Supergirl #4 – Sophie Campbell, Writer/Artist; Tamra Bonvillain, Colorist
Ray – 9.5/10
Ray: The first arc of Sophie Campbell’s Supergirl wraps up this issue, and it continues to be one of the most pure fun books DC has done in a long time. When we last left off, the impostor Supergirl Lesla-Lar had been defeated and exposed to Midvale – just in time for both of them to be captured and bundled off to Kandor for trial. Recent writers have leaned into Kandor as a dogmatic and authoritarian regime, exiling Superman for defying a council ruling and now trying to send Lesla to prison and even finding Kara guilty for “influencing her”. Kara decides to take a third route, and offers to sponsor Lesla as a mentee on Earth, fulfilling her sentence and Kara’s own community service order. This is very much in character for Supergirl, trying to save a former villain – but it won’t be easy. Not to mention, they have to keep Streaky and Kandy from trying to kill each other now that they’re working together.
To celebrate a successful first day, Lena gives both the supergirls goth makeovers in a page that is sure to go viral, and they spend the evening at the local goth club. And that’s where things go haywire. A local pretentious misogynist does his usual routine of harassing women, raising Lesla’s ire – and she accidentally touches him with an assimilating goo she brought from Kandor. The result is a fast-growing monster that absorbs anything it touches, and a massive crisis for Supergirl to clean up. This issue does a lot of things really well, including showing Kara’s growing pains as a mentor and the way she handles a reforming villain. The plot might be less dense and a little lighter than the first three issues, but it also has a lot of moments that are incredibly relatable, and it’s fascinating to see bits and pieces of Kara’s history on Earth be explored in the modern era. Love this book.
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