Random Happenstance

Hmm, I have another issue of "Red Daughter of Krypton," but we didn't really look at it; and there's maybe more to this than getting a joke out of wanting a red outfit. From 2014, Supergirl #30, "Red Daughter of Krypton, Part 2: Red Remembrance" Written by Tony Bedard, pencils by Emanuela Lupacchino, Yıldıray Çınar, and Diógenes Neves, inks by Ray McCarthy and Marc Deering,

This storyline, crossing over with Red Lanterns, would run to at least Supergirl #33, and this wasn't even the start of it: filled with rage over the return of the Worldkillers--who may or may not have been from Krypton, and/or played a part in Krypton's destruction--Kara had taken the dip into the blood ocean on Ysmault, and came out a Red Lantern, ring and all. So far Guy Gardner hasn't had the opportunity to tell her, uh, that was permanent, and she wouldn't be able to remove the ring without dying. (It's probably worse than that; I don't think Reds could survive without a certain constant amount of rage, and if that tapped out it was over.) With fellow Reds Skallox (the one with the head like a goat skull) and Zilius Zox (the ball-shaped one! Both got way more characterization in their run than you'd expect.) Kara helps defend a planet from the Diasporans, who were natural-selection fanatics: they would assault planets to weed out the weak, in the hopes the survivors would be stronger. The Diasporan leader isn't disappointed with the setback, since Kara--and Kryptonians in general, but maybe mainly her--were inspiring to them; as they too had lost their homeworld but become incredibly strong because of it. (And, well, yellow suns and such. Why the Diasporans are so into this isn't clear yet.)

Skallox and Zilius Zox are impressed with Kara, even if she largely was just using her own powers instead of rage-vomit blood; but Guy was of course having a hard time with it. If Atrocitus was still alive--and you know he would be--the Reds would need the extra muscle; but he didn't like the idea of Kara full of rage, even if she was still super-angry and possibly unstable even by Guy's standards. We don't see it here, but I know there's a later issue where Superman gets involved, and is more than a little steamed at Guy: "Jordan was right about you." Damn, Supes, don't say anything that can't be taken back.

Also this issue, regular plotlines continue; as Blaze escapes from the prison called the Block. She turns a computer into something more hellish-looking, possibly because she doesn't like to type, to search for Supergirl and Silver Banshee...I swear though, I thought Supergirl had the red ring for like two issues! This ran for at least ten maybe, between the two titles.