Chun Li by Adam Hughes

… And Stay down by *AdamHughes on deviantART

You can tell how powerful Chun Li is, even before you notice the bloody boots. And Adam Hughes is the master, after all.

Mary Marvel in detention

Mary Marvel Dentention by *sturkwurk on deviantART

I love this Sturkwurk take on bad Mary Marvel.

Power Girl looking powerful

I am POWER GIRL by ~emy-lee69 on deviantART

Yowzers! In this image, Power Girl’s so full of power she looks about ready to pop!

Roxy & Fairchild swap

Roxy + Fairchild Swapped by *powerbook125 on deviantART

Very nice work showing Roxy as the super-strong, super-developed sister. I feel bad for skinny Caitlin Fairchild, though.

Caitlin Fairchild transformation

Here’s that great transformation scene from the 1999 Gen-13 movie that was released only years after it was made, and is still a bit hard to get. In it, Caitlin Fairchild is transformed from her normal frail, bookish nerd girl self into the statuesque, big-breasted and super-powered woman we all came to know and love.

Mary Marvel’s Corruption

I was googling around and found a great 2007 interview with Jerry Ordway in which he discusses – among other things – the “darkening” of the Mary Marvel character. Being no fan of Peter David myself, I found this bit particularly prophetic:

I had issues with the time that Peter David “borrowed” Mary Marvel for a Supergirl crossover, and immediately wanted to have her sexually molested in his story. Then Keith Giffen wanted her to lose her virginity in Formerly Known as the Justice League! Now it looks like the movement to gritty Mary up are finally getting their way in Countdown.

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I’m no prude, but if you want to “violate” the intent of a character, create a new damn character, will you? Just my opinion.

Ordway will soon be returning to write Justice Society of America, and I expect him to resolve the current scattered state of the Marvel Family in the next year or two.

Supergirls!

SUPERGIRL Render Tests by *DouglasShuler on deviantART

I love this composite of various Supergirl incarnations, including Power Girl. Great stuff!

Ms. Marvel by M.C. Wyman

Ms Marvel-ous by ~larafan on deviantART

Very sexy Ms. Marvel in her retro costume, by comics’ M. C. Wyman. Thanks to Larafan for paying for the commission!

Gemma Atkinson as Power Girl

Gemma Atkinson Powergirl by *yatz on deviantART

Here’s Yatz’s latest terrific photomanipulation: lovely British pin-up girl Gemma Atkinson transmogrified into Power Girl! Very sexy.

Power Girl #1

The new Power Girl series by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Amanda Conner has begun! At right is the cover for the first issue – there’s also an alternative cover by Adam Hughes.

The creative team is obviously in a hurry to get things moving with the series but I found bits of it a little annoying. They just plop down her alter ego – Karen Starr – as head of a new technology firm that’s setting out to save the world from pollution or something.

Amanda Conner’s art holds up really well, though. Hopefully this series will have a long run.

You can download a preview at the link below.

[Power Girl #1 - DC Comics]