Supergirl – Season 1 Episode 16

“Falling” Supergirl returns –sorry I couldn’t resist- from a short break with an episode that has Kara’s personality altered by exposure to Red Kryptonite. There are many variations of Kryptonite in Superman lore and the red variety has arguably the widest variation. In the comics each piece has a unique effect on Superman, in Lois…

Supergirl – Season 1 Episode 15

“Solitude” Supergirl introduces Superman’s Fortress of Solitude and brings back a former Supergirl as a villain. The villain of this story goes by Indigo (Laura Vandervoort) but she is also a version of Brainiac known as Brainiac-8. That isn’t necessarily important for this story but it’s a nice piece of Superman trivia to bear in…

Supergirl – Season 1 Episode 14

“Truth, Justice, and the American Way” Supergirl tackles the question of morality and explores Kara’s desire to do the right thing in relation to what the law states. It’s all in the title; “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” s something that Superman is known to stand for and Supergirl traditionally embodies many of those…

Supergirl – Season 1 Episode 13

“For The Girl Who Has Everything” Supergirl adapts the classic Alan Moore Superman story “For The Man Who Has Everything” from Superman Annual #11 in 1985 to have Kara confront her memories of Krypton. At least, that’s the idea but the overall execution doesn’t quite get there. I can see what the episode was going…