Supergirl #22
Awww yay Bedard's doing so well here wait where's he going NOOO DON'T GO ah fck he's gone.
The last three pages of this issue should be printed out, blown into giant-size, and plastered over the offices of Loeb and Kelly (and Beechen, just for the hell of it) with the words "THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE. THIS IS WHY YOU FAILED. YOU HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF" hanging below in bright neon ink. I know I'd feel much happier. It is, hands down, the single best scene I've read regarding New Earth Kara in the entirety of her existence. It doesn't forget or excuse the mistakes of the past, yet it says everything that it has to regarding what she's been through and where she's going, and so much more besides.
By this point, Countdown tie-ins on a general ratio tally are doing so much better than the actual Countdown. I mean, I read the Karate Kid/Una story here as if I actually cared, and their story wasn't even really the point of the issue!
(8.6 out of 10)