Supergirl in the Multiverse: Earth-0: Steel

We have so far in the series covered a couple other Earth-0 entries so I won’t go too far into what this universe is. Earth-0 is the main universe of the DC Multiverse and has at various points been called Earth-1, New-Earth, Earth-Prime, and Earth-0 but in short its what most of the comics published every week take place in. This entry is the start to another theme month like we did for Black History Month earlier in the month. For June we’re celebrating Pride Month by looking at 5 canonically queer Supergirls throughout the Multiverse.

Our first Supergirl for Pride Month comes in the form of Natasha Irons, Steel. Natasha first appeared as John Henry Irons’ niece in his own title with Steel #1 in 1994. She is the super genius and would go on to become a hero in her own right as Steel in the storyline Supergirls told through a few issues of Action Comics. Natasha also had a brief stint as a meta-human under the Everyman Project using code-names Starlight and Vaporlock mostly during the events of 52 and Infinity Inc. (vol. 2). Her meta abilities have since been swept under the rug. In regards to Natasha’s sexuality, her pre-Flashpoint appearances, she was for the most part written as heterosexual having a few romances. It was in the New-52/Rebirth eras where she began appearing as a queer hero and is generally, at this point, seen as a lesbian. Her on-again-off-again relationship with Traci 13 is her most prominent relationship and from what I could tell that relationship first showed up in the pages of Superwoman, although the pair did meet for the first time (along with Cir-El) in the aforementioned Supergirls story.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Natasha Irons, as Steel, is shown casually floating in the air. She has a hammer draped across her shoulders and is flashing a peace sign with her right hand. Her boots are blasting rocket boosters. The background shows clouds in orange and purple and a motif of Steel’s logo is in the top right with a 0 on top of it.

To check out the rest of the series, check out the Supergirl in the Multiverse page on the site.