Supergirl (2005-2011) Vol. 2: Candor

This is a great collection. Supergirl is an underated DC Comics title. It recently hit issue 50 with little fanfare. Great title though and frequent appearances of Superman, Power Girl, and Batman. Recommended.

Title says it all. As the other Supergirl books, it's beautiful art. However, the book takes place halfway between the recent Crisis and then it has a very abrupt shift in story in the middle of the book and it makes it hard to pick back up.

Compared to the first Supergirl story arc, this book isn't as bad as most make it seem. First off, we get to return to Kandor which hasn't been seen since Godfall (A pretty good Superman read). The adventure in Kandor is interesting and has Power Girl and Supergirl take on the identities of Flamebird and Nightwing, heroes from Krypton's past. I admit when I first heard of this I wasn't sure it would be good but it really surprised the heck out of me.The true gem is the way KAra Zor-el was displayed in this arc. We were shown how powerful Supergirl was in her first trade but this collection goes into her character more then her abilities. Supergirl is unsure of her role in a world that looks up to her cousin, Superman. The writers here do a good job of not only displaying a teenaged superhero who might not want to put on the cape because she has the power to make a difference. Instead we see a girl who hasn't grown up yet, She runs from responsiblity and avoids the one person who cares about her the most.As far as the extra story thrown in involving the JLA, I guess that was DC trying to show what Supergirl was doing before the crisis and how she was recruited by Donna Troy. The thought of making sure the reader knows what happens before OYL is appreciated but they could of just easily put a paragraph explaining what happened (and saved money)People can say what they want about this title but I feel the writers have done an excellent job of making the Girl of Steel as human as possible. The upcoming thrid volume of Supergirl is even better.

I agree with the other reviews that say this is an example of a hodgepodge of crossovers and loose story threads that never seem to find a conclusion. However, there are two reasons to love this title, and this book specifically. One is the artwork. It's brilliant. Amazingly detailed and perfectly proportioned. The fine lines, colors and details fit the superman universe so perfectly they shouldn't be missed.Secondly, when the character of supergirl was created she was little more than a gimmick. It was yet another super-character to tag on to the trend. As such, they never bothered with an inner world. But for the first time the authors have with this title created a three deminsional character that is fully believable, with real emotions, thoughts, and issues of her own (rather similar to what smallville acommplished with louis finally). This is a welcome change from typical super-stories. While this collection is certainly not perfect, it is quite enjoyable for what they have achieved and i want to see more in this vein.

The Supergirl's so far have been unimpressive. They seem to be a hodgepodge of books, those that don't fit in the other collections, in fact, Supergirl doesn't even have to be involved in the comics collected under her name. And this volume...half takes place before the crisis and half a year later. It can all be very confusing. That being said, the individual stories (and there's like four of them) are pretty good, even if they somehow seem to have no beginning or end. I just wish whoever edits these collections would get their head together. There is a lot of potential here.

Supergirl Candor was the first supergirl comic book I've ever read.The art is not bad, even the stories. Unfortunately the stories are in bits, which is really confusing.I guess they should've made the story make more sense by combining the missing bits back into the story.I wil just give 2 stars for the art and one star for the plot.The only thing I like about this book is mainly the art.