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Worlds' Finest (2012)
Worlds' Finest, Volume 3: Control Issues
DeSaad attacks Huntress and Power Girl!
DeSaad and the Hellhounds of Apokolips are hunting Huntress and Power Girl and they may not be able to survive the encounter. They must go deep underground and discover who is impersonating impersonating the missing Mr. Terrific to find out what DeSaad is truly after.
Collects: Worlds' Finest #13-18.
DeSaad and the Hellhounds of Apokolips are hunting Huntress and Power Girl and they may not be able to survive the encounter. They must go deep underground and discover who is impersonating impersonating the missing Mr. Terrific to find out what DeSaad is truly after.
Collects: Worlds' Finest #13-18.
144 pages, Paperback
First published June 17, 2014
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July 19, 2021
(B+) 76% | Good
Notes: Horribly halfhearted, wherein feeble foes adjourn or flee, it's shoddy stuff, but fun enough, upraised by camaraderie.
Notes: Horribly halfhearted, wherein feeble foes adjourn or flee, it's shoddy stuff, but fun enough, upraised by camaraderie.
September 22, 2018
Hanging in there with this one, but I'm still not blown away.
I just don't find the voices of either of the two characters very interesting.
Helena has such an incredible backstory, what with being the daughter of Catwoman and Batman, that you'd think that alone could carry a title.
It doesn't.
Power Girl could also be something more than what she comes across as, but so far I haven't seen it.
Although, I'm happy to say that they haven't let her boobs get out of control, and take over her personality. Sure, she's busty but she doesn't have a porn-star rack sticking out of her chin or anything.
Bonus!
Desaad is a pretty decent villain in Control Issues, but Tattoo Lady (or whatever her name is) was awful. She looks like she would be an amazing nemesis, but she's not.
She tries to blow up models, to show the world that looks aren't everything.
Yep. That's great.
Make sure it's the Evil Crazy Lady running around screaming that it's not a good idea to focus on beauty!
Seriously?
THINK, DC! THINK!
Why have Power Girl bemoan her lost couture dresses, and then have the nutty bald chick going crazy on the fashion industry?
It's ok to like dresses, and perfume, and looking your best. It is! And if anyone in Marvel U can pull that off and be a badass, it's Power Girl.
But it's not very creative in this day and age to have a female villain's backstory revolve around being slighted for her looks.
Warning: Listen up, Girls!
Only ugly bitches whine about too much emphasis being placed on beauty!
I really like the friendship these two have, and I really like the idea of the stories that writers could tell with these guys.
I'm not giving up, but I am hoping for more out of the next one.
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I just don't find the voices of either of the two characters very interesting.
Helena has such an incredible backstory, what with being the daughter of Catwoman and Batman, that you'd think that alone could carry a title.
It doesn't.
Power Girl could also be something more than what she comes across as, but so far I haven't seen it.
Although, I'm happy to say that they haven't let her boobs get out of control, and take over her personality. Sure, she's busty but she doesn't have a porn-star rack sticking out of her chin or anything.
Bonus!
Desaad is a pretty decent villain in Control Issues, but Tattoo Lady (or whatever her name is) was awful. She looks like she would be an amazing nemesis, but she's not.
She tries to blow up models, to show the world that looks aren't everything.
Yep. That's great.
Make sure it's the Evil Crazy Lady running around screaming that it's not a good idea to focus on beauty!
Seriously?
THINK, DC! THINK!
Why have Power Girl bemoan her lost couture dresses, and then have the nutty bald chick going crazy on the fashion industry?
It's ok to like dresses, and perfume, and looking your best. It is! And if anyone in Marvel U can pull that off and be a badass, it's Power Girl.
But it's not very creative in this day and age to have a female villain's backstory revolve around being slighted for her looks.
Warning: Listen up, Girls!
Only ugly bitches whine about too much emphasis being placed on beauty!
I really like the friendship these two have, and I really like the idea of the stories that writers could tell with these guys.
I'm not giving up, but I am hoping for more out of the next one.
Get this review and more at:
June 2, 2016
I like both Huntress and Power Girl a lot (even though I think Power Girl's costume change was stupid. No suit needs a boob window.) The two storylines were kind of weak, especially with DeSaad just peacing out halfway through.
And I absolutely hated the artist change with issues #16-18, they somehow managed to make both girls super ugly. I'm really not a fan of the Silva/Weems art team.
Really.
And I absolutely hated the artist change with issues #16-18, they somehow managed to make both girls super ugly. I'm really not a fan of the Silva/Weems art team.
Really.
August 3, 2014
This is still the low-key, not retarded and generally enjoyable book of the New 52. It takes a dour turn and makes me wonder if there's still enough fun in the book, but I'll keep on at least to see what happens with Kara's flickering powers. The absolute best part of this series is how the two rely on such a strong friendship and never make a big deal of it.
This storyline with Desaad is unrelenting, and sucks much of the natural humour out of the room. This has transmogrified from fun to serious, and in a way that I'm not enjoying as much as the last couple of volumes.
Or maybe it's the art that takes me out of Camp Happy Fun Times - faces and hips on Power Girl looking like they're trying for realism but make her look like she's getting warped by an internal gravity well, and of course the unexplained backslide into the bathing-suit-and-boob-window costume seems to have inspired a lot more lingerie model poses and up skirt-style camera angles.
One thing I don't mind about the writing though is the balance Levitz strikes in spooling out just enough details of what the Apokalips nightmare was like for the heroes in their own dimension, and how much they're reminded by it as it arises here. It's not hammering us over the head like a Geoff Johns joint, and it feels like natural commentary without barfing up gobs of exposition.
It even nearly makes sense why under these circumstances, these two wouldn't have called in a superteam to help (though that idea gets dicier the longer they lose).
When a different villain shows up, I finally felt some relief - both from the relent of the pursuit, and a welcome change where the villain doesn't appear under a giant billboard or loudspeaker, announcing their code name. Isn't it more interesting when we get to find out the hard way once in a while, and just have to go on looks? (When the code name was revealed, I almost retched A little mystery goes a long way, especially when there's not too much emphasis on the cackling super-demon "I have no reason to do bad things except I'm Badd!"
The art's all over the place, but I think despite the angry faces, I like the work of R.B. Silva best - there's a certain extra style that isn't just a bad representational approach, the camera work is interesting, action is fluid and dynamic.
This storyline with Desaad is unrelenting, and sucks much of the natural humour out of the room. This has transmogrified from fun to serious, and in a way that I'm not enjoying as much as the last couple of volumes.
Or maybe it's the art that takes me out of Camp Happy Fun Times - faces and hips on Power Girl looking like they're trying for realism but make her look like she's getting warped by an internal gravity well, and of course the unexplained backslide into the bathing-suit-and-boob-window costume seems to have inspired a lot more lingerie model poses and up skirt-style camera angles.
One thing I don't mind about the writing though is the balance Levitz strikes in spooling out just enough details of what the Apokalips nightmare was like for the heroes in their own dimension, and how much they're reminded by it as it arises here. It's not hammering us over the head like a Geoff Johns joint, and it feels like natural commentary without barfing up gobs of exposition.
It even nearly makes sense why under these circumstances, these two wouldn't have called in a superteam to help (though that idea gets dicier the longer they lose).
When a different villain shows up, I finally felt some relief - both from the relent of the pursuit, and a welcome change where the villain doesn't appear under a giant billboard or loudspeaker, announcing their code name. Isn't it more interesting when we get to find out the hard way once in a while, and just have to go on looks? (When the code name was revealed, I almost retched A little mystery goes a long way, especially when there's not too much emphasis on the cackling super-demon "I have no reason to do bad things except I'm Badd!"
The art's all over the place, but I think despite the angry faces, I like the work of R.B. Silva best - there's a certain extra style that isn't just a bad representational approach, the camera work is interesting, action is fluid and dynamic.
October 10, 2018
More Power Girl and Huntress vs. mysterious forces not of this world.
I think this would be a better series if the characters were not busy isolating themselves from the rest of the superhero community.
[Attempting] SRC 2018 'TUM' (Fall) Task 5.1 as 3rd in series
(Did not check further for other possible tasks)
[consider] Task 10.6 as 50% in NYC
Refs:
Vol. 3 collects issues 13-18:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
Issues 16-18 (50%) are set in NYC:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
I think this would be a better series if the characters were not busy isolating themselves from the rest of the superhero community.
[Attempting] SRC 2018 'TUM' (Fall) Task 5.1 as 3rd in series
(Did not check further for other possible tasks)
[consider] Task 10.6 as 50% in NYC
Refs:
Vol. 3 collects issues 13-18:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
Issues 16-18 (50%) are set in NYC:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Worlds%27_Fi...
June 12, 2015
I think I've lost interest in this series. It started of great, but each volume since the first has been a major declining step.
I blame the writing. And my case in point will be Power Girl. She has always been depicted as small-waisted, large-breasted and scantily-clad, and the reason DC has gotten away with that for years is because writers have imbued her with a complex personality, with deep emotional struggles, a history of conflicting choices, regrets, confusion.... and major triumphs as well. Those are also the reasons she was such a fan favourite for so long. But now, under the writing of Paul Levitz, all Power Girl is is small-waisted, large-breasted and scantily-clad. There is no more depth to how he writes this character than "I'm outta control" and "I just want to be me again". It's sad to see. And shameful.
Throw a really half-baked, one-note version of Desaad into the mix, and you've got one really awful collection that goes nowhere fast.
It's pretty vacuous stuff. But I give it a star for its action and a star for the few times the banter between PG and Huntress was funny.
2/5
I blame the writing. And my case in point will be Power Girl. She has always been depicted as small-waisted, large-breasted and scantily-clad, and the reason DC has gotten away with that for years is because writers have imbued her with a complex personality, with deep emotional struggles, a history of conflicting choices, regrets, confusion.... and major triumphs as well. Those are also the reasons she was such a fan favourite for so long. But now, under the writing of Paul Levitz, all Power Girl is is small-waisted, large-breasted and scantily-clad. There is no more depth to how he writes this character than "I'm outta control" and "I just want to be me again". It's sad to see. And shameful.
Throw a really half-baked, one-note version of Desaad into the mix, and you've got one really awful collection that goes nowhere fast.
It's pretty vacuous stuff. But I give it a star for its action and a star for the few times the banter between PG and Huntress was funny.
2/5
June 10, 2014
I really do hate when perfectly good book series get hijacked by other book series' story lines. If it actually built on the main story, I wouldn't mind so much, but this was just pure sabotage. Hopefully the next one will be better once the whole "Forever Evil" mess is over.
November 2, 2015
I still enjoy reading about the Huntress and Power Girl, but I'm starting to side eye the content a bit.
For the most part these are two great superhero pals stuck on the wrong Earth trying to make do, find a way home (although not so much in this volume), and build a financially lucrative empire in P.G.'s case. They've even moved on from Helena's to meet or not to meet issues with her not-dad, Batman, on this world.
But there are a lot (okay maybe not a large amount but more than before or at least enough that it is obviously noticeable) of random comments about sunbathing and spa days or spa therapy and missed boyfriends and little comments that kind of undermine these women's generally strong character and personalities to typical female behavior tropes. There's a noticeable shift from her (mostly Power Girl) usually confidently sexual and owning her femininity character to a lazy and feminine as men in the 50's would write a woman kind of character comments.
Hopefully I'm reading too much into it. Maybe it's even part of the storyline since she's beginning to lose control of her powers. I'm very interested to know what's up with Power Girl's power outages and hopefully her personality comes back in the next volume.
For the most part these are two great superhero pals stuck on the wrong Earth trying to make do, find a way home (although not so much in this volume), and build a financially lucrative empire in P.G.'s case. They've even moved on from Helena's to meet or not to meet issues with her not-dad, Batman, on this world.
But there are a lot (okay maybe not a large amount but more than before or at least enough that it is obviously noticeable) of random comments about sunbathing and spa days or spa therapy and missed boyfriends and little comments that kind of undermine these women's generally strong character and personalities to typical female behavior tropes. There's a noticeable shift from her (mostly Power Girl) usually confidently sexual and owning her femininity character to a lazy and feminine as men in the 50's would write a woman kind of character comments.
Hopefully I'm reading too much into it. Maybe it's even part of the storyline since she's beginning to lose control of her powers. I'm very interested to know what's up with Power Girl's power outages and hopefully her personality comes back in the next volume.
December 25, 2015
There are two pieces to this collection - the first is DeSaad vs. Power Girl and Huntress, which has its moments but ultimately ends with a pretty flat denouement. The second half is Power Girl dealing with power fluctuations and Huntress tracking a new villain, Tat, who has some interesting abilities and a nice style. There's a lot of action, but again there isn't much closure on it. And while the costumes aren't as egregiously cheesecake as some volumes, there are a couple unnecessary moments (Huntress' ripped shoulder, Power Girl's T-shirt and Tube top). But they aren't the focus of the story; honestly there doesn't really seem to be much focus overall in the book; just a number of action beats that are enjoyable on their own, but don't really seem to be building to anything interesting. I guess it's the epitome of 'More of the Same.'
August 4, 2015
Hit or miss art, but good stories.
June 8, 2020
Several months back I started making extra effort to collect more female lead superhero books.
As Power Girl is a favorite of mine I looked up a reading order for her New 52 run.
This is the full run and I collected a dozen books or so from the list starting at Worlds' Finest Vol 1.
https://www.comicbookwire.com/reading...
I think the New 52 and Worlds Finest get a bad wrap. Why such a loud vocal group of people need to hate on what are fun new spins on familiar heroes and heroines.
The series is all about Huntress and Power Girl finding themselves in a new dimension, getting their footing and uncovering mysteries, usually Huntress does the digging and PG is the muscle.
I'm loving the few books I've read so far and excited to see where it goes!
As Power Girl is a favorite of mine I looked up a reading order for her New 52 run.
This is the full run and I collected a dozen books or so from the list starting at Worlds' Finest Vol 1.
https://www.comicbookwire.com/reading...
I think the New 52 and Worlds Finest get a bad wrap. Why such a loud vocal group of people need to hate on what are fun new spins on familiar heroes and heroines.
The series is all about Huntress and Power Girl finding themselves in a new dimension, getting their footing and uncovering mysteries, usually Huntress does the digging and PG is the muscle.
I'm loving the few books I've read so far and excited to see where it goes!
January 24, 2021
WORLD'S FINEST - .
Volume 3- Control Issue.
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#13 Hide and Seek.
"STOP or I'll shoot, lady."
"Busy. And so but interested. " - PG
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#14 Losses
"Safe house six miles from nowhere going up in flames... this is never a good sign."
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#15 Down the Rabbit Hole
"Arrogant monsters from Apokolips calling themselves gods."
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#16 Questions
"Had a run-in with a bizarre arsonist. " - Helena.
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#17 Your Own Worst Enemy
"My shadows protect me."
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#18 Control Issue
"Off my friend, monster." - PG
...
Volume 3- Control Issue.
.
#13 Hide and Seek.
"STOP or I'll shoot, lady."
"Busy. And so but interested. " - PG
.
#14 Losses
"Safe house six miles from nowhere going up in flames... this is never a good sign."
.
#15 Down the Rabbit Hole
"Arrogant monsters from Apokolips calling themselves gods."
.
#16 Questions
"Had a run-in with a bizarre arsonist. " - Helena.
.
#17 Your Own Worst Enemy
"My shadows protect me."
.
#18 Control Issue
"Off my friend, monster." - PG
...
June 13, 2023
The art continues to be amazing but the story continues to feel broken up and the characters are very simplistic in personalities.
One big change, power girls outfit changed on the last issue of the previous volume, has had no explanation what so ever!
I give this a 3 only because I don’t feel it’s quite bad enough to be a 2.
One big change, power girls outfit changed on the last issue of the previous volume, has had no explanation what so ever!
I give this a 3 only because I don’t feel it’s quite bad enough to be a 2.
July 5, 2021
I'm finding it hard to care about what's going on in this title...
Should have included Earth 2 #15.1: Desaad in this volume instead of over in Earth 2, since he's at least relevant to the storyline here.
Should have included Earth 2 #15.1: Desaad in this volume instead of over in Earth 2, since he's at least relevant to the storyline here.
March 4, 2023
A simpler story with a simpler bad guy. Desaad gets what he wants and lets them go so he can feed later. Power Girl isn’t as angry as I expected her to be at the death of her friends but I enjoyed the simple read.
October 9, 2017
Słaby tom. Najpierw potyczka z niezbyt charyzmatycznym złoczyńcą, później problemy Karen z jej kryptoniańskimi mocami jako preludium do wspólnej misji z Supermanem i Batmanem.
July 23, 2014
Collects World's Finest issues #13-18
This series had a really strong start, but I can't help feeling there is a lot of untapped potential here. I wasn't bored while reading this volume, but I don't think I was ever captivated. I believe it would be more interesting if Huntress and Power Girl faced Prime Earth villains instead of continually battling the villains from Apokolips that attacked their home, Earth Two. I'm ready for this storyline with Desaad to come to a conclusion. With that being said, the friendship between the two protagonists continues to be the best part of the book.
This series had a really strong start, but I can't help feeling there is a lot of untapped potential here. I wasn't bored while reading this volume, but I don't think I was ever captivated. I believe it would be more interesting if Huntress and Power Girl faced Prime Earth villains instead of continually battling the villains from Apokolips that attacked their home, Earth Two. I'm ready for this storyline with Desaad to come to a conclusion. With that being said, the friendship between the two protagonists continues to be the best part of the book.
January 20, 2015
This is been one of my favorite comics from the New 52. Unfortunately, this book seems to be mostly a collection of 6 issues that were meant solely to put Power Girl and Huntress in a position where they need to seek help from the heroes of the Earth they're trapped on. You get more of the conversation showing the closeness of the two heroines, and you get some hints to who may be causing them to lose all of the possessions and safety but they have built up while trapped on Earth 1, but overall it seems to be a pretty flat set of comics. Hopefully the next volume will supply more.
November 23, 2014
There's nothing great I can say about this series, what with the inconsistent art and its forced deference to what's going on elsewhere in the New 52. But it's Hel and Kara. If you can write an odd couple storyline with them fighting some scary thing, you're good. And yet, you'd think they could do something better with the freaking daughter of Batman and Catwoman and alternate world Supergirl. And yet.
October 17, 2024
A pretty cool collection. Earth-2's Huntress and Powergirl continue to endure their time on Earth-Prime. The two deal with Desaad but also with Karen's problems with her fluctuating power. All this as they end up dealing with a brand new villain that uses a magical ability with a tattoo granted by a powerful demonic entity.
The art is nice but not as great as the last collection of stories.
The art is nice but not as great as the last collection of stories.
August 1, 2016
This was pretty much on par with the last volume, but I'm only giving three stars because of Power Girl losing her powers. How many stories about Superman and his fellow Kryptonians losing their powers do we need? It's lazy. Their powers are what makes us want to read about them in the first place.
September 3, 2014
A beautiful book but I think the series has about run its course. The book looks so great, and so do these heroines, but the future of the story isn't all that promising. Let's just say, this book is much easier to look at, than to actually read. Which for me, is not a bad thing.
August 23, 2014
The hijinks continue with our two heroines as they deal with power problems and a villain with living tattoos. Written lightheartedly and having an art style that works well for their "attributes", this book continues to be alright overall, but a fun fast read.
Recommend.
Recommend.
July 14, 2014
Incredibly pretty and heroic art but the story, no matter how much fun bits there were was a bit so-so.
January 13, 2015
An enjoyable book. I wonder if Power Girl and Huntress will be going up against Desaad again. Hope Power Girl will get her powers working again soon.
October 31, 2014
At this point, I'm just trying to ignore all the skin-showing and focus on Helena's character.
March 15, 2015
thoroughly enjoy this duo
March 23, 2016
Sort of... slightly better? I suppose?
April 13, 2023
Taki sobie przeciętniak, który stawia przeciwko dziewczynom wroga, który zawiódł na wielu liniach. Plus wyświechtany problem z mocami, tym razem Karen. Nic szczególnego.
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