We’ve witnessed the end of Krypton countless times throughout history. Just as we’ve seen Uncle Ben get shot and the pearls drop from around Martha Wayne’s neck consistently for years, the destruction of Krypton is never far from the minds of our Kryptonian heroes. Particularly, in the case of the New 52, Supergirl. This issue treads familiar ground, but writers Mike Johnson and Michael Green spice it up with a bit of El family drama. The result is a book that is more Zor-El’s story than Kara’s, which is interesting but essentially relegates her to a reactionary character.
The best scene – and not surprisingly the one that finds Kara really acting on her own – is where she goes to visit her aunt and uncle and baby Kal-El. We get to see Kara in her element, unguarded, and relatively at ease. Beyond this sequence, the issue really hones in on Zor and his relationship to the rest of his family. It’s kind of a shame that Krypton blew up so immediately, because the tensions that result from Zor’s actions, particularly with his wife, would have been incredibly interesting to explore. Still, Supergirl #0 offers more context to Kara’s great loss that she’s felt throughout the entire series. We get to see a nice chunk of what she’s actually lost, underscoring the idea that she’s old enough to remember home whereas Kal-El was merely an infant.
Mahmud Asrar delivers some nice work here, though the lack of action sequences in this book plays against all of his greatest strengths. Still, the character work is solid and his designs for Argo City and Kryptonian culture in general are inspired. There is some degree of barrenness to the atmosphere, but I suppose this could be chalked up to Kryptonian culture as well.
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