Supergirl #6 // Review
It’s Halloween and Kara is going as...Supergirl. Which is weird because she IS Supergirl. But there aren’t many people in town who know that. So it might become some kind of clever disguise. But it's not like she was doing a whole lot of work on it conceptually. After all, she's very tired. And it's not exactly all that clear why. Maybe she's too exhausted to figure out why she's tired. And maybe that's part of the problem in Supergirl #6. Writer/artist Sophie Campbell continues a deeply enjoyable run with Kara in an isue featuring additional artwork by Rosi Kampe. Color comes to the page courtesy of Tamra Bonvillain.
There is something that has been stalking Cara in her dreams. Or maybe it's just nightmares. Or maybe it's not. Whatever it is that is the case, she's not exactly feeling totally awake in her waking life. And things are beginning to get worse for her. Thankfully, there are people who care about her who want to try to contact her. Because she does seem to be lost in sleep. And there is a real danger of her getting completely annihilated psychologically. Psychically. There's only a limited amount of time before she's completely destroyed from within.
Campbell has delivered a large ensemble to the page. And it's a growing ensemble. Starting off with just a few characters and gradually expanding things. It's really cool to see the progression. It's pretty rare when a title character is given this much opportunity to simply make friends and expand their contact list. To be able to do so gradually shows a great deal of patience on the part of Campbell as a writer. It's a steady expansion that gives the author quite a bit of time to really explore evolving relationships between the characters and the character development in and within ensemble. That's not something that's easy to manage for any author in a mainstream comic book. Quite impressive.
Guest artist Kampe is given the opportunity to render the nightmare world of Kara. It's cool to see her engage with that. Because there is really so much potential in how things flow across the page. And it's interesting to see Campbell's writing in the hands of another artist with respect to this particular series. It is actually very refreshing to see the more warm and approachable, attractive artwork of the author delivering them, more comforting waking world of a hero.
And there's a generous amount of cuteness in it as well. The emotion of the character is feels very vivid on the page thanks to Campbell's writing and her art in the waking sections of the story. And the large population of pets seems really cute as well. Cara is sick on a slab as Lena is looking over her and all of the pets come running the way pets might if they were concerned about her well-being. There are all kinds of nice little touches like that that add to a very endearing and engaging pleasant presence for this particular issue.
