Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-96.1

Continuing on in the DC Super Hero Girls month, we land on the YouTube shorts version of the series or what is sometimes referred to as G1 (Generation 1). The G1 version of Super Hero Girls was an entire brand, consisting of toys (I have a few that were seen in my Supergirl Figures post), comics, LEGO sets (I covered these a while ago here), movies (I covered the 2nd movie Intergalactic Games), and the aforementioned YouTube series. In short, this brand line showed the female super heroines of the DC Universe – as well as some boy characters – in high school learning how to use their super powers and getting up to normal teenage shenanigans.

Supergirl herself didn’t actually enter the cast right away, she would join in the first movie Hero of the Year and the second season of the YouTube series as a recent arrival to earth and she spends a lot of that season acclimating to life on earth. She is room-mates with Barbara Gordon/Batgirl who also jumped to hero status in season 2, although she was present in season 1 as IT for the school. This version of Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, cousin to Superman and is often seen visiting the Kents implying that they possibly adopted her after her arrival or at least have some guardianship over the young hero. This Supergirl costume is one of my all time favorites, I like the bracelets and the crystal necklace and the short sleeve collared shirt has a fun school-girl vibe to it that has always appealed to me.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. A giant robot is taking up the left foreground and Supergirl is firing off her heat vision to stop it. Supergirl is holding a coffee and a handful of books. In the background you can see a few buildings including the Capes & Cowls coffee shop and in the far background is Super Hero High School. The top right features a motif of Supergirl’s S symbol with a 96.1 on top of it.