Claims: Supergirl review – sprightly and sparkling superhero yarn without the usual baffling DC backstory

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1. title: Supergirl review – sprightly and sparkling superhero yarn without the usual baffling DC backstory (alleges; supported) Source
2. url: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/24/supergirl-review-milly-alcock-eve-ridley (alleges; supported) Source
3. summary: Milly Alcock’s Supergirl joins with Eve Ridley’s Ruthye to fight an evil intergalactic human trafficker The sexual politics of perceived female maturity has always been a problem in this particular set of superhero films. Quite why Kara Zor-El gets to be a “supergirl” while Kal-El gets to be a “superman”, despite not being that much older, is not obvious. Even that notorious wokester Friedrich Nietzsche went with the non-gender term “Übermensch”. The issue is in fact pre-emptively raised here in… (alleges; supported) Source
4. published: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:49 GMT (alleges; supported) Source