Spoilers for Action Comics #1051 by DC ComicsDC Comics is offering up a completely understandable reason why Power Girl’s costume has its infamous chest window: It helps with boob sweat. In Action Comics #1051, Power Girl’s costume is complimented – leading her to explain her chest window actually has a practical application, as it serves as ventilation and prevents “boob sweat.” Unlike other reasons given for Power Girl’s most notable costume feature, the explanation makes sense for the busty hero.
In Action Comics #1051 by Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage, and Becca Carey from DC Comics, Power Girl and Omen continue to learn more about their psychic link, as Kara Zor-L explores what she’s capable of thanks to her abilities gained from the Lazarus Volcano’s eruption. When Omen praises Power Girl’s costume, the hero says she should try a keyhole in her costume too for extra ventilation, which the psychic declines. Power Girl jokes to Omen to “say hi to your boob sweat for me.”
Power Girl’s Reason For Having A Boob Window Previously Didn’t Make Much Sense
While one might think the explanation behind Power Girl’s chest window might be she was simply confident in her body and wanted to add some sex appeal to her costume, DC Comics once offered a hilariously ridiculous reason for the keyhole in her outfit. Geoff Johns once wrote Power Girl was looking to fill the hole with a symbol like Superman’s but never thought of anything – hence the chest window. Ventilation and preventing boob sweat is a much more valid reason and explanation for Power Girl’s infamous costume feature.
Unlike trying to tie Power Girl’s boob window into some deeper meaning like DC Comics has tried before, highlighting that it helps with boob sweat and adds ventilation to the hero’s costume is a logical justification for it – not that a reason was needed. Power Girl just wants to be comfortable as she uses her extraordinary powers and fights against supervillains, as the Earth-Two-born hero learned a chest window was important to stay cool.
Ultimately, Power Girl’s chest window doesn’t need some important meaning tied to her mythology. Instead, it exists to give the hero extra ventilation and prevent boob sweat. It’s a simple explanation for Power Girl’s chest window, but one that makes sense for the character. Power Girl wants to keep the sweat to a minimum as one of the most powerful heroes on Earth.
Action Comics #1051 by DC Comics is in comic book stores now.