Power Girl - Power Trip

 

Yet another graphic novel that I picked up on our latest trip to the library, just out of curiosity. Power Girl is a character that I believe appeared after I pretty much stopped reading DC comics and this novel digs a bit deeper into her origins. The story up until now was that she was from Earth-2's (the Earth of the earlier heroes - the original Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, etc.) Krypton and was related to Kal-El, as Supergirl is on Earth-1. But apparently that origin is now in doubt as her powers come and go and increase and decrease seemingly randomly. Oh, and she is now trapped on Earth-1 due to some celestial/timeline continuum catastrophe that I missed out on. So, I am trying to catch up on a lot with this graphic novel.

Of course, Power Girl is best known for her expansive bosom, even by super-heroine standards, and the fact that she flaunts it, seemingly as a way to distract men (and some women), and it is something that she references regularly and seemingly accepts it, but is a point of contention, as well. She battles monsters, aliens and supervillains while also running a high-end tech company - although where she got the money for this is not brought up - maybe we're just supposed to know that? There's a parody of Sean Connery's Zardoz mixed with Barbarella, which almost takes us back to DC's 60's silliness, but that is followed by horrific physical and psychological terrorism, although even that is tempered with some lightheartedness, in a way. 

Turns out that this is not a graphic novel, per se, but simply a collection of (mostly) unrelated stories, so, although some heroes'n'villains return, it is not one cohesive tale. In any case, it's goofy fun, but not anything exceptional. And, since I am no longer a horny teenager, the concentration on her chest (and the infinite/infantile jokes based on these), does get a little tiring, although it would be expected that someone this endowed would endure these. I dunno, I'm guess I'm going back'n'forth on this one - not bad, and it can be fun, but not great either. Take it as you will. :)