Tuesday, August 23, 2011

SUPERGIRL/BATGIRL #1 by Mike Maihack


Mike Maihack lives in Tampa, FL and draws a popular webcomic called Cleopatra in Space with the help of his two Siamese cats. He draws a bunch of other stuff too, but his cats don’t help much with those things. In fact, they don’t help much on Cleopatra either now that he thinks about it… Let’s start over: Mike lives in Tampa, FL with two very lazy and useless cats. Also with a loving wife and soon-to-be newborn son (who will hopefully wind up being a much better assistant). More of his work can be found at cowshell.com


Mike says: Can the same blonde-haired, wonder teen from Metropolis who helped Barbara Gordon finally put an end to Killer Moth's week-long crime spree also be the new popular transfer student at Gotham High? Good thing they have superheroics in common because Babs' and Kara Zor-El's student lives are about to clash."

That's a rough tagline for a book that shouldn't come as any big surprise for those who have followed me online for longer than a week. I would take a more all-ages approach to the series, placing Babs and Kara in high school who, despite some social differences, eventually become best friends. That's when I would introduce an idolizing fourteen-year-old Mary Marvel to annoy the heck out of them.

Batgirl was created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino. Read more...
Supergirl was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. Read more...


18 comments:

  1. The Supergirl/Batgirl arc in Superman/Batman a couple years ago was such a winner, I would have lobbied for something like this. Great idea Mike, and your representations of the two heroines look spot-on.

    Would read? You betcha!

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  2. I would read the HECK out of this book. Wow.

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  3. I don't want to overstate this or anything, but... BEST BOOK YET!! I would buy every issue *and* a second one just to keep sealed in the bag and board, like folks did back in the '90s. Awesome work from Mike!!

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  4. Really beautiful work, Mike. That and it seems like a lot of fun, so I would absolutely be all for this book.

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  5. I would be on this like the Penguin on a can of sardines.

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  6. That so needs to be a print Mike1!, any chance?

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  7. Oh man, sold! Beautiful cover, Mike.

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  8. I have to back Chris Bolton here: this is the best of a lot of great covers! I would love to see Maihack on a mainstream book.

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  9. Beautiful cover!
    I'm a little surprised Mr.Maihack isn't already working on a mainstream book.

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  10. wow everyone. thanks for all the wonderful comments! you all know i'd love to work on a book like this. or just READ one for pete's sake.

    i imagine i'll have prints available soon, albeit sans all the copyrighted logos and stuff. ;)

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  11. Brilliant work. I agree. I'd love to read a comic based on a concept like this. It's funny how DC makes decisions on what comics to make, and yet a lot of fans are wondering why they were never consulted on the matter.

    Can't wait till you have a Batgirls, Inc. cover featuring Babs, Cass and Steph. =D

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  12. Man this beautiful! Really great work Mike!

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  13. This is simply fantastic work - and should be seen as a pitch to DC for a book they ought be doing. We need more all-ages and female-friendly comics (not that the readership would be in any way limited to those groups!), and this would have so much potential for fun, quality storytelling. Bravo, Mike!

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  14. Love the idea -- would that DiDio and Co. were smart enough to buy and run with it.

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