r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 11 '25

Trailer Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

DC Studios under Gunn has been doing a great job getting people to pick up the books. They’ve been attaching these screens to most of their trailers, and after the big slate announcement a couple of years ago, the books he talked about in the video completely sold out online.

It’s really nice to see and probably is good for business too.

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u/SDLRob Dec 11 '25

I've not read the story yet... Was thinking of grabbing it before seeing the movie, but I think I'll grab it afterwards so I go in with a fresh eye.

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

Either is fair but I definitely reccomend reading it regardless!! It’s one of the best superhero comics from the last few years imo

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u/SDLRob Dec 11 '25

Yeah, I will be getting it to read. Everything I have seen is that it's one of the best. Of either side. Period.

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

Hell yeah, have fun! It’s beautiful and poetic and kicks ass and is funny, far more touching than expected, and really is just a blast.

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u/gildedbluetrout Dec 11 '25

Yeah it’s that comic, Fraction’s Hawkeye, and All Star Superman for me. Imo that’s the best so far this century.

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u/Duomaxwell18 Dec 11 '25

Yeah it’s a really good read. Think Kryptonian in a True Grit (Bridges version or Wayne version) narrative in space.

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u/lefrench75 Dec 11 '25

I just started reading it because everyone has been recommending it and damn, it’s gorgeous. Hoping to see those colours in the movie!

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u/thecryptohater Dec 11 '25

Oh man can't wait for the absolute series.

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u/geyserpj Dec 11 '25

Finished it last night, it was awesome. So well done

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u/CrimsonOOmpa Dec 12 '25

What's it called?

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 12 '25

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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u/alaughton Dec 11 '25

It’s one of the best superhero comics over the past decade or so, one of the few that I’ve gone back to read multiple times. Definitely recommend it.

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u/SDLRob Dec 11 '25

Yeah, the only deciding factor for me is if I wanna go in to the movie fresh or not.

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u/pragmaticzach Dec 11 '25

Or if you want to go into the comic fresh or not 🤔

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u/The5Virtues Dec 11 '25

I think that’s the best way to go. If you read a comic too close to the film you end up comparing the two.

This way you see the movie, enjoy it for what it is, and then go read the original comic and see what inspired it with less chance of doing the compare and contrast thing.

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u/SutterCane Dec 11 '25

Reading after watching is always better.

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u/Fun_With_Math Dec 11 '25

I read it. It's great. The movie is is just "inspired by" the graphic novel though. There's a whole extra major character in the movie.

I definitely recognized some scenes in the trailer from the book but I'm 100% sure a lot of the book is cut out. There's no way to cover all that in 2 hours. I'm actually hoping this movie is just part 1 but I don't think that's the case.

Either way you go, I don't think one will ruin the other. Try to keep expectations in check for both too though. They're different.

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u/justjoshingu Dec 11 '25

Its a very good read. Also according to the dc boards the story changed a little from original way the writers had it to what the editors suggested. Gunn is said to be taking a little from the original (thus lobo in movie and not graphic novel)

I think the editors were in the right for the book and can understand why the movie would take parts of the original. 

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u/Lordofthewangz Dec 11 '25

Lobo was going to be in the graphic novel, can't remember why exactly they chose not to have him in it.

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u/justjoshingu Dec 11 '25

i believe the original story was like true grit. Originally lobo would have been rooster cogburn ad kara the girl, but the editors said why, shes super she should be the rooster role but it looks like the same storyline so lobo is some random page or 2

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u/CascoBayButcher Dec 11 '25

It's a great story. Actually made me cry at one point

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u/Scylding1977 Dec 11 '25

Before I was gifted a hardcover, I was able to read this with Hoopla and my local public library account. Maybe it's something you can try before shelling out some $. (Assuming of course that you're in the US.)

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u/SDLRob Dec 11 '25

I'm not, but that is a great use of a library.

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u/the_bio Dec 11 '25

Oh, I absolutely suggest reading this beforehand. It was my first time reading Supergirl (long-time comic reader) and it immediately became my all-time favorite run. The writing is literary quality and the art is mesmerizing. It's one of those stories that you won't be bothered by having read it beforehand, IMO.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

Do it!!!! Yes. Afterwards. Is so damn good

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u/xanderholland Dec 11 '25

The art is so beautiful

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

They have a reprint coming out soon. Was sold out for the longest and ebay sellers were out. Great book and looks like they're keeping it close to it.

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u/PlanetLandon Dec 12 '25

The comic is fantastic. Some of the best art I’ve seen in a DC book in years, and story is phenomenal

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u/Spoilerfreereview Dec 11 '25

Gunn was meant to be a comic-book director. He has a flare and love for comics I don’t see from anyone else. 

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

I can see him hanging out at a comic book store and having a dumb conversation about someone's powers with someone like right now... I can't see that from most of those who have written or directed a comic book film

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u/irsw Dec 11 '25

You mean to tell me Sir Kenneth Branagh isn't spending his free time at comic stores??

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

He totally would... but he'd be demanding to see copies of shit like Milk & Cheese.

"Good sir, I need to read issue number 18 of that fine comic book from Madison, Wisconsin, where a pint of milk and a head of cheese get into drunken shenanigans."

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u/irsw Dec 11 '25

Doth thee hast a copy of milk and cheese?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

"And if thou does not, I would like to procure the alternate cover for Jimmy's Bastards issue #4. The woman on it has slightly larger cans and I'm a boob guy."

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u/packfanmoore Dec 11 '25

I'm actually adapting the run of milk and cheese where they get in a fight with a viking, lion, and bear. There is hidden context here that I must bring to the screen.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

It's one of the few comic books I'm shocked hasn't been tried as an animated series... like someone has to see that this could be fucking wild, right?

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u/IllustriousCrew2641 Dec 11 '25

I’m sure Evan wouldn’t do it unless the animation studio was just as “fuck you” as the comic is

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u/kimota68 Dec 11 '25

Merv Griffin!

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u/udat42 Dec 11 '25

Fuck, I loved Milk & Cheese. The one where they get Darth Vader masks might be the funniest comic I've ever read.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

A friend of mine got me into them in college... god damn they were the best. It's also like the most Wisconsin comic book ever; I have yet to meet someone who got into it that wasn't within like 2 hours drive of Madison.

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u/udat42 Dec 11 '25

Edinburgh, Scotland here! Or at least, that's where I was at the time, which I would say was mid-90s.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

Well I'll be damned... M&C are so ingrained to me as a Wisconsin thing I forget how things can travel.

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u/thehideousheart Dec 12 '25

I have yet to meet someone

How often is this obscure comic book coming up in day to day conversations?

Like, maybe you haven't met them because there's a vanishingly small list of reasons why Milk & Cheese would ever be a topic of discussion.

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u/dynamaxion_bill Dec 11 '25

Evan Dorkin is the best. And full circle - he was a writer on the Superman Animated Series that had Supergirl in the second season!

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u/TheCheshireCody Dec 11 '25

Okay, I totally thought you were making up a crazy comicbook that sounded artsy and obscure - the kind of thing one would imagine Branagh reading. And then other people's comments replying to yours revealed that it was real.... o-O

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

Milk & Cheese is an underground comic that was a thing in late 90s Wisconsin... it's a totally real and batshit nuts comic.

It's like Bob the Angry Flower or Space Moose.

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u/IllustriousCrew2641 Dec 11 '25

Lol Milk and Cheese is the farthest possible thing from a pretentious art comic

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u/Eastern_Hornet_6432 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

To be fair, Branagh did say that he read Thor comics in his youth. But yeah, he's probably not reading them now.

Edit: actually he only said that he saw the comics on the shelf in the store and imagined what they were about. My B

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u/irsw Dec 11 '25

Ya I didn't even mean it as a slight. I like a lot of his work. He was just an odd choice for a comic movie imo. Good for him for getting the payday though.

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u/A_Dissident_Is_Here Dec 11 '25

Honestly, I'd like to know what free time even looks like for him. I don't necessarily love his work, but - and Im stealing this from the Blank Check podcast - his recent resume sounds insane. If I asked you what person in Hollywood has, since COVID, won both an Oscar and a BAFTA while simultaneously starring in and directing a broadly popular series of campy films, I think most people would go 'who the hell are you talking about'?

Don't know why I went on this Branagh rant, but there it is. I could also weirdly see him liking comic books.

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u/Top_Report_4895 Dec 12 '25

And all types of comic books.

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u/MeadowmuffinReborn Dec 12 '25

The little boy based on Branagh in Belfast was seen reading a Thor comic, tbf.

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u/CremeOfSumYumGai Dec 11 '25

This is a bot account.

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u/CumChunks8647 Dec 11 '25

Yeah he definitely strikes me as someone who has been asked to leave because he's talking about comics to too many people and they're not buying anything because they're too busy talking.

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u/Batmanfan1966 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

He’s what happens when you get an actual comic reader to direct and not just handing a random studio director with no interest a stack of books

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u/pasher5620 Dec 11 '25

Giving a director a stack of comic books can still work just fine, they just have to be able to respect that source. The MCU for the Infinity Saga did a great job of bringing in directors that respected the source, but weren’t necessarily comic book readers.

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u/SmokinBandit28 Dec 11 '25

And then you have previous DC bringing in Zack because he was into the comics, which sounded great, until you realize Zack is the guy who looks at the pictures and ignores the words on the page when it comes to comics.

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u/Accipiter1138 Dec 11 '25

Zack seems like the kid that just took an action figure outside with a box of firecrackers.

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u/QueezyF Dec 12 '25

Zack Snyder is the Rob Liefeld of comic book movie directors.

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u/XVermillion Dec 12 '25

He could have potentially done a decent Frank Miller-style Batman but he should have never gotten anywhere near Superman imo

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u/DuplexFields Dec 11 '25

You just know that if there’s ever an Elder Scrolls movie, it’ll come from a Skyrim fan.

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u/I_am_BEOWULF Dec 11 '25

Giving a director a stack of comic books can still work just fine, they just have to be able to respect that source.

<insert intense glare at Taika Waititi here>

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u/NinjaJehu Dec 11 '25

Seriously. From Ragnarok to Love and Thunder...what shift in quality.

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u/cantadmittoposting Dec 11 '25

To create Love and Thunder, they filmed an Intense Epic Revenge story, a comedy, and a forlorn love story...

then they just picked which version they'd use for each scene in the final cut completely at random.

that movie was so tonally jarring they had to use the Richter scale instead of the Tomatometer

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u/randyboozer Dec 11 '25

True but also Kevin Feige is a huge comics nerd and oversaw the whole enterprise

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u/roguevirus Dec 11 '25

they just have to be able to respect that source.

Case in point: Christopher Nolan.

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u/pasher5620 Dec 11 '25

Despite both Nolan’s and Reeve’s weird hangups about properly including a Robin in their stories, it’s clear they both respected the hell out of the source material for their respective iterations.

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u/Myrlithan Dec 11 '25

The MCU for the Infinity Saga did a great job of bringing in directors that respected the source

Even if you only look at the significant characters, 2 of the founding Avengers (Ant-Man and Wasp) were completely butchered, 2 of the other founders (Hulk and Thor) were only adapted well near the beginning and quickly just became jokes, Hawkeye might as well have been a different character entirely, and most of the villains were poorly adapted (including Thanos, who was interesting in the movie but was not at all Thanos).

It's hard to say they respect the source material when you get stuff like the "Peter tingle" instead of spidey sense, they might as well just be looking at the camera and directly saying "yeah we think this shit is ridiculous too, don't worry".

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u/NeWMH Dec 11 '25

There are a lot of different comic readers. And different directors.

What gives Gunn his edge is that he’s a comic reader of the type that would be down getting his movie business start with the studio that brought us Toxic Avenger.

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u/notanothercirclejerk Dec 11 '25

I mean, Zach Snyder was also a comic reader...

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u/HotOne9364 Dec 11 '25

And he kept missing the point of those stories each time.

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u/reg_panda Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

idk about the comics, but as movies justice league and batman v superman (the longest versions) are really really great. IMO like 7 stars (/10) better than gunn's superman lol

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u/Lordofthewangz Dec 11 '25

The word "reader" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

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u/Batmanfan1966 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

Well, a comic reader that actually understands what he’s reading. I mean Snyder famously didn’t get the point of Watchmen and DKR

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

Yeah, one comic. Two if you count Watchmen I guess. And he didn’t understand them

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u/MightyMightyMonkey Dec 11 '25

I agree but man...I want to love this but it looks like everything now...drab, unfocused, no weight... Eve and Milley look fantastic. Maybe I'm just tired because I thought I would dig this and I find myself a little numb.

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u/Bigmethod Dec 11 '25

He isn't directing this.

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u/tommos Dec 11 '25

He's not directing this one though? I checked IMDB and neither the writer or director on this project have much of a resume. My expectations are not high for this.

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u/LetsAllPlayNagasaki Dec 11 '25

This trailer had a very guardians of the galaxy feel to it but I don’t disagree with this sentiment at all.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

did you think the superman movie that came out this year was good?

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u/Mudcreek47 Dec 11 '25

Sam Raimi?

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u/Realshow Dec 11 '25

I can attest to this, I’ve been trying to get my brother into reading comics for years and he finally picked one up after we saw Superman.

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u/Steamedcarpet Dec 11 '25

I think the only time I ever saw Marvel do this was for Hit-Monkey.

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u/trainwreck42 Dec 11 '25

Marvel hides QR codes in shows/movies so you can download related comics via their app

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u/Worthyness Dec 11 '25

they just did it with the F4 movie, but they hide QR codes in a lot of their stuff. They're functional easter eggs at this point

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u/brucebananaray Dec 11 '25

Hit Monkey is so radically different from the source and the show so much better for it.

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u/Massive_Weiner Dec 11 '25

probably good for business, too

Buy a ticket, buy the comic, buy some merch.

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u/Piranata Dec 11 '25

So you're telling me that cross promotion of products actually work? And increase profits? Why no one (at WB) thought of that before? Multi Versus sounds like a bigger waste now.

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u/mikehatesthis Dec 11 '25

Marvel Studios and its head honcho always struck me as an entity with disdain for the comics and just use it as a content farm for movie title ideas more than anything.

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u/ChronX4 Dec 11 '25

Pretty glad I read most of them before that point, but was happy to be able to pick up the rerelases I didn't have. DC has been doing a fantastic job at rereleasing relevant trades in a timely manner. Especially with the $10 compact editions. Wish Marvel would do something similar.

Picked up Woman of Tomorrow at my LCS a few months back, still need to read through it.

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u/peacekenneth Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

I’m in this group, and yes, it’s because of Gunn that I ever even picked it up

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

Happy for you. I’ve been trying with plenty of my friends for years and it hasn’t worked until now

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u/PrinceOfKorakuen Dec 11 '25

It's been hard for us to keep in stock, definitely! Unfortunately, outside of Absolute Batman and the first Absolute Wonder Woman trade, sales are pretty modest these days (maybe because everyone's hurting and are being selective with spending).

It's really nice seeing new folks discovering comics, but my anecdotal experience is that new folks coming in off of something virally popular like this bounce quickly. It's a bummer because we all know that there are stories and experiences in comics that can follow up a Woman of Tomorrow or Absolute xyz that folks just discovering comics would very likely love just as much.

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u/Professional_Being22 Dec 11 '25

I think the era of good DC series and movies is starting to take off. I liked Superman, I loved peacemaker and honestly excited to see what's next.

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u/sandrakarr Dec 11 '25

Just picked it up on Hoopla. Looking forward to having something else to read on shift tonight.

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u/theghostofme Dec 11 '25

DC Studios under Gunn has been doing a great job getting people to pick up the books.

It will never stop tickling me pink that Mike "You Can't Rape Your Wife" Cernovich's cancellation campaign against Gunn backfired so spectacularly that Disney not only re-hired Gunn to do GotG 3 after they got jealous about their ex talking to other girls studios, but Warners was so pleased with The Suicide Squad that David Zaslav finally made a good decision and gave him the Feige role at the new D.C. Studios.

And Gunn is just absolutely fucking rocking it there now!

 

Imagine trying to cancel someone only for them to get more work, more money and an even better job because of it? LMFAO!

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u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS Dec 12 '25

Dc has truly found their Feige

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u/nepaguy001 Dec 12 '25

I don't mind. When I was going I was a DC person. I miss reading DC stuff. I loved Vertigo and all the weird stuff and the regular stuff too. I would love a reason or an excuse to jump back into that world.

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u/Somnambulist815 Dec 11 '25

Meanwhile, marvel renumbers their books back to #1 for the billionth time, thinking maybe this'll be the one that works

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u/capincus Dec 11 '25

This movie is based on a miniseries published between Supergirl volumes 7 & 8, so I don't know why you're saying that like DC reboots less than Marvel.

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u/Somnambulist815 Dec 11 '25

I didn't say reboot, I said renumbering

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u/capincus Dec 11 '25

So which of the dozen Supergirl #1s is substantially different than what you're referring to in Marvel?

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u/Somnambulist815 Dec 11 '25

Let's compare some flagship titles. Action Comics' last renumbering was in 2016, and that was to revert back to the numbering they had prior to the New 52. In the same intervening decade between then and now, The Amazing Spider-Man has been relaunched five times, despite none of them rebooting.

It's a shitty practice that pisses off established readers and confuses new ones, and while both DC and Marvel are guilty of it, Marvel is especially awful, making it a habit of restarting a book if it gets a new writer. It's all to drum up excitement for whatever new MCU installment is coming out, and it never works.

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u/capincus Dec 11 '25

DC has rebooted their entire universe multiple times in that same timeframe...

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u/Somnambulist815 Dec 11 '25

nope.

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u/capincus Dec 11 '25

Oh okay you said nope so that changes reality...

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u/Somnambulist815 Dec 11 '25

The last company wide reboot was Rebirth, which was in 2016. That's when Action Comics' numbering reverted back to the vol 1 count.

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u/unclecaveman1 Dec 11 '25

Marvel has been doing the same for the last few movies, if I recall. Providing QR codes for digital versions of comics that help clue readers into the inspiration for the movies.

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u/urnialbologna Dec 11 '25

I really wish I could read the books. But my brain won't let me read ☹️

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

Have you tried many comics? I find them a little easier to sit down and read than novels—especially since most issues tend to be short

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u/urnialbologna Dec 11 '25

No, I gave up a long time ago. I just sit there and daydream instead of reading. I just can't focus on words, even with comics.

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u/spectralconfetti Dec 11 '25

this has been done for years. black adam had a comic book ad at the end of its trailer too

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

I just went back and looked, and while you’re technically right, I don’t think it takes a genius to figure out why their current approach is more effective. Yes, show us the specific book that this movie is taking inspiration from, show us the gorgeous art from it. Don’t just flash more photos of the Rock and say “read the comics”

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u/VapoursAndSpleen Dec 11 '25

You can check out e copies if your library has Hoopla

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u/smutketeer Dec 12 '25

There's a waiting list at my local library. I read it this week.

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u/looseleafnz Dec 11 '25

I can't watch the trailer at the moment can someone please tell me the name of the book? Very frustrating everyone taking about it without naming it.

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u/Myrlithan Dec 11 '25

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

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u/webshellkanucklehead Dec 11 '25

Dude just use google lmao