The first in a four part story where Reactron is captured for the second time this year. This issue is emotionally charged for the leads and that is about it. The issue is full of arguments that are not pleasant to read. The leads are too busy fighting each other to notice the threat which makes them seem a bit dim. In fact one panel has Thara call Kara and 3 panels later Kara asks Chris how he knows her name despite him never leaving the scene. Aside from those issues this issue does not clear up anything from Codename:Patriot. The three are teleported into an alley in the opening page but they never question why they were let go. The only good thing I can say about this issue is that its revealed that Kara has multiple apartments all over the world (remember she has a Wayne trust fund!) which eases my complaints about Sterling Gates' placing her under parental authority since he has joined the title. I always wondered why a 17 year old girl would voluntarily move in with a 'big sister' figure when she had the means to sustain her own apartment. While its still confusing from a story viewpoint I like the resurgence of her independance. Gates wanted her closer to Metropolis rather than New York City and to give her Lana as a supporting character but he has yet to justify it. I also liked the way he is building her relationship to Batman and yet he hasn't had her mourn for his death. I hope for more of this when Bruce returns and when Diana becomes available. 
 
I give this 2 stars. Its a setup and an adequate one. The issue felt clautrophobic at times and the shouting left off the page but there was too much of that. The issue needed to breathe.

This is what made me fall for Kara Zor-El. No other Supergirl can compare. I think to this day I read Silver Age Kara in Helen Slater's voice. The plot isn't as complicated as some make it out to be. Kara lives in Argo city which is in another dimension and stays  alive due to a device called the Omegahedron, a sphere with immense power. After Kara loses the device she takes a perilous trip to Earth to find it using a bracelet that glows in its presence.

There is a lot of good in this movie. Helen Slater brings Kara to life like no one else. She shows a niavity that comes from living in an idealistic commune that Argo is shown to be. Don't mistake this for stupidity.As for the supporting cast, Maureen Teefy and Peter O'Toole stand out as giving fine performances.  The plot in its basic form is sound but suffered from various edits over the years.

There is a lot of bad in this movie. Faye Dunaway camps it up as Selena but manages to still be sinister. Selena is not a bad character but the dialogue fails the actors.The biggest example of this is in Ethan. He goes from a typical 80's beefcake character to a straightlaced poet after a love potion which is baffling. I also wonder why the writers thought Ethan was Supergirl's perfect love interest rather than eyecandy for female viewers. There is nothing about him that resembles Supergirl's pre crisis love interests. I find the biggest letdown to be the coincidences. It detracts from the realism of the movie that Supergirl mentions she is Superman's cousin 5 times and that she meets her attackers in 'Lover's Lane'  and put in a room with Lucy Lane. 

This is an entertaining movie, its reliance on fashions may date it but I found it entertaining especially as a child.