‘Supergirl’: What Becomes of the Woman With No Tomorrow?

‘Supergirl’: What Becomes of the Woman With No Tomorrow? I’ll defend Jame Gunn’s Superman on any hill. That movie was exactly what was needed to give DCU a new direction as well as a better more heartwarming feel for the Man of Steel. The best unexpected surprise tho? Finding out Krypto wasn’t Clark’s dog, he was just dog sitting for the actual owner. Then finding out that the owner was Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl, Clark/Kal-El’s cousin. This wasn’t a Supergirl we were used to. This Kara likes to party on planets with red suns so the liquor can really hit the system. For me, this was a home run with a different perspective on Supergirl. Her history in DC comics is one of the most confusing and messiest knots to untangle. So many writers have tried to make sense of it, which has led to many retcons and out-there stories. I was looking forward to seeing more of this Kara Zor-El, then it was announced that a Supergirl movie would be next for the DCU. Which made me say, “Hey, I meant down the line, this is a little too soon.” Supergirl didn’t really strike my interest because of that complicated comic history. Trying to adapt all that? Felt like a giant risk to me. I was content waiting til it was on TBS or TNT to catch it. Then it was announced that the movie would be an adaptation of Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s Woman of Tomorrow series. That got my interest because I had heard what a cool deviation from the norm that book was. A story about Supergirl helping a young girl named R…