Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-96.2: Power Girl

Over the past few weeks I’ve been covering DC Super Hero Girls across its different versions. As I’ve done so, I’ve broken the different versions into different decimal values after the Earth-96 designation. This week is a continuation of the Earth-96.2 because it exists in the same universe as the g2 version of Supergirl as opposed to the 3 versions of Supergirl that we’ve seen so far. To get a look at all the Super Hero Girls Supergirls (as well as dozens of other Supergirls) check out the full Supergirl in the Multiverse list. To breifly re-cap the g2 specific version of Super Hero Girls, this version of the team had a Cartoon Network show which showed a collection of young heroes attending Metropolis High School by day, and suiting up to fight crime by night.

This version of Power Girl differs slightly from what we would normally think of as Power Girl, but fans of that character would probably get a kick out of how she’s portrayed in the 30th episode of the show titled, “Power Surge”. In the opening scene of the episode, Supergirl is facing off against Livewire, and after an amount of property damage, Supergirl is blasted by her foe and presumed dead. Kara, with the Super Hero Girls help, decides to use her presumed death as a clean slate and take up a new heroic identity of Power Girl. Power Girl is seen by the public as a great hero while Supergirl had only been seen as Superman’s sidekick and generally more nuisance than benefit. Early after Power Girl’s debut, she meets with Superman and tells him that she is exactly like Supergirl but from another universe called Earth-2. This is probably my favorite episode of SHG and I like the idea of Power Girl being an evolution of Supergirl sort of like a Robin to Nightwing situation, although I do generally prefer Supergirl to just be Supergirl.

As with all of my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. The Super Hero Girls version of Power Girl is shown ripping through a large metal door while bullets bounce off her. This is done as an homage to the cover of Power Girl #1 (1988) by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The top right corner has a motif of Power Girl’s symbol with a 96.2 on it.