The Many Releases of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow has become quite the runaway success in recent years but it all started back in 2021 with a 8 Issue mini-series. There is a certain fondness I have for Woman of Tomorrow that I think I will always have, much the same way I have for the Rebirth era of DC Comics. DC Rebirth was a publishing initiative by DC in 2016 as a line-wide reset or refresh (perhaps you could call it a rebirth) and it was the genesis of my personal new comics collecting journey. Unfortunately it wouldn’t last and around 2018 I had to take a break from new comics collecting and it was in 2021 when I was able to make my way back and the 2 books that I restarted my pull box with were Nightwing and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

This brings us to the first version of Woman of Tomorrow its first release as single issues. The series had 8 issues and in the initial run from June 2021 to February 2022, each of the books had an A cover drawn by Bilquis Evely and the B cover had a rotating cast of artists contributing. The first issue also had a C cover which was a blank cover with a blue gradient. My personal collection includes all the A covers although some of the variants do look quite nice (like Amy Reeder on issue 5 and Rose Besch on issue 4) so I might track those down at some point.

It would be later in 2022 when a collected edition of the series was released and while I did end up getting that first paperback version, I do remember hesitating for a while. This is because I really wanted to get the book as a hardcover instead and there was a lot of consideration I put into the French (I think) translation that came out around the same time by Urban Comics. This collection would use the cover to Issue 4 while the American release would use the cover to issue 1. I can only speak for the version of the comic that I own, although both the TPB and HC versions from 2022 are listed to have 224 pages so it’s likely they have the same content which is, full reprints of all 8 issues, a brief cover gallery, and 3 sketch pages from Evely. It seems there was also a Target exclusive version that used a different cover by Mitch Gerads.

Before getting back to looking at these in order, I do want to take a brief look at Urban Comics’ other releases of Woman of Tomorrow. All 3 of these seem to have the same release date of April 17th 2026 (according to League of Comic Geeks). Both of the Édition augmentée (Deluxe Edition I’m guessing) versions are 280 pages and probably match the content that we will see in the Deluxe Editions that we got state-side and will be exploring later. The Édition augmentée has 2 covers, one that matches the American HC Deluxe Edition and one that is based on the poster to the Supergirl (2026) movie. The last version is called Édition Noir & Blanc HC (Black & White) and at 216 pages I would guess this is just a reprint of the 8 issues in black and white.

From what I can tell, these are the only foreign releases of the story, although I’m sure it’s possible that the DC releases were probably released in other countries I’m just not an expert on such things. The title would lay fairly dormant for over 2 years at this point (aside from a limited SDCC 2023 release) until making a comeback in a big way in 2024. This month would show the release of a new printing of issue 1, the series being re-released as a DC Go comic, and what I had been waiting for a Deluxe Hardcover of the book. From what I can gather, the 2024 reprint is the exact same as the 2021 printing. This hardcover is exactly what I would want out of a collected edition of the book, slightly oversized, nice slipcover (with a bit of gold foil), and plenty of extras (over 50 pages!). These extras include the standard cover gallery, over 30 pages of sketches, and the original unused script to issue 6 of the book.

The DC Go version of the book, in my opinion, is a bad way to experience the story. The art is arguably the best feature of the book and the combination of Evely’s linework and Lopes’s colors really lends itself to being experienced as sweeping pages and illustrations, hence the benefit of the oversized nature of the HC. DC Go is the built in web-comic feature of the DC Universe Infinite app which prioritizes and optimizes reading comics on your phone, which works against the sweeping illustrations and expansive visuals that are a crucial part of Woman of Tomorrow. I do think I am somewhat biased against DC Go comics sort of in the “Why would you watch a film on your telephone” David Lynch quote, but there are panels that are cropped down to fit better and it bothers me personally. The DC Go version is available in the DC Universe app at the Free level subscription and was initially released between December of 2024 and February of 2025.

2025 didn’t see quite as many new things for WoT as most the focus in DC was based around that Summer’s Superman movie. However right at the end of the year we did get a reprint of issue 1 using the same cover as the Deluxe HC (as a Walmart Exclusive) and an exclusive version of the collected edition as one of the DC Universe Infinite Ultra Tier exclusives. I’ve been a subscriber of the DC universe app since 2018 and signed onto the Ultra tier subscription pretty soon after it was announced and have been very happy with it and one of the reasons is that every year when you renew, they send you an exclusive Deluxe Edition TP of one of their stories. So far the releases have been Superman: Doomsday, The Batman who Laughs, Superman: Birthright, and most recently Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. I actually only just got my copy of this book because for some reason the email to claim my free Ultra Tier book didn’t make it to my inbox when I renewed my subscription and I figured it was just because they stopped the promotion. It wasn’t until just a couple weeks ago when I started looking into the releases of WoT that I realized this book existed and quickly looked into how to get my hands on it. I have to say that the DC Universe Infinite customer service team was great to work with and they immediately sorted out my issue and got a book in the mail for me. For all intents and purposes this is the exact same content as the Deluxe HC from the year before although with an added little blurb thanking you for subscribing to the DC Universe app. This is a paperback instead of HC so it does loose some points but being free as opposed to $50 does offer some benefit.

As we move into this year we see probably the widest release of the book, specifically of issue 1 of the book. Part of me thought about calling this post “The Many Releases of Woman of Tomorrow #1” but there’s a bit of clunkiness to putting a number at the end, and including the collected editions and how their bonus content differs was something that was important to me. We start off the year with a new version of the collected edition, this time as part of DC’s Compact Comics. DC Compact Comics is a brilliant way to put out collections, at $10 each and reprinting full stories it’s a fantastic deal and great for new readers. I do not personally own this version of WoT, although at 216 pages I would guess it’s just reprinting the comics and at most may include a variant cover gallery. The book uses the same cover as the Deluxe HC, although sans gold foil this time, and would see an additional retailer exclusive (Books-A-Million and Indigo) which would instead use the Gary Frank cover that was used as a variant to issue #1. I won’t go out of my way to add this book to my collection, but if I ever see it on sale I’ll probably grab it.

Between April and June I think there were 5 new printings of Woman of Tomorrow #1. Superman Day saw a free version of the book re-released with a new cover that matches the Ultra Tier TP from last year. There were also foil versions and blank versions at higher dollar amounts released the same day. Superman Day also saw a new version of the HC with a new cover that matches issue 8 of the series. David Nakayama would also release a new cover of the book with foil and virgin variants for Unknown Comics. To coincide with the release of Supergirl (2026) there were free give-aways of issue 1 for people who went to see the movie on opening day. There are 2 versions of this, one for Odeon Cinemas which has the movie poster as the cover, and one from AMC which sports a brand new cover by Bilquis Evely based on the movie (this is the one I have). This is the exact same printing as the Superman Day re-print even including the preview to Tom King’s Wonder Woman comic.

There was a SDCC release of the comic just a couple days ago with a Lesli “Lerix” Li cover, but it is the WIP Edition that came out earlier this month. I think the release of this over-sized black and white re-release of the comic is in some ways the straw that broke the camels back in terms of me making this post. The WIP line from DC is a relatively new phenomenon by the company and WoT is the only one I have but I’m not particularly impressed. The book being oversized is an understatement. this comic re-print is like 3-4x the size of a standard comic, and while this does help highlight some of the sweeping imagery in a nice way, the lack of colors really hurts this book. The coloring work by Mat Lopes is crucial to the beauty of the book and when allowing over-sized pages, it feels like a disservice to the artists to not include coloring as well. This is not an all bad comic, the page stock is very nice and the artwork is still brilliant, and we even get a handful of sketch pages which look brilliant in oversize format, I just think a colorless re-print really robs some enjoyment out of the comic without giving too much back to benefit the reader.

As I’ve gone through this I’ve come to realize there are about 3 ways the book gets collected, the standard TP format with the cover gallery and a couple pages of extras totaling 224 pages. We also have the bare-bones reprint seen with Compact Comics that comes to 216 pages. Lastly we have the deluxe format which has 264 pages. If you’re looking to add this book to your collection, I would absolutely recommend the Deluxe HC, it’s a beautiful re-print and the extras help make up for the increased price point. That being said, the price point is quite steep at $50 so if you’re just trying to get your hands on the book to read, the Compact Comics edition might be your best bet. I would say the worst way to experience the book is through the DC Go re-format for all the reasons I gave above. As I mentioned at the top, there is a certain love I have for this book that helps me enjoy it despite its flaws and I do really enjoy my collection of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and I hope you enjoyed checking it out with me.