YMMV / Supergirl (1982)

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• Harsher in Hindsight: In the last page of Supergirl vol. 2, this paragraph was inserted: "It is at this dramatic moment that we reluctantly suspend publication of Supergirl. In the near future we hope to announce the reappearance of the Maid of Steel in a new magazine! Meanwhile, you can look forward in July to seeing Supergirl at your local movie theater — as well as in DC's magazine adaptation! IT'S A DATE!" Shortly after the movie bombed, DC killed the character because they didn't care about her at all, and Kara Zor-El didn't reappear for nearly twenty years.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The Gang is a super-team of Color-Coded Characters: Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. Does it sound familiar?
• Signature Scene: The cover of issue #19 in which Supergirl fights Supergirl has been referenced several times.
• Strangled by the Red String: Philip Decker was deemed by Supergirl fans as a lame Creator's Pet kind of Love Interest early on. In his first appearance, Linda right away gushes over how he is the super-famous musician Philiph Decker and she is such a big fan. Four pages later, Phil casually meets Linda and asks her out right away...before reminding himself about another prior engagement and taking a rain check. From that point onwards, the story (which never bothers to explain why Phil likes Linda to start with, especially since dating with her is clearly inconveniencing him) and the secondary characters act like they are having a passionate romance, even though their whole relationship consists of Phil cancelling dates using transparent lies, Linda demanding an explanation, and breaking up with him when Phil refuses to give one. It does not help that Dick Malverne -another Supergirl's love interest, except that he actually had a proper build-up and was well-liked by long-time readers- returned to the series after a long absence, and Kupperberg revealed he brought him back only so that Supergirl went on an unwarranted rant against him.

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