If I had to summarize Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow in a sentence, it would be, “Tom King wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons, but he couldn’t find anyone to play with him, so instead he made a bad Supergirl comic.”.
It feels like Tom King wrote all twelve issues in one day and edited none of it. The main villain’s name is Krem of the Yellow Hills, because Tom King is just playing Dungeons and Dragons with himself.
I heard from someone that Tom King wanted Supergirl to be a cool action hero, like Aragorn, but even if Supergirl being like Aragorn was that great of an idea, she should have a character outside of just being a cool action hero. Aragorn isn’t just some cool, stoic hero, who only exists to appear awesome, he’s an actual character with depth, and a fun personality. And sure, Supergirl has been through a lot, but those tragic experiences are what give her the ability to love and empathize. It reminds me of what King even said about Batman, “And yet he took that pain. That shock of death. And he turned it into hope.”.
Another criticism I have with Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, is that it takes way too long to read.
This adds to the effect,
but this is just unnecessary.
Two things I really do like are the line art by Bilquis Every and the colors by Matheus Lopes. The line art is clean, beautiful, and expressive, the colors are eye pleasing, and the palette is made up of multiple different colors which compliment each other very well.
It probably sounds like I hate Tom King, but I actually think he sounds like a cool guy. Oh, and Human Target is great and definitely worth a read.