Amazing Heroes #91 - Special Post-Crisis Issue Part 2 - Crisis #7 Review

About a month ago I stumbled across Amazing Heroes #91, a treasure trove of information about Crisis on Infinite Earths in retrospect. I already covered the look at Supergirl's death scene as being something most everyone - creators and reviewers alike - looked at as having been done well.

Now historically, Amazing Heroes wasn't exactly sympathetic to Supergirl's character so I was interested to look more at some of the Supergirl specific commentary in this book.

One thing that caught my eye was reviewer R. A. Jones look back at the series in total. Jones does a great job here looking at each issue individually and then summing up his thoughts about that particular section of the tale.

For the most part I can remember Jones reviews as being pretty fair and a bit more in-depth than many.

And as a fan of Crisis on Infinite Earths, I dove right in.

So what did he have to say about Crisis on Infinite Earths #7?

The beginning part of the review is basically recap, I guess if you were one of the people who didn't read this series.

That opening paragraph is quite interesting thought.

Jones wonders if one of the decisions to kill off Supergirl was that her name was big enough to get the attention of the popular press. Yes, Kid Psycho isn't a big deal, even for Legion fans like me.

But you would think that the Flash would be big enough to garner that attention. After all, he ushered in the Silver Age. Why not have him 'close' the Bronze Age?

Also, was Supergirl's name big enough to warrant that attention? Was she a known commodity to the average mainstream person walking the streets? I guess her movie was recent enough to be somewhat in the popular conscience. But you'd think someone like Robin or Captain Marvel or one of the Teen Titans would have been more of a blow.

Hey, I am saying this a huge Supergirl fan. I don't know if she was a major big deal then.

I do love Jones ending though.

It is clear he is one of us, a fan of Supergirl.

He blames DC for not giving her the due she was owed. While I think 'third string writers and artists' is a rough way to describe Paul Kupperberg and Carmine Infantino, I do have to agree that the Superman Family stories were a bit ragtag.

But his words to strike a chord in me. I definitely thought her death was a mistake. I definitely thought (and still think) she has nigh limitless potential. But without the right care, she floundered. Heck, I still think that is true. Look at her current story arc!

And a nice capstone is showing how there was no true closure for the character. No Danvers grieving. She is brought to Rokyn wrapped in a body bag. She had a rough crossover where she married someone and ran out on him. Yeesh.

"The lady deserved better."

Amen R.A. Jones. Amen.

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