Summary
Warning: Spoilers for Power Girl #10!Lobo’s daughter won’t make the same mistake that her father made in his feud withSuperman. Lobo and Superman could not be more different as characters, and it puts them in conflict with each other constantly. Even now, as the immoral bounty hunter teams with the ultimate Boy Scout, they just can’t seem to see eye-to-eye. This makes working together for the “House of Brainiac” arc even harder.
However, Lobo’s daughter is breaking the cycle, as Crush is willingly working with Superman’s multiversal cousin inPower Girl#10 by Leah Williams, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Becca Carey. While her Czarnian brethren have formedan unkillable army with Brainiac, Crush instead opts to team-up with Power Girl to fight them offand to save the Holliday Girls (whose origins you’ll never believe).
While mourning the capture of her friends, Crush is able to bond with Power Girl, revealinga connection that’s the polar opposite of Lobo and Superman, and perhaps speaks to Crush’s hero potential.
Crush and Power Girl are Nothing Like Lobo and Superman
They Have a Real Bond
From the moment Superman and Lobo first met (as seen inDC First: Superman/Lobo#1), there’s been no love lost between them. Despite the fact that they are boththe last survivors of their respective races, and the fact that they havelearned surprising lessons from each other, Lobo and Superman have not been willing to bond over any similarities they might have.While Superman and Lobo are never going to become friendly with one another, their dynamic is the complete opposite of that shared between Power Girl and Crush.
Power Girl and Crush first meet at the conclusion ofPower Girl#8. Paige picks a fight with Crush, assuming her to be a part of the invading Czarnian army,but she’ll soon learnthe former Teen Titan’sjourney has been painted with heroism. Xiomara Rojas' origins saw her crash-land on Earth during Burning Man and be raised by hippies. Their homeschooling taught half-human-half-Czarnian upright values, but learning who her father was followed by the murder of her parents complicated matters.Crush and Power Girl proceed to bond over being outsiders who love their families, but have suffered loss after loss.
Their Parallels Could Help Elevate Crush’s Hero Potential
Her Father Will Never Fully Accept Her Because of His Superman Feud
Despite beinga member of the Superman Family, Power Girl has been an outsider for most of her superhero career,and even a rebelas a result. Because she’s from an alternate universe, she’s technically not a direct member of the family. Coming from Earth-2, not only does she deal with the burden of being the last of the Kryptonians from her universe, she’s burdened by her universe being gone.She and Crush have suffered similar burdens, but they have also found similar victories in overcoming those obstacles.
The Superman Family’s Biggest Mistake is Finally Being Called Out
Power Girl’s shoddy treatment by the Superman Family in DC Comics finally gets called out in a story appearing in Action Comics #1052.
Both lost the only families they ever knew at a young age, but found solace in found families. Even beyond the Superman family,Power Girl has allies like Omenand Harley Quinn she can depend on, while Crush considers the Holliday Girls her family now. Power Girl was able to overcome her struggles andbecome a god-tier hero. If Crush, a fellow outsider, can accomplish the same sort of success, then her ceiling potential as a hero is limitless.Lobo’s ceiling is stunted by his feud withSuperman, but Crush’s bond with Power Girl could launch her to another level.
