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Legendary creators Paul Levitz and artists George Perez and Kevin Maguire launch a new series featuring Power Girl and Huntress, the WORLDS' FINEST! Stranded on our earth over five years ago, these two heroes from Earth 2 are forced to fight evil in strange new surroundings, all while trying to find their way home. In two separate tales, WORLDS' FINEST flashes back to how Huntress and Power Girl got to our earth and what they've been doing the past five years, and then back to the present where they fight for the fate of millions against the Irradiated Man.

WORLDS' FINEST, a part of DC Comics--The New 52 Second Wave, collects issues #0-5.

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Paul Levitz entered comics in 1971 as editor of The Comic Reader, the first comics newszine, which won two Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards. He has received the Inkpot Award and the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award and serves on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board. Levitz is known for his writing, including an acclaimed run on the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, a series to which he's returned. On staff from 1973, Levitz was DC's youngest editor ever, ultimately became publisher in 1989 and president and publisher from 2002 to 2009.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00C5WS5PS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DC (April 16, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 16, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 471539 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 142 pages

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Paul Levitz was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1956, and entered the comics industry in 1971 as editor/publisher of The Comic Reader, the first mass-circulation fanzine devoted to comics news. He continued to publish TCR for three years, winning two consecutive annual Comic Art Fan Awards for Best Fanzine. His other fan activities included editing the program books for several of Phil Seuling’s legendary New York Comic Art Conventions,. He received Comic-con International’s Inkpot Award in 2002, the prestigious Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award in 2008, and the Comics industry Appreciation Award from ComicsPro (the trade association of comic shop retailers) in 2010. Levitz also serves on the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Levitz is primarily known for his work for DC Comics, where he has written most of their classic characters including the Justice Society, Superman in both comics and the newspaper strip, and an acclaimed run on The Legion of Super-Heroes, a series he’s recently returned to write. Readers of The Buyers’ Guide voted his Legion: The Great Darkness Saga one of the 20 best comic stories of the last century, and visitors to the site comicbookresources.com selected the same story as #11 of the Top 100 Comic Book Stories of All Time. DC Comics has just issued a new hardcover edition of Legion: The Great Darkness Saga, which made the New York Times' Graphic Books Bestseller List.

Cumulatively, Levitz has written over 300 stories with sales of over 25 million copies, and translations into over 20 languages. As a DC staffer from 1973, Levitz was an assistant editor, the company’s youngest editor ever, and in a series of business capacities, became Executive Vice President & Publisher in 1989 and then served as President & Publisher from 2002-2009. He continues as a Contributing Editor, but is now concentrating on his writing.

His current writing projects include Taschen’s 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING, which the LA Times praised for "its colossal ambitions, insights and collected rarities" and the NY Times called "richly conceived history."

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Paul

A good run that made me care about characters I never thought twice about before.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019

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Great run and it starts here. A lot of people don’t look past some of the costume changes in the new 52 and miss out on some good writing.

I really liked this run. I had to think about it to figure out why. And I figured it must be the back to basics team up fun and the twist to the Batman Superman team up.

They are not at all just female versions of anything. The power and skill sets is the only thing that’s a direct parallel.

I like how they play up power girls Krypton education and use of her intellect. I hope if they ever use Power Girl in the CW shows they take this route with her character.

This to me is the most interesting version of Huntress. The Cat woman as her mom also training her was a nice detail that pops up here and there.

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Kid Kyoto

Cool characters, great creators but needs more meat

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013

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The Huntress and Power Girl were created to be the daughter of the original Batman and the grown up cousin of the original Superman. Even after the Golden Age versions of Batman and Superman were deleted from history the two carried on, getting various alternate origins along the way.

With DC's 2011 reboot Huntress and Power Girl are back and close to their original incarnations. This time they're once again heirs to alternate versions of Batman and Superman exiled to the 'normal' DC universe after a war with Darkseid and trying to find a way home.

With writer Paul Levitz (who co-created Huntress) and legendary artists George Perez and Kevin McGuire sharing penciling duties this is a pretty good book.

Thanks to the art team Huntress and Power Girl manage to have very different personalities, body types and faces. Levitz writes them with very different personalities but also as good friends.

The problem is the plot. Because this book is tied into future DC plans there aren't many places it can go, the two can't get home, they can't reveal their story to other DC heroes and they can't confront Darkseid. So they spend 5 issues fighting a boring radiation monster named Hakko. Even the heroines comment how repetitive things are. Things pick up in the last story, a 0 issue prequel that shows how they first met.

Like many other New 52 books this does not suffer from a lack of talent, but since it's tied to 51 other books and overseen by a heavy-handed editorial staff it can't really achieve its full potential.

I love the characters and creators so I'll probably stay with this but it's a good case study of what's wrong with the New 52.

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Dylan McGregor

Nicely done

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2013

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It's hard to review without spoilers but I can honestly say this ranks up there with Aquaman and The Suicide Squad as one of the best of the New 52. The comic is so good that even with the new PC costume for Powergirl they still get the boob window in. That's pretty good loopholing! This is a great pair of heroes. I love the buddy system in this one and the fact that it's a girl powered comic. (I liked Batwoman mind you but they were definitely pushing that one with having Rachael Maddow do the forward, unnecessary). Batgirl is an incredible comic so I rate by that and World's finest definitely matches it punch for punch. While reading it I never felt that Huntress was being purposely "missed" by the writer from attacks that stunned Powergirl just to keep her alive. This is a great comic.

I recommend Aquaman, Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, Justice League Dark, Batgirl, and the Flash as the top DC comics. I personally like the Red Lantern corp but that's not everyone's forte.

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Herbert Hiatt

Worlds' Finest Indeed!

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2016

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I love this rebooting/retelling of Power Girl and Huntress' origins. Where Power Girl is concerned, her being Supergirl in the Earth 2 universe and being stranded on our earth along with Huntress (who we know here is Batman and Catwoman's daughter and not the Helena Bertinelli version) aka Helena Wayne/Robin on Earth 2 works better for the characters. Everyone knows that Power Girl and Supergirl are the same being but this scenario really makes sense as opposed to the previous post-Crisis rebootings, etc. Levitz, Pérez and Maguire have done an excellent job on this. This and the following storylines in this series should be made into a DC Universe Original Animated movie, as I'd love to see a Power Girl animated movie and this would work to the character's advantage.

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The New 52 Huntress and Power Girl

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2014

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World's Finest, Vol. 1 introduces us to the New 52 versions of classic Bronze Age/Iron Age heroines Huntress and Power Girl, both of which suffered changes to their concept since the Crisis On Infinite Earths. Power Girl survived the Crisis, but became a ball of confusion over what "origin story of the week" is truly canonical with her or not, while the Huntress was still connected with Batman, but just as a version of Batman that was raised in a mob family that got killed and is seeking to settle a score with the murderers. Here with the New 52 version, Power Girl is back to being the cousin of the Earth-2 Superman (though originally going under the identity of Supergirl), while the Huntress is back to being the daughter of the Earth-2 Batman (though originally going under the identity of Robin) with the added bonus of taking on the identity of the previous Huntress. Most of this volume is about the two girls getting used to being in DC's Prime Earth world with much of the book having them deal with a giant radioactive menace that gets out of control. It's not bad, and we do see how the two girls bond with each other, though I do think Power Girl's costume is a bit too weird compared to her "breast window" costume I'm more used to seeing her in, which DC ended up bringing back in a modernized way.

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Steff66

Great read!

Reviewed in Canada on November 16, 2013

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Part of the New 52 reboot from DC Comics; this story follows the story of the Daughter of the E-2 Batman & of the E-2 Superman's cousin;Power Girl.....Very good story from Paul Levitz & fantastic art from the great George Perez & the very talented Kevin McGuire for the flashback sequences...strongly recommended by somebody who didn't like the New 52.

Ignatz72

Aus Supergirl und Robin werden Powergirl und Huntress

Reviewed in Germany on January 20, 2014

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Das Grundkonzept ist schnell erzählt: Helena "Robin" Wayne und Kara "Supergirl" Zor-El von Earth 2 werden in eine andere Dimension katapultiert, die "Earth Prime", wo vieles anders, aber eben doch sehr ähnlich ist. Dort nehmen sie die Identitäten von Huntress und Powergirl an, und suchen nach einem Weg zurück in ihre eigene Welt.
Die Story beginnt dabei allerdings 5 Jahre nach ihrer Ankunft auf der Earth Prime, allerdings greifen regelmäßige Rückblenden auf, wie aus Robin und Supergirl nun Huntress und Powergirl wurde; Hauptstrang und Rückblenden werden dabei von unterschiedlichen Zeichnern illustriert, die aber beide ihren Job sehr gut, wenn auch nicht umwerfend machen. Für das Artwork würde ich 4 Sterne vergeben. Die Story liest sich gut, ohne dabei allerdings zu viel Tiefgang und Komplexität aufzuweisen, auch hier vergebe ich 4 Sterne.
Wie komme ich dabei im Endergebnis auf 5 Sterne? Nun, das Grundkonzept geht eben auf: Die nachdenkliche, methodische Helena und die heißblütige, kraftvolle Kara ergänzen sich gut, und ihre tiefe Freundschaft verleiht dem ganzen Comic einfach eine schöne Atmosphäre, anders als die oft zu düsteren Serien der restlichen New 52, von denen sich dieser Band wohltuend abhebt.

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Scott Taylor

Huntress and Power Girl return in the New 52

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2013

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Before the New 52, Huntress and Power Girl existed on Earth 2. Huntress (Helena Wayne) is the daughter of Batman and Catwoman on Earth 2 and Power Girl is the cousin to Superman on Earth 2. Now they return in the New 52 and they look very different. Helena Wayne was actually Robin before becoming Huntress and Power Girl was Supergirl. After they got transported to Prime Earth during the events of Earth 2 Volume 1: The Gathering. Now on the New 52 Earth, Helena Wayne became Huntress identity the name Helena Bertinelli while Power Girl took the name Karen Starr.

A very Well Done book in the New 52. I love the writing, the artwork and everything else. The very Well Done #0 issue showing the origins of Huntress and Power Girl on Earth 2 before they arrived on Prime Earth. It's a very beautiful tribute to the classic Earth 2 Huntress and Power Girl and I highly recommend it.

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Stan FREDO

Retour durable de la Power Girl que nous aimons ?

Reviewed in France on August 17, 2013

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Pour qui n'est pas un spécialiste des univers, personnages et histoires de DC Comics, un petit résumé est peut-être nécessaire. En l'occurrence, en voici un, avec l'aide de comicvine.

Il faut d'abord poser le fait qu'il existe (ou a existé. Ou existera. C'est compliqué) une "Terre 2" dans l'univers DC Comics. Cette "Terre 2" a juste quelques décalages par rapport à la Terre 1 qui est celle que nous connaissons, enfin celle de l'univers principal dans lequel évoluent les héros principaux de la firme.

Dans le cadre de cette "Terre 2", le scénariste Gerry CONWAY et les dessinateurs Ric ESTRADA et Wally WOOD ont créé en 1976 l'héroïne Power Girl pour compléter les rangs de l'équipe de super-héros un peu trop masculine de la Justice Society of America (JSA). Peut-être ne faut-il pas que je cherche à vérifier si c'est bien à Wally WOOD que nous devons le remarquable tour de poitrine de l'héroïne...

Il s'est suivi de cette création divers avatars desquels il faut retenir aujourd'hui que Power Girl, née Kara Zor-L, est une kryptonienne de l'univers "Terre 2", membre de la précitée JSA (en tant que Supergirl) et qu'elle est l'une des rares survivantes - avec The Huntress - de l'événement DC Comics "Crisis on Infinite Earths" d'il y a quelques années.

Power Girl a enfin donné lieu à sa série de comics mensuelle en 2009, avec d'abord Geoff JOHNS au scénario et Amanda CONNER aux dessins. Les complices Justin GRAY et Jimmy PALMIOTTI ont ensuite pris le relais de JOHNS, tandis qu'Amanda (Mme PALMIOTTI à la ville) restait aux dessins. Au numéro 13, l'équipe a changé et c'est Judd WINICK qui s'est collé au scénario. Avec un tel succès que la série s'est interrompue en 2011 au 27è numéro (voir ' Power Girl ', ' Power Girl: A New Beginning ', ' Power Girl: Aliens & Apes ', ' Power Girl: Bomb Squad ' et ' Power Girl: Old Friends ' mais aussi l'indispensable ' Terra ').

Ce trade paperback, qui fait suite à un nouvelle relance du "multivers" DC Comics ("Flashpoint" / "The New 52!"), se centre sur la vie sur "Terre 1" de deux héroïnes de "Terre 2", qui ont été expédiées dans notre monde suite à une bagarre générale des héros de "Terre 2" contre un des super-méchants de chez DC Comics, Darkseid. Ces deux héroïnes sont Kara Zor-L, fille adoptive de Superman et de Loïs LANE sur "Terre 2", devenue Karen Starr / Power Girl sur "Terre 1", et Helena, alias Robin, fille de Batman et de Cat-Woman sur "Terre 2", devenue "The Huntress" sur "Terre 1".

Dans ce trade paperback qui regroupe 6 comic books, l'histoire fait référence à un "Michael Holt" qui a pas mal aidé Karen Starr à "faire sa pelote". Il s'agit du héros "Mr. Terrific", qui a eu sa propre série mensuelle en parallèle dans le cadre de "The New 52!" mais qui l'a perdue au 8è numéro (cf. le TPB tiré de l'expérience, ' Mister Terrific 1: Mind Games ').

La continuité de cette Power Girl avec celle de la période 2009-2011 n'est pas complète, mais on s'y retrouve tout de même un peu. Conformément aux directives de DC Comics, le dispositif adopté par le scénariste Paul LEVITZ fait que tant les anciens lecteurs que le nouveau public peuvent aborder cette histoire. Il faut, à ce sujet, saluer sa performance !

Arrivées ensemble sur "Terre 1" et liées tant par l'amitié de Superman et de Batman (ceux, une nouvelle fois, de "Terre 2") que par un deuil cruel (chacune a perdu sa maman dans la bagarre avec Darkseid évoquée ci-dessus), Helena et Karen sont copines "à la vie à la mort", et animées du désir de revenir sur "leur" Terre. Ceci, depuis un moment, car l'histoire en question saisit nos deux jeunes femmes cinq années après leur arrivée sur "Terre 1" (1).

Le méchant auquel elles s'opposent n'est au fond qu'un prétexte pour LEVITZ, qui concentre son objectif sur l'installation et l'animation de la dynamique de la relation entre les deux filles, dans la pure tradition des meilleurs "buddy movies". Et cela marche. Très bien. On retrouve avec plaisir un peu beaucoup de la période GRAY-PALMIOTTI-CONNER, notamment dans les passages dessinés par Kevin MAGUIRE qui, particulièrement dans les mimiques, s'amuse à "faire du CONNER" !

Car, signe que DC Comics pariait sur la série, outre le vétéran spécialiste de DC Comics Paul LEVITZ, l'équipe comprend à titre principal l'autre vétéran multi-célébré George PEREZ aux dessins, ainsi donc que Mr. MAGUIRE. Apparemment, la série est plutôt bien lancée puisqu'elle en est à son #15 aux USA. Toutefois, si LEVITZ reste au scénario, PEREZ et MAGUIRE ont trouvé d'autres occupations.

Une sélection intéressante de travaux préparatoires est livrée à la fin du tome.

Il s'agit au final, définitivement, comme jadis à la meilleure période de Hollywood, d'une de ces "séries B" à suivre avec la même attention que les "séries A", dans le cadre du nouvel univers proposé par DC Comics ! Je réserve d'ores et déjà la suite (' Worlds' Finest Vol. 2: Hunt and Be Hunted ') !

(1) Qu'ont-elles fait pendant 5 ans nous est conté par bribes, à l'aide de flashbacks.

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えんぴつキッド

「いつか元の生活に戻れる日に乾杯！」「お姫様はそんな夢物語を信じているのかしら?しかもそれって私は最悪の悪夢だと思うわ」

Reviewed in Japan on August 27, 2014

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World's Finest(New52!)0-5までを収録

アース２からはじき出されたパワーガールとハントレスはプライムアースへとたどり着く。
二人は元の世界を変える方法を探りつつ、この世界でもヒーローとして活動をはじめる。
過去と現在、それぞれが交錯しながら二人は前へと進む!

楽天家で自由奔放なパワーガールと皮肉屋で現実的なハントレスで送るワールズファイネスト。
二人のやり取りは非常に軽快で読んでいてなんだかほほえましくなってきます。
徐々に戻れる用に前進したり後退したりとうまくやりながらのんびりとやっています。
本編の大きな流れにつかれたらおすすめ。

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