Thread 150334380

>Just realized that Kara and Clark in the DCAU are not related at all
Huh..

>>150334380 (OP)
If I remember correctly there was a mandate at the time which said that Supes HAD to be the last surviving son of Krypton thus Kara had to be made into some other closely related alien

>>150334380 (OP)
I hate that Supergirl outfit. Should have gone with the classic design from the beginning.

>>150334639
Could be worse, it could be much much worse

>>150334702
>much much worse
How?

>>150334719
They could’ve put her in an ugly tacticool body suit like MAWS did

>>150334380 (OP)
It was going to be another Batman Batgirl thing but Bruce Timm didn't care about Superman anymore to see it through

>>150334719
She could have been a sentient amorphous blob

>>150334558
It wasnt lifted until the 2000s
Though STAS actually did feature a pair of kryptonians acting as zod and faora stand ins, they were just thrown into a black hole at the end of their second appearance to ensure superman stayed the last son of krypton

supergirl in STAS was heavily re-written around the limitations to be kara in-ze rather than kara zor-el, and from technically not krypton in order to fit the mandate
But it ended up being a distinction without difference because they treated her as if she was kara zor-el anyways

Still not as weird as post-crisis supergirl being a clone of lana lang made by good lex luthor from another dimension

>>150334558
You know, this wasn't a bad thing at all in the end, the origin story they cooked out for the spinoff comic is actually the most I've ever enjoyed Supergirl's character. That anual would have made a great movie.

>>150334639
Yup. The second one just looks so much cooler, I don't know why Timm decided to make her look so bland and classless.

>>150334820
>Though STAS actually did feature a pair of kryptonians acting as zod and faora stand ins

I'm almost certain that the guy WAS Zod.

>>150334975
He was an obscure comic villain named jax-ur
But he was turned into zod in all but name, including being a general, and modelled after movie zod

>>150334975
He's Jax-Ur an entirely different Kryptonian criminal, but he was Zod in all but name in STAS.

>>150334975
No the eyepatch midget is Jax-Ur, and actually, there exists an actual Zod in that continuity!

>>150334558
> there was a mandate at the time which said that Supes HAD to be the last surviving son of Krypton
If they're going to give them identical powers and backstories then what was the point?

>>150335075
Not cheapening the death of Superman's homeworld by having a million surviving kryptonians chilling in a bottle I guess.

>>150335075
Editorial thought having so many kryptonians devalued supermans story
Writers thought that the superfamily were interesting additions and loopholed variants of them into the story

>>150334866
>so bland and classless
They were trying to make her "cool" or something. Like what a 1996 teenager would have put together from stuff in her closet. I do wonder what would have happened with Supergirl if STAS had gotten that full 4th season. I feel like we would have gotten more character development and a more complex relationship with Superman. Maybe we would have seen the classic costume as she matured.

>>150335113
And eventually, editorial was so frustrated over how convoluted Supergirl had become that they gave up and removed the mandate so Kara could be reintroduced properly.

>>150335141
>They were trying to make her "cool" or something
This was also their reasoning for putting Jimmy olsen in a jacket
He had a bowtie and sweatervest in concept art before they decided that the show should be more modern or retrofuturist

>>150335187
Jimmy's design was okay. He hadn't been the Silver Age nerd for quite a while.

>>150334793
Its hilarious to me that pic related still makes fags seethe on here. This is what you moralfag over? Consenting adults being in a short term relationship?

>>150335160
By the time supergirl was formally reintroduced, nearly 20 real life years had passed since crisis on infinite earths
So all the people who grew up shocked at supergirls death had grown up and most fans had only lived in a world with discount lana lang supergirl

>>150335320
People do the same with Sue being in love with Reed since she was 12

>>150334380 (OP)
Across all the different origins that Supergirl has had, that's actually more common than not.

>>150334380 (OP)
In Ze instead of Zor-El

>>150334639
Well, I hate you more

THANK YOU GREEN LANTERN

>>150339231
I swear JLU needed more episodes for everything like Booster, Gypsy, Creeper, etc

>>150335320
trvth

>>150338112
I found his $8

>>150341846
Fund*

>>150334639
>I hate that Supergirl outfit.

Funny, it's my favorite outfit for her.

>>150334975
That was Jax-ur.
He was actually the more prominent Kryptonian villain back in the day, but Zod showing up in Superman 2 let him leapfrog basically the entire rogues gallery.

>>150337954
>>150341879
Samefag

>>150334639
hnnng

>>150334639
This suit is generic ass.

>>150335017
If you want obscure try Nam-Ek, I think he only had one appearance outside the comics.

>>150343526
Nope. Only did the “hate you” one

>>150334866
This. It's a cool backstory, cooler than Clark's even.
I really liked Little Girl Lost, although Jimmy should never be the beta orbiter, no matter how dorky he is, that motherfucker can always pull some pussy.

>>150335610
>people
Only Byrne, bro, I'm not sure he counts as people.

I like both outfits.

>>150343971
Same. They both have good qualities
I like crop tops and pencil skirts so the DCAU one just hits hard

>>150335320
>Timm
He never did this. At best it's in an issue of Batman Beyond which Timm had nothing to do with and even there it's only implied.
I don't even have a problem with the age difference, but this is some weird fetish that is only a thing on /co

>>150343595
Crying shame Namek doesn't resemble Nappa, Raditz or Vegeta.