Supergirl: Being Super #3 Review

Writer: Mariko Tomaki / Artist: Joëlle Jones / DC Comics And in its third of four chapters, Supergirl: Being Super introduces its main plot conflict to add alongside Kara’s internal ones, and it comes right on time. Being Super #3 begins by continuing the tone and substance of the first two issues as Kara and Dolly mourn the loss of their other best friend in the trio, Jen, who died during the Midvale earthquake, as well as broader plotline of changes to Kara’s body as she reflects on who she is in this place where she partly belongs and partly does not. What works well here is when that self-exploration weaves together with both a familiar and a new one, changing what we know about Kara, the earthquake, and what it will mean for her to be “super” after all.

A series trademark now, the introspection and slow build keep you more invested in Kara’s emotional health than any crisis where a hero might need to save the day – even when that crisis finally presents itself for the first time in the form of another person like Kara. The tension has less to do with heroics and more with what heroism will mean for Kara, who becomes torn from the conflicting weight of love from her parents, acceptance from her friend, and a newfound hope for love, acceptance, and family rolled in a single discovery of someone else like her.

Those emotions would be complicated enough to navigate, but it also comes with the context of added betrayal as we learn, along with Kara, that the Midvale earthqua…