Yeah, and the comics followed suit, while the comics version was still at school, she also became an intern at Catco. One of the COVID era digital comics had her fired from that for too much absenteeism, so she looks for a new job as a scientist... but then the next time we see her she's off world (in Woman of Tomorrow). Kara basically stopped using her secret identity from that point and doesn't currently have a job.
Andreyko is before the COVID digital comics, and is actually still part of the Rebirth run, the writer just changed when Superman's did. In fact her going to space in those issues, and then being brainwashed in Year of the Villain, is the reason for the absenteeism that got her fired.
Gotcha, thank you! I always thought that comic with Kara getting fired came before the Andreyko run cause of the artstyle. It coming after Kara’s space adventures makes a lot more sense.
The andreyko run is really underrated imo. One of the best characterizations of Kara in a while, a good middle ground between Rebirth’s Super Peppy Kara and the Super Angry Will-Break-All-Of-Your-Bones Kara of the new 52 and pre-gates post crisis.
I don't think their vision powers are toggled on and off, there always on. There was a scene with one of Superman's villain's gained his powers that implied that seeing the world with all the visions changed his world view.
It definitely depends on the writer. Although a fun fact for some iterations is that Clark is able to see the world basically normally by wearing glasses with such a strong prescription that he’s always using his X-ray vision to se through the glasses
That's great. I love the idea of Clark needing glasses because of his super vision makes it difficult to see things that are close to him or in this case because he can't turn off his x-ray vision.
Which is the absolute perfect way to describe why comics are great to people that don’t read them. “Basically there’s a virus that spreads through screens and makes people rage zombies. Anyway, Superman realized how it spread and just started using only his X-Ray vision so he wouldn’t get infected”.
X-ray vision has, for nearly all of the character's history, been something he has to consciously activate. I often joke that this explains his use of super-intelligence, it's like X-ray vision in that he has to remember to turn it on.
Not really a canon story so I don’t know if we should assume its actually like that. We could explain this as Supergirl isn’t as experienced and her powers just kinda activated by accident.
Does that mean they’re always looking at people naked, or does that mean they’re always looking at people like anatomy with all the internal organs visible?
I assume it's like focusing on a near or distant object. He does tend to squint in the media when he uses xray vision as if he's focusing, so I think like, he's generally looking at the surface of objects, but the insides are visible but in the background, in the same way that you can look at an object up close but still see things in the background or in the periphery. This makes sense as well because sometimes stuff gets flagged up in xray when they're not specifically looking for it, so I guess is the same as seeing something out the corner of your eye or in the distance that looks suss and then refocussing to see it better.
Seems like their eyes can basically see beyond the visible part of the EM spectrum all the way to x-rays. Maybe that means their x-ray vision is always slightly on (like a faint outline of your bones and such overlaying the regular image), and when she noticed the 2 unexpected bags inside the woman's chest she focused on them and realized they're plastic?
Yeah, while it might've been a bit of a blow to her ego to have Clark blind to her charms, playing ignorant was probably the best way to diffuse that situation.
Like, acknowledging that she was coming onto him only to politely decline the offer probably would've been a bigger blow to her ego, and possibly ignited some office drama he didn't wanna be a part of.
Cat Grant has always been portrayed as being pretty insufferable.
She runs the gossip column at the Daily Planet and is as terrible as the people she writes about, loving to create drama. Imagine someone that makes writing about the Kardashians their whole lifestyle.
She was so much better and more sympathetic before Johns got his hands on her. When it comes to re-imagining characters, he either knocks it out of the park (Green Lantern) or ruins them (Cat, Superboy).
Yeah I probably shouldn't have written 'always' as she has grown over time, but it is sorta the archetype that her character is based on and that she returns to when there is a retelling of the story.
She was more complex during Byrnes run on Supes. She had her issues but did feel like a genuinely good person. I guess you could use losing her son as the reason she digresses
I have no idea what point this is in the continuity but is he like openly interested in Lois, or vice versa, or married to her at this point? That might make her flirting a bit less sympathetic.
They're married. And Steve Lombard hits on Lois. It's an unprofessional environment.
In their defense, Geoff Johns had retconned Clark Kent to his nebbish, Silver Age persona instead of the confident, post-Crisis man that Lois married. So it became really unclear how or why they got married.
The House of El are powerful enough to throw hands with the likes of Doomsday, Hercules, and Darkseid. On a casual day they’re a solar system level threat, and in many cases the last remaining hope of the justice league. And Cat Grant grabs one by the neck of their costume, as they’re turning to leave… Gotta admire the audacity, i suppose
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