Power Girl

Power Girl: Power Trip by Justin Grey, 392 pages

When I picked up this book I thought it was a graphic novel and not just a super heroine comic. Not that I looked to closely at the inside of the book when I picked it up but it was an honest mistake.

When I started reading it I was disappointed that it was only a comic book. While I have reviewed a couple of series on here like Hellblazer and Preacher which are certainly more comics than graphic novels they at least have a grittiness to them that helps me enjoy them. With more of the main stream comics, which I am not sure this truly is but bear with me, there is never that feeling of danger to either the planet or any characters you really care about. Sure the planet might be destroyed for an episode or two, or someone will be dead for a couple issues but eventually everything will be magically fixed. Or if fixing it would be too confusing or take too much time that just becomes an alternate dimension. It is predictable and at times seems overly repetitive. I mean why does every villain come to this town that has a superhero protecting it? Why not pick a city in the middle of nowhere? It is like these villain's want to be caught.

Since this appears to have been the first issue with Power Girl there is a brief origin story that explains her life up to present day. It even explains why she has that hole in her costume. From there it delves into a couple different plots to steal her body or control her mind. Nothing Earth destroying per say but a super genius's mind trapped in a gorilla threatens to destroy Manhattan (standard superhero stuff). Of course everything ends how we suspect and everyone is happy.