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January 9, 2014: Tony Bedard on Supergirl Becoming a Red Lantern

Supergirl #28 Writer Tony Bedard tells Newsarama.com that Supergirl is set to evolve from an "angry, resentful Kryptonian teenager into a grown-up, heroic woman of Earth", but before she gets there she'll have to let go of her rage.

"What it boils down to is that Kara's life has been one disaster after another since arriving on Earth," explains Bedard. "As she reacts to this the way any teenager would, she can come across as angry, mopey or whiny. I want her to be a positive, likable character who embraces the responsibilities that come with her newfound power. So I'm trying to use this encounter with Lobo and her moment in the Red Lantern Corps as a pivot point to work through her anger/resentment and emerge as the Supergirl we'd all like to see."

    Q: OK, let's discuss the idea of Supergirl as a Red Lantern. How does her current encounter with Lobo and Dr. Veritas play into the beginning of "Red Daughter of Krypton?" Is she ticked off when she finishes this adventure?

    Bedard: Yeah, the fight with Lobo leads straight into the Red Lantern storyline. Without giving away too much, this new Lobo is one wily dude. Where the old Lobo was a bull in a china shop, this Lobo relies more on cunning and an array of really cool tools. He's still super-strong and able to take grievous damage, but he's closer to the original, early Lobo appearances where the Last Czarnian was just as likely to prevail through wits and willpower.

    Anyhow, Lobo quickly realizes that going toe-to-toe with a Kryptonian is a losing proposition, but that Kara's vulnerabilities are in her head. So he does everything he can to push her buttons, to make her so irrationally angry that she can't fight effectively. Unfortunately, this uncorks a volcano of rage in her that acts like a magnet to one of the new red power rings Atrocitus created back in Red Lanterns #21.

Read the entire interview at Newsarama.com.



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