Daring Adventures of Supergirl, Volume 1 by Paul Kupperberg

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects Issues 1-12 of the pre-Crisis Daring Adventures of Supergirl. In the book, in her secret identity of Linda Danvers, Supergirl travels to Chicago to continue her education, majoring in psychology to understand the criminal mind.

The art is enjoyable and pleasant. It really does capture the character of Linda Danvers as this sort of sweet girl next door who just happens to have been born on another planet. In her Supergirl guise, she adds the sort of line of sarcastic banter that was standard issue for superheroes of her era.

The adventures themselves are okay. The first Issue suffers from a bit of overwriting as they cram Supergirl's origin story and history into the volume with a lot of expository dialogue. The villains she faces off like Decay, the Gang, or a crime syndicate are menaces but mostly forgettable. The same thing for the New Doom Patrol, who crossover for a couple issues. The most memorable story in the book is Supergirl battling half a dozen one foot tall duplicates of herself was enjoyably silly at a level rarely seen since the end of the Silver Age.

Overall, while this book is by no means essential reading, it was certainly a pleasant, fun, and innocent read featuring the beloved pre-Crisis Supergirl.



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