smurf' in that god-awful cartoon. In this story alone we have: "super-costume", "superhearing", "superbaby", "super-powers", "super-shock", "super-space telescope", "indestructible super-cloth", "super-boy", "super-strength", "super-breath", "super-deeds", and "super-family" - all in only 8 pages!
So now we have a Supergirl (born to Zor-El, Jor-El's brother) who takes the name Linda Lee (what a coincidence!) and will be making regular appearances from now on. There's also the usual eye-rolling deus-ex-machina bits ("luckily this chunk of Krypton came off with a large bubble of air and an unlimited food supply"). Finally the end has a teaser for the next Action Comics which promises, "You've met Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Lori Lemaris" (it forgets to mention now Linda Lee) "Now meet the latest "L.L." in Superman's life -- Luma Lynai!", as if we need more girls with L.L. initials. It goes on to say, "You'll meet her in Superman's Super-Courtship!" Enough with the "SUPER"s already... "P.S. she looks exactly like SUPERGIRL will look when she grows up to be SUPERWOMAN"... *sigh* of course she does.
But then there's also a teaser for the next issue of Superboy: "Featuring the Super-Mischief of Superbaby!" (I can't friggin' wait) it also promises "See SUPERBABY when he was a bigger pest than Mr. Mxyzptlk" - which sounds like a ringing endorsement for comic burning if I ever heard one. But wait, there's more! "Also the New Life of Krypto! See what happens when the Super-Dog adopts a new identity and a new master!"
Please, D.C., for the love of Siegel, stop the madness already!
-Etragedy, Comicvine's original back issue reviewer!