Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-33

This week we’re looking at the “real world” universe of DC Comics. DC has portrayed the world that we live in a number of times. It was called Earth-Prime in the Pre-Crisis era and we saw real world DC staffers show up in comics like Julius Schwartz and this universe would also birth Superboy-Prime. Earth-33 specifically refers the universe as it appears in Multiversity by Grant Morrison, and has a hero called Ultra. However, the real world universe I’m using as reference comes from Superman: Secret Identity by Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen. In this story we’re introduced to a kid named after the famous comic character Clark Kent. Clark is a kid from Picketsville, Kansas who is just a normal kid that gets too many Superman toys and gets teased relentlessly for his name. That is until one day he starts flying. The story goes on to show us how someone from the real world might react to suddenly having the powers of Superman.

This week we’ve got 2 Supergirls as opposed to 1 but they really do come as a matched set so it felt rude to leave either out. Jane and Carol Kent are the twin daughters of Clark Kent and while they appeared as babies in issue 3 of Secret Identity, it was in issue 4 where they really came into prominence. Jane and Carol, much like their father, mysteriously acquired super powers when they were teens. And, much like their father, would secretly use these powers to help people.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. The Supergirls from Superman: Secret Identity are shown saving a cat from a tree. Jane is floating up and carefully removing a very upset cat from a high branch while Carol stands in the foreground posing for a picture.