Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-72

Earth-72 is the first of the universes that I’ve covered that is sort of a universe I’ve already explored. If you’ve been keeping up you may remember my Earth-47 entry. As I mentioned in that entry, that universe is also known as Earth-72 and Earth-Prez. Now that we’re taking a look at Earth-72 it gives me a chance to take a look at one of my scrapped ideas from season 1. Earth-72 is pretty strictly relegated to just Prez and his various appearances since his initial series from 1972, and Earth-47 is more of an updated look at the universe that also includes psychadelic and groovy versions of some of the Justice League. Heroes like Sunshine Superman, Speed Freak, and Magic Lantern who form a team called the Love Syndicate of Dreamworld. They all showed up for the first time in Animal Man #23 and while it was more than a cameo appearance, they didn’t do too much and mostly just served to be part of the ensemble to represent the sort of multiverse that existed when DC was trying to not have a multiverse called Hypertime.

Earth-72 being strictly the Prez universe probably means Prez Beth Ross should have been the representative for 72, while Sunshine Supergirl should instead represent the more expanded universe of 47 along with the Love Syndicate. That being said, I feel like if there wasn’t the restriction of a number under 51, Earth-47 would’ve been designated as Earth-72 from it’s inception. Part of me wants to believe 47 was picked because it was the last universe with a 7 in it left because it is clearly meant to be a universe with the aesthetics of the 1970s. Sunshine Supergirl is not a canonical character, but as I mentioned above, Sunshine Superman does exist. His full origin, or even his real name, isn’t known but he does seem to have similar powers and abilities to his Earth-0 counterpart so it’s likely his origin is similar and the universe itself is just a bit more funky. A Superman existing always gives the possibility of a Supergirl existing and I have presented just that. Due to the 1970s aesthetic of the universe I have also brought in the most used, and my personal favorite, Supergirl costume featured in comics in the 70s.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Sunshine Supergirl is striking a pose with her right arm behind her head and her left arm outstretched. Her cape is out to the left. The background is the text “SUPERGIRL” repeated several times, and one of these “SUPERGIRL”s is in front of the hero. The top right has a motif of Sunshine Supergirl’s S symbol with a 72 on top of it. The entire artwork has a distressed look to it to give the look of an old vinyl record sleeve.