Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-96.2

As I’ve mentioned in the past couple posts, Earth-96 is the official designation for DC Super Hero Girls. However, since the 2 versions are so drastically different and cannot reasonably co-exist in the same space, I have refered to each as 96.1 and 96.2 for gen 1 and gen 2 respectively (as well as 96.0 for Super Best Friends Forever). Super Hero Girls g2 was a similar brand with a wide range of products including toys, movies, comics, and shorts, but in addition to all this, g2 also had a full fledged Cartoon Network show that ran for 2 seasons as well as a video game for the Nintendo Switch. While g1 had the girls attending Super Hero High and learning to become super heroes, g2 has the girls attending a regular high school (Metropolis High) while being heroes in their free time. This change allowed for the cast to be split into heroes and villains and allowed for secret identity shenanigans like Barbara and Harleen being friends but Batgirl and Harley being enemies. Having a full show as opposed to just shorts also allowed for the cast to have more varied personalities and character depth.

Supergirl specifically, is rebellious and tomboyish. Another benefit of having 11 minutes per episode, is that all the characters had both hero costumes as well as civilian outfits. Supergirl’s fit is fairly standard, although with 3/4 sleeves as opposed to full length similar to the Super Best Friends Forever costume. Her civilian clothes help sell her personality, with a leather jacket, boots, ripped jeans, and a severely cracked phone screen. G2, as opposed to g1, did have Supergirl in the main cast from the start, and also had Kara adopted by Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, probably to have synergy with the Supergirl show airing concurrently when this show was on the air.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Kara “Supergirl” Danvers is sat in a booth seat with her left foot propped up on the table. She is holding a coffee mug in one hand and looking at the cracked phone in her other hand. On the table is a cupcake and a tabletop sign that reads “Sweet Justice”. Through the windows in the background can be seen a sprawling cityscape. The top right corner has Supergirl’s S symbol with a 96.2 on top of it.