2014 Comic Book News Archives

January 30, 2014: Tony Bedard Explains Supergirl "Red Daughter of Krypton" Story

Supergirl #30 With the new DC Comics monthly series titled "Secret Origin" set to launch in April, Tony Bedard will bring us an origin story involving Supergirl.

    Q: Tony, we've seen a lot of Supergirl's origin over the first couple years of her series. From what angle is this story told?

    Bedard: Secret Origins will definitely be a new-reader friendly series, covering the basics of each character featured, but I also wanted to get something fresh in the Supergirl story, particularly because her origin had been revisited a few times recently.

    So we'll cover the stuff you'd expect to see - Kara on Krypton, Zor-El sending her to Earth, how she got her costume, what her powers are, etc. - but we're also going to learn more about her mother Alura and how her actions motivate Kara to embrace her role as Supergirl.

    Since coming on the Supergirl series, I've been very keen to make Kara more proactive and more positive. Working on this origin story has helped me realize how we can get her there.

Bedard, as the new ongoing writer for the "Supergirl" comic book, will also see Kara join the ranks of the Red Lantern corp.

    Bedard: Personally, I'm excited to be working with Charles Soule on this moment in Kara's life. He has really made Red Lanterns all his own and it's fun to cross over with that cast of characters. But I think there are some Supergirl fans out there that wonder if giving Kara a red ring is a mistake. I want to tell those fans that this is more of a turning point. This is Kara working through her anger and resentment and realizing Fate handed her an opportunity to become the greatest ever daughter of the House of El.

Read the complete interview at Newsarama.com.



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