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“The Rejected Supergirl!”
The tears are in full flow in the women’s dorm rooms at Stanhope college. In Dr. H.H. Hanson’s class on advanced computer technology, the campus computer system has just finished polling a recent student surve. Who is the top ten most popular women in America? Supergirl came in dead last. What?!
As Linda Danvers Cries in her room that very afternoon, the sounds of another crying peaks Linda’s interest. With X-ray vision and hyper hearing the Maid of Might zeros in on the tears. It’s Binnie Baker! With a quick change Supergirl arrives at Binnie’s windowsill and offers help to her friend and co-ed.
Will Supergirl volunteer to deliver Dr. H.H. Hanson’s time capsules to the nine planet’s in our galaxy? Why do the metallic lions of Pluto become enraged so easily? What happened to Binnie Baker’s father in the sunny state of California?
“The Heroine In The Haunted House!”
Linda Danvers and her friends are on a weekend road trip near Stanhope college. The others are having a good time but Linda seem a bit troubled. As a part-time reporter for the Stanhope Sentinel newspaper she is about to miss a very important deadline. What should she write about? Her friends nag her about not joining in on the fun, so Linda files the deadline in the back of her mind.
Just over the hill near the old apple orchard the kids drive passed a local attraction. The Amos Ameswell Haunted House. They stop the car and turn around. Now this could be an interesting weekend!
As the kids pull up infront of the property a man dressed in a turn of the century business suit approaches their convertible. He announces himself as Eli Ameswell, the sole heir to the estate. If anyone can stay overnight in the house without leaving he will pay a $1,000 reward! The college kids laugh, at the thought of real ghosts haunting a house, but… Famous horror movie star, Vincent Sale, attempted the challenge and went mad trying.
Will Linda Danvers spent the night in a “haunted house” and win some money for her tuition? Can Supergirl figure out how all the strange inventions of Amos Ameswell work before dawn arrives? How the heck did General Zod get here? Collect the series to find out!
Reviewer Notes
Kneel before Zod…’s ghost! Welcome to the 1970’s world of DC Comics. I had no expectations coming into issue number 395, so surprisingly I discovered two separate stories. I bought this book for the Haunted House aspects, but story one was interesting. We get a healthy dose of women’s lib and some pop culture references. I laughed at the Bill Cosby and Barbara Streisand mentions. Were they really that influential to college kids back in 1970? Weird.
The Haunted House story was the main stay for me. Their is a really cool twist ending tailored to a metahuman’s psychie. Supergirl had to use her noggin to figure this one out. Hint: there are a lot of Kryptonian references for all of the Superman buffs out there. The only downside to issue 395 is the story roles over into issue 396. Will I go out of my way to get the next issue? Probably not. However, I’m giving this one 4 out of 5 stars.
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