Power failure. This is… ordinary. Beige, rather than Paige. It’s flat and plain, and a flat and plain Power Girl is, as any fool knows, an abomination in the eyes of fandom.
Writer E. Nelson Bridwell had clearly been briefed to rip-off Mission: Impossible as closely as possible, but, just as he did with the Inferior Five, he took that basic remit, and tweaked it into something unique.
Originally intended as a simple Fantastic Four parody, the Inferior Five transcended their genesis to become a witty and warm-hearted satire with a soul.
The Doctor is a lady?
Look to the future, now—oh, wait a minute…
Readers only ever got to see the bad side of Lucy—to the point where when she was kidnapped and used as a ‘damsel in distress’ prop, it was actually a relief!
Yes, it’s fun… but in a smug, arch way that prevents it from being anywhere near as much fun as it clearly thinks it is.
Don’t like what your best friend since toddlerhood is saying to you? Go ahead – knee ‘im inna nuts!
A very odd, but interesting, take on Black Canary.
I haven’t seen so constipated a set of facial expressions since Barbara Bain on Space:1999…
