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Sharing elements is perfectly fine. It's when they outright "steal Superman stories and file the serial numbers off" as the Supergirl writers room freely admitted to doing when I get annoyed.
This isn't exclusive to Kara either. I was equally annoyed when Bendis retconned away Clark's time with the LSH to give it to Jon. Strip-mining elements from the lead character in order to prop up spin-off characters is something that I've never enjoyed, be it Superman or Hal Jordan. It speaks poorly of both the creators and the spin-off characters themselves.
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On that I can agree, not a fan of strip mining Clark’s stuff for the rest, especially given how much I hate when the other Superfamily members get turned into Clark clones. That said I’m ok with doing FTMWHE for Kara because I think the basic setup for that story works just as well for her as it does for him.
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Absolutely, but I think the only way this character will succeed is by being her own superhero. Hell, I'd argue that PAD's book was successful because it wasn't relying on the Superman connections, but was doing its own thing. The main problem is that the character's origins were too convoluted and not as streamlined and elegant as the Kara Zor-El incarnation has, which is why Didio dropped the axe and pulled the trigger on Loeb & Turner's creepy jail bait version.
I think if PAD had been given Kara Zor-El from the get-go, his run would have had far less trouble. Unfortunately, editorial kept insisting on cheesecake art on books that should have been geared towards female readers.
One source of concern for me: If this is launching in June, and PKJ’s Superevent takes place in Sept, does that mean Supergirl is going to get one arc done before rushing into a crossover? DC doesn’t seem to have learned from their mistakes in that regard which is how we get Suicide Squad and Teen Titans Academy crossing over after 3 issues.
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