Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-91

Originally appearing in Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #91 in the aptly named imaginary universe of Earth-91 was Superlass, Lisa Lane. The imaginary story told in this issue sees Lois Lane blinded while trying to save Superman from a ray-gun. This of course makes Superman feel pity for the intrepid reporter as he immediately asks her to marry him. The pair settle down into a custom super-built beach home and have a daughter named Lisa who almost immediately shows signs of super-powers she received from her father. Unfortunately the universe is not filled with happy endings as Superman is caught in a Kryptonite infused explosion and presumed dead. Lois never loses her love for the man of steel and visits his grave on a weekly basis, one of these visits is where we encounter Superlass for the first time.

Superlass is a teen-aged super-heroine who seems to have all the same powers as any other Kryptonian under a yellow sun. It is possible, since she is only half-Kryptonan, that she doesn’t have the full power levels as a pure-blooded Kryptonian but this is not relevant to the story. Her costume bears similarities to Supergirl’s costume of the time but her belt has a slightly different design with vertical lines as opposed to a circular buckle. Most strikingly though, Superlass has the same black hair as her mother, and while her eye color isn’t explicitly shown in Lois Lane issue 91, I do like the idea of her having the same purple eyes as her mother (although Lois having purple eyes is only a very modern interpretation). Supergirl (presumably Linda “Kara Zor-El” Danvers) is also mentioned in this story as an active hero, which is why Lisa uses the name Superlass instead. Throughout the story of Lois Lane #91, Lisa helps some aliens which give her a device to cure her mother’s blindness. Oh also there’s a hideous monster man who is in love with Lois and it’s revealed that that monster man was Superman who was horribly disfigured after the K-bomb. Lois, after having her vision restored, is disgusted by the monstrous man and her disgust leaves Superman to flee the planet.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Superlass is joyously floating in the sky. Behind the teen-aged hero is a view of the ocean and a beach house. There are 3 palm trees scattered about the beach and the sun is shining in from the top right. The top right corner also has a motif of Superlass’s S symbol with a 91 on top of it.