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monition : Spoilers for Power Girl # 8!A subtleNew Girlreference perfectly represent the tone of voice of DC ’s newPower Girlcomic . Since the first issue ofPower Girldropped last September , DC Comics has committed to leave a unexampled take on the Power Girl grapheme . PG has gotten herselfa young mysterious identity ( Paige Stetler),a cowboy nameto go with it , and evena new love interestto fawn over . The Superman menage affiliate is being site in unexampled storyline under a new timbre different from what readers are used to seeing from her .
To complement the new tone of her stories , big businessman Girl#8 by Leah Williams , Eduardo Pansica , Julio Ferreira , and Becca Carey give a nod to the beloved 2011 - 2018 situation comedy , New Girl . Just as that TV series had a " Douchebag Jar , " Power Girl has the " Psychic Jerk Jar " for her roomie , Lilith Clay aka Omen .
Such a mention would not be out of spot in a comic series like this , which , itself , has its own stain of situation comedy energy . ANew Girlshout - out is the perfect manner to highlight the kind of tone the comics have committed to thus far in eight issues .
Power Girl Has a Jar Made Specifically for Her Roommate’s Bad Habit
Similarities toNew Girl’s Own Jar
As mentioned before , Power Girl has tease a romance between the statute title character and one Axel Gust , who seems to be hide some secrets of his own . PG has mentioned him in passing to Omen before , but not by name . When Omen namedrops Axel ’s name to Paige , that can only mean one thing : she used her psychic power to invade the personal infinite of Power Girl ’s head . This is actually a bad habit of Omen ’s , one that can only be policed into check with the help of an at - habitation Psychic Jerk Jar .
The Psychic Jerk Jar is not unlikethe far-famed Douchebag Jar fromNew Girl . A operative jest on the show , the jar applies to all roommates in the apartment . However , it mostly be for Schmidt to dedicate a dollar bill to the jar whenever he says something mean , unpleasant , or qualifies as plain " douchebag " deportment . Similarly , the Psychic Jerk Jar exists for both Lilith Clay and Paige Stetler , but more so for the former whenever Omen read Power Girl ’s mind . The latter say that she ’s done it so often , they can afford a 2d flat if they want .
Power Girl Exudes Sitcom Energy
New GirlCracks the Code (or Tone) of the Comics
Power Girl ’s new adventures have her rediscovering herself , discovering love , and even partaking in mundane activities like rollerskating in trope akin to the situation comedy way of storytelling .
The Superman family affiliate is being placed in new storyline under a new tone different from what readers are used to see from her . If the newfound pure tone of her comics had to be station under an umbrella , one could arguePower Girlhas sitcom muscularity . Whether it ’s intentional by the creative team or not , theNew Girlreference make that feeling all the more ostensible . Power Girl’snew adventures have her rediscovering herself , key love , and even partake in routine activities like rollerskating in tropes akin to the sitcom mode of storytelling , taking pages out ofNew Girl’sbook .
big businessman Girl#8is on sale now from DC Comics .
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