I simply loved this version of Supergirl!! Truly fantastic!! A new updated version of a beloved female superhero. The writing and art are both phenomenal.

The artwork was gorgeous although Kara’s appearance was a bit inconsistent at times. The plot was decent but definitely assumes you have a little knowledge of Supergirl’s world prior to reading this one. Overall a decent graphic novel but not compelling enough to make me want to continue in the series.

So back in 2017 I was very actively reviewing and reading a lot of comics and books. Back then I was also active on NetGalley and sadly after I started University, I fell into a blogging hiatus, that just wouldn’t stop. Now I’m in my last semester of my bachelor’s and I finally found the motivation again to spend more time on reading and reviewing books (and graphic novels). I found out that I still had a couple of ARCs on my NetGalley account that I never reviewed, so I’m gonna try to battle that specific TBR pile.

I actually had already read Supergirl back in 2017, but never got around to reviewing it, so I decided to start with this volume and reread it today! I honestly couldn’t remember much of the story anyways. And rightfully so, it’s a bit confusing, even for the Rebirth series. Supergirl once again battles the Cyborg Superman, who she battled in the New 52 area already. But now he appears to be her father? And he’s obsessed with bringing Argo back to life and basically “revived” the entire population with Brainiac’s technology. But for them to actually come alive they need the people of earth’s life force and attack Earth in order to kill National City’s citizens in Zor-El’s personal vendetta against Supergirl. It seems very strange to me that in such a massive alien/robot attack, no other superhero from Earth tries to save the city. It’s all left to Supergirl, the D.E.O. and CatCo to save the citizens. I feel like this would have been a scenario where the Justice League should have been involved?

But, there’s also good in this volume. I really liked the Artwork! However, I now am surer than ever, I don’t particularly like Steve Orlando’s writing (also after having read his Wonder Woman stories). I had bigger hopes for this volume, as I’m a big fan of the TV show!

I'm sorry this review is 2 years old, I'm currently going back and adding feedback for titles I had previously never reviewed. I honestly put this off because I kind of felt this book wasn't for me since I don't really follow the DC universe. I gave it a try since it was described as something of a new beginning, but this title is clearly tied pretty closely into a larger existing universe. The graphic novel is constantly summarizing past events, which let me follow what was happening, but also didn't really allow me to get emotionally invested. Overall, I didn't have any huge complaints about the story, but also no huge praises either, and it didn't grip me the way you would hope a first volume would. I would give it a weak 3-stars, or a strong 2-stars.

I understand that this does bring a lot of elements from the Supergirl TV show to print for the first time, so if you have customers that love the show, or follow the DC universe closely, they might enjoy it significantly more.

A mildly entertaining "rebirth" of Supergirl, but feels very close to or rooted in the TV show. I was also a bit mixed on the artwork - at least in the first issue.

Kara experiences high school, battles a cyborg version of her father, and gets an internship at Catco Worldwide Media in this collection of issues #1-6 of Supergirl.

We start out with Kara and her new “foster” parents working together to get her powers back. How they were lost, I have no idea. This is a partnership that was forged between Kara and the Department of Extra-Normal Operations to keep Earth safe from any impending threats. In exchange for Kara getting her powers back, she will work with the DEO to protect earth. And of course, before Kara even fully gets her powers back, they are under attack from what appears to be a wolf kryptonian powered by the moon.

He is easily contained, and they move on quickly to give Kara her secret identity. Two agents will act as her foster parents and handlers, and she will start at a high school where she can observe humans and learn their behavior. It isn’t long before Kara is overwhelmed and has to seek out Superman’s fortress of solitude, where she comes across a cyborg version of her kryptonian father, Zor-El.

This version of Zor-El wants to restore Argo city and revitalize the citizens, but Kara can’t help but be concerned about his robotic actions and villainous past. Is he really her father? How did Argo survive? What will it take to restore the people of Argo?

I was immediately lost when I started reading this, I assumed that a #1 would be new reader friendly, but it took way to long for me to figure out what was going on. If I had just picked up the first issue, I don’t think I would have continued on with the series.

But since I had the whole trade, I continued to read. It wasn’t mind blowing or amazing. I wasn’t really interested in Zor-El and the Argo city, I feel like that would have been better later on in the series after we had a character base for Kara and her foster parents. The parts where we were supposed to believe that Kara had already bonded with her foster parents felt stiff and too fast. I know they wanted to start out with a big storyline, but I think they should have focused on getting to know all the characters in this first trade.

Overall, I felt like this could have been a good story arc, but it just wasn’t the right time.

I checked out the next trade from my library, but I’m not in any rush to read it.

Steve Orlando's Rebirth Supergirl Vol. 1: Reign of the Cyborg Superman is one of the best TV-to-comics adaptations I've seen, perfectly recognizable to now-CW fans while still fitting cogently into the DC Comics universe. We have Supergirl working for the DEO out of National City, but under the care of her DEO agent "parents" Eliza and Jerimiah Danvers, who are helping acclimate her to Earth (along with DC stalwart Cameron Chase). A much younger Kara works for Cat Grant's Catco as an intern, alongside Winn Schott-like figure Ben Rubel. This almost prequel-esque take on Supergirl is engaging, getting to see some of the actual growing pains with the Danvers that the show alludes to -- and also getting to see the Danvers as agents-in-action. Orlando draws believable lines from Clark Kent's blog-mate in the New 52 Cat Grant to this one, and the reader can assuredly hear Calista Flockhart in Orlando's dialogue.

ARC from Netgalley.
3.5 Stars
Kara Zor-El, now with cover life Kara Danvers (not sure if they added this before the TV series, or afterwards to match it), regains her powers only to run into 2 problems: Kat Grant, who wants Ms. Danvers to work with her; and Cyborg Superman, who regains his memories to find that he is Zor-El, father to Kara, and big brother to Jor-El, who is the father of Superman!
The majority of the Volume deals with Cyborg Superman's uprising and attempted takeover of Earth. Saving Argo City from the destruction of Krypton, he keeps his people alive by converting them to cyborgs as well, though they need to absorb human energy to stay that way. Showdown, trickery and all the typical superhero stuff unfold and the Volume ends like you would expect.
The art works, but isn't great. The story is good, but predictable. I'm excited to see what happens, but this first outing was mediocre.
Recommend.

If you’re a Supergirl fan, I think you will enjoy this. It wasn’t as if it was starting over from the very beginning, so I think already fans will appreciate that. New fans, or fans who are new to the books but not to the show will probably be confused like I was. I liked the updated drawings, but I don’t think I will read any more of the Supergirl Rebirth comics. I much preferred the Flash ones.

Half of the book was white pages only, so I cannot write a review.

This may be the worst of the Rebirth titles. Steve Orlando further proves he's a crap writer. The title is now a version of the TV show. Supergirl is in high school in National City. The Danvers are secret agents for the D.E.O. and are acting as surrogate parents. Supergirl is working for the D.E.O. with Agent Chase in charge and is also working for Cat Grant at CatCo. Cyborg Superman is now Kara's dad, Zor-El which makes zero sense. He's going to restore the citizens of Argo as cyborg Kryptonians but they all need the odic force from humans to survive. No one else in the DC universe helps out when the Earth is invaded by hundreds of Kryptonians. It's like the book is taking place on a different Earth just like the TV show.

The Good: Emanuela Lupacchino's art in the rebirth issue.

The Bad: This whole revised origin of Cyborg Superman makes no sense, especially since Supergirl has fought him before in the new 52.

The Ugly: Brian Ching's art. He draws Supergirl as if she's a little girl. His art is way too cartoony for a superhero book from one of the big two. His art made the book feel like a bait and switch after seeing Emanuela Lupacchino's gorgeous art in the rebirth issue.

I get it, Rebirth is rebooting the DC (again)! But did they have to make Supergirl into a whiny teenager who is a bit of a klutz?

The storyline is not bad with Supergirl fighting off the cyborg version of her Zor-El, her father. But the pointed-nose on Supergirl almost had me shuddering at times. So if you want to keep up with all things Kryptonian, pick up this book. But I hope they improve the art in the next volume.

Look inside the truly dreadful monthly covers and you'll find a reasonable drama here, bringing a lot I didn't know about the character to the fore but equally being just about dramatic enough to hold the returning fan. Either category of reader, however, will see this as what it is – repetitive and baggy, with the baddy ever moaning about Supergirl being spitefully ignorant of what he was trying to do. This tells the newbie like me who he is and where he's coming from, but I only needed telling the once. Still, that's in keeping with some of the more childish examples of the artwork, making Supergirl to be ugly and all angular-faced, and fresh from the pages of a child's comic. This will never be a most mature DC title, but given a few brain cells it could be a very decent one.

Carrying on the tradition of Rebirth being above average, this book was aligned with my feelings regarding many of the books. Great, but not perfect. This is a good Supergirl story, influenced slightly by the new tv show, which isn't a bad thing. It keeps the character true and tells a story that's personal and still epic at different points. The art looks great and I highly recommend it if you are a fan of Supergirl.

I went on a little comic spree yesterday and this is my favourite of the three I read. It was my first introduction to the Supergirl series, and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more!

Kara Zor-El, the cousin to Superman, is sent to Earth while her home city is dying. She;s given a secret identity, a human life to lead under the name of Kara Danvers. Her human parents try to help her settle in and live like a normal human, going to school with other teens and even learning to drive a car. But then her father - who she thought was dead - returns, with some strange new (and very modern) changes.

I love Kara as a character. She's a sassy teen, but she also has so much more going on. She's from a whole different planet, she lost her parents (twice, now) and has to make decisions that no teenager could ever dream of. 

And the art style in this is a bit different to other comics - more sketchy, kind of sharper. I liked it.

The overall plot was really good - Kara's dad, Zor-El, is trying to rebuild Argon for her. But his visions are twisted, and he's causing harm to Kara's new family while trying to bring back her old one.

This was easily one of my favourite comics I've read. 5 stars. It was so interesting and exciting and I just love Kara's character so much.

Let me start off by saying I really didn't like Supergirl's New 52 incarnation, so almost anything would be better than that. However, it feels like Rebirth is trying to reboot Kara by keeping the bare bones of her New 52 origin and filling it out with pieces of the Supergirl TV show. Isn't there already a Supergirl comic based on the show? I'd prefer a Supergirl that's doing her own thing rather than a third version of the CW series.

Only months after her arrival on Earth, Kara now works for the DEO (like on the show) under the guidance of adoptive parents/handlers Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers (like the characters on the show!). And in her civilian disguise of Kara Danvers (no longer Linda Danvers, just like the show), she's an intern (instead of secretary/reporter because she's only 16) at CatCo Worldwide Media (like on the show!). It's almost as if DC doesn't believe it can trust its fans to tell multiple versions of the same characters apart. I can't figure out what fans of the show were clamoring for comics (no, not the ones about the exact same character!) starring a slightly different (but not too different!) character than they are used to seeing on the small screen. It will be interesting to see if aligning these properties results in better sales, but so far it hasn't resulted in scintillating storytelling. Better than the New 52, but not a home run.

I've never been a big Superman fan, he was overpowered and way to emo. Unfortunately I found Kara to be just the teen female version of Superman. Which made me really disappointed as I was hoping for a strong, relatable female superhero. I got that she was homesick and missing her family, friends, etc. but it didn't feel like she was even trying to give Earth a chance. Her new parents try hard to give her what she needs, yet at every turn she shuts them down. They even support her when her cyborg father shows up and wants her to come home.
The story was good, the artwork wonderful but Kara as a character was just to angst ridden and mopy. The entire book made me remember why I don't like the Supers.

Supergirl has been adopted by the Danvers who work for the DEO. She fights crime while maintaining her secret identity as Kara Danvers, a teenager trying to get an internship at CatCo. Fans of the Supergirl tv show will see a lot of similarities here. It’s a reboot, so I’m not totally opposed to changing her origin story. This story arc focuses mostly on Cyborg Superman who claims to be Kara’s father. The story is fast-paced and action-packed. And while the constant fighting of Cyborg Superman was exciting, it may have been a bit too drawn out. I would’ve liked to see more of her normal teen side, interacting more with her peers and Cat Grant. Hopefully, we get more of that in the upcoming installments. The artwork was nice. And characters have a lot of promise, so I look forward to reading further in the series.

Okay, so, totally crazy Cyborg Superman is back again, this time with a twist. Quite the twist.

We also have a newly re-powered Kara aka Supergirl, working alongside the DEO, Cameron Chase as well as her 'new' parents Jeremiah Danvers and Eliza Danvers.

Oh, and then we have her working for Cat Grant as a 'young innovator' at CatCo next to a black guy from Metropolis (not James Olsen though).

If this all sounds familiar, it's because apparently it sorta is. So, so much like the Supergirl TV show (which for the record I do like). I'm just not sure how I feel about the comic being so close to the show. I would sorta like it if maybe it was more different. I guess that we'll see.

The Argo City stuff was interesting though, and I look forward to seeing what they do with the Cat/Kara relationship too.

I got this ARC through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.