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    Character » Power Girl appears in 1703 issues.

    Kara Zor-L is the older, wiser, and stronger counterpart of Supergirl from Earth 2 but resides on the Prime Earth.

    How muscular should she be?

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    a lot of the times she gets a lot more muscle mass/definition than most female comic characters

    but sometimes not

    what do you guys think of that?

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    I think she should be quite fit and maybe a little thicker in the arms, legs and butt than most heroines but she shouldn't be truly big or ripped.

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    #3  Edited By KnightRise

    Muscular yet sexy like every other comic character

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    I came to this thread with an opinion but I forgot what it was when I saw the background image for this thread.

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    #6  Edited By Saren
    This works fine
    This works fine

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    At least visibly more muscular than the average superheroine. I actually prefer her quite muscular like how Dale Eaglesham drew her in Justice Society of America.

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    This works fine
    This works fine

    that is a good amount of muscle

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    @theacidskull said:

    fit mostly. but Buff? as in HULK type Buff? nope.

    Woman are attractive in comics because it's sells comics, so BUFF won't work.

    hey it's the truth!

    hey, different people have different opinions on what an attractive lady is

    @powerwoman,opinions on this list?

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    #12  Edited By PowerWoman

    like them,pleas

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    Powergirl power isnt magic,she is 100 %Physical,in the comics book she always have big muscle,so i want to see PG have some BIG muscel like my scan

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    #15  Edited By MyNameWasDeleted

    @akbogert said:

    I came to this thread with an opinion but I forgot what it was when I saw the background image for this thread.

    -DAMN- dropped my keys down there

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    #16  Edited By GWHH

    Her official height and weight for Power Girl is 5 7 160 pounds. So that means she one solid and well built lady!

    I like her look just fine here. She should be noticeably muscular but not overly muscular like a serious athletic build.

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    @gwhh: I'd prefer if she were taller like 6'.

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    i like amanda conners version.

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    That "official" height and weight thing is old...very old. It dates back to before her retcon back to Krypton. Since then, and in fact before then for the most part since COIE, barring things like Ross's depictions and those who followed his style, she's been quite tall. Look in her own series and she's taller than almost everyone around, men included. As tall or taller than Dick Grayson for example.

    My own personal preference is no, not overtly muscular like the Ross stuff. Or worse, that horrid early BOP appearance, (the origin story of her feud with Oracle), where she looked like she lived on steroids.

    I prefer the Connor look, or Basri, or the look she sported in the recent Supergirl appearances.

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    #20  Edited By PowerWoman

    muscle,tall,I like it

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    @achilles100: Indeed. Amanda Conner's was excellent.

    And yes Power Woman, we get it. You're obsessed with a juiced up Power Girl.

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    A bit ripped for my taste. She need to have a soft but yet solid going. But pretty darn close to the right combo for me!

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    Pretty Well Built Here Also!

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    @rdclip said:

    @gwhh: I'd prefer if she were taller like 6'.

    yeah, Probs

    i like amanda conners version.

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    yeah, quite nice

    That "official" height and weight thing is old...very old. It dates back to before her retcon back to Krypton. Since then, and in fact before then for the most part since COIE, barring things like Ross's depictions and those who followed his style, she's been quite tall. Look in her own series and she's taller than almost everyone around, men included. As tall or taller than Dick Grayson for example.

    My own personal preference is no, not overtly muscular like the Ross stuff. Or worse, that horrid early BOP appearance, (the origin story of her feud with Oracle), where she looked like she lived on steroids.

    I prefer the Connor look, or Basri, or the look she sported in the recent Supergirl appearances.

    post pics of what your talking about pls

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    A bit ripped for my taste. She need to have a soft but yet solid going. But pretty darn close to the right combo for me!

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    Pretty Well Built Here Also!

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    Nice!

    who were the models and artists?

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    #24  Edited By RDClip

    @betatesthighlander1: Those are shopped pics of Gemma Atkinson, who is pretty much my ideal live-action double for PeeGee (although I don't know if she can act)

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    @rdclip said:

    @betatesthighlander1: Those are shopped pics of Gemma Atkinson, who is pretty much my ideal live-action double for PeeGee (although I don't know if she can act)

    all 3 are?

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    @rdclip said:

    @betatesthighlander1: Those are shopped pics of Gemma Atkinson, who is pretty much my ideal live-action double for PeeGee (although I don't know if she can act)

    all 3 are?

    just the shopped pictures

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    #29  Edited By MrAugen

    1. Amanda Conner

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    I love this depiction of the character. Her mass and proportions feel right in terms of muscle and weight. Not too lean, not too bulky.

    2. Adam Hughes

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    Obviously a different style, but this is one of my favorite PG images and nails her form for me.

    3. Jim Lee

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    Lee's doesn't have quit the personality of Conner in his PG, but again the proportions feel right here in tone and definition.

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    ^ The question was "how muscular" but who cares, she's hired.

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    http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6646/birds20of20prey20ogleqc7.jpg

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    The previous post is from Birds of Prey 42, and is the worst actual image of PG I can find. Barring maybe something Ross did. Or that entry in the DC Encylopedia.

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    @gwhh said:

    http://www.comicbookgrrrl.com/2011/05/16/women-in-comics-red-sonja-and-power-girl-a-new-hope/

    does anyone understand the this comment under the last photo at the very bottom of the page:

    A peculiar lack of superhero men like this...

    It's the typical objection to PG's boob window because it is non-functional and purely for titillation, likening it to a male superhero character with a costume with a butt-crease window, as pictured. It's pointing out a double-standard for male and female superhero costumes. What these people don't realise is that you can't make such a comparison, simply because men don't have boobs. Females also have butts and we don't see butt-windows on their costumes either.

    This type of person objects to any kind of sex-appeal in female superhero costumes, or anything which could be construed as having sex-appeal. In other words, female superhero costumes should always completely cover their boobs.

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    like Sylva the Savage

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    #38  Edited By MrAugen

    In terms of real life equivalent I'd go with Olympic Weightlifting build of strength.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQncxXAlBFE

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    Kind of pointless considering Power Girl is almost not published by DC at all any more, and her inspiration Supergirl is all over the place, rendering PG redundant in DC and WB's so-called minds.

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