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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 

If Supergirl #20-21 are crossover tie-ins, it may be ill-advised to buy them

Almost two months ago, when it was told that Tony Bedard was going to be the writer for Supergirl, that alone did seem like great news, didn't it? But what wasn't clear to me at the time was just how many he'd be writing. I did a search and found that Bedard went onto CBR's board and said it'd be three issues. And to make matters worse, I noticed that issue #20 and issue #21 were connected to two crossovers, Amazons Attack and Countdown. Then I started to frown.

I know that some out there were surely excited by the news, but if this is how it's going to be, then that's why I suspect now that this may be a very cleverly orchestrated trick: buy an acclaimed writer's work but at the price of its being part of a crossover!

Well that's why now I'm starting to feel dismayed, and if I were you, Superfans, I'd suggest holding back from buying those issues due to their crossover status, certainly because one of them is part of an awful x-over like Amazons Attack. I think I can see what DC's trying to do here: if the audience wants Bedard to be regular writer assigned, and assuming they are willing to assign him full time, then the audience has to buy some tie-ins to a worthless crossover to get to that point? I'm sorry, but promoting Bedard's writing this way with strings attached is dishonest, though even he should know better than to take part in something that doesn't provide him with a real opportunity to do some serious character focus (in other words, he's not above criticism, and shouldn't be). But at the same time, if he's got what it takes to make Supergirl a palatable title, then he should be given the full time contract immediately, without any hitches like x-overs.

People shouldn't have to be forced or tricked into buying books tied in to a bad x-over in hopes of hitting paydirt. Now, looking at this more closely, it looks as though something dishonest is afoot. Sure, I'd like to see the Maiden of Might prove herself against the awesome strength of Karate Kid, but not if it's part of a crossover.

Which, now that I mention it, should also send a warning to all Legion of Super-Heroes fans that even that series may be the next victim of crossoverloading.

Message to DC: if you thought you had anyone fooled, it doesn't include me.

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