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Supergirl by Alex Ross

"We don't do it for the glory. We don't do it for the recognition... We do it because it needs to be done. Because if we don't, no one else will. And we do it even if no one knows what we've done. Even if no one knows we exist. Even if no one remembers we ever existed."

Supergirl is a character appearing in several DC Comics media.

Although there have been several characters who have gone by that name, the most iconic version is Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El, who was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino, and first appeared in Action Comics (Volume 1) #252: The Supergirl From Krypton (1959) (May, 1959).

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Solo Comic Books Series

• Action Comics: back-up feature from #252 to #376 (1959-1969)
• Adventure Comics: back-up feature from #381 to #424 (1969-1972)
• Supergirl (1972)
• Superman Family (1974-1982)
• Supergirl (1982)
• Power Girl (1988)
• Supergirl (1994)
• Supergirl (1996)
• Supergirl (2005)
• Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (#16-36) (2006)
• Power Girl (2009)
• Supergirl (2011) (2011-2015)
• Supergirl (Rebirth) (2016-2020)

Comic Book Storylines

• "The Supergirl From Krypton (1959)" ("Action Comics" #252) (May, 1959) ^note Kara Zor-El's origin story.
• "Superboy Meets Supergirl!": (Superboy Volume 1 #80)
• "Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends" ("Action Comics #276") (May, 1961). ^note Supergirl officially joins the "Legion of Super-Heroes and meets Brainiac 5 for the first time.
• "The Unknown Supergirl" (Action Comics #278-285)
• "The Death of Superman (1961)": ("Superman" Vol 1 #149) (November, 1961) ^note Lex Luthor finally manages to murder Superman for good, but he is unaware that someone will not let him get away with it.
• "The Death of Luthor": ("Action Comics #286") (March, 1962). ^note After Supergirl has revealed herself, Lex Luthor plans to expose her as a Superman-fabricated robotical hoax or, should she be real, destroy her.
• "Supergirls Greatest Challenge": "Action Comics" #287 (April, 1962). ^note Supergirl is called to the 30th century to replace the Legion as they get their powers back. However, her friends being depowered is part of a greater and subtler scheme to destroy the whole Legion.
• "The Last Days of Superman": (Superman Vol 1 156) (1962)
• "The Girl with the X-Ray Mind" ("Action Comics" #295-298) (1962-1963)
• "The Amazing Story of Superman Red and Superman Blue": ("Superman" Vol 1 #162). (July, 1963) ^note Superman gets split in two Superman, and they set out to fix everybody's problems.
• "The Condemned Legionnaires": ("Adventure Comics" #313) (October, 1963). ^note Supergirl is called to protect her fellow female Legionnaires from someone who looks like a sinister and twisted reflection of hers.
• "The Untold Story of Argo City" (Action Comics #309-310 and 314-316)
• "Brainiac's Blitz": "Action Comics" #339 (July, 1966). ^note The whole Justice League must carry out a space mission, so Superman tasks Supergirl with protecting Earth until their return. Right then, Brainiac decides to attack Earth to take revenge on Superman, and Kara is the only one who can fight him.
• "The Supergirl-Batgirl Plot": (World's Finest (1941) #169) (September 1967)
• "The Leper from Krypton": (Action Comics #363-366) (May-August, 1968).^note Lex Luthor cultures his own strain of Virus X and gets Superman infected with an incurable disease.
• "Starfire's Revenge" (Adventure Comics #402-407)
• "Demon Spawn" (Adventure Comics #421)
• "Krypton No More" (Superman #307-309)
• "The Plague of the Antibiotic Man": Superman Volume 1 #311-314 (1977).
• "Strangers at the Heart's Core" (Superman Family (Volume 1) #183-189, #191-195 and #206)
• "The Other Side of Doomsday": ("Super-Team Family #11") (July, 1977).^note Supergirl, The Flash and Atom are lured by an old enemy of the League into a parallel dimension controlled by himself.
• "Superman vs. Shazam!": (All-New Collectors' Edition Vol 1 #C-58)
• "The Museum of Eternity": "Superman Family" #190.
• "Let My People Grow!": (Superman Volume 1 #338) (1979)
• "Judgment In Infinity": (Wonder Woman Vol 1 #291-293)
• "Celebration": "Superman Family" issue 200.
• "War World" (DC Comics Presents Vol 1 #27-29)
• "The Krypton Chronicles"
• "The Strange Revenge of Lena Luthor": (Superman Family #211-214) (1981)
• "The Attack of the Annihilator" (Detective Comics #508-510)
• "The Great Darkness Saga"
• "Who Stole Supergirl's Life?" (Supergirl Vol 2 #19)
• "The Phantom Zone"
• "Those Emerald Eyes Are Shining" (Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #301-303) (July-September, 1983).^note The Legion of Super-Heroes are heading towards Chameleon Boy's homeworld to back their teammate when they run into a conspiration to take over the United Planets.
• "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" ("Superman" Vol 1 #423 - "Action Comics" #583) (September, 1986) ^note Pre-Crisis Superman faces his final battle.
• "The Supergirl Saga"
• "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot" ("Christmas with the Super-Heroes Vol 1 #2") (1989)^note Kara Zor-El may have become a forgotten ghost when the universe was remade, but she still has time to comfort a distraught Deadman at Christmas Eve.
• "Many Happy Returns" (Supergirl Vol 4 #75-80)
• "Young Love" (Solo Vol 1 #1)
• "The Supergirl from Krypton (2004)" (Superman/Batman #8-13)
• "Girl Power": ("Supergirl Vol 5 #0-5") (October, 2005-March, 2006)^note Kara Zor-El tries to make friends as finding her place in Earth. Unfortunately, everyone seems to want to fight her for one reason or another. And something dark, evil and dangerous is stirring within her and wanting to get out.
• "Power Trip (2005)": ("JSA Classified #1-4") (July-October, 2005)
• "The Dominator War": ("Supergirl and the Legion of Super- Heroes" #26-30) (March-July, 2007) ^note The Dominators enact a plan to conquer Earth by taking over every machine in the planet. Meanwhile, a Dominator scientist uses genetic samples taken from Legionnaires to engineer a new breed of super soldiers.
• "The Third Kryptonian" (Superman (Vol 1) #668-670)
• "The Coming of Atlas": (Superman #677-680)
• "Way of the World" (Supergirl Volume 5 #28-33)
• "Superman: Brainiac" (Action Comics #866-870)
• "New Krypton"
• "Who is Superwoman?" (Supergirl Vol 5 #37-42)
• "The Hunt for Reactron" (Superman: Secret Files 2009 #1, Action Comics #881-882 and Supergirl (2005) #45-47)
• "Death & the Family" (Supergirl Vol 5 #48-50)
• "Bizarrogirl" (Supergirl Vol 5 #53-57)
• "Day of the Dollmaker": Supergirl (2005) #58-59 (November-December, 2010).
• "Reign of Doomsday"
• "Last Daughter of Krypton" (Supergirl Vol 6 #0-7)
• "H'el on Earth"
• "Krypton Returns"
• "Red Daughter of Krypton" (Supergirl Vol 6 #28-33, Green Lantern/Red Lanterns #28, Red Lanterns #29-32)
• "Superman: Doomed"
• "Crucible" (Supergirl vol 6 #36-40)
• "The Final Days of Superman"
• "Escape from the Phantom Zone" (Batgirl Vol 5 Annual #1, Supergirl Vol 7 #9-11) (2017)
• "Man of Steel (2018)"
• "The Killers of Krypton": (Supergirl (Rebirth) 21-33)
• "Superman (Brian Michael Bendis)"
• "World of Krypton (2022)": Mini-series delving into the past of Krypton and the House of El.

Limited Series and One-Shots

• "Supergirl (1984)" ^note As well known as "Supergirl Movie Special". Comic-Book adaptation of the 1984 movie.
• Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl (1998) ^note In a world with no Superman or Batman, Supergirl and Batgirl must cast their differences aside and team up to solve a kidnapping.
• Supergirl: Wings
• "Superman/Supergirl: Maelstrom" (2008-2009)
• Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade (February-July, 2009) ^note Alternate Universe series intended for children which retells the adventures of a pre-teen Earth-One Supergirl.
• Man of Steel Prequel (May, 2013) ^note Prequel to the Man of Steel film.
• "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" (2021-2022)
• Adventures of Supergirl: (2016) ^note Supergirl (2015) tie-in mini-series.
• Supergirl: Being Super (February-August, 2017) ^note  An origin and coming-of-age Supergirl tale set outside of the main continuity.

Other Comic Appearances

• Superman Vol 1
• Victory by Computer
• DC Comics Bombshells.
• Final Crisis
• Infinite Crisis
• Justice.
• Justice League 3000
• Justice League: Cry for Justice
• The Superdictionary
• Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 (1973-1980)
• ''Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 (1980-1984)
• Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1984-1987)
• Superman/Batman (2004-2011)
• Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 5 (2004-2009)
• Teen Titans Vol. 3 (2003 - 2011)
• Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009-2010)
• Justice League of America Vol 2 (2010-2011)
• DC Retroactive Superman (September-October, 2011)^note Three-issue series spotlighting three different decades from the History of Superman in preparation for the 2011 reboot.
• Superman Family Adventures (2012)
• Batman/Superman: World's Finest

Literature

• Supergirl: by Norma Fox Mazer, novelization of the 1984 film.
• Supergirl at Super Hero High: by Lisa Yee, set in the DC Super Hero Girls universe.
• Supergirl: Daughter of Krypton: by Daniel Wallace.
• Supergirl: Age of Atlantis: by Jo Whittemore, a companion novel for the show
• Supergirl: Curse of the Ancients: By Jo Whittemore
• Supergirl: Master of Illusion: by Jo Whittemore
• Supergirl: An Origin Story (DC Super Heroes Origins) by Steve Brezenoff
• Supergirl and the Man of Metal by Laurie S. Sutton, Gregg Schigiel

Live-Action TV

• Smallville. Played by Laura Vandervoort.
• Supergirl. Played by Melissa Benoist.

Film — Animated

• Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
• Superman Unbound
• LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash
• Legion of Super-Heroes (2023)

Film — Live-Action

• Supergirl. Played by Helen Slater.

• DC Extended Universe. Played by Sasha Calle.

• The Flash
• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Roleplay Games

• Freedom City Play By Post

Tabletop Games

• Cerberus Engine Games

Video Games

• DC Universe Online
• Infinite Crisis
• LEGO Batman
  • LEGO DC Super-Villains
• LEGO Dimensions
• Injustice 2

Western Animation

• Superman: The Animated Series
• Justice League Unlimited
• Super Best Friends Forever
• Superman 75th Anniversary Animated Short
• DC Super Hero Girls
• Justice League Action
• DC Super Hero Girls 2019
• Young Justice (2010)

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