Power Girl Appreciation 2023

[Ascended]

Ick. WHY are they not both Kara?!? I thought only their last names differed and even that was in SPELLING. It is so jarring to me having called her Kara for like EVER

They *are* both Kara. Kara Zor-L and Kara Zor-El.

Karen is just Power Girl's "secret ID/earth" name, just as Supergirl has gone by Linda. So you're not wrong to call Power Girl Kara.....but using Karen is easier to distinguish who is being talked about.

[Robanker]

They *are* both Kara. Kara Zor-L and Kara Zor-El.

Karen is just Power Girl's "secret ID/earth" name, just as Supergirl has gone by Linda. So you're not wrong to call Power Girl Kara.....but using Karen is easier to distinguish who is being talked about.

Pretty much this. It's just easier to know who is being referred to with "Karen." Nobody should correct you for calling her Kara the same way none should object to referring to Superman as "Kal." They're both his name, and neither is considered a dead name by any stretch.

[CosmeticSkull]

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Power Girl in DC Bombshells

[bat22]

I will see about commissioning a Power Girl piece in the format of Maxima's here, but it gets me thinking: what 4-5 costumes do you favor from Karen's closet?

[Frontier]

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Power Girl in DC Bombshells

The Boob Window is timeless .

[WonderNight]

I will see about commissioning a Power Girl piece in the format of Maxima's here, but it gets me thinking: what 4-5 costumes do you favor from Karen's closet?

Sweet Jesus! Who's the artist? I need them working for DC

[Dipter]

I will see about commissioning a Power Girl piece in the format of Maxima's here, but it gets me thinking: what 4-5 costumes do you favor from Karen's closet?

That's a really neat commission you got there. Whoever the artist is, they're wicked talented.

PG's Night Wing armor was quite memorable. The white and gold outfit from Justice League Europe as well.

[bat22]

Sweet Jesus! Who's the artist? I need them working for DC

That be Erik Von Lehmann who I first encountered on deviantART.

That's a really neat commission you got there. Whoever the artist is, they're wicked talented.

PG's Night Wing armor was quite memorable. The white and gold outfit from Justice League Europe as well.

To me, PG as Nightwing is about as cool as an S on her chest. But that JLE outfit is a must.

[achilles]

Sweet Jesus! Who's the artist? I need them working for DC

I don't love the bodybuilder look among female characters.

[bat22]

I don't love the bodybuilder look among female characters.

I think it makes sense depending on certain characters like She-Hulk (though her more recent versions look more like a trans female than a FBB).

PG has had the bodybuilding physique by artists like Phil Jimenez and Alex Ross, though I think a hard fitness physique (what female pro bodybuilding used to be generations ago) would make sense with her.

[achilles]

I think it makes sense depending on certain characters like She-Hulk (though her more recent versions look more like a trans female than a FBB).

PG has had the bodybuilding physique by artists like Phil Jimenez and Alex Ross, though I think a hard fitness physique (what female pro bodybuilding used to be generations ago) would make sense with her.

The bodybuilder craze among artists for PG lasted basically for only the few times those guys, (and a Rags Morales depiction from an old BOP issue), worked on her character; while the tall fitness instructor look went for a much longer time...as did the basically normal build she had to start, (ignoring the obvious parts that eventually er, developed into a bit more than normal with some artists). It just doesn't work in an aesthetic sense.

[Stanlos]

I don't love the bodybuilder look among female characters.

That was one of the things I thought was rather inspired. Kara during this time spoke up about the way that women's bodies are often maligned when they don't conform to a certain type. She went through great pains to get her musculature as after the injuries sustained during the Teasdale Imperative she literally had to train her way back to near Superman levels. I rather enjoyed that aspect and this timely commentary was something spare or even absent from even the likes of Wonder Woman or Big Barda.

[Stanlos]

The bodybuilder craze among artists for PG lasted basically for only the few times those guys, (and a Rags Morales depiction from an old BOP issue), worked on her character; while the tall fitness instructor look went for a much longer time...as did the basically normal build she had to start, (ignoring the obvious parts that eventually er, developed into a bit more than normal with some artists). It just doesn't work in an aesthetic sense.

Aesthetics are subjective. They don't work for you? Okay, but that physique was one of the things for which the character was celebrated by other Power Girl fans. When for example Ed McGuinness made her really petite and not muscular it was noticed and decried on the black and blue DC boards of yore. Even her JSA stint retained her more muscular physique. She's one of the few characters who actually had a reason in-story to be so buff.

[bat22]

That was one of the things I thought was rather inspired. Kara during this time spoke up about the way that women's bodies are often maligned when they don't conform to a certain type. She went through great pains to get her musculature as after the injuries sustained during the Teasdale Imperative she literally had to train her way back to near Superman levels. I rather enjoyed that aspect and this timely commentary was something spare or even absent from even the likes of Wonder Woman or Big Barda.

That's a good use of the Teasdale Imperative experience. After she recovered from her emergency surgery, Kara appraised her decreased power and declared that she could live with it, but I prefer to think she suffered in silence to have had such a drop in levels. There was also the Infinity, Inc. adventure where she faced off with a berserk Superman and got her butt handed to her. Between such experiences and Karen Starr's strong personality, it makes sense to me for Power Girl to pack a bit of extra brawn.

[achilles]

Aesthetics are subjective. They don't work for you? Okay, but that physique was one of the things for which the character was celebrated by other Power Girl fans. When for example Ed McGuinness made her really petite and not muscular it was noticed and decried on the black and blue DC boards of yore. Even her JSA stint retained her more muscular physique. She's one of the few characters who actually had a reason in-story to be so buff.

Like I said, it was a fairly rare thing to portray her that way, probably for good reason. While I'm sure some fans like that look, I'm also pretty sure most fans of the character prefer the taller, fitness guru look.

Also, I'm right about aesthetics, and you're wrong.