The Supergirl Shuffle

Newsarama has announced DC's new Supergirl creative team of Kelley Puckett and Drew Johnson, as of #23.

I'm sorry, but I thought Tony Bedard and Renato Guedes were the new regular team? Did I miss the part where they were announced as fill-ins?

While I'm not against the newly announced team - Puckett's Batgirl remains a favorite, and Johnson's shown he can do well with Wonder Woman - I do wonder if this is the title's last chance? It hasn't felt stable - or 'right' - since its launch and I can't see even die-hard fans sticking around too much longer.

And does Supergirl even have supporters in her current incarnation at this point?

And while this sounds good:

"Well, I read those old school Supergirl stories when I was growing up, so I'm very much influenced by them. What I took away from them was that Supergirl was a character about Hope and Possibility, and that's something I intend to bring to my run on the book."

...this sounds less good:

"I haven't spoken with Sean about what he's doing with her in Teen Titans. I'm a huge fan of his work and I think we have similar sensibilities, but a team book has a different dynamic than a solo series. You can't write Batman in Batman the way you can write him in JLA. Sean has to do what's best for his book and things can get needlessly complicated if you try to "synch up" too much."

It sounds like pretty much the same problem I have with Robin's depiction in his own book and Teen Titans - uniform aside, it simply doesn't feel like the same character a lot of the time.

Finally, Kelley also says that the first arc will feature Superman, Batman and Vandal Savage.

Because, y'know, Supergirl can't possibly have a story arc without guest stars. She's DC's Black Panther....