Worlds' Finest #6

Family Matters

Worlds’ Finest is so bad it is nearly laughable. It reminds me of many cult classic movie which manage to be so cheesy and poorly made that they loop back around the scale of awfulness and becomes charming in its ineptitude. Sadly, Worlds’ Finest generally falls short of this mark and remains simply stupid and uninspired. On the flipside, Worlds’ Finest did produce one worthwhile issue during zero month. It was still not good, but it was okay. In addition, the flirty and boisterous Karen does contrast nicely with the reserved and jaded Helena, so there is a tiny glimmer of promise in this series, but it has been mostly overshadowed by bad writing. Does the series finally manage to turn its glimmer into a brilliant gleam of light in issue six, or does the glimmer fade even further towards obscurity?

In this issue, Helena runs into conflict with her sort-of-almost-not-really brother, Damian and Karen installs a doohickey which scans for something on a satellite.

Robin Saves the Day?

When I first saw Damian on this issue’s cover, I allowed myself a foolish moment of hope. Damian has such a powerful and unique personality that he can bring an interesting dynamic to any team. However, this opportunity was squandered in a manner which really should not surprise me. Huntress and Robin spend the entire issue exchanging blows and snarky remarks, and when they finally come to a stop, the issue pulls out the, “To be continued,” sign. Sure, Huntress takes a couple jabs at how Damian is wearing her old costume and Damian notices that Helena has movements similar to Batman’s, but the lack of great art makes it difficult to care about their physical battle, and the lack of personality in Huntress makes the verbal back and forth seem hollow.

And Power Girl Is Doing What?

I assume that Power Girl was scanning for some sign of Apokolips technology on Earth, but the issue never really explained. Furthermore, a boom tube seems to fried it without particular reason. I found it even further confusing when Karen came back down to Earth at one of her research headquarters and went inside to work. Is her identity known? I do not know if this is poor writing or lack of knowledge on my part, but I find this rather confusing.

Karen, of course, continued to be extremely flirty which I am beginning to accept, but she also lost her costume once more which is just kind of comical at this point…especially when she mentioned that it cost millions of dollars. I did not realize a leotard cost so much.

Karl Marx Is Calling

I do not know much about writer Paul Levitz, but he seems to be way left on the political spectrum. He has already shown that Power Girl is more concerned about an oil spill than human lives in issue three, and in this issue, he demonstrates that both Helena and Karen have no problem stealing from people as long as they are rich.

Conclusion

There is really not a lot to analyze in this issue. It is straight forward, stupid, and pointless. The more I read this series, the less I care about the characters, and that is just a sad statement. Do yourself a favor, and hold on to your money.