“World War III — The Great Atomic War — is over…and in its wake lies an earth in ruins!” Earth-17 is the home to the Atomic Knights, a group of 6 brave souls who, in time of crisis, found refuge from radiation in ancient suits of armor. These 6 heroes have taken on the duty of protecting their home of Durvale and bringing prosperity and rebirth back to the planet after the atomic destruction destroyed the planet in 1986.
The Supergirl of this universe is Marene Herald, the sole female member of the Atomic Knights. Marene Herald is sister to Douglas Herald, and often love interest of Gardner Grayle the leader of the Atomic Knights. First appearing in Strange Adventures #117, Marene was not part of the initial team that took on the Black Baron who was ravaging the town of Durvale after the war. Gardner Grayle, after realizing the armor he found could protect him from the radioactive weapons of the Baron, gathered other members of the community to wear the armor and take back their town. While there were 6 suits of armor, one was much too small to be worn by a grown man so the team of knights was 5 strong. Marene would then secretly don the smaller suit of armor and help the rest of the knights. Marene would continue along with the rest of the Knights and would help continue to take back the planet.
As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork and it depicts Marene wearing parts of her suit of armor (breastplate, pauldrons, and boots) on top of her iconic red dress. She is riding on one of the Atomic Knight’s giant Dalmatians. In the background you can see the ruined city of Durvale. The drawing is stylized like a postcard that has been ruined and damaged with faded edges and creases. Text saying “Durvale welcomes you!” Is at the bottom. A motif of the Atomic Knights symbol is in the top right with a number 17 on top of it.
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