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September 21, 2012: Mike Johnson Answers Questions on "Supergirl" Comics

Supergirl #0 Newsarama.com caught up with "Supergirl" co-writer Mike Johnson and asked him about what took place in "Supergirl #0" and what we can expect from the Maid of Might moving forward.

    Q: The other big question still remaining is her relationship with Kal, and that scene in issue #12 felt very realistic and emotional, as you showed them adjusting to each other. What are your thoughts behind the way that relationship has evolved so far, and where will it go in the second year?

    Johnson: Up until now, Kara hasn't even known the truth about Krypton, so she hasn't been inclined to believe that this big, strapping superhero is the little baby she used to hold in her arms.

    In issue #13, she's going to learn more of the truth around what happened to Krypton, and that's going to start to soften her stance toward Kal. And she's going to begin to come around to accept the fact that this really is her baby cousin. Of course, accepting the fact that he's her cousin doesn't mean she's going suddenly want to hang out with him all the time. It's still such a mind-blowing and emotional thing to have to digest that we're still going to be playing that out.

    We don't want Kara and Kal to be at odds forever, but at the same time, we don't want to rush into the sort of familiar status quo, where they're these loving cousins that hang out all the time and have no issues between them.

    So to answer your question, yes, things will be changing for Kara, but it won't be overnight. You don't want to play up Kara's aloneness forever, but it wouldn't be true to the character if we just wrapped it up with a tidy bow and showed her feeling totally at ease with Earth and with Kal.

Read the entire interview at Newsarama.com.



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