After what seems to have been an interminable number of issues dragging out the mystery of Stargirl's defining loss, I still have no idea what it is. We still don't know who the shadowy figure ("the man on the news") is and what he did to Courtney and her mother, though Kindt hints at the answer. He also hints that the shadowy figure killed Courtney's brother, but, again, we don't know that. My frustration with Kindt's failure to get to the (not-that-interesting) point when it comes to Stargirl isn't made any better by the overly wrought narration by Martian Manhunter. Kindt seems to think that it heightens the emotional tension, but it just as often made me roll my eyes. Moreover, J'onn's "death" (if he really did die) comes after just a few punches from Despero and we learn from J'onn as he dies that Courtney has apparently succeeded in freeing the Justice League, even though she didn't seem anywhere near Firestorm. I...yeah.
* (one of five stars)
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