tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post1818759471932751980..comments2024-03-19T06:14:23.325-04:00Comments on Kleefeld on Comics: My SupergirlSean Kleefeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-14787579767728830732007-09-24T17:03:00.000-04:002007-09-24T17:03:00.000-04:00In the early seventies DC decided to modernize a l...In the early seventies DC decided to modernize a lot of their characters. The editors of Supergirl ran a competition to have the readers design a new costume for her.<BR/><BR/>Your list of images includes four from the costume competition, three from non-DC adaptations (the movie, the animated version, and the live TV show), and one from an entirely one-off story where the character goes bad and gets an evil variant costume (a trope hardly specific to Supergirl). What's left is five designs on a character that has been rebooted as an entirely different person four times over a period of fifty years. Hardly "all over the map".<BR/> <BR/>I bet there are long time Legion members who have been through more changes of costume. Come to think of it, the Fantastic Four have been through four changes to my knowledge (not counting evil variants and other one-offs) and they don't even have the excuse of being rebooted as entirely new characters.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and your favourite incarnation of Supergirl <I>always</I> had the gloves, from its first appearance in Adventure #397. The cover you show from #399 is miscoloured. Inside she is wearing the gloves. I checked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-37977192488873623062007-09-23T21:42:00.000-04:002007-09-23T21:42:00.000-04:00In fairness to Supergirl, lots of other long-runni...In fairness to Supergirl, lots of other long-running characters have been depicted every which way over the years. Batman. Thor. Green Lantern. Etc., etc. But in Supergirl's case, there's never really been any defining version, has there? No Simonson Thor, no Ditko Dr. Strange.<BR/><BR/>Ah well. It is interesting to note that threadbare costumes were obviously not invented with Witchblade. Supergirl would definitely not be permitted to board a Southwest flight in a couple of those outfits in the top row of covers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com