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The story was published in ''ComicBook/Superman1986'' #21-22 and ''[[ComicBook/Superman1939 Adventures of Superman]]'' #444.

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''The Supergirl Saga'' is a three-part StoryArc that took place in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic book titles in 1988, published by Creator/DCComics. It was Creator/JohnByrne's final arc on ''Superman'', with artwork by Byrne and Jerry Ordway. It was written as an introduction to the first ComicBook/PostCrisis version of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} known as "Matrix", with previews of the character appearing as early as ''Superman'' vol. 2 #16 (April, 1988).

In the story, Superman encounters a young woman wearing a variation of his outfit that calls herself Supergirl, claiming that her powers came from ComicBook/LexLuthor. A brief fight occurs due to a misunderstanding between the two, but after Superman and Supergirl straighten things out, it is revealed that she came from the [[AlternateUniverse Pocket Universe]] that ComicBook/{{Superboy}} of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes had come from. With the both of them now transported into that universe, Superman learns from its Lex Luthor the history of its Earth since Superboy had departed: that Lex had accidentally let loose the Phantom Zone criminals that have terrorized and devastated the entire planet, leaving only those who are within Lex's Smallville citadel its only survivors. The Phantom Zone criminals eventually killed the last surviving people of that Earth and reduced Supergirl to a protoplasmic puddle, where it is revealed that she was actually an artificial lifeform created by Lex Luthor to replace the deceased Lana Lang. Realizing that he was the only superhero left in the Pocket Universe, Superman rounded up the Phantom Zone criminals, stripped them of their powers, and subjected them to lethal radiation from that world's Green Kryptonite. At the end, Supergirl was brought back in her protoplasmic form to the mainstream DC Universe by Superman to be cared for by the Kents.

The story was published in ''Superman'' #21-22 and ''Adventures of Superman'' #444.

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''The Supergirl Saga'' is a three-part StoryArc that took place in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comic book titles in 1988, published by Creator/DCComics. It was Creator/JohnByrne's final arc on ''Superman'', with artwork by Byrne and Jerry Ordway. It was written as an introduction to the first ComicBook/PostCrisis version of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} known as "Matrix", with previews of the character appearing as early as ''Superman'' vol. 2 #16 (April, 1988).

In the story, Superman encounters a young woman wearing a variation of his outfit that calls herself Supergirl, claiming that her powers came from ComicBook/LexLuthor. A brief fight occurs due to a misunderstanding between the two, but after Superman and Supergirl straighten things out, it is revealed that she came from the [[AlternateUniverse Pocket Universe]] that ComicBook/{{Superboy}} of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes had come from. from.

With the both of them now transported into that universe, Superman learns from its Lex Luthor the history of its Earth since Superboy had departed: that Lex had accidentally let loose the Phantom Zone criminals that have terrorized and devastated the entire planet, leaving only those who are within Lex's Smallville citadel its only survivors. The Phantom Zone criminals eventually killed the last surviving people of that Earth and reduced Supergirl to a protoplasmic puddle, where it is revealed that she was actually an artificial lifeform created by Lex Luthor to replace the deceased Lana Lang. Lang.

Realizing that he was the only superhero left in the Pocket Universe, Superman rounded up the Phantom Zone criminals, stripped them of their powers, and subjected them to lethal radiation from that world's Green Kryptonite. Kryptonite.

At the end, Supergirl was brought back in her protoplasmic form to the mainstream DC Universe by Superman to be cared for by the Kents.

The story was published in ''Superman'' ''ComicBook/Superman1986'' #21-22 and ''Adventures ''[[ComicBook/Superman1939 Adventures of Superman'' Superman]]'' #444.
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* {{Pride}}: What doomed the Pocket Universe's Earth to its fate was its Lex Luthor. He told Superman that, although he knew about the various isotopes of Kryptonite that were in Superboy's lab, he refused to use them to take down the Phantom Zone criminals because he felt that their defeat should be by his hand alone.

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* {{Pride}}: What doomed the Pocket Universe's Earth to its fate was its Lex Luthor. He told Superman that, although he knew about the various isotopes of Kryptonite that were in Superboy's lab, he refused to use them to take down the Phantom Zone criminals because he felt that their defeat should be by his hand alone. He dies regretting that decision and passes on the responsibility to Superman to execute the Phantom Zone criminals through exposure to Green Kryptonite.
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** Superman and Supergirl's first exchange is taken from ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton''.

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** Superman and Supergirl's first exchange is taken from ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton''.''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959''.
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** Lex Luthor creating an artificial lifeform is a nod to ''ComicBook/HowSuperboyMetLuthor''.

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** Lex Luthor creating an artificial lifeform is a nod to ''ComicBook/HowSuperboyMetLuthor''.''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy''.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Quex-Ul, who was a good man framed for a crime in the Silver Age.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Quex-Ul, who Pre-Crisis Quex-Ul was a good man framed for a crime he did not commit. He even made a heroic sacrifice to save Superman in the Silver Age.''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone''. In this story, he willingly helps Zod destroy Earth.



* AtmosphereAbuse[=/=]PlanetaryCoreManipulation: The Phantom Zone criminals destroyed the Earth's atmosphere by destabilizing the planet's core, causing hot gases to erupt, stripping the planet to a lifeless husk. A [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Class 6]] on the ApocalypseHow scale.

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* AtmosphereAbuse[=/=]PlanetaryCoreManipulation: The Phantom Zone criminals destroyed the Earth's atmosphere by destabilizing the planet's core, causing hot gases to erupt, stripping the planet to a lifeless husk. A [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Class 6]] on the ApocalypseHow scale.



* MythologyGag: While trapped in the Phantom Zone, Quex-Ul pretended to be Ston-Ar, sharing the same last name as Rog-Ar, the criminal who framed Quex-Ul in the Silver Age.

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While trapped in the Phantom Zone, Quex-Ul pretended to be Ston-Ar, sharing the same last name as Rog-Ar, the criminal who framed Quex-Ul in the Silver Age.Age.
** Superman and Supergirl's first exchange is taken from ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton''.
** Lex Luthor creating an artificial lifeform is a nod to ''ComicBook/HowSuperboyMetLuthor''.
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In the story, Superman encounters a young woman wearing a variation of his outfit that calls herself Supergirl, claiming that her powers came from ComicBook/LexLuthor. A brief fight occurs due to a misunderstanding between the two, but after Superman and Supergirl straighten things out, it is revealed that she came from the [[AlternateUniverse Pocket Universe]] that ComicBook/{{Superboy}} of the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} had come from. With the both of them now transported into that universe, Superman learns from its Lex Luthor the history of its Earth since Superboy had departed: that Lex had accidentally let loose the Phantom Zone criminals that have terrorized and devastated the entire planet, leaving only those who are within Lex's Smallville citadel its only survivors. The Phantom Zone criminals eventually killed the last surviving people of that Earth and reduced Supergirl to a protoplasmic puddle, where it is revealed that she was actually an artificial lifeform created by Lex Luthor to replace the deceased Lana Lang. Realizing that he was the only superhero left in the Pocket Universe, Superman rounded up the Phantom Zone criminals, stripped them of their powers, and subjected them to lethal radiation from that world's Green Kryptonite. At the end, Supergirl was brought back in her protoplasmic form to the mainstream DC Universe by Superman to be cared for by the Kents.

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In the story, Superman encounters a young woman wearing a variation of his outfit that calls herself Supergirl, claiming that her powers came from ComicBook/LexLuthor. A brief fight occurs due to a misunderstanding between the two, but after Superman and Supergirl straighten things out, it is revealed that she came from the [[AlternateUniverse Pocket Universe]] that ComicBook/{{Superboy}} of the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes had come from. With the both of them now transported into that universe, Superman learns from its Lex Luthor the history of its Earth since Superboy had departed: that Lex had accidentally let loose the Phantom Zone criminals that have terrorized and devastated the entire planet, leaving only those who are within Lex's Smallville citadel its only survivors. The Phantom Zone criminals eventually killed the last surviving people of that Earth and reduced Supergirl to a protoplasmic puddle, where it is revealed that she was actually an artificial lifeform created by Lex Luthor to replace the deceased Lana Lang. Realizing that he was the only superhero left in the Pocket Universe, Superman rounded up the Phantom Zone criminals, stripped them of their powers, and subjected them to lethal radiation from that world's Green Kryptonite. At the end, Supergirl was brought back in her protoplasmic form to the mainstream DC Universe by Superman to be cared for by the Kents.

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