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Summary: Confusing, but Beautiful Elseworlds Tale
Comment: This is an Elseworlds book, where they take beloved superheros and put them in places and situations that don't impact their "normal" comic book lives, and just about anything can happen. As a huge Supergirl fan, I was excited to read (yet another!) different take on her.
This story does have a few ties to real origins Supergirl has had. An angel "Matrix" (whose look is obviously supposed to represent Supergirl or "Kara") has a job to look over and protect a girl named Linda Danvers. But despite "Matrix's" continued attempts Linda seems intent on living dangerously with drugs, alcohol and her horrible 'boyfriend' named Buzz. So dangerously, in fact, a demon is very interested in her immediate damnation. But this ends up being the side focus, as the angel starts having a crisis of faith once she temporarily enters Linda's body and is shocked by how bad everything is and the "disease". She is faced with very different paths she can take (Heaven, walk as a human, live in a past evolution under the sea or even Hell?) and if she even wants to help the humans that disgust and confuse her. Her choice will also affect Linda's eternity.
At times in the story I was a little confused, I love graphic novels with a lot of dialouge (like this one) but keeping everything straight takes complete concentration. How the world and "angels" were split up was also pretty complicated for such a short story, but nothing the reader can't follow. Despite that, the art is beautiful and the characters all have real depth. The message the story ended with was beautiful, and it's a message worth sharing. In the end, I'm proud to add this book to my Supergirl collection.
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