The good thing is that this miniseries finally ends.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8
| Writer | Tom King |
| Artist | Bilquis Evely |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
Krem's fate revealed! As Supergirl continues her battle against the Brigands, Ruthye squares off against this most vile villain in hopes of avenging her father and completing their mission. Will justice be served on both accounts? Or will our heroes fail? You won't want to miss thrilling conclusion of the acclaimed miniseries that has changed Kara Zor-El for good!
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Comic Crusaders - Johnny "The Machine" Hughes
Feb 16, 2022I have been critical of Kings writing in the past, be it the meandering Heroes in. Crisis or the seemingly going noewhere of Batman Catwoman. Yet this book, purchased as a guilty pleasure has been, for me, his best work. Evley's art makes you want to plough through the book, yet Kings wordy script means you have to spend time on each page, which makes you appreciate the art even more; a true creative symbiotic relationship that allows the reader to fully immerse themselves into the this run. Read Full Review
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9.8
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Feb 15, 2022Bilquis Evely delivers some fantastic art on every page of this issue. The art style is beautifully detailed and delivers on the epic scale of the story and the personal nature of its characters. Read Full Review
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9.1
Comic Watch - Tyson Yurai
Feb 15, 2022Without a doubt, I believe this is the best Supergirl story ever told. Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Matheus Lopes and Clayton Cowles have created a masterpiece with Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. With beautiful art and masterful writing, one would be remiss to not pick up this series whether in single issue form or when it eventually comes out in graphic novel form! Read Full Review
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9.0
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Feb 15, 2022Tom King's books are almost unfailingly brilliant, but one thing they'll never be accused of is being a feel-good experience. After seven issues with Supergirl and her young companion Ruthye, we've seen a darker version of the DCU's space frontier than ever before. Read Full Review
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9.0
AIPT - David Brooke
Feb 15, 2022It's not easy ending stories, which is probably why so many continue on as if the adventure may never end. Here though, King and Evely have captured the essence of a life well lived, and how we can become blinded by things that don't actually matter in the grand scheme of things. This issue delivers a satisfactory resolution while adding to both Ruthye and Supergirl's journeys. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow shows how a life well lived is itself justice in the face of the injustices we experience. Read Full Review
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9.0
DC Comics News - Matthew Lloyd
Feb 15, 2022While Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 isn't the best issue of the series, it is not far off the pace. It's really just some of the technical aspects of King's ending, because the content works wonderfully, connecting the reader to both Ruthye and Kara. As expected, the art is as stunning as ever and gives the reader a taste of what could come for Kara in her future. While the series connects the reader with the frailties of the human psyche, it also offers hope and the satisfaction of persevering through the difficult moments in life while revealing one's own inner strength. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comics Bookcase - Zack Quaintance
Feb 15, 2022A satisfying conclusion to a True Grit homage starring Kara Zor-El, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 doubles down on all that has made this series interesting, from the confessional lyrical scripting to the absolutely stunning sci-fi artwork. Read Full Review
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8.0
You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff
Feb 16, 2022As a story, the eight issues of Supergirl - Woman of Tomorrow make for a deep and weirdly concise look at loss, love, murder, anger, and retribution. Theres one hell of a lot going on in the series, but Kings conclusion almost feels too tidy in the uneasiness of its own ending. It almost feels like the whole thing would have been better-served ending five pages early before its final scene. It poses more problems than it solves. Better to end it on a distant beach with the three central characters and the resolution in the heat of the moment. Read Full Review
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6.5
Weird Science - Gabe Hernandez
Feb 15, 2022Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 ends the latest Tom King experiment with a bait-and-switch ending, misery, suffering, and lies. Of course, this is a Tom King series, so it's to be expected. That said, the art is exquisite, and if nothing else, you'll be happy with the visuals. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Feb 16, 2022Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, when taken as a whole, is an ambitious comics story with some genuinely shining moments and even this final issue isn't without merits. Read Full Review
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4.0
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary - Anj
Feb 18, 2022The art is stunning. The art has somehow made this more palatable than it should be. But this isn't Supergirl, at least not how I think of her. And now I fear we won't be seeing Supergirl for a bit. Read Full Review
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What a beautiful surprise this series turned into! A dramatic, passionate and exciting investigation of Supergirl's code against killing ending that shows King understands the character better than the dodgy early chapters suggested, and in the end I even cared about Ruthye. For a while I was just reading this book for the art, but the writing caught up in the end. (Now can Kara have her own series again??)
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King stuck the landing.
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Incredible. Myth and legend combine and this is easily my favorite Supergirl story. Absolutely incredible.
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A beautiful end to a beautiful story. This was a long and difficult read, but an incredibly rewarding one. Bravo King and Evely!
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This series was a little slow to start but a phenomenal last 2 issues. The ending left me pondering and chilling for a good couple minutes
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Well, I did not expect that eding. One of the best Supergirl stories ever.
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Series definitely peaked at issue 6 but I still found this to be a solid ending. Evely really did masterful work on this series. There was some slow parts but all in all I really loved what her and King accomplished here.
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9.0
Very well done story by King and even better art by Bilquis Evely and awesome colors by Matheus Lopes. It kept me invested the whole time and I will recommend this one to anyone I meet. The only thing I didn't like was the switcheroo at the end. It doesn't really work because life in prison for a genocidal maniac that savagely killed 10s of thousands and took part in the genocide of millions deserves death no less.
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8.5
Just going to leave my review for the entire series as I finally got around to reading it this week. The choice by King to tell the story "True Grit" style, with narration provided by an older Ruthye, took a bit to click with me. Once we hit the 3rd or 4th issue though, I fell right into Ruthye's cadence and it really became a joy to read. It made the book read very deliberately, which made me really focus on each page, which meant more time to enjoy the fantastic art from Bilquis Evely. Evely absolutely killed every page of this book, with issues #5 and #6 being particular highlights. I loved the way she depicted the race between Comet and Krem's magic orb, using the De Luca effect masterfully on multiple pages. The way those fun s more
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8.0
"Ruthye, Supergirl and Krem of the Yellow Fields" I have mixed feelings about the ending of this amazing story. Comet the Superhorse turned out to be a... person trapped in a horse's body? Anyways, Comet jump in front of Kara right before she was shot, sacrificing himself to save her. This is the second animal hurt/killed defending Supergirl, I hope the rest of the super animal don't hang around Kara after this. Ruthye could not gather the courage to kill Krem while he was tied up. She could not kill him after offering a fair fight and having him dead rights. And when Kara returned, Ruthye was also not able to allow Supergirl to kill Krem for her. Stopping Supergirl was, in its own way, how Ruthye saved Supergirl from completely losin more
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not how prison works
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7.5
I'm conflicted on this ending. I feel like there was a good message in there, regarding female empowerment in the face of a world that so often brings them down. I also feel like that message is a bit unearned. If you wanted to make the book about that idea, maybe don't have Kara's feats be so much of generalized heroism, right? The only thing that makes it different is that Supergirl is a woman, but that's a very basic way of looking at these struggles. I don't want to say it feels like an afterthought, because it clearly wasn't. I think it's just a difference in perspective. But I do appreciate the message, buried in a book that I didn't hate, but I wasn't amazed by.
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6.0
I leave this story as I came into it, with the sense that this was never a Supergirl story. It was a Ruthye story that got Supergirl attached to it. While Ruthye's character stays well told and consistent, Kara continues to be pasted in with little to no regards about her characterization. She becomes whatever is needed to tell Ruthye's story. Maybe for a Supergirl fan the real payout of this story is that we saw a rare return of Comet. We don't get a deep dive with him and Kara's connection, but then this story was never really about Kara. But for the few panels we do have Comet around, King does portray him pretty well. Of course Comet ultimately cared about Kara because she dedicated her life to helping others. It would have been inte more
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3.0
Just a horrendous story, yet another one where King takes a noble hero and throws that hero in the dirt probably to alleviate his own conscience and to feel better about himself. Horrible characterization for Supergirl, the "twist" at the end was so obvious and, of course, miserable at the same time. I genuinely laughed at Supergirl's lesbian haircut, let's hope they won't continue with it. There are two pages here I really liked but for the misery tour we've had to suffer it's just too little, too late. Let's hope DC will give Supergirl to a writer who doesn't have a feminist agenda (like they did these last few years) or to someone who doesn't hate superheroes, there is big potential ahead for the character, at least during Dark Crisis si more
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2.5
What a disastrous end for a misinterpretation representation of Supergirl in this series. Edit: Now I realize why DC Comics it's been so bad in sales. Since DC hired this writers with edgys views for all characters. This make long time and casual fans walk away of this comics. And I know there is some characters, specially in DC who are good, classic being edgys. But edgy, killer, antihero doesn't apply for all superheroes.
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1.0
The awful story and art continue on.
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In the blood-covered Supergirl cover of this story, the question is asked should an arch-villain be killed? DC writer Tom King's message is ultimately yes. But not before being punished, multilated, and spending many years in the Phantom Zone away from life. Troubling story and writing again from Tom King. Do horrible things happen in war? Yes. But the definition of war and "organized crime" by brigands are an important distinction. If Tom King writing was that Batman's values should encourage the mutilation,Phantom Zone imprisonment for a lifetime, and death of the Batman villain, what would be the public takeaway? That it is powerful and meaningful? Like when Supergirl, "Woman of Tomorrow," stood by and watched a mob stone someone to more
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Okay so this ish really throws a ton of bullshit at your face and then it drops a piano on your head. We go from this entire bs scene where Ruthy who is not a warrior or has not shown any prowess besides lucking out and killing a giant dinosaur with one blow has an equal fight with the genocidal maniac Krem who has killed god knows how many people. All she does is kick him a few times in the face and bites his arm. The depravity of Krem should have been on full display here and the reader should have been put on edge that Ruthy might get killed becaue of her arrogance to fight a genocidal monster on her own. But no we need to Girl Boss this. It made no sense at all. Tom King do you like Last of Us? Because I felt like I was reading TL more
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