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"Supergirl/Supra" by MD James (superhero rape) 10, 8, 8
"Supergirl/Supra" by MD James (d2beast@aol.com) Guest review by Sandman (sandman@bitsmart.com). {Superhero Rape} When I was growing up Supergirl was pretty much the feminine equivalent of Superman - faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings, etc., etc. These days I guess Supergirls are protomater shapeshifters with telekinetic powers. Or at least Supergirl was a protomater shapeshifter with telekinetic powers before she was magically merged with an ordinary human. This isn't really a complaint. I mean if my Supergirl can fly faster than a speeding bullet then it's not so much of a stretch for MD James' Supergirl to have telekinetic powers. "Supergirl/Supra" is a huge story at over 160K and is a sequel to "Supergirl and X" which was originally published back in February of 1997. I've never read the original; and though the author strongly suggests reading the original before reading this story, I decided to ignore that advice at least initially. For a review I thought it would be best from a readers perspective to see how the story works without the benefit of the original. "Supergirl/Supra" does stand very well on it's own and I got through the story with almost no problems. I then went back and read the original and found that it added new layers to the sequel. So while it's possible to enjoy this story on it's own, chances are most people will enjoy it even more if they read the original first. This story begins with Supergirl merged with Linda, a fifty year old (with the body and attitude of a seventy year old). Supergirl of course is now retired and all our other DC favorites (Superman, Batman, Batgirl, etc.) are also old, retired, or just plain gone. Linda has a daughter, Kara who we discover has super powers as well when Linda catches Kara doing a bit of super masturbation. Then Linda/Supergirl finds a porno flick of Supergirl being distributed on the Internet! But Supergirl can't remember engaging in such unseemly acts and it certainly appears to be her! A bit of digging and the story moves on to a final confrontation between Supergirl, Kara (Superbabe/Supra), Lex Luthor, and Demonica. I won't spoil the ending by describing how it all turns out. The sex in this story wasn't really as effective as I could have hoped for, considering the painstaking detail that went into the rest of the story. The most detailed sex was described when Supergirl was being raped and the effect of that was muted by the suspense the story had managed to create (it was also muted by my personal dislike for N/C sex -- but this did not play a factor in my scores for this story). In Athena I'm an easy reviewer and since all the verbs were properly tensed and the only thing dangling was a fourteen inch penis I'm marking this a 10. Generally the plot is well contrived and flows very nicely. There is one inconsistency that I could not ignore however. When Supergirl is captured and she's being raped to transfer her powers to Lex's Daughter, all Supergirl had to do to put a stop to it was transform back into Linda. Oh sure the human Linda would be in Lex's evil clutches but the world would be safe from an evil super being with all of Supergirls powers. I'm knocking off another point because to me Supergirl really wasn't all that super in this story. In personal appeal I'm marking the story with an eight which follows my disappointment with the plot. I will append this mark by stating that those who are really into superhero sex would probably mark this story a 10. Ratings for "Supergirl/Supra" Athena (technical quality): 10 -- Perfect. Venus (plot & character): 8 -- Could have been more super. Sandman (appeal to reviewer): 8-- Enjoyable but could have been better. |