Power Girl Returns to DC Comics (But Is She a Hero or Villain?)
Warning: spoilers ahead for One-Star Squadron #4!
After keeping a low profile, Power Girl has returned—but is she hero or a villain? After losing her job with Heroz4U in One-Star Squadron #4, Power Girl, angered over being downsized, appears to take her anger out on the company, seemingly destroying their headquarters. The six-issue miniseries has explored the intersection of superheroes and the “gig” economy, and Power Girl is one of its casualties.
Power Girl has a long, and convoluted, history at DC Comics. First appearing in 1976’s All-Star Comics #58, Power Girl was intended to be the Earth-2 equivalent of Supergirl. Created by Gerry Conway, Ric Estrada and Wally Wood, Power Girl’s origin is similar to Supergirl’s, but this was changed after 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, where she was revealed to be the granddaughter of the powerful Atlantean sorcerer Arion. Power Girl’s origin was retconned again in the buildup to 2005’s Infinite Crisis, which restored her status as Superman’s cousin from Earth-2, who had managed to somehow survive the first Crisis. Recently, in One-Star Squadron, Power Girl found herself working for Heroz4U, a startup company that uses an app to connect superheroes with jobs, and in issue four, she finds herself the victim of corporate politics—but is she going to take it laying down? The issue is written by Mark Russell, illustrated by Steve Leiber, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Dave Sharpe.
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Heroz4U has hit hard times, and the Board of Directors has begun downsizing. Power Girl, certain that Red Tornado, the branch manager, will be let go, believes she will be the new manager. Her dreams come crashing down when she
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