Review Superwoman 7
Review Superwoman 7 Superwoman #7 came out last week so I am a bit late in covering this issue. But in some ways, the time was needed. This issue is a super-dense and somewhat confusing closure to the first arc. I wonder if the story got away from writer Phil Jimenez. I have praised Jimenez in the past for packing a lot into his books, making them feel like two issues in one. But here I felt like there were so many threads being covered that I was feeling frayed as a reader. As all the characters and plots are being wrapped up, I found myself asking why? Why did Lena need the temporal cubes? Why is she invading the Phantom Zone? Why is the suit called Insect Queen? Why does the Atomic Skull demand an apology from Lex? Why doesnt Lex know how to reboot his armor? Why does Lana sound like she has been mistreated by all the men in her life? Why does the Gestalt ship need to change configuration? Why? When I ask that many whys, the story is lost on me. I also can understand that this book...